Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. The U.S. Copyright Office on Monday granted an exemption to users who install unapproved applications or switch carriers on their smartphones. That act, when applied to the Apple iPhone, is often referred to as “jailbreaking.” Apple and others have argued that such activities [...]
Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. The U.S. Copyright Office on Monday granted an exemption to users who install unapproved applications or switch carriers on their smartphones. That act, when applied to the Apple iPhone, is often referred to as “jailbreaking.” Apple and others have argued that such activities [...]
The Android Developer blog has posted details on the ongoing changes to digital rights management for developers of Android applications distributed and sold through the Android Market. The changes involve a server side license authentication method being deployed meant to completely replace the current digital rights management method currently used to distribute paid applications. The [...]
Kanye West went on a promotional tour of Silicon Valley this week, dropping into Facebook and Twitter to perform a cappella raps. Needless to say, he was a hit as he works his way back into the spotlight after a year of keeping things on the down low. Talk about a status update. The appearance [...]
Earlier this week, HTC announced that it would start selling handsets in China under its own brand name in a partnership with China Mobile, a significant sign of how far HTC has come over the past few years as the company previously relied on the stronger brand of strategic partner Dopod in the territory. [...]
A Russian group is doing check counterfeiting in the US using malware, botnets, virtual private networks and money mules recruited online, according to research revealed at the Black Hat hacker conference on Wednesday. The SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit investigated the operation over three months and is now working with law enforcement agencies to find out [...]
Amazon took it’s time with its latest Kindle-and that time has paid off in spades. Fully a year-and-half after the Kindle 2, Amazon today introduced its latest iteration Kindle, and the improvements are dramatic. An enhanced display, faster navigation, and an entirely redesigned chassis aren’t all that set this Kindle apart from its competition. Amazon [...]
Google has been crowned the ‘king of malware’ by security company Barracuda Networks, linking to twice as much malware as search rivals Bing, Yahoo and Twitter combined. According to the company, an analysis of 25,000 trending topics across 5.5 million search results [PDF], Google accounted for 69 percent of all malware found, with Yahoo at [...]
The government has given the go-ahead to an auction of the 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrums that will allow mobile networks to offer 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) services. The auction, which will be overseen by Ofcom, is expected to take place at the end of 2011. “We want the UK market to remain at [...]
Foursquare, the popular location-based social networking service where users “check-in” to earn points, unlock badges and become “Mayors” of their most frequented establishments has undergone some significant changes in recent days. The changes, made both behind the scenes and to the Foursquare.com desktop user interface, were meant mostly to help the company handle its rapidly [...]
