Android Already Facing Security Concerns

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The week-old Android operating system that powers T-Mobile’s G1 smartphone is off to a rough start as a team of experts from ISE have identified and successfully exploited a security vulnerability on the device. The vulnerability is located in one of the 80 open source packages assembled by Google for Android. Further, the vulnerability is [...]

Google Says "No App For You!" with Remote Kill Switch

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Just yesterday I posted about Matt Miller’s G1 Android phone review (you really should read it if you haven’t already) and was pretty surprised to see Bryan’s comment about the inclusion of an application kill switch by Google. An application kill switch isn’t a bad thing, in and of itself. I spend a lot of [...]

Matt Miller Looks at the T-Mobile G1 Google Android Smartphone

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I’m certain that you’ve read and heard a thing or two about Google’s new Mobile operating system – Android, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last while. Google and T-Mobile recently made things official with a kick-off party in New York and some devices have started to ship to customers. Matt Miller [...]