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First iPhone worm discovered - ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo
Graham Cluley's blog —
Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley. The worm, which could have spread to other countries although we have no...Recently linked to by Privacy Digest / 7 hours ago -
Investing in a mobile future with AdMob
The Official Google Blog —
We're happy to announce today that we have signed an agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display advertising company based in San Mateo, CA. AdMob is a great Silicon Valley story — founded in 2006 by Omar Hamoui when he couldn't find good ways to...Recently linked to by Obsessable News Feed / 7 hours ago -
Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5
TechCrunch —
Last month Skype was in talks to acquire VoIP startup Gizmo5 . It was a perfect backup plan in case all that IP litigation didn’t work out. – Gizmo5’s SIP infrastructure could theoretically replace Skype’s proprietary P2P back end. After the...Recently linked to by Free Mobile downloads / 2 hours ago -
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Engadget —
AT&T might be suing Verizon for misrepresenting its network in ads, but that doesn't seem to have dissuaded Big Red from using that same map image in this new spot, which casts the iPhone away to the Island of Misfit Toys. Hard to argue with the...Recently linked to by Notebooks.com / 14 hours ago -
Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010
AppleInsider —
Related AppleInsider articles:Bell, Telus provide new iPhone competition in...AT&T 3G MicroCell to cost $150, require no...AT&T deploying HSPA 7.2 mobile service ahead...Apple happy with AT&T, indicates no plans for...AT&T CEO lays out plans to improve...Recently linked to by Celsius1414 / 6 hours ago -
“Firefox Goes Mobile” Winner Announced, Plus a New Design Challenge!
The Mozilla Blog —
The results from the Mozilla Creative Collective’s “Firefox Goes Mobile” design challenge are in, and I’m happy to announce that the winner is “Pocketfox” , by Yaroslaff Chekunov. As the official emblem of the upcoming mobile version of...Recently linked to by Web Burning Blog / 5 hours ago -
First iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones [WARNING]
Mashable! —
If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone, listen up: a worm is reported to have broken out in Australia that targets owners who have not changed the default password after installing SSH. The worm’s behavior is somewhat amusing: it changes your background...Recently linked to by Michael's Insight / 16 hours ago -
Verizon Announces the BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone
CrackBerry.com blogs —
Ha! So it's not the Curve2. Looks like all that crazy Curve2 talk and Curve2 promotional material was just VZW being a little overzealous in branding the Curve themselves (in reality you'd think it should be the Curve 8550 now that it has WiFi)....Recently linked to by PreCentral.net / 1 day ago -
Ares: webOS Development in a Browser, with Drag 'n' Drop, Coming Later This Year
PreCentral.net —
Out at the Open Mobile Summit , Palm SVP Michael Abbot demoed a new development tool Palm is working on, dubbed Ares . The platform is apparently a visual studio for webOS, utilizing a drag-n-drop interface. It will be entirely web-based and include...Recently linked to by WMExperts / 1 day ago -
iPhone vs. DROID: Which One Should You Buy?
The iPhone Blog —
Verizon’s Motorola DROID, launched November 6, 2009 , wasted no time taking it to Apple’s iPhone 3GS, starting with a pre-emptive iDon’t TV commercial that mixed unflattering fact and fiction to appeal to geeks and general consumers alike. Many...Recently linked to by PreCentral.net / 1 day ago -
Happy Birthday: A Look Back at Five Years of Firefox [Mozilla Firefox]
Lifehacker —
Five years ago, an open-source browser called Firefox—one that didn't ship with your computer—was available as a 1.0 download. To say it's changed the world's web experience is understatement. Here's a look back at five years of the 'fox. Read on...Recently linked to by Web Burning Blog / 5 hours ago -
Windows Mobile 6.5 available for Samsung Jack
WMExperts —
Still rocking the Samsung Jack with Windows Mobile 6.1? No longer. The Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade is now available. And with it you get full (official) access to Windows Marketplace for Mobile , IE6, automatic access to AT&T WiFi, and Vlingo , among...Recently linked to by PreCentral.net / 1 day ago
