PERSONAL TECH Android, Apple Mobile Apps Leak Data Mobile apps on Android-powered smartphones and Apple's iPhone can disclose more personal data than most users realize, security vendor Lookout revealed at the Black Hat USA 2010 conference. |
ENTERPRISE HARDWARE HP Plans Windows, webOS Tablets Hewlett-Packard has confirmed it plans tablet computers running Microsoft's Windows and Palm's webOS. HP will use Windows for a business device and webOS for a consumer-oriented machine. |
MOBILE PHONES Motorola Smartphone Shipments Up Motorola said it shipped 8.3 million cellular handsets in the second quarter -- including 2.7 million smartphones, or 400,000 more units than in the prior quarter. But its mobile business lost $109 million. |
DATA SECURITY Cyber Mastermind Found in Slovenia A cyber mastermind from Slovenia suspected of creating a malicious software code that infected 12 million computers worldwide and orchestrating other huge cyberscams has been arrested. |