Tag Archive for: Android

RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google’s Android Apps (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google’s Android Apps  —  Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., looking to score a hit with its PlayBook tablet computer, is working on software to allow the device to run applications for Google Inc.’s Android, three people familiar with the matter said.

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Apple COO Tim Cook Dismisses Android Tablets As “Bizarre” (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Apple COO Tim Cook Dismisses Android Tablets As “Bizarre”  —  Apple’s iPAd is a hit.  The company sold 7.3 million iPads in the December quarter of 2010, a 75 percent increase from the previous quarter.  But judging from all the Android tablets announced at CES, it is about to face an onslaught of competition.

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Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers – Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) – A powerful virus targeting smart phones in … A botnet is an army of enslaved computers that its controllers can compromise for identity theft, use to launch attacks to shut down websites or turn into spam email servers.
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New virus threatens phones using Android – YAHOO!

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A virus infecting mobile phones using Google’s Android operating system has emerged in China that can allow a hacker to gain access to personal data, US security experts said. A report this week from Lookout Mobile Security said the …
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