Fake Instagram App Contains Android Malware
Just last week we warned you about a fake Angry Birds Space app that’s making the rounds on some third-party app stores, as well as on websites that allege to be official download spots for this popular mobile game. It looks like malicious hacksters are targeting more popular apps, hoping to get some downloads to [...]
iOS 5.1 Untethered Jailbreak Update
Not long ago, we saw the release of the iPad 3/New iPad, and with it came a firmware update to iOS 5.1. Many users jumped on the update, only to lose their jailbreak, unfortunately. While the minds behind the jailbreaks are still pushing forward, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 is still unavailable. You can [...]
How to Unlock Your iPhone with AT&T While Keeping Your Jailbreak
Very recently, AT&T began unlocking iPhones for use overseas or on another carrier. There was much rejoicing among stock iOS users, but the jailbreak community was slightly less ecstatic. Unlocking the device required an update to the latest firmware, which would render your jailbreak inoperable. Fortunately, there’s Redsnow, and the developers behind the jailbreaks have [...]
Best Buy Announces 42 Store Closures
In an online world, where you have to compete against the likes of Amazon, being a big box retailer is getting increasingly more difficult. Best Buy, in particular, is feeling the heat. As Amazon sales of electronics increase, Best Buy has been seeing big revenue drops. These days they’re seen more as a show floor [...]
Samsung to introduce Galaxy S III on May 3rd
Over the last several months, the net has been inundated with rumors surrounding the next Galaxy S device coming from Samsung. There were, in fact, so many leaked photos claiming to be the device, none of them the same, that we just stopped publishing them. Many of you were, likewise, just tired of seeing the [...]
Android Malware Poses As Angry Birds Space
Rovio’s Angry Birds Space has been a stellar success. The once-tiny company has been carried to new heights with their Angry Birds Franchise, quickly becoming a household name all across the world. And that’s exactly what some hackers are using to gain control over your Android phone, through the use of malicious software that’s posing [...]
An Inside Look at How iPads are Made at Foxconn [Video]
Foxconn has been getting a lot of hard looks in the last couple of years. As the manufacturing partner for the bulk of Apple iPad production, the Chinese factories that produce these tablets have been under intense scrutiny from several labor organizations, but also the curious users of those devices. Very few people, though, are [...]
U.S. Marines Eye Acer Iconia A100 For In-Flight Use On Helicopters
Tablets are infiltrating every part of our lives, it seems. They’re taking to the skies on commercial airlines, replacing textbooks, flight manuals, and also seeing some use by various branches of the military. The U.S. Marines are also looking to allow the use of at least one tablet on a number of helicopter platforms. According [...]
Homemade Project Glass Built from Spare Parts
If you think Google over-promised on their recently announced Project Glass, maybe you should think again. It seems that with a little know-how and some spare equipment, you too can cobble together your own Project Glass headset. It certainly won’t have the minimal design of Google’s mockup, nor the slick interface, or even all the [...]
Microsoft Warns Of End Of Support For Windows XP, Vista
Users of Windows XP and Vista, your OS will soon lost official support from Microsoft. In a Windows Blog posting this morning, Microsoft has put out notice that support for these versions of Windows is coming to an end. Support isn’t ending immediately, so don’t panic. This is a 2 year warning. Microsoft warns that [...]
