During the HouSecCon conference, held in Houston, the guest M.J. Keith demonstrated the vulnerability of 2.2 version of WebKit run on Android mobile devices. During the presentation, the researcher explained that he was able to write a code that would give him access to the internet browser of the phone, whenever the user visits a ...

News Corp. is trying to catch up with the global trend over social gaming. With notably a reserved budget, the company that owns FOX and MySpace incorporated Making Fun in their gaming strategy. This move comes half year after News Corp. acquired Irata Labs for developing a platform designed to support Facebook and MySpace, and ...

Video chat’s expansion is overwhelming and with the launch of Video Kinect, the connectivity between users of internet via mobile, PC or Xbox is much eased. At the moment Video Kinect is available only in U.S. but it will soon be disposable worldwide. Video Kinect is not just enabling Xbox users to communicate via media, ...

Google’s presence is becoming more and more felt, starting with Chrome and now being available on certain smartphones.  Now on the iPhone, Google Instant is making a speedy entry into the mobile market.  This release comes on the heels of its Android mobile search integration, and an update on Chrome.  In all, Google’s being relatively ...

Firefox 4 Beta for Mobile is‘available for download in 10 languages on Android or Maemo devices.The bulk of the changes revolve around the mobile browser’s look and feel, with updates for the UI, and speed.  From Mozilla’s blog: A few new things you’ll see in this release include a new theme that gives Firefox a ...

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life via telephone shows that 4 percent of online adults use a location-based service through their mobile phones aimed at finding a location of a certain interest through GPS tracking, more specifically, ‘internet-connected mobile devices’ geolocation capabilities to let users notify others of their ...

After facing difficult periods of readjustment following the merger with Lucent, Alcatel has announced the new contracts signed with important companies in the U.S. and China and the €25 million revenues in comparison with last year’s €182 million loss. Despite voices saying these earnings are owed to tax benefits created by the economic crisis, Ben ...

The new version for Mac, Skype 5.0, is available in beta and features a series of improvements that allow users to call, IM and SMS online as well as offline contacts and the group video calling, a feature expected to gather an increasing number of users. At the same time, the open web pages, documents ...

UpTake, the leader in the online tourism industry, announced today the acquisition of Real Travel Inc, a social hotel recommendation site. The movement is intended to offer ‘qualified leads back to travel sites’. Real Travel was chosen because of their capabilities of covering over 200 countries in terms of suggestions and reviews on itineraries, hotels ...

Ken Lowe, the chairman, president and CEO of Scripps Network, stated that his media company has been constantly making efforts to improve the businesses , playing a major role in overcoming the difficult economic situation we are facing at the moment, as reported here. In a comparison drawn for Shopzilla, Beso, BizRate and Tada.com, profits ...