If you’ve been following the goings-on in the mobile phone industry you will know that the Next Big Thing is likely to be Google and its Android operating system. Android is Open Source software and Google gunning hard for the big boys, namely Microsoft, Nokia and Apple, and actively encouraging users to contribute to its development, hence the Android Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), which you can now download and try for yourself.
Of course, it’s mostly aimed at programmers and developers, but there’s something for everyone and it contains a full Android Emulator, which basically means you can simulate the workings of an Android phone on your Windows Mac or Linux PC. Read the rest of this entry »
Phishing attacks are extremely dangerous because they usually target financial details or other private information belonging to ordinary users. Unfortunately, the last few months came with a huge amount of phishing scams and the avalanche of attacks doesn’t seem to look for an end anytime soon. Because of that, security companies around the world assault users with all kinds of advice, all of them with the same purpose: help consumers stay on the safe side and be protected when it comes to phishing scams.
Even Google went out to give advice on phishing and, mostly like the security companies which talked on this matter, it recommended users to keep an eye on the links included in suspicious emails and to use browsers equipped with anti-phishing filters. Read the rest of this entry »
Google has mapped the Earth and the skies, now, according to CNET News it is turning it attention to the briny deep. Provisionally dubbed Google Ocean, it’s a work in progress, now being developed by a team of eminent oceanographers. The idea is to create a 3D map of the sea floor and if the early indications and speculation proves correct users will be able to ‘dive’ below the surface of the seas and using images based on a mixture of sonar maps and satellite data and navigate their way through the watery environment, visiting shipwrecks and coral reefs.
It’s what every well dressed computer user has been waiting for, a pair of jeans with a built in Qwerty keyboard. It’s just the job for having a quick google when you’re away from your desktop PC.
We can blame designer Erik De Nijs for the classically styled ‘Geek’ jeans, which, you may be interested to know, also incorporates a small pair of speakers that have been sewn into pockets just above the knee, and there’s also a handy mouse but we can only guess where the joystick is kept…
Microsoft, Google. HP, Philips, Samsung and Intel are amongst the big names behind the White Space Coalition, which is looking at ways to provide high-speed wireless Internet access using the gaps between TV channels. The gaps, which are designed to stop channels clashing with one another, are essentially wasted space, but until recently it was thought that any attempt to use them would result in interference and broadcasters are naturally against the idea. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve been following the goings-on in the mobile phone industry you will know that the Next Big Thing is likely to be Google and its Android operating system. Android is Open Source software and Google gunning hard for the big boys, namely Microsoft, Nokia and Apple, and actively encouraging users to contribute to its development, hence the Android Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), which you can now download and try for yourself.
