June 19, 2013

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Want an Android? “Motorola Droid Pro” is available for $19.99 at Amazon

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Amazon.com has a great exceptional offer for those of you who want to grab the Motorola Droid Pro from Verizon Wireless. If you’re a new Verizon customer, you can grab the Android-powered smartphone for only 20 bucks – $19.99 to be more precise. Those with existing Verizon contract will have to pour out $49.99, which [...]

Giesecke & Devrient Unveils “Mobile Security Card VE 2.0(MicroSD)”; Prevents Tapping

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MicroSD card is now not only serves as data storage. German technology company, Giesecke & Devrient (G & D) introduced the microSD card for mobile phones that can prevent wiretapping. The Mobile Security Card VE 2.0 contains a cryptocontroller which encrypts cell phone conversations and securely authenticates the user. Quoted from Cellular-news, VE on naming [...]

More destructive cyber attacks could be made by 2015 : Gartner

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World’s leading IT research and advisory firm Gartner has forecast that by 2015, online sabotages will become multi-modal and very damaging and that even a G-20 nation’s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by such cyber attacks . “By 2015, a G20 nation’s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by online sabotage. Online [...]

ITG xpPhone comes with “Windows XP embedded-Smartphone”

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In Technology Group (ITG) has been toying with the idea of a Windows XP smartphone for close to 2 years, and is finally putting their xpPhone on the market. The xpPhone brings the embedded version of Windows XP to a large, 4.8 inch 800×480 touchscreen device with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Besides the fact [...]