A security specialist has demonstrated that the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology on new Android and Nokia devices can be easily hacked if left on their default settings. The information was presented at the 2012 Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Dr. Charlie Miller’s presentation, “Don’t Stand So Close To Me: An Analysis of the NFC Attack Surface,” was one of the highlight... 

Back in the day, you were one of the cool kids if you had a Blackberry with all its fancy apps.  Then, Apple become kind with its multitude of app goodies.  Since Apple’s reign on the top, Android has done the unfathomable by supplanting Apple as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the mobile world. Android has managed to accomplish this feat by offering a dazzling array of smartphones that... 

Zoosk.com had pretty good 2010 to say the least. The online dating giant reported sales of $90 million, up 250 percent in one year. The website sales are mainly based on paid subscriptions by its users. They are continuing to expand into the global market. The company was started in 2007 by co-founders Shayen Zadeh and Alex Mehr, and has been growing ever since. In 2010 Zoosk provided iPhone and... 

Japanese electronics maker Sharp has announced the launch of two Android based tablets that are set to launch in December along with an e-book store containing 30,000 titles.  The “Galapagos” as they care called, will come in two sizes, 5.5 and 10.8 inches. They will feature LCD screens and a trackball for one-handed use. The devices will primarily serve as e-book readers but will also have WIFI...