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Mobile banking users an emerging and significant group, world wide, in the mobile space
This article just reinforces what we know about mobile in emerging technology countries. We also see the same adoption rates among demographics that previous to mobile had no real entry point to the internet- in the US; latino and urban demographics. And there is real money in those groups- the mobile device simply enables them. […]
Gen Y users prefer Mobile Web to Desktop or Laptop access to internet
November 24, 2010
(Release) Most 18-27 year-old Opera Mini users use their mobile phones to browse the Web more often than they use a desktop or laptop computer for the same purpose, according to the results from a survey released today by Opera. In Nigeria, South Africa, and Indonesia, over 90 percent (%) of so-called Generation Y users said […]
Symantec researchers uncovered new clues about the Stuxnet worm- The most sophisticated malware ever devised
November 15, 2010
(Computer World) Researchers have uncovered new clues that the Stuxnet worm may have been created to sabotage Iranian attempts to turn uranium into atomic bomb-grade fuel. According to Eric Chien, one of three Symantec researchers who have dug into Stuxnet, the worm targets industrial systems that control very high speed electrical motors, such as those […]
Is it legal to use Firesheep at Starbucks (or any where else)?
November 1, 2010
This is just a great article. The issues over privacy and security in the mobile space are just beginning to rear up. this debate over Firesheep. Firesheep is a new FireFox add-on. Firesheep is a tool that makes it easy for its user to assume (hijack) the identity of other users on a number of popular […]
New Code HTML 5 raises concerns over privacy risks
October 11, 2010
HTML5 is currently under development, as the next major revision of the HTML standard. Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. The new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft […]
Cybercriminals start to figure out how to make money by hacking mobile devices.
October 7, 2010
At Siteminis, we have seen this coming for a while, cypercriminals looking at mobile as a potential cash cow for scams. Companies such as Opera are partnering up with Netsweeper to provide added security for mobile operators. IDG News Service – Smartphone exploits are coming, as cybercriminals start to figure out how to make money […]
November 29, 2010
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