Mobile phone company security Lookout published information on the Trojans for Android, which is described as "the most perfect malicious code for Android so far." He was named Geinimi. Trojan is capable of "implanted" in a legitimate and well-established applications, and transmit information about the user, and run other applications.

Fortunately, they are infected until a very small number of devices. It was first found in the online store applications for Android, but not Android Market, and owned by a Chinese company. Access to this store you can get, unless you explicitly allow downloading from "unknown sources" in the menu, Android. When you install will also need to explicitly allow access to confidential information that is not required for most programs.

However, if you do all this, you can be the victim of these operations. According to the Lookout, a Trojan is able to communicate with a remote server and send malicious user information (IMEI, IMSI, geographic location, the applications installed), download the application and prompt the user to install them, offering to remove any application. Lookout now trying to figure out whether the Trojans to receive and execute commands from attackers.

The company noted that this Trojan is fundamentally different from anything that was found earlier for Android, as he tries to hide their activities using encryption, and the various distractions of operations. Also notes that this is the first malware for Android, potentially capable of creating a botnet. While the researchers did not find his ability to receive commands from the outside, but research has not yet been completed.

Motorola published a promotional video with the announcement of a new tablet at CES in January. Tablet itself is not shown, is not mentioned and his name, but cast a few stones in the garden competition. So, iPad – it's just "a giant iPhone», and Galaxy Tab – a «Android … for the phones." At the end of the video shows the mysterious veil covered tablet Motorola, presented as the pinnacle of flatbed thought. Why do some flies and flies per frame bee.

On the characteristics of new items can not understand anything, but the thrust in the direction of «Android … for phones," says that there will be too Android, but not for a phone – that is, version 3.0, which in the first version of Google called Android optimized for tablets and which was recently briefly showed Andy Rubin. However, it is likely that this will be only 2.4 with the newer planshetopodobnym interface.

Tablet might well support LTE, since there are persistent rumors that Verizon at CES show LTE-tablet – certainly not our own production.

As for bees, some media have made the assumption that the Tablet will be called Buzz. However, this may be Motopad .

The Sony reported that soon will come the official application PlayStation for the iPhone and Android. According to the official blog of the PlayStation, for it will require iOS 4 and above, or Android 1.6 and above. The program will be free.

Application will perform a variety of information operations: communicating with friends, check the status online PlayStation Network, find out news about new games and consoles, models, share photos and news with friends on Facebook and Twitter, or just send them by mail.

Software version 1.0 will be available in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Holland. Over time, the developers promise to expand the list of countries and languages. Also will be able to leave comments on my blog PlayStation.Blog.

The company Broadcom has introduced a new dual-core BCM2157, designed for smart phones Android . It is based on dual-core ARM11 chip with a clock frequency of 500 MHz, supports H.264 video in a WQVGA resolution at 30 fps. Protocol Supported 3G-HSDPA connection speeds up to 7.2 Mbps.

While the BCM2157 can operate with a variety of equipment, including GPS and Wi-Fi-hotspots, primarily it is designed for budget vehicles. In Broadcom emphasize that the platform is well suited for configurations with two SIM-cards.

The chip will appear in the first quarter of next year, which makes possible the emergence of devices with it already at CES in January.

Smart phones may become standard equipment in the U.S. Army because it was decided to transfer smartphones running on iOS or Android, troops stationed abroad. For successful operation of devices in the field army will be equipped with hub, installed in aircraft.

Google Voice Search has updated Voice Search on Android , adding the ability to "teach" the voice of its owner and eventually recognize it better and better. The more the program "listens" for the user, the better it will recognize his team. This information is stored in your account by Google, so recognition will work even after changing the phone.

This feature is optional, you can disable, and delete information about the voice of the account. Initially it will only work in the United States and only with the English language. The program also quickly recognize proper names.

You can download from the Android Market, for it needs Android 2.2 and above. Google Mobile App for the iPhone is not refreshed.

A former Google employee Baheyt Paul (Paul Buchheit), creator of Gmail and AdSense and founder of FriendFeed, has written in his tape on FriendFeed, that he saw no prospects for a new Chrome OS from Google, at least in the independent form.

"Forecast: Chrome OS next year will be phased out (or" merged "with Android)» – he wrote.

Chrome OS was presented last week. A few days ago the developers got netbooks from Inventec with a beta version of the system, and in selling such computers will be closer to the middle of next year.

Baheyt adds: "Is not it too obvious to even talk about it? But no, I did hear people talking about Chrome OS quite seriously, and even Google for some reason, the device ships.

It may be noted that Baheyt not alone in his prediction. Many noted that the positioning of Android and Chrome OS is unclear. As Google itself said that over time, Chrome OS comes on plates – while also preparing for the Tablet version of Android 3.0. Analyst John Gruber (John Gruber) wrote in his Twitter: «Chrome OS and Android looks like two competing platforms from different companies."

Google vice president and head of development Andy Rubin, Android (Andy Rubin) said in a Twitter, which is currently in Google on a daily basis is activated 300 thousand new smartphones on Android. That's more than iOS, BlackBerry, and even Symbian (true, on Symbian conflicting data: at least one agency, Canalys, gives a figure of 325 thousand a day).

You can also calculate that in the month it is 10 million new androidofonov. For comparison, the iPhone is the best indicator for the quarter amounted to 14.1 million

According to Reuters, the United States for Android has the most Internet traffic among mobile platforms, and he soon become a leader on this indicator and the world market, well ahead of Symbian.

Below is a graph of the number of activations Android month for the lifetime of the platform:

Apple has officially announced that the first week of sales iPad sold over 500 thousand pieces. Meanwhile, research firm Net Applications has made the first measurements of traffic from the new device. At the iPad has 0.04% of total Internet traffic, which corresponds to the March performance for Android and BlackBerry.

Number of Android and BlackBerry devices on the market far more than the iPad, which suggests that the owners iPad on average much more work on the web. What, in general, it is logical, given the screen size and speed.

The main search engine for iPad is Google: it holds 97.43% of all search queries. While Google's iPad is the default search settings you can change it to Yahoo, which made the whole 1.98% of users. At Bing come just 0,27% of the owners iPad.

Traffic iPhone and iPod touch is at the level of 0,6%, which is about 20 times more than the iPad.

Via AppleInsider

Twitter has announced plans to launch a formal application for Android. According to CEO Evan Williams (Evan Williams), the approach will be the same as when creating a client for the BlackBerry and iPhone: the official application will compete with the informal. He did not indicate whether Twitter to buy ready-made application to the side or it will be developed from scratch.

For Android already exist informal client application Twitter, Seesmic and such Twidroid. At Motorola MOTOBLUR, HTC Peep and some other smart phones have their own means of access to Twitter.

Williams said that his company pay great attention to supporting mobile devices and want new users of these devices was as simple as possible and more convenient to work in Twitter .

Via Electronista