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readwriteweb.com - 2/12/2009
Android Vulnerability So Dangerous, Owners Warned Not to Use Phone's Web Browser: Updated
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Over the weekend at the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C., security researcher Charlie Miller presented a new vulnerability in Google's mobile OS Android which allows hackers to remotely take control of the phone's web browser and related processes. If a phone became compromised, ...
Android Market update: support for priced applications
android-developers.blogspot.com - 2/13/2009
Android Market update: support for priced applications
— android-developers.blogspot.com — I'm pleased to announce that Android Market is now accepting priced applications from US and UK developers.... Developers from these countries can go to the publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish to upload their application(s) along with ... (more) Android Market update: support for priced applications

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t3.com - 2/16/2009
LG to update last year's KS360 mobile with Android this summer | T3 magazine
— t3.com — Last year's slide-out QWERTY number gets an Android update LG has confirmed at Mobile World Congress that... the KS360, first announced last July, will be the first handset it releases running Google's Android OS - and it'll launch this summer. The specs ... (more) LG to update last year's KS360 mobile with Android this ...

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vodafone.com - 2/17/2009
Vodafone and HTC unveil Android-powered HTC Magic
— vodafone.com — BARCELONA Feb 17, 2009 Vodafone and HTC Corporation today announced the HTC Magic smartphone, Vodafone s first... Android-powered mobile, which will be available in the spring. The stylish new handset is exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany ... (more) Vodafone and HTC unveil Android-powered HTC Magic

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Engadget:  Security experts hating on Android browser until patch is released

Celularis:  Descubren vulnerabilidad crítica en Android

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Security experts hating on Android browser until patch is released
Engadget — ... sucks, though -- it's so bad, some security dudes are advising customers to "avoid" using the it altogether until it gets fixed -- and the most frustrating part about it is that it actually is fixed in the Android code trunk, it's just that no one's bothered to roll out an update to G1 users yet. In the meantime, the dude who discovered the problem is advising users to only visit trusted sites and avoid WiFi, so yeah, just don't browse or anything, okay? [Via ReadWriteWeb] Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Security experts hating ...

Descubren vulnerabilidad crítica en Android
Celularis — ... de T-Mobile evitando el WiFi. Lo raro de todo esto es que se confirmó que el parche ya existía y que estaba disponible desde el 7 de febrero en los repositorios de Google, pero por alguna razón desconocida Google no lo había distribuido a los usuarios. Tal vez haya otros parches esperando un buen momento para ser publicados, no tiene buena prensa estar enviando parches semanalmente, cosa que se le ha criticado mucho a Microsoft. Vía Read Write Web ...

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