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Nokia Mutes The Curse Of Silence | Symbian
symbian-guru.com - 1/28/2009
Nokia Mutes The Curse Of Silence | Symbian
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A while back, you may remember the big hubbub over the ‘ Curse of Silence ‘ exploit that allowed an attacker to disable the messaging capabilities on Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition-powered smartphones, by sending a carefully crafted message. The attack did not hurt the rest of the phone, and was easily ...

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IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis:  Nokia Releases Cure for Curse of Silence

Phones Review:  Nokia silence Curse of Silence threat with solution

Nokia E75 QWERTY - High Quality Pictures
dailymobile.se - 1/22/2009
Nokia E75 QWERTY - High Quality Pictures
— dailymobile.se — Here are some new pictures of the Nokia E75. The Nokia E75 has a back cover with a metallic mirror feel along with a 2.4 inch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, QWERTY Keyboard, Dual keypads, HDSPA, and WiFi. Enjoy [ Thx Cre_Rec ] Nokia E75 High ... (more) Nokia E75 QWERTY - High Quality Pictures

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Everything Nokia, S60, and more! | Nokia Experts
nokiaexperts.com - 1/27/2009
Everything Nokia, S60, and more! | Nokia Experts
— nokiaexperts.com — Last.fm module in fring is just one of many cool features fringlogo I posted the news on Last.fm integration into fring yesterday and downloaded and tried it out myself on both the E71 and Nokia N85. I was actually surprised by how well Last.fm is ... (more) Everything Nokia, S60, and more! | Nokia Experts

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Open source software for Epoc / Symbian OS
koti.mbnet.fi - 1/22/2009
Open source software for Epoc / Symbian OS
— koti.mbnet.fi — Projects - Frodo for S60 and S80 etc. - Python apps: Creepy Invaders and PyFolder - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) for Epoc - CDoom - EMame9210 Frodo for Nokia S60, S80 and 9210 (e.g. Nokia 9500, N7650, NGage, N95, E90, etc.) Frodo is a Commodore ... (more) Open source software for Epoc / Symbian OS

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Nokia Releases Cure for Curse of Silence
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — You might remember that particularly nasty Curse of Silence bug the plagued S60 devices last month. Well, the peeps at Nokia (NYSE: NOK) have provided a free SMS Cleaner to ensure that your phone stays safe. The original discovery caused quite the stir, as once a particularly formatted SMS message was received the device would be unable to get any other texts or e-mails. Right on for fixing this one in a timely fashion, Nokia! [via Symbian Guru] Related News from IntoMobile: ‘Curse of Silence’ ...

Nokia silence Curse of Silence threat with solution
Phones Review — ... enabled an attacker to shut down messaging capabilities on Nokia S60 Third Edition smartphones? Well it seems the ‘Curse of Silence’ has now been lifted as Nokia has now pushed out an official free clean up tool which can be downloaded and installed. So looks like Nokia hasn’t simply forgotten and let their customers just get on with it as they have at least worked with carriers and finally come up with a solution, so no more ‘Curse of Silence.’ Source – symbian-guru ...

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