Nuova variante di malware per Android infetta alcune applicazioni

Il caso DroidDream Lite continua a mietere vittime e dopo aver visto la lista delle applicazione infettate da questo malware in Android Market, oggi Lookout Mobile Security diffonde l’ultimo bollettino relativo a nuove applicazioni colpite dal virus. La minaccia si troverebbe in una nuova variante del DroidDream Lite stesso ma questa volta l’infezione non colpirebbe solo le applicazioni sconosciute o particolarmente piccanti, bensì qualcosa di molto più legittimo e a giudicare dai download anche di molto interessante.

 Quick FallDown, Scientific Calculator, Bubble Buster e Best Compass & Leveler sono le applicazioni infettate dal virus e alcune di queste hanno ricevuto dai 1000 ai 5000 download prima che Google potesse ritirarle dal market, segno che la diffusione questa volta, si è espansa molto di più rispetto alla prima versione.

Maggior attenzione quindi nello scaricare, anche dal market, applicazioni particolari, dai nomi strani o con icone bizzarre. Possibilmente controllate i criteri di valutazione introdotti di recente da Google e controllate sempre i commenti rilasciati dagli utenti che aiutano a capire la qualità di un’app. Certamente qualcosa nel Market Google deve cambiare!

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Windows 8 sarà in grado di far girare su PC anche i giochi Xbox 360?

Secondo quanto riportato da diverse fonti che si autodefiniscono “ben informate”, la prossima versione del sistema operativo di casa Microsoft sarà in grado di eseguire i giochi Xbox 360 anche su PC.

 La notizia sta velocemente facendo il giro del mondo ma attualmente non è possibile ottenere conferme ufficiali. Quel che sembra chiaro è che Windows 8 – in arrivo nel 2012 – avrà sicuramente qualche caratteristica in comune con la console Microsoft e senza dubbio, come già anticipato mesi fa, risulterà molto adatta anche ai videogiocatori più esigenti.

Pare che si potrà abilitare questa caratteristica di Windows 8 a fronte di un piccolo pagamento mensile; sarà possibile giocare online su un network diverso dall’Xbox Live e saranno supportati sia i controller multipli che il Kinect.

Rivoluzione o solo fandonie?

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Nuove videocamere Sony SX21E e SR21E con zoom estremamente potente

Grazie al potentissimo zoom esteso 67x delle due nuove Handycam a definizione standard di Sony, anche i soggetti più distanti sembreranno in primo piano.

Leggera, compatta e facile da usare, la nuova Handycam DCR-SX21E, in arrivo a Settembre, permette di registrare video nitidi con audio stereo su una Memory Stick o una scheda SD. Il modello DCR-SR21E offre invece una durata di ripresa extralunga, archiviando fino a 61 ore di video in definizione standard su un disco rigido integrato da 80 GB. Niente più dischi o nastri di riserva: le nuove videocamere hanno spazio a sufficienza.

L’eccezionale obiettivo con zoom ottico 57x di Sony riempie l’inquadratura con primi piani di altissima qualità e, per riprese ancora più definite, lo zoom esteso aumenta il rapporto di ingrandimento fino a 67x.

Grazie allo stabilizzatore di immagini SteadyShot, che riduce le vibrazioni della videocamera durante le riprese a mano libera, le immagini risulteranno sempre chiare. Grazie anche alla modalità Intelligent AUTO, di nuova introduzione sui modelli Handycam® entry-level, che riconosce fino a 18 combinazioni di scenari diversi, da ritratti e paesaggi fino ad ambientazioni notturne. Inoltre, regola automaticamente messa a fuoco, esposizione, colore e altre impostazioni per offrire i massimi risultati, in qualsiasi circostanza.

Asus Automobili Lamborghini VX7 Laptop Announced

Asus has launched another supercar themed laptop, the Asus Automobili Lamborghini VX7 laptop, and this new Lamborghini themed laptop from Asus gets Intel’s latest quad core Core i7 processors as well as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M graphics.

The Automobili Lamborghini VX7 laptop features a 15.6 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and comes with two 750GB hard drives, there is also USB 3.0.

The VX7 also features 8GB of DDR3 RAM, which can be expanded up to 16GB and it features a Blu-ray combo drive and comes with Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

 

The Automobili Lamborghini VX7 laptop is now available in the UK for £1,999 and it comes in a range of colors which include orange and black.

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Apple pronta a bloccare HTC nella vendita degli smartphone negli USA

Apple sembra proprio non volersi fermare a livello legale e dopo le dibatrie avute con Nokia e Samsung, ecco una nuova battaglia contro il colosso HTC; una battaglia non di certo “leggera” visto che in questo caso, l’azienda di Cupertino, vuole proprio bloccare la vendita di molti Smartphone HTC nel territorio USA.

Ecco cosa afferma Bloomberg:

Apple, Lunedi ha presentato una nuova denuncia riguardante la violazione di alcuni brevetti alla Commissione Internazionale cercando di bloccare la vendita di alcuni dispositivi HTC che violano tali brevetti.

Una scelta pesante e coraggiosa quella di Apple, determinata più che mai a far valere i “propri brevetti”, anche a costo di spazzare via la concorrenza. Vedremo quindi come si evolverà la situazione e vi aggiorneremo su ogni singolo sviluppo della faccenda.

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Ecco GTA San Andreas col motore grafico di GTA IV (video)

In attesa di GTA V e dopo aver apprezzato insieme la mod iCEnhancer di GTA IV, oggi parliamo di una nuova mod amatoriale che ci permetterà di rigiocare a GTA San Andreas, ma col motore grafico dell’ultimo capitolo Rockstar. I lavori sono iniziati a dicembre, la mod è ancora in fase di sviluppo e la conversione non è semplice,  ma il team che se ne sta occupando crede che per il prossimo autunno potremo già mettere le mani su una public beta.

 Grazie al RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine), San Andreas, che è già considerato dalla maggior parte di voi il miglior capitolo della saga (o almeno questo è quanto emerso dai vostri commenti), godrà di notevoli benefici sia nel settore grafico che nella fisica e siamo sicuri che in molti lo rigiocherebbero volentieri.

Intanto godetevi un primo video della durata di 18 minuti che testimonia la bontà del lavoro; per maggiori informazioni potete visitare il sitoufficiale di Grand Theft Auto IV San Andreas, o il forum di riferimento. Buona visione.

 

WordPress Now Powers More Than 50 Million Sites

Open source blogging platform WordPress has reached an important milestone: It powers more than 50 million websites, about half of which are hosted on WordPress.com.

Also, more than 287 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages on WordPress.com each month and, on an average day, WordPress.com users create about 500,000 new posts and 400,000 new comments, according to WordPress’ official stats.

Recently, WordPress competitor Tumblr surpassed 20 million blogs, passing WordPress.com in terms of the number of blogs hosted on the platform.

However, unlike Tumblr, WordPress lets users install and use the platform on their own web host. Due to the simplicity and versatility of the platform, WordPress isn’t only used to power blogs, it can also be used for running various types of personal, business and community websites.

Panasonic debuts UT-PB1 e-reader tablet, spices it with Android flavor (video)

Listen up, bibliophiles. Current e-readers don’t have enough pizazz for ya? Panasonic’s Japan-bound prototype e-book reader tablet may just be your fancy. According to DigInfo, the UT-PB1 was recently shown-off at e-Book Expo Tokyo sporting a 7-inch 1024 x 600 display, micro SD slot, webcam, and WiFi, all running atop a dual-core processor. Being Android-based, there’s confirmed support for basic apps like email, but it’s hard to tell just howcustomized the build will be. The reader will have 600 “previewable” titles to get you started, and Rakuten’s e-book store will serve up content and real-time updates — via a custom API — in August when the service goes live. Panny’s remaining coy about specific price and release details, but before you get back to that hardcover on your desk, head past the break to view it in action.

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iOS 5 beta 3 already jailbroken, new features come to light (Video)

Who needs sleep, right? Rather than putting in the tried-and-true “eight hours” that your mum still insists that you get, you’re going to be doing something a bit more adventurous this evening. Something involving a “jailbreak” of your recently updated iPod touch, iPhone or iPad. Just hours after Apple pushed out iOS 5 beta 3 to its developers, the folks at iPhone Dev-Team have confirmed that a Sn0wbreeze update will support jailbreaking on that very build. Sadly, it’s still tethered for the time being, and the iPad 2 remains unsupported, but those with nerves of steel (and gobs of vacation days) can hit the source links to get started. Furthermore, we’re just starting to see what kind of wacky tricks beta 3 has up its sleeve — things like custom alerts for text messages and what appears to be a shattering of the app grid on the iPad. For more on that, hop on past the break; for more on the jailbreak, we’d encourage you to talk amongst yourselves in comments below.

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AMD announces the Radeon HD 6990M, has some pointed words for NVIDIA

Here are five words you’ve heard before: “the world’s fastest notebook GPU.” Why, NVIDIA made just that claim two weeks ago, when it touted the GeForce GTX 580M as the nimblest card this side of Pluto. Not so fast, says AMD. The outfit just unveiled the Radeon HD 6990M with DirectX11 and HD3D support, and it insists this is the speediest GPU on the block — specifically, up to 25 percent faster than any other GPU that’s been announced to the public. And yes, AMD’s well aware of that 580M. Just like NVIDIA came out swinging, making pointed comparisons to the Radeon HD 6970M, AMD’s got some fighting words of its own: the outfit says the 6990M can whip the 580M in the benchmark AvP and games such as Batman Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age 2, Shogun 2, BattleForge, Left 4 Dead, Metro2033, Wolfenstein MP, The Chronicles of Riddick, and E.T.: Quake Wars. We don’t need to remind you that these numbers merely represent the story each company wants to tell. Still, you get the idea: these are the top-of-the-line cards each has to offer at the moment, and they’ll likely be competing for space in your next gaming rig.

As you can imagine, the 6990M joins other Radeon HD cards in supporting the company’s Eyefinity technology, as well as GPU app acceleration. Let it be known, too, that while the 6990M supplants the popular 6970M as far as performance claims go, AMD tells us the 6970M will still be available for the foreseeable future. Speaking of availability, the 6990M will be offered in the Alienware M18x — right alongside NVIDIA’s 580M. Additionally, you’ll find it packed inside Clevo’s P170HM and P150HM. And you didn’t think we forgot about specs, did you? Head on past the break to find the full PR, along with a handful of technical details straight from the horse’s mouth.

Fossil won't ship the Meta Watch until August, Dick Tracy wannabes get antsy

Some of you with a James Bond complex might have been waiting on Fossil’s Meta Watches, a duo of wristpieces that use Texas Instrument’s CC2560 Bluetooth radio to pull in emails, Facebook updates, weather forecasts, and more — depending on what else developers cook up for it, that is. On top of that, the SDK allows Android smartphones and tablets to register button presses and receive sensor data from the watches, and then respond by sending text or triggering the vibration motor. If you already set aside $200 when they went up for pre-order two months back, you’re going to have to twiddle your thumbs a bit longer. In response to a tweet from a curious customer, Bill Geiser, vice president of Fossil Watch Technology, said that thanks to some part delays, the two are now on track to ship in August, not July. If this is all new to you, that means you’ve got some time to ponder whether you’d rather have the analog / digital version or the fully digital one with a larger memory-in-pixel LCD. Decisions, decisions, folks.

 

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Maingear Clutch-15 gets upgraded with NVIDIA Optimus graphics switching

It’s been a while since we last laid eyes on Maingear’s fine looking Clutch-15, and while it’s still rocking that sexy exterior, the latest iteration has a little surprise for you under the hood. With the recent addition of NVIDIA’s graphics switching Optimus technology, this portable’s bringing the juice — battery juice, that is. Aside from that, things look mostly the same, inside and out; you’ve still got your pick of Intel Core i3 or i5 CPUs, a 750GB HDD or 512GB SSD, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, and the same (still disappointing) WXGA display. This go ’round, however, the dedicated graphics have been bumped up a touch with NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 525M GPU (1GB). If automated graphics switching is your thing, you can get your custom laptop on at the source link starting at $1,030. Full PR after the break.

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Bing Indoor Maps and Visual Voicemail shown in latest WP7 Mango demo videos

Steve Ballmer may have confessed during today’s WPC keynote that Windows Phone 7′s market share is still “very small,” but it’s obvious the team is doing monumental things with Mango. As the mobile OS finds it own, things like indoor mapping and a pristine iteration of Visual Voicemail could be key to swaying folks who still believe that Microsoft’s latest attempt in the smartphone universe still lacks the basics. The fine folks over at Pocketnow and WMPowerUser have been putting the latest build of Mango through those exact paces, and both instances are looking downright delicious. We won’t bore you with textual details; head on past the break for a bit of visual proof.

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Acer AC700 WiFi goes on sale, is your $350 ticket to the Chromebook club

Good niches don’t come cheap, but while $350 isn’t exactly a steal, Acer’s new AC700 will, at the very least, get you into the wonderful cloud-based world of Chrome OS for a good deal less than, say, Samsung’s Series 5. Of course, there are certain sacrifices to be made for the sake of affordability, namely the fact that the current version of Acer’s entry into the space is WiFi-only — a 3G version is set to hit later this summer for, one assumes, a noticeable price bump. The AC700 has an Atom N570 processor, 16GB of storage, and 2GB of RAM, and best of all, is available right this very moment.

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Apple may be looking to add another iPad manufacturer

We’ve heard that the next iteration of the iPad will be thinner, have a Retina Display, and will bring peace to the Middle East. Here’s a rumor that’s a little more mundane, and much more likely to be accurate though — Apple may be adding another manufacturer, alongside Foxconn, to produce its tablet. According to a DigiTimes source the explosion at the company’s Chengdu plant in May has created some serious supply issues. Additionally, tablet sales are expected to grow even higher this year, according to the IDC, and the Cupertino Crew already has trouble keeping up with demand. It seems there’s little choice but to bring on board the likes of Quanta Computers or Pegatron Technology, the two front runners for the orders.

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HP Play music syncing service hits beta, bring your USB cable

Hey, wouldn’t it be great if you could sync your music collection across your HDD and all your mobile devices? Ahem, we know what you’re thinking. Nevertheless, HP clearly feels the need to play a little catch-up. It’s starting yet another connected music service, called HP Play, to cater specifically for owners of the TouchPad, Veer, and potentially other webOS devices like the Pre 3. The beta has just launched and by all measures it’s an extremely basic affair — like, iTunes 2001 basic: no OTA syncing, no cloud storage and no store. But this is just a beta, and if it ties into the HP music service that was rumored a few weeks agothen it could be the start of something more in keeping with air conditioning, clean drinking water and other modern expectations.

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