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Chinese academic leads war against Android malware

By NC State University Wed, Dec 14, 2011 12:33AM UTC View Comments

Smartphones are one of the fastest growing markets in the technology sector, and Android has the largest share of that market. So identifying malware that attacks Android users is becoming more and more important. Xuxian Jiang, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State in the US, is a global leader in the field...

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Can cheap tablet PCs revolutionize Internet use in India?

By Bala Murali Krishna Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:35AM UTC View Comments

After 15 years of public access to the Internet, India’s user base stood at 100 million last year, a largely inflated figure because of duplicate counting and inactive users. Also, there were only 5.3 million broadband users. Clearly, these are dismal numbers in a country of 1.2 billion. Contrast this with cellphone usage. Over the...

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New Thai govt embarks on free WiFi and tablets for schools program

By Jon Russell Tue, Aug 02, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments

Thailand’s new government, led by the Pheu Thai party, wasted no time pushing ahead with one of its more unique pre-election pledges, to equip schools and students with tablet PCs and free WiFi. The Bangkok Post has more details: The new Pheu Thai-led government wants the winners of the next third-generation (3G) licence auction to...

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Japanese mobile gaming network Mobage launches in US

By Jon Russell Thu, Jul 28, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Japanese web giant DeNA and Ngmoco, its US games publisher partner, has announced the launch of Mobage, the hit Japanese social gaming network for mobile phones only, to English language markets yesterday. Mobage is quite unique compared to other more established social networks as it is available through mobile phones only. The service will now...

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BlackBerry continues to dominate in Indonesia – but for how long?

By Jon Russell Mon, Jul 25, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Android is often heralded as the mobile device operating system best placed to find mass popularity in developing regions like Asia thanks to the sheer level of support across the mobile phone industry, which gives the platform a wide range of devices to suit all budgets. While Android has established itself as the most popular...

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