Google ban 21 infected Android apps
Google has banned 21 popular applications from the Android Market, because they contains many malware and trojans.
These applications belong to the same developer (Myournet) and integrate all the exploit called "rage-against-the-cage", which allows malicious code to get administrator rights (root) on versions of Android greater than 2.2.2.
Android 3 – No flash on tablet before some weeks
Much excitement is being felt now in the IT press about an advertisement by the telecom carrier Verizon for Xoom, the first tablet PC Android 3, the new OS version suitable for tablet PCs.
The company announced that version 10.2 of Flash Player will be (within weeks) pre-installed on some of the tablets Android about to go out and be available for download for others.
Firefox Mobile 4 beta 2 available for Android and Maemo
The Mozilla Foundation has released the second beta of its mobile browser (Firefox Mobile 4 aka "Fennec") for Maemo and Android (destined to become MeeGo but is on two Nokia smartphones). This version improves the memory footprint, the visual rendering of text and 25% the score of the browser at SunSpider test.
23% of Android smartphones use an expired version
Obviously, the owners of Android Smartphones are not very fond of updating.
In fact, according to statistics reveal that Google has only 36.2% of devices running its operating system are equipped with the latest version. Worse, 23% use versions older than one year (an eternity, scale computer!).
Android: the Kernel would have “88 high-risk vulnerabilities”
A report signed Coverity says Android, the mobile OS yet most resistant to piracy would contest filled with high-risk vulnerabilities, potentially exploitable.
The study by Coverity Group, publisher of solutions for static analysis of source code, considered the kernel installed on Android phone HTC Droid Incredible.
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