Motorola has officially stated that the upcoming XOOM tablet will have a bootloader that can be unlocked and relocked. What does that mean? Developers will be able to purchase the first tablet designed to run Google Android 3.0 and unlock the bootloader to gain deep access to the device’s settings. And that means it might be relatively easy for hackers to develop custom ROMs and other software for the XOOM.
We're all giddy as school girls about Android's first official tablet release, 3.0 Honeycomb, but we're sure not so giddy about having to spend yet more money on more hardware. If only there was a way we could play with all the new hotness right now. Thankfully some clever people over at xda-developers have gotten their hands on the Android 3.0 SDK and done what every sane person would do; ported it right onto the trusty old Nexus One hardware.
Now before everyone rushes off to download the install files (available here by the way) it's worth bearing in mind a couple of things.
The first major update to the Windows Phone 7 software is now being delivered to customers, Microsoft said on Monday. While the update does not include highly anticipated features such as cut and paste, it does lay the groundwork for future updates.
It's looking increasingly unlikely that Mozilla will ship Firefox 4 this month.
On Thursday, Christian Legnitto, who oversees Firefox releases, said that Beta 12 would probably not ship for several days.
Oracle has unloaded a hefty package of patches aimed at fixing critical vulnerabilities in Java SE and Java for Business, and Oracle as well as third-party security experts are urging IT admins to deploy the security update immediately.
The majority of the vulnerabilities fixed by the update pertain to the JRE (Java Runtime Environment); these vulnerabilities can be exploited sans authentication, meaning attackers would not have to bother with coming up with a username and password.
Being a good developer takes a lifetime of training and practice. But without proper discipline, even the best programmers risk falling prey to their worse natures. Some bad habits are so insidious that they crop up again and again, even among the most experienced developers. I speak of nothing less than the seven deadly sins of software development. Read on to hear how lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride may be undermining your latest programming project as we speak.
VMWare is showing off a mobile virtualisation platform that will let people run a personal profile and a seperate, secure profile for work applications on the same Android phone.
VMWare CTO Stephen Herrod showed off the software on an LG Optimus Black. The company is now testing the software internally and with partners. The idea is that enterprises can let their employees buy an Android phone but isolate the personal applications from the corporate apps in order to reduce potential security issues.
Not even a week after the Internet Explorer 9 release candidate hit the web, a Mozilla tech evangelist has taken a public swipe at Microsoft bragging about web standards compliance.
In a blog post, Paul Rouget takes issue with Microsoft's public chest-beating about IE9's compliance with various standards, particularly HTML5. What appears to have particularly rankled Mr Rouget is a table, included in a February 10 post by IE boss Dean Hachamovitch, proudly proclaiming IE9's near-perfect performance on a bevy of standards tests as compared to other browsers, including Firefox.
Coffee drinkers using the new Starbucks Reward Card iPhone app are vulnerable to a venti-size scam that could drain their wallets while a hacker’s cup is filled.
The app allows customers to pay for their order by scanning a bar code on their phone to the in-store register.
Convenient, yes. Not according to Kelley Langford, vice president of sales and marketing at System Innovators. Langford told Mobile Commerce Daily that a hacker can drain the Starbuck’s account of an unsuspecting victim in a scam that takes about 90 seconds to execute.
Google has updated some of its core tools for developers, including Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE), as well as added new APIs for Google App Engine.
In a Feb. 14 blog post, Chris Ramsdale of the Google Developer Tools team, said Google Plugin for Eclipse and GWT 2.2 are now available with several new features. Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.2 directly integrates GWT Designer, a WYSIWYG Ajax user interface designer that makes it much easier to quickly build UIs.
