Hackers try to attack the android smartphone

LAS VEGAS, KOMPAS.com - Although based on Linux, known recalcitrant in security affairs, the Android platform can still be cracked as well. Two digital security expert demonstrated the software to break into the Android-based smartphone for the first time in the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week.

"It was not that difficult to do," says Nicholas Percoco, head of the Spider Labs, who along with his colleagues released the tools at the annual conference of hackers, on Friday (30/07/2010). He said that a weakness in Android allow others to infiltrate to read SMS and email users.

Percoco said it took him about two weeks to create malicious software that can penetrate and steal valuable information from Android smartphone. "Some people are far more dangerous to do things that are more damaging than us," he added.

With software that is made, he can totally control the other person's Android device once the target to install it. "We can do what we want to do without being detected that we're doing that," said Percoco.

Tests done attacks on the smartphone HTC HTC Legend and Desire, but he believes that this attack can also be done on lainnya.Tool Android smartphone is released in a DVD given to conference participants. However, so far Google and HTC is not to comment on this.

About 10,000 hackers and security experts attending the Defcon conference. It was the biggest gathering where the computer geeks meet with federal security officials. This allows law enforcement agents posing as participants to obtain information to fight crime and to the Department of Defense.

Participants of this conference are charged 140 U.S. dollars in cash and are not required to notify their names. This allows law enforcement agents will place a secret agent among the participants to obtain information that will be used to fight computer crime.

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Android Challenge: Stability Data!

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - According to founder of Community ID Android, AgusHamonangan, Android challenge ahead is related to the stability data. During this time,data access is still considered unstable.

"Android disposable mobile phone, which is HP's data so if the phone was dead tissuecan not be anything else. Hence, the stability of critical data for Android," said Agus,Saturday (07/17/2010), in Jakarta.

According to him, the availability of mobile data infrastructure that is stable and fast it iscapable of supporting Android. This is an assignment operator for Android can be usedwithout restriction.

Android has the advantage when compared with other operating systems. This systemis open source in the sense that Android users are free to create applications that fitwith the development needs. And, to get these applications, users are also free of charge.

Because of its open source is what makes this phone will allow users to access the Internet for free downloading Android applications.

Seeing the great opportunities of data access, operators in Indonesia, Indosat,Telkomsel, XL, Axiata, begin to look for Android.

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Opera Mobile Beta 10.1 in Android

OSLO, KOMPAS.com - Android based smartphone users can use an alternativebrowser which promises faster Internet access and comfortable. Today Opera Softwareannounced that Opera Mobile 1.10 Beta has been available free on Android Marketfrom 9 November 2010.

Opera Mobile is claimed to be able to load pages faster than the original browser withpanning, scrolling and zooming is smooth when browsing the Android operating system.In addition, users will get a better roaming experience on the network is slow or busywith Opera Turbo, which provides data compression by 80 percent.

This product supports the function of pinch-to-zoom which gives full control to the user for the level of magnification. At 01.10 Opera Mobile for Android is the text can easily belarger at all zoom levels, so it always looks sharp and easy to read withoutmengkorbankan speed or data compression on Opera Mobile.

Opera Mobile for Android in Bahasa Indonesian will be available on the final versionlater. Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta version of Android features as native Androidapplications, a full rendering of the Opera Presto engine, default browser settings,support Geolocation, and SVG support. Download Opera Mobile directly from your phone for free on the Android Android

Market, or in m.opera.com.

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Android and BlackBerry Application Sharing

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.COM - Completed Indonesia has been traveling the Wireless Innovation Contest (IWIC) 2010 which took place since last May. No fewer than 300 applications went into the judges' table. In addition the application also included a new paper just conceptual, but very open opportunities for applications made.

It also appears Challenging category that carries the name of Fahma Waluya with her younger sister, Hania Pracika, the boy making the application and has been downloaded in more than 75 countries around the world via OVI Store.

This year IWIC indeed growing. Not only seen from the number of contestants, but also the open category. In Commerce Applications Development group, consisting of four categories, among others; Android that gave rise to the names of champions 1. Andrew (with application Sixth Sense), champion 2. Harry Prasetyo (Application dead), and champion 3. Princess Chairina (Application Wedding Planner).

Other categories in this group, the BlackBerry set Rifco Anton Susilo with application Business in The Move as a champion, his rival is Ardian Franindo (Application Babyboo).

In the category of Broadband, Irvan Prama Devindal didapuk as rank 1 with online application Trade Advisor, Educate the next rank Dwi Prasetyo (Applications Interactive Multimedia Learning System), Jura 3. is Diane Wahyudi (Application Schetika).

The last category in this group are the Other Devices, which carries the name Iwan Wijaya with application Smart Taxi V2 as a champion of 1, followed by Bellina Rachman Saleh (Application M Payment for SMEs), followed Alfandra Tiaputra (Application Quiz Ads).

Meanwhile in the group Applications Games & Entertainment in category Android Nur Ichsan Main with its applications SS Games champion won 1. Followed M. Khasan Imaduddin (Imulator Gamelan Java applications), and Diaz Hendriarto (Application CityGo) as champion 3.

In the category of BlackBerry, Roland Prima Yoga (Application Anoa) seized the throne first. Followed Devid H. Wahid (Application Liarbook), and 3rd place was taken by Hanif Affandi Hartanto (Application Shrina Code).

Other Category Devices deliver Sandy Marly Colondam with Menoo applications as a champion. He disanding by Satria Ward (Application Compression SMS), and last Dwija Wisnu Brata (Application Spacejet Education Map).

Junior high and high school students who won the category of written works such as M.Galina Utomo (Parking Locator), Natasha (Wi-Fi Charging batteries BB), and Nailul Husna (Learning Team with DMB). While the students and the general who won the paper, among others, Sandra A. Nusantara (Disaster Communication), Sony Wirawan (Traffic Map), and Redi Ramli (Real Time Busway).

Next year seems IWIC will focus on premises application platform that is more open.You are fond of making an application or thinking of the technology, pipe in the next year.

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Mig33 now on Android

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Community Mig33 mobile social networking, on Wednesday (08/12/2010) launched a special application for Android-based smartphone. His presence into the middle platform of the world's popular and widely used mobile phone manufacturers enlarge the chances of increasing the number of users. Previously, mig33 is accessible on mobile Java J2ME version, via the web, and WAP.

"In our world, mig33 users of Android and this can not be separated, and this will manifest significantly in the coming months," said Steven Goh, CEO and co-founder of mig33 in the press release. He also said if mig33 and Android both are social, intelligent, mobile-centric, and entertainment oriented. mig33 Android can be found at m.mig33.com for Android version 2.1 and above.

Currently mig33 users more than 40 million members on their mobile devices around the world with 20 million of them in Indonesia. Mig33 users from more than 200 countries to interact in the community chat, exchanging photos, virtual gifts, play games together, send each other messages, join groups that exist, create avatars, and more.

In addition to providing an interactive service, mig33 also offers increased revenue through the sale of credit used mig33 users to purchase virtual goods (virtual goods), VoIP phone, SMS, games, and more. In Indonesia, mig33 has been holding some of the largest telecom operators such as Indosat, Telkomsel and XL.

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