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Submission + - Samsung Galaxy Tablet Coming in September 1

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: The rumors are now reality, Samsung showed the world its first glimpse of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company's new 7-inch tablet. Samsung Mobile will release more information about the Galaxy Tab on September 2 in advance of IFA Berlin 2010. Tab will run on Android 2.2 and feature full Web-browsing and video calling. The information given by the company implied that the Galaxy Tab will sport an HD screen for video, Flash support, support for e-books, possible GPS navigation, and PC linking.

Submission + - Samsung Announces the Galaxy Tab (reghardware.com)

Submitted by valeo.de
valeo.de writes: Samsung today announced their tabled offering, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, due to be released September 2, 2010. The 7 inch tablet will "run Android 2.2, do video calls — though the only apparent camera is on the back — support Adobe Flash for a 'full web' experience, have e-book reading software and do 'HD movie playback' (presumably 720p)."
Anime

Submission + - Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions - Game Trailer (spider-man-shattered-dimensions.com)

Submitted by transmediacomicbooks
transmediacomicbooks writes: Shattered Dimensions blends together four universes from the Marvel Comics multiverse, allowing the player to play as four different "Spider-Men". You, as Spider-Man must traverse across 4 different universes — the Amazing, Noir, 2099, and Ultimate universes — in order to Save the Multiverse.
Linux

Submission + - Fedora 14 "Laughlin" Released - Review (linuxroad.net)

Submitted by iqrash
iqrash writes: The availability of first alpha release of Fedora 14 "Laughin" has been announced by Dennis Gilmore (see the release announcement). The final release of much awaited Fedora 14 is due in September this year, and this is the first chance for the users to see how the upcoming release of Fedora will be like. The main goal of an alpha release is to find and fix bugs, the alpha version is designed in such a way as to help the Fedora team to identify bugs....
Security

Submission + - Google bans Android spy app, developer cries foul (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Paul-Threatpost
Paul-Threatpost writes: Malware may be difficult to define but, as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously quipped about pornography, "you know it when you see it." At least that's the position being taken by Google and anti malware firms about two applications designed for mobile phones running Google's Android operating system. Now the developer is crying foul.
IT

Submission + - Searching for Backdoors from Rogue IT Staff (serverfault.com)

Submitted by WHiTe VaMPiRe
WHiTe VaMPiRe writes: When IT staff are terminated under duress, there is often justification for a complete infrastructure audit to reduce future risk to a company. sysadmin1138 recently answered a question on Server Fault that provides a through exploration of the steps necessary to maintain security. Read more at How do you search for back doors from previous IT?

Comment Re:how can we trust (Score 1) 158

by valeo.de (#33310564) Attached to: 40 Windows Apps Said To Contain Critical Bug

Probably because this particular security researcher wants to make a name for themselves. ;)

Peronally I prefer full-disclosure (or worst case, so-called "responsible" disclosure) and don't see the value in these kind of pre-announcements, especially when the attack vector is known as is the case here. All it does is send an even clearer signal to enterprising crackers that they should be looking at popular applications to see if they are vulnerable to this exploit, which doesn't exactly help security.

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