Mark Bridge writes:
I knew I’d seen it before. Towards the end of last week I read about a study from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania that said it was pretty easy to identify passwords from smudges on touchscreen mobile phones.
Article rating: No rating
James Rosewell writes:
Yesterday I received the following text message from O2: “You’ve gone over your data allowance on your mobile. You need to cut down or get a bigger Bolt On to keep using the internet.” I thought this was strange as I’ve an unlimited data bolt on applied to my O2 UK contract so I decided to telephone O2 customer services to find out a little bit more. Here’s what happened.
Article rating: No rating
This week we talk to mobile security expert Jack Wraith, who heads the Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum and the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum. Plus there's a discussion about all the week's other big news stories - from Android to Zeta-Jones!
Article rating: No rating
Juniper Research expects the number of SMS mobile banking alerts to rise from 30 billion this year to almost 90 billion per year by 2015. That's one message every two days for the average mobile banking customer.
Article rating: No rating
New smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 operating system are expected within just a few weeks. In anticipation, Microsoft has announced a batch of around 50 mobile games at gaming showcase gamescom 2010 – and has also explained more about the way their phones will link with the Xbox LIVE online service. As well as new games and versions of popular classics there'll also be companion titles to familiar Xbox 360 games.
Article rating: No rating