Google Nexus smartphones including the latest Google Nexus 5 running Android 4.4 KitKat are vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via Flash SMS messages; it has been revealed on Friday during DefCamp security conference…
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Court orders search engines to de-list, ISPs to block DPstream, Fifostream and Allostreaming
In what could be dubbed as the king of all DMCA takedown requests, Paris High Court has ordered Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to de-list all infringing URLs belonging to three video portals…
Asus, Toshiba to join Chromebook bandwagon as early as 2014
Google may have new vendors launching Chromebooks soon as reports from sources familiar with the matter indicate that Asus and Toshiba are planning to launch Chrome OS powered laptops as early as…
Dutch privacy authorities accuse Google of data protection law violation
Dutch privacy watchdog, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA), after a seven-month investigation, has accused Google of breaching Dutch personal data protection law since it introduced a new privacy policy last year….
CyanogenMod Installer removed ‘voluntarily’ as Google blows violation of TOS trumpet
CyanogenMod Installer has been removed from Play Store after Google claimed that the app was in violation of Terms of Service and warned the team of administrative action. Launched in the middle…
Google Android camera app gets burst mode, RAW support
Google has rebuilt its Android camera app and added burst mode and RAW support directly onto the hardware abstraction layer. The rebuilt app will give new powers to developers allowing them to…
Anti-censorship org asks Google, Eric Schmidt to lead the way
GreatFire.org, an anti-censorship organization, has urged Google and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to lead the way and call on China’s bluff and end its web censorship by following two simple steps. Charlie…
Android 4.4 KitKat rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One Play editions
Google has revealed that it has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update to Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Play edition smartphones starting Monday night. Being rolled out in a staggered…
Eric Schmidt: Global internet censorship to end within a decade
Addressing audience at Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, made a bold prediction saying that global internet censorship will within a decade. In his lecture, Schmidt said that…
Apple, Google accused of ripping off customers over storage pricing
Apple, Google and other top tablet manufacturers have been accused of inflating tablet costs by more than a 1,000 percent on their tablet PCs. The investigation called on by Which?, one of…
Wireless charger for Nexus 5, Nexus 7 hits Google Play Store in US, Canada
Google on Tuesday launched wireless chargers for its Nexus handsets in the US and Canada. The latest gadget, which will be compatible with the Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 4, and Nexus 5…
Safari Settlement to cost Google $17M
Google on Monday, as part of a Safari privacy lawsuit settlement deal, has agreed to pay $17 million to 37 US states and the District of Colombia. The search engine giant was…
Overheating was primary reason behind HP Chromebook 11 recall
Sales of the recently released Chromebook 11 computer has been halted by Google and Hewlett-Packard after receiving several reports from users complaining of overheating device chargers. The Chromebook 11 laptop which was…
Google, Microsoft take a stand against online child pornography
Google and Microsoft have decided to take strong measures against online child pornography considering the alarming rate at which photos and videos containing child pornography are proliferating on the Internet with plans…
Chrome to open PDFs by default; Google says browsers are more secure than applications
Google, with its latest Chrome Canary channel, is changing the way PDF files downloaded from the web are handled. The search engine giant, citing security concerns, claims that browsers are more secure…