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Obama and Romney election apps suck up personal data, research finds

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Obama and Romney election apps suck up personal data, research finds
Millions of US voters could be downloading smartphone apps created to promote the campaigns of President Obama and his Republican election rival Mitt Romney without noticing the intrusive permissions demanded by the software, GFI Software has reported. Read More


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The wild world of wearable computers
Imagine wearing shoes that reveal your precise weight distribution when standing, walking, or running (Moticon); a tattoo that vibrates when you have incoming calls and messages (Nokia); or an armband that tracks how many calories you've burned in a day (Nike+ FuelBand). Read More

iPhone 5 parody video: Latest smartphone is ... a camera
A new parody video purporting to be a leaked official iPhone 5 promo reveals that the much anticipated next-generation Apple smartphone is just for taking pictures. Read More


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Pirated mobile Android and Apple apps getting hacked, cracked and smacked
Those popular mobile apps that everyone's buying from the official Android and Apple apps stores for business and fun are being torn apart by hackers who turn around and post these abused apps filled with malware, their content pirated or otherwise tampered, according to a study out today. Read More

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Does a computer science degree matter anymore?
The number of college students pursuing computer science degrees at U.S. universities rose in 2008 for the first time in six years, according to a just released study. Academia and policymakers are hailing the news, but the question facing CIOs and others in charge of IT hiring is: How much do computer science degrees matter? Read More

HTC signals focus on business market with investment in enterprise app provider
Taiwan's HTC has invested US$35.4 million in a U.S.-based provider of mobile enterprise apps, signaling that the smartphone vendor is trying to fill a market space once occupied by Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, according to analysts. Read More

Nexus 7 sales could hit 8M by year's end, analyst says
Google could sell between six million and eight million of its $199 Nexus 7 tablets by year's end, according to a new estimate. Read More

Windows Phone Expected to Pass BlackBerry in November
One down, two to go. Read More



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