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Researchers get around Android security by freezing the phone

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To get around this, researchers Tilo Muller, Michael Spreitzenbarth and Felix Freiling from FAU put Android phones in a freezer for an hour until the device had cooled to below -10C.

The trio discovered that quickly connecting and disconnecting the battery of a frozen phone forced the handset into a vulnerable mode. This loophole let them start it up with some custom-built software rather than its onboard Android operating system. The researchers dubbed their custom code Frost – Forensic Recovery of Scrambled Telephones.

Not a good day for Android. Then again, not many days are good for Android.

Windows RT is a lemon

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As currently conceived, Windows RT is a lemon, and users are avoiding it in droves.

Haven’t we known this all along?

iPad in the classroom is a winner

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Every once in a while we hear statistics about how technology like the iPad is helping kids learn and how the device is moving education forward, but those are just numbers. It’s not until you see and hear students and teachers talking about using the iPad do you get an understanding of how much it’s really doing. […]

Ferrari and Apple

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Ferrari, which today unveiled the 1 million euro hybrid model “LaFerrari,” is in talks with Apple about broadening a partnership on in-car entertainment, Di Montezemolo said today at the Geneva motor show. The new four-seater Ferrari model includes mini i-Pads on the passenger seats. Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president overseeing online services, joined the Ferrari board last year.

This is great news for when I get my Ferrari.

Samsung fails to block iPhone, iPad in Japan

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The Tokyo District Court rejected the request as Samsung hadn’t negotiated “sincerely” with Apple over licensing data- sending patents, Judge Ichiro Otaka said in a ruling today. The court also ruled that Samsung doesn’t have the right to seek damages … Continued

WSJ douchebaggery

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A little while ago I sarcastically asked on Twitter how the Wall Street Journal could take good news about Apple and turn it into bad news. Well, they did it. I can’t even link to them, but Gruber noticed it too.

iOS dominates the enterprise market

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This quarter’s report showed a clear preference for iOS devices, which accounted for 77 percent of all activations and captured eight of the top ten spots on the most popular device list this quarter. While Android activations dropped 6.3 percent as compared to Q4 2011, they still accounted for 22.7 percent of all activations for the quarter, which were primarily driven by Android tablets. Windows Phone devices came in a distant third for the quarter, capturing just 0.5 percent of overall activations.

The iPhone 5 was the most popular device activated in Q4 2012.

Apple in India

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Om Malik:

Apple is enamored with China — and rightfully so. However, in not paying attention to India, it has allowed world’s second-largest mobile market to become a mostly Android phenomenon, leaving upper end of the market to Samsung. Wrong strategy, if you ask me.

Another iOS 6 lock screen flaw found

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The difference between the first exploit and this one is how it can make the iPhone screen go black, allowing an attacker to plug the device into a computer via USB and access the user’s data without having their PIN or passcode credentials.

I don’t know how they find this stuff, but Apple has to get this fixed.

Traktor DJ for iPad

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Touch your tracks, loop, scratch, and create stunning mixes in seconds.

The guys at Native Instruments gave me a look at Traktor DJ during my last trip to California and it is amazing. They worked on every little detail to get this app just right.

Apple releases iOS 6.1.2

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A release that “fixes an Exchange calendar bug that could result in increased network activity and reduced battery life.” You can download the update by checking for software updates on your device.

Apple’s consumer technology revenue

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Apple’s revenue [19.9%] easily beat out rival Samsung, which came in second with 9.3 percent, up from 7 percent in 2011. The rest of the top five saw their share of revenue fall in 2012: HP dipped from 8.9 percent in 2011 to 8.2 percent last year, while Sony and Dell both slid to 4.4 percent and 3 percent, respectively.

That is an incredible number.

Microsoft has no “Plan B” for Surface

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Given Microsoft’s lack of success so far, he was asked if there was an alternative strategy or ‘Plan B’ in reserve.

“It’s less ‘Plan B’ than how you execute on the current plan,” said Klein. “We aim to evolve this generation of Windows to make sure we have the right set of experiences at the right price points for all customers.”

I have a lot of respect for a company that is so confident in its product line that it goes all in. Having a “plan B” means that in some way you aren’t fully committed to the future of the product.

Of course, if you do that, you better be right. In this case, I’m not sure Microsoft is right.

UC Irvine: Students with iPads do 23% better in national exams

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He added that the first class participating in the iMedEd Initiative scored an average of 23 percent higher on their national exams – taken at the end of the second year of medical school – than previous UC Irvine medical school classes, despite having similar incoming GPAs and MCAT scores.

That’s impressive.

One in six PCs shipped in Q4 2012 was an iPad

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Some staggering numbers from market research firm Canalys on Wednesday. There were 134 million PCs shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012, with one-third of them being tablets. […]