Sony is coming out with 4 Versions of S1 Tablet this Sept 2011

Sony is coming out in market with its S1and S2 tablets that to very closely by the month of September 2011 as per the well sourced report, presenting four versions of the S1 single-handedly.

The four (4) versions consist of 16GB Wi-Fi merely; 16GB Wi-Fi and 3G, 32GB Wi-Fi; and 32GB Wi-Fi and 3G. The identical dissimilarity on the other hand, hasn’t been declared for the S2. For at the moment, the S2 will be prepared and accessible in 16GB and 32GB models, in which both will consist of 3G and Wi-Fi, and not break up alternative versions of each.

The S1, a 9.4-inch IPS display featuring tablet is being scheduled to be presented as the product for house and the feature largely speaks about PS3 connectivity, infrared remote features, allocating the users to control TVs, blu-ray players, in the middle of other devices. There is no mention of the battery life of the S1 but it can be assumed that it is same as that of the iPad.

We will also know the genuine names of the tablets, which have till now been referred to as S1 and S2. Wait for September 2011.

Google Email Unveils Location Data Importance for Future

A recently divulged email written by a Google product manager has discovered that the location data unruffled by the search engine giant is important to the company’s future. The email is part of a public filing made in a lawsuit adjacent to the company last year. The email designates how significant collecting location data is to the company for its mobile and advertising services approach. The email exchange between Google product manager Steve Lee and Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page was discovered for the duration of a lawsuit filed by Skyhook Wireless.



Google maintains in the email that assembling location data was very important to the implementation of confident mobile applications and web sites. The data is functional for distributing online advertisements based on users’ location.



The company, with user permission, gathers location data of wireless access points being entranced by its Android operating system. Google also gathers Wi-Fi access point locations from people using its Chrome web browser. The Wi-Fi location data permits Google to establish the estimated location of mobile phones and desktop computers, which is then used to bring location based advertisements.

Security flaws in iOS browser is very dangerous

The new browser security defects in iPhones, iPods, and iPads could be more hazardous than originally assumed. The susceptibility comes from the way the jailbreak software, released on Sunday, uses the mobile Safari browser in its place of involving that the device be connected  to a computer. Jailbreaking the phone permits it to run apps not accepted by Apple. But this error could be used to launch an exploit if the user were to surf to a Web site hosting a malicious PDF, giving unobstructed access to the device.

The same PDF develop used to jailbreak the device could also be used to install impressive malicious. Apple said on Wednesday it is functioning on a secure for the problem. But until then all iOS devices are at jeopardy. Now researchers are coming up with diverse ways to get an iOS device user to visit a Web page hosting the exploit, which is imperative for an attack to happen as expected and not essentially unproblematic to do if trying to attack a stranger.

Kershaw, who wrote the open-source Kismet Wi-Fi sniffer, has predicted numerous attack methods. They are hypothetical at this point, at least he hasn't heard of anyone attempting them, but that doesn't mean someone hasn't tried or won't. Person having iPhone would be very worried about using it out in public.
The attacks might sound far-fetched as owner need to trust company's security to the devices as they stand. One way to alleviate these threats is to turn off Wi-Fi.

          

Several attack methods tried by Kershaw are:

1. An attacker could burlesque a wireless access point.
2. An attacker could use a tool christened Metasploit Airpwn to capture unencrypted Web traffic and pretend to be a Web server that an iOS device user is endeavoring to visit.
3. An attacker armed with so-called "IMSI-catcher" equipment, used to sneak on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) phone calls, could imagine being a cell tower. Because the radio software in the device doesn't support data, the device is forced into voice-only mode and will change to wifi automatically.

The attacker could then send the user a text message, appearing to come from the carrier, that directs the user to a Web page hosting the malicious exploit, or even revert at this point to either method one or two.