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If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself Dek:  If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself External Source:  networkworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29935

If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself Dek:  If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself External Source:  networkworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29935

If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself Dek:  If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself External Source:  networkworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29935

If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself Dek:  If you've got an older Android smartphone and want to upgrade to the latest version of the OS, you may be stuck waiting on the manufacturer for a while. Or you could follow these easy steps and do the upgrade yourself External Source:  networkworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29935

Details about Windows Phone 8 are bustin' out all over. And while those technical details are devastating for Windows Phone 7.5 "Tango" sales, there's a bigger picture.

Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection.

This technique is known as server-side polymorphism and has already existed in the world of desktop malware for many years, but mobile malware creators have only now begun to adopt it.

In 2006, Apple's Intel-based Macs opened the door to running Windows via desktop virtualization; suddenly users could have their personal Macs and business PCs in one box. It's a big reason, I believe, that Mac market share has continued to grow faster than overall PC market share for the last five years. The shift to Intel and the accompanying ability to run Windows gave people the security blanket they needed to make the switch.

With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on. Here's a look at the most intriguing newcomers Dek:  With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on. Here's a look at the most intriguing newcomers External Source:  pcworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29796

It's not exactly news that Microsoft is planning a major update to Windows Phone this fall, one that's supposed to fill in many of the promising smartphone OS's deficiencies. But mobile reviews website PocketNow seems to have revealed the most substantive details to date, thanks to a purported intercept of a Microsoft executive's video presentation.

In an effort to improve security in its Android Market, Google has been using a service providing automated scanning of applications submitted to the mobile application store, Google revealed on Thursday afternoon.

Code-named Bouncer, the service scans the market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience or requiring developers to submit to an application approval process, said Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice of engineering for Android, in a blog post:

In 2006, Apple's Intel-based Macs opened the door to running Windows via desktop virtualization; suddenly users could have their personal Macs and business PCs in one box. It's a big reason, I believe, that Mac market share has continued to grow faster than overall PC market share for the last five years. The shift to Intel and the accompanying ability to run Windows gave people the security blanket they needed to make the switch.

With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on. Here's a look at the most intriguing newcomers Dek:  With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on. Here's a look at the most intriguing newcomers External Source:  pcworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/29796

It's not exactly news that Microsoft is planning a major update to Windows Phone this fall, one that's supposed to fill in many of the promising smartphone OS's deficiencies. But mobile reviews website PocketNow seems to have revealed the most substantive details to date, thanks to a purported intercept of a Microsoft executive's video presentation.

In an effort to improve security in its Android Market, Google has been using a service providing automated scanning of applications submitted to the mobile application store, Google revealed on Thursday afternoon.

Code-named Bouncer, the service scans the market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience or requiring developers to submit to an application approval process, said Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice of engineering for Android, in a blog post:

AMD has put the brakes on adding more cores to its server chips, stopping at 16, the company said Thursday during a financial analyst day.

AMD's new server chips code-named Abu Dhabi and due out in 2013 will have 16 cores, the same number as the existing Opteron 6200 chips code-named Interlagos that shipped last year. Servers are being redesigned to match specialty workloads and adding more cores to the Abu Dhabi chip wasn't the way to boost performance, said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of Global Business Units at AMD, during a speech.

AMD has put the brakes on adding more cores to its server chips, stopping at 16, the company said Thursday during a financial analyst day.

AMD's new server chips code-named Abu Dhabi and due out in 2013 will have 16 cores, the same number as the existing Opteron 6200 chips code-named Interlagos that shipped last year. Servers are being redesigned to match specialty workloads and adding more cores to the Abu Dhabi chip wasn't the way to boost performance, said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of Global Business Units at AMD, during a speech.

Companies and home users whose computers or routers are infected by the DNSChanger Trojan risk being unable to access the Web come March 8, 2012, when the FBI unplugs the legitimate DNS servers it set up to replace the rogue DNS servers that were forwardi

Companies and home users whose computers or routers are infected by the DNSChanger Trojan risk being unable to access the Web come March 8, 2012, when the FBI unplugs the legitimate DNS servers it set up to replace the rogue DNS servers that were forwardi

In October 2011, Internet infrastructure firm VeriSign released its usual quarterly report. Buried in the 50-page filing to the SEC was the revelation that the company had been breached multiple times the previous year.

In October 2011, Internet infrastructure firm VeriSign released its usual quarterly report. Buried in the 50-page filing to the SEC was the revelation that the company had been breached multiple times the previous year.