Beside Motorola’s Atrix 4G and the many tablets, one of the very nice announcements of CES is LG’s Thinq, with significant press coverage. Connecting home appliances sounds kind of obvious, and the ubiquitous availability of smartphones and tablets makes it even more obvious. I have many times left my clean laundry sit in the washer …
After way too much time, I finally upgraded WordPress to a more recent release. I now feel modern and clean. However, the main change is philosophical, as I have changed my way to get revenue. I have removed the Google ads, which were in most cases completely irrelevant, and I have replaced them with a …
A new year is beginning, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have been reading this blog, commenting on it, and basically supporting me throughout these years. Although I have not been very active, the year has been tough, and this blog has brought some support at crucial …
It took me a while to write something about it, but at last Cartes, some ex-colleagues were showing something refreshing that made me feel a bit younger at Cartes: a new virtual machine, whose specification is available here. I got a demo of the VM, as well as a detailed speech about all the features …
Yesterday, at the Web 2.0 Summit, Eric Schmidt started his “discussion” with Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle by Android and NFC. And what he said about the technology is like a dream for many NFC stakeholders, who have been waiting for signals from big players. First, the upcoming Nexus S will support NFC. This is …
With my colleagues, I have been looking at the security of mobile applications for a few years, and in most cases, I have been amazed at the lack of security in these applications. Most mobile developers simply don’t seem to care. A security and forensics company has recently looked into mobile applications, and got some …
Researchers have done some interesting work about “smudge attacks” on Android phones. All Android phone owners will have guessed that this attack targets the authentication pattern that is used to unlock an Android phone. And all these owners also know that smudge really is dangerous for this authentication technique. I have tried it with a …
I was not at e-Smart this year, but here are some early reports from colleagues who attended the sessions. Over the coming days, I will comment on a few selected presentations. First, one of my favorite topics, which was covered Friday morning: attacks on the Java Card platform. There were two presentations this morning on …
So, that’s it, JavaOne is fnished for me. It has been quite dense, with many sessions and a few interesting discussions. It leaves me with mixed feelings, though. On the good side, Oracle has shown some commitment to a Java roadmap, and this enormous conference has proven that Oracle plays at a different level; this …
This talk is about the Mobile Telephony API (JSR-253) and Payment API (JSR 229) that can be added to MIDP/MSA phones. These JSR’s have been defined by Siemens/BenQ, and there were left in IP limbo after the demise of the company. Apparently, this transition time is over, work has resumed on these JSR’s, and they …
