For years, I have wanted to use a racing game that would provide realistic driving in my neighborhood. Well, The first game like that is coming soon on Ovi Store. This is a 2D top view, which reminds me of the original GTA (I loved that game, even though it didn’t have the 3D experience […]
One less flaw in secure USB keys
We all know by now that some German testers have broken certified USB keys. Breaking a secure product is not big news. Breaking a certified product is less common, so it makes the news. Now, the reactions are worth analyzing, because it is very hard to figure out what certification is about, in particular when […]
Let’s tax Google! All of us!
I am French, and I must admit that my government spends a lot of time innovating about technology, in particular in relation with artistic creation. After enacting a wonderful antipiracy law that will cause problems to people with poorer network security skills than their neighbors, a recent report is suggesting to tax Google because it […]
How to secure Santa’s database?
I read very alarming news today, for a lot of kids around the world: Santa’s naughty-nice database has been hacked. The very good article shows all the typical issues related to privacy, and also to the fact that some records are grossly incorrect; all typical issues encountered when such a massive leak occurs. Now, here […]
Unleashing Android on a Nook
Using an open system to develop a closed device is nothing new, and it is working. We can therefore hardly call Barnes&Noble innovators for basing their Nook e-book reader on the Android operating system. In another community, opening closed devices (and especially those that run on an open system) is also a well-known sport, and […]
The Leyio PSD
The mobile security community already know about PTDs (personal trusted devices), but do we know about, but until very recently, I didn’t know what a PSD was. It seemed obvious from the ad I received from one of my favorite e-commerce sites, so I looked up the device. The Leyio has been launched a few […]
Cartes, day 1
Today was the first day of the 2009 edition of the Cartes show, the greatest smart card show on earth. Not much time to look around, but I didn’t catch a lot of excitement this time. There aren’t that many new things going on, and everybody looks like the first golden era of the smart […]
iPhone worm: good news or bad news?
Well, Apple is everywhere in the news these days … I really enjoyed the news of the first iPhone worm being unleashed in Australia. The question I ask today is: how bad is that news? It sure sounds bad at first. worms are not the kind of beasts that we want to see on our […]
We are the cherry on the NFC cake
I love Apple, at least for one thing. Even a rumor on an Apple product yields more articles on a technology than several real product announcements from other vendors. That’s the case for the NFC rumor. There are plenty of articles, including one on The Register that compares Apple to other NFC vendors and recalls […]
Apple news and rumors
Apple is not my usual cup of tea, as there are way enough sites that make a living on Apple rumors. I recently took a look at one of them, Apple Insider, to check on a few things happening there, and I found three interesting articles, all somehow linked to mobile security.