Korean giant Samsung has hit back at claims that secret spyware was installed on R525 notebooks, saying security software used to test the notebooks mistook a folder for the keylogger software StarLogger. Samsung’s Australian PR released the following announcement a few moments ago. Reports that a keylogger was installed in Samsung laptops are not true. [...]
Archive for March, 2011
There’s been a bit of talk recently about the price of petrol in Australia. Talk is that we’re being protected at the pump by a strong local currency and if the situation in the Middle East or the strength of the Aussie dollar deteriorated, we’d be staring down the barrel at $2 a litre. Well, [...]
Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne appears to have reached his limit on Vodafone’s network issues, tweeting on Twitter: “Been a loyal customer and worked with Vodafone for a long time. But seriously improve network coverage asap or I’m leaving.” The Australian telco has been struggling with network performance over recent times and late last year, [...]
Korean giant Samsung is going into damage control as reports of notebooks preloaded with commercial spyware have begun surfacing in the US. Online news site Network World is reporting on claims that keylogger spyware tool StarLogger has been found on two Samsung R525 notebooks. This website contacted Samsung’s Australian PR firm and we’ve just received [...]
Korean electronics giant LG continues the torrent of Android smartphone releases of late with a new compact model aimed at first-time users. The new Optimus Me features Google’s Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system, along with a 2.8-inch capacitive-touchscreen LCD panel and 600MHz processor. The phone features a 3MP image sensor, 1280mAh Lithium-ion battery and comes [...]