Android malware on the rise

All platforms, mobile or otherwise, are subject to malware. The bigger platforms, though, are the juicer target for criminals simply because the numbers are larger. After all, why go after a platform with 1 percent share?

Windows is the top desktop platform and a target-rich environment for criminals. It doesn t necessarily mean the operating system is any less secure than the competition. It s just getting attacked in far greater quantities. Android is king of the hill when it comes to mobility and it may be suffering a bit of the same fate.

With Android, though, it isn t just about market share. It is also how apps are loaded on the platform. With a model like Apple has with iOS and Microsoft has with Windows Phone 7, it is very difficult to get apps on the device without the app going through an audit to ensure it: does what it claims; doesn t violate a set of rules designed to protect the device, network, and user data; and most of all, doesn t contain malware. No process is perfect and surely somewhere in the 300,000-plus apps in the App Store there is some code that was written to cause some sort of mischief, but should that happen, Apple will just flip the kill switch and remove the app from your phone.

Android doesn t have those protections. First of all, the Android Market doesn t subject apps to the scrutiny that Apple does, and that has caused more than one app in the Market to be a source of infection. Just two months ago Google removed 26 malicious apps.

Secondly, even if Google tightened its application approval process, you aren t forced to use the Android Market exclusively. If you want an app on your iPhone, you are locked into the App Store. (This ignores those that jailbreak their devices. I ignore that group of people when it comes to security because they are deliberately bypassing built-in security features, so they re on your own there.) With Android, you can choose from a variety of markets, none of which are approved by Google, so who knows what you risk when downloading from those?

Focusing Semi Final: MS Dhoni

Indian team captain MS Dhoni said that Indian team is focusing on the semi final match against Pakistan. He said that they are in the competition to play well with full concentration. MS Dhoni said that they are not involving in media hype and looking to play well for the team.

Strauss Focusing On Match Against South Africa

England is not yet come out of the stunning defeat from the Ireland team. It was the big upset in the world cup. Ireland chased the big total of 327 runs. Amazing match to watch and it was celebration all round in Ireland.

Yash Chopra to inaugurate IFFI 2010

He has given us countless hours of entertainment and continues to do so with his production house Yash Raj Films, he is none other than the famous Yash Chopra. The veteran Bollywood filmmaker will be inaugurating the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) this year in Goa.

IFFI will also be felicitating several actors whose names will be disclosed at a later stage. The festival which begins Nov 22 and goes on till Dec 2, has already received a record number of 450 entries for the Cinema of World section and the final list will be chalked out soon, while 15 movies from several countries will be up for the competition in the international competition section.

Miss World 2010

Watch Miss World 2010 Telecast Broadcast Live Streaming Online: Miss United States, Alexandria Mills, won the Miss World crown for 2010 on Saturday, defeating more than 100 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony in southern China.

The blonde Mills, 18, wept as outgoing Miss World Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar placed the tiara on her head and led her to a diamond-shaped throne, in honour of the pageant’s 60th anniversary.

Botswana’s Emma Wareus was second, and Venezuela’s Adriana Vasini placed third in the competition, held in the Chinese resort town of Sanya on Hainan island.

Dev Benegal in short film judges panel at Mumbai film fest

Dev Benegal of English August fame has been roped in to judge the entries in the short film section of the 12th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), starting Oct 21.

Aimed at the youth (of Mumbai) under 25, the new section called Dimensions Mumbai includes films on the maximum city by aspiring directors. Besides Benegal, it will also be judged by Bishaka Dutta, Brahmanand S. Singh, Ashim Ahluwalia and Manish Acharya.

Organised by the Mumbai-based writer-editor-director; Datta is a journalist; Singh is
known for making a National Award-winning documentary on legendary composer R.D. Burman called Pancham Unmixed: Muje Chalte Jana Hai; Ahluwalia is a screenwriter-filmmaker with credits like John & Jane and upcoming Hindi film Miss Lovely; and Acharya is known for his comedy Loins of Punjab Presents.

The five experts will select top 20 films from the received entries that will be screened at the gala. Apart from short fiction, the competition is also open to documentary and animation films.

The winner and the runner-up in the Dimensions Mumbai section will receive Silver Gateway trophies and cash prizes of Rs. 100,000 and Rs. 50,000, respectively.

President Zardari Gives Assent to Competition Commission Bill

ISLAMABAD:  President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday given formal assent to Competition Commission Bill to make it an act of the parliament.

The law to establish Competition Commission of Pakistan; tasked, among other things, to prohibit commercial enterprises from unfair practices.

The National Assembly and Senate had passed the law  completing the parliamentary approval of the Competition Bill after nearly a year of gruelling rows.

The 62-clause bill with formal assent by President Asif Ali Zardari has become an act of parliament that will reactivate a powerful Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) mandated to ensure what the draft says “free competition in all spheres of commercial and economic activity to enhance economic efficiency and to protect consumers from anti-competitive behaviour” in the country.

Venice film festival kicks off Wednesday

VENICE: The Venice film festival kicks off Wednesday with a spotlight on the new generation of filmmakers as 41-year-old US director Darren Aronofsky raises the curtain with ‘Black Swan.’

The psychological thriller by Aronofsky, who won in Venice in 2008 with “The Wrestler” starring Mickey Rourke, is set in the cutthroat New York ballet world.

Other under 50s in the competition are Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola, 39, of the United States and 43-year-old Francois Ozon of France.

Coppola, who won a best screenplay Oscar for “Lost in Translation” (2003), offers a dramatic comedy “Somewhere,” set in Hollywood and produced by her serial Oscar-winning father Francis Ford Coppola.

Perhaps compensating for his youth, Ozon has tapped mature talent in veteran French actors Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in his comedy “Potiche”.

A total of 24 films

Miss Universe 2010 Preliminary Live Show

Will be Miss Universe 2010 preview and live broadcasting on Ustream.tv.

It occurs Aug 19, 06:00, in the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. (This is 20 August, 09:00, in Manila. Am I right?). You can watch live broadcast by going here as received from the Miss Universe Organization. Will be Miss Universe 2010 preview, 2 parts: the swimsuit and evening gown.

Will be added dozens of candidates in the swimsuit and evening gown qualifying their findings during the initial interview, which was held closed yesterday evening. 15 will be the highest combined to be Miss Universe 2010 than 15 contestants that will be announced during the World Cup on August 23. Gallery initial an important part of the competition because it definitely have a list of candidates will be shaken and has a big change.

Cold Fire Updates

Discovery Channel has a great job since the introduction of a solution in the bombing of a large fire on the last episode of pitchmen “famous” television program. Cold Fire is an invention by the great scientists who have been tested in the final episode of the evening Pitchmen “on the Discovery Channel at 9″ at night. Was presented yesterday the cold fire on the show from the Discovery Channel in a different way.

And Anthony Sullivan to host this exhibition in the future. This new invention is a new form of fire extinguishers to homes where only a small fire can be born. The way to test-fire of the cold masses are very different. “Said Anthony Sullivan to sit on the fire that the fire in the presentation of the cold is an invention successful.

And stopped pitchmen “” reality show for a period of time after the death of Miss Bailey in June 2009.

This exhibition is now back on the Discovery Channel and Anthony and to host the show alone, without the co-host Billy him. Sullivan It works in this exhibition direct marketing for many years and now is going to reach a new exhibition, which ten new episodes and new products and twenty to be presented to the public. Anthony Sullivan is 41 years old and began his career by selling new products and items on the streets. Now Sullivan is hosting the Big Show, which is a great platform to create awareness among the public about new inventions and useful. Some products have also become very popular which is being demanded by many people.

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