BlackBerry Gets Its First Trojan

Varun Srivastava, the Business Development Head at APPIN Security Group that just happens to be a leading player in ethical hacking and information security, has recently come out with a Whitepaper on what causes hacking of BlackBerry phones, whether it is secure/ lawfully interceptible, and how can it be avoided. Needless to say, BlackBerry users are probably fretting right about now, as most offices these days issue some of their executives, especially the ones that are constantly traveling, with Blackberry handsets.

Source: www.tech2.com | Read the complete article here

Microsoft, Yahoo & Google

Oh Man, what’s gonna happen next? I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Barcamp Bangalore 5

17th and 18th November 2007 @ IIM Bangalore

BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. What is BarCamp? 

Useful links:
BCB5 Home
BCB5 Registration
BCB5 Collectives

Android

When I came back to my hectic days of work after my long holiday break (hope you guys know what ”a ten day break” means to we IT people), I heard about Android, the open handset project. I have been to mobile app world for quite some time and it thrilled me a bit. I am not ready to give you my perspective on that, but can give you some good content references.

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. This early look at the Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

Source: code.google.com/android

Android home: http://code.google.com/android/
Android SDK download: http://code.google.com/android/download.html
What is Android? : http://code.google.com/android/what-is-android.html

Some interesting links
Android drops Microsoft into Google’s pocket
Open handset alliance
Google to the max

Microsoft & F# Functional Language

Microsoft plans to integrate F#, a functional programming language developed by the Microsoft Research group, into its Visual Studio application development platform, said S. “Soma” Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division.

The company, however, has not laid out a formal release schedule, although Somasegar pledged to both integrate F# into Visual Studio and continue evolving it.

Pronounced “F sharp,” F# is based on the concepts of functional programming, Somasegar said. Functional languages treat computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions. The mathematical slant of functional programming is appealing to professionals in domains described with mathematical notation, including financial, scientific, and technical computing, said Somasegar.

Source: infoworld.com
Read the article here | Somasegar’s Blog
Microsoft Research:  http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/fsharp.aspx