You must have read this shocking news about Carrier IQ software already. This piece of software logs texts, key taps, calls, emails, strokes, etc. without your knowledge. Here is how to verify and remove Carrier IQ on your Android device. Trevor Eckhart, the same security researcher who actually discovered Carrier IQ’s fishy activities now posted an .APK with name Logging Checker. This software checks logging activity on your phone and lets you know where the logging data is going to. Additionally, it can also look for Google and HTC usage logs, Dropbox logs, etc. There are two versions of this logging checker – free and paid. The paid version guides you to remove Carrier IQ activity. Before installing, you need to ensure that your phone is rooted and ‘Unknown sources’ option is enabled from Settings > Applications. Download Logging Checker from official xda-developers thread here. Download Logging Checker Pro from Android market here. [via] The Verge ...

The latest buzz about Carrier IQ is all around tech and non-tech world. Yesterday, we learned how to verify and remove Carrier IQ from your Android device. But, that method requires you to root your device. Now, we learn how to detect about this spying software, but not yet remove, and no rooting of your Android device is required. While this Carrier IQ crap develops, battle between OS developers and mobile carriers continues, a free app Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector lets you verify whether your Android device is infected or not. Unfortunately, it only verifies but do not remove. After installing, once you launch this app, if you see the detection score as 0 which means best, and anything above zero means Carrier IQ is present and you should seriously consider rooting your Android phone. ...

We have seen many security loop holes in Android related to either malware, apps, custom carrier modifications. Now, 25 year old Android developer Trevor Eckhart has discovered an interesting piece of software that comes pre-installed on most Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones. It records everything you do from your phone. It can even grab your passwords and queries! Worse! The below embedded video recorded by Trevor shows how it works. The spying software called Carrier IQ (developed by www.carrieriq.com) secretly logs everything a user does with his phone including text messages, encrypted web searches, phone calls, location and you name as well! ...

The hacker behind Dev team and iPhone unlock leader MuscleNerd tweeted few hours ago about the unlock for Apple’s new device iPhone 4S. According to his tweet, a very promising unlock for iPhone 4S is in the works. That’s only for iPhone 4S now! Not for iPhone 4. Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t)) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that’s crazy part) UltraSn0w which lets you to unlock the iPhone to use on different carriers currently only supports on the basebands for iPhone 3GS - 4.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, and 06.15.00; for iPhone 4 - 01.59.00. No other basebands are currently not supported by UltraSn0w. ...

Now that everybody are excited about Apple’s new Siri feature, Microsoft have been talking a lot over the past couple of days about the not so popular feature in Windows Phone 7 known as Microsoft Tellme. The research office from Microsoft told Forbes recently that Microsoft has had similar technology on its Windows Phone platform for more than a year! According to the interview: “People are infatuated with Apple announcing it. It’s good marketing, but at least as the technological capability you could argue that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows Phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced.” ...

Ever since Apple launched Siri along with iPhone 4S, hackers and enthusiasts around the globe implemented many magical things and endless possibilities. Another hacker taking developments of others added something new allowing him to use voice commands to control his vehicle. He mentioned on his website, that he created a ruby plugin that is used by “Siri Proxy”, a proxy server for Apple’s Siri assistant. This proxy server allows for the creation of custom plugins that can intercept recognized speech and perform virtually any function. ...

What if Mark Zuckerberg deletes Facebook and kills himself? Nice Piece Productions have created hilarious parody trailer titled “The Social Network 2”. The trailer points how our society and life panics down if Facebook disappears suddenly?

If you are concerned with the internet security and privacy of your computer due to so many threats existing in the world of internet connection, then you would want to find out how to increase these features inside your device. It has been confirmed that at least 1% of PC users contact the malware which is destined to steal financial information from your personal computer. The following steps will help you get an increased internet security to avoid being exposed to these sorts of threats: ...

A life in college is a life filled with adventure, responsibility, and new experiences. What better way to maximize your time, efforts, and abilities with the use of improving technologies in mobile apps? Whither in medical school, the arts, or technology colleges, students can benefit from the latest in mobile technology. Get organized, get ready, and get serious about your college experience with the Top Ten Mobile Apps for College Students. ...

One of the iPhone hackers (developer of course) claims that he found a way to unlock the iPhone 4S without any hardware or software changes. This unlock seems to be working (I haven’t tried yet with my AT&T iPhone 4S) only with AT&T version only. According to Chronic, this procedure will assist you to use your iPhone 4S on T-mobile’s network with T-mobile SIM card. You will need to cut the T-mobile SIM to fit into micro SIM slot of iPhone 4S. Proceed at your own risk - ...