Thursday, April 17, 2014

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

 App tells you if the Heartbleed bug is enabled on your Android phone

App tells you if the Heartbleed bug is enabled on your Android phone

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So you read all about the flaw in OpenSSL called Heartbleed, and you're worried that hackers are quietly accessing the data on your Android phone. On Friday, Google said that smartphones running Android 4.1.1 are vulnerable to getting the bug. Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at Lookout Mobile, says that versions of Android 4.2.2 modified by a carrier or handset manufacturer, can also carry the Heartbleed flaw. 

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Oink, Oink: Bad Piggies comes to Windows Phone

Oink, Oink: Bad Piggies comes to Windows Phone

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It is hard to believe, but Rovio's Bad Piggies has been available on iOS and Android since September 2012. The game is similar to any of the Angry Birds games, but from the viewpoint of those poor porkers. You are left in charge to create a rolling or flying vehicle that gets the pigs to a safe destination. The player is given a number of items to build this machine out of, which is where the challenge comes in.