Apple, Win 8, Bricks and Clicks and Android Security...

Ha ha! Apple suggestions on how to not infringe on their patents. Don't make it rectangle. Uh.....right.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apple-and-oranges-apples-tablet-design-suggestions/9950

Really cool bricks vs. clicks discussion.
http://www.zdnet.com/debate/great-debate-is-e-commerce-killing-brick-and-mortar/6330783

Cool note on challenges in Win 8 programming.....
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-reasons-windows-8-will-be-painful-for-developers/2885

Interesting note on Android ads and permissions on the device.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/android-apps-and-advertising-a-bit-too-cozy/7003

And along with that, Android malware up.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/android-malware-sees-exponential-growth/6960

Carrier IQ and Other Spying

Not quite as comfortable as my friends with the Carrier IQ thing.

Quote from Carrier IQ:
“While we look at many aspects of a device’s performance, we are counting and summarizing performance, not recording keystrokes or providing tracking tools.”
Except that it does record keystrokes and apparently collects the map data, too, it sounds like. So I’m not sure I would trust them with my data.
How to remove it:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/finding-and-cleaning-out-your-smartphones-carrier-iq-poison/1697
7 Questions for CarrierIQ
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/7-questions-that-carrier-iq-needs-to-address-immediately/16749
Carrier IQ is a reason you should root your phone? Don’t know about that one.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/carrier-iq-snooping-another-good-reason-to-root-your-phone/6984
Just more on Carrier IQ. Nothing earth shattering.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222332/FAQ_Behind_the_Carrier_IQ_rootkit_controversy_
And, if you have Verizon and a few others (RIM, etc.), no worries about Carrier IQ.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222337/Verizon_says_it_doesn_t_use_Carrier_IQ_software


And Government-related spying. Kinda wish I hadn’t read this.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/01/security_firms_compete_to_sell_snoopware_to_repressive_governments/

Security, App Store and WP7

Security holes. #1 on the list…..you. I enjoy TRDojo.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itdojo/five-dangerous-and-often-overlooked-it-security-risks/3082
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-security-problems-you-might-not-realize-you-have/2768

Kind of along the privacy lines is the “walled garden” that is the app store concept.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39163/

Hey, I almost got a wp7 phone……. It almost would be worth it for the prank in DirectRemote.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-frivolous-but-entertaining-apps-for-windows-phone-7/1179

And sort of along that lines, some reasoning behind WP7’s lukewarm reception.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/us-cellular-carriers-are-engaged-in-a-conspiracy-against-windows-phones/5398