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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Tiny Tree Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]

The Tiny Tree Home Screen Reader Mike E shares his very simple, elegant home screen that even non-rooters can put together.

Mike explains his setup:

I wanted something that looked very simple but had everything there to hand within a couple of presses or swipes. First thing, I wanted to hide the notification bar as I think it looks way better without it (you can do this in LauncherPro). The dock stays the same over all three screens and has shortcuts to my most used apps.

The home screen contains 3 main text buttons for Google Reader, Spotify and JustPictures, a simple battery level display and a touch to lock button. There are 4 hidden folders (made using SiMi Folder Widget) which open custom Apps, Games, Contacts and Camera Apps, all arranged by frequency of use.

The left screen is for settings and work. There are switches for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Data Connection, GPS, Ringer Setting and Volume Settings. The text button opens Wunderlist and the calendar displays one of my Google Calendars set up to sync with my work's Notes calendar.

The right screen is for personal and has text buttons for Facebook, Gmail and Any.do. The calendar contains all my personal calendars from Google Calendar.

The widgets Mike uses include:

Do you have an awesome, tweaked-into-oblivion home or lock screen of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it on the #homescreenshowcase forum with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured home screen.

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Google Pulls ?Official? Siri App from Android Market

By John P. Mello Jr.
PC World (US)
January 2, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO - Google has reportedly yanked an app masquerading as Siri, Apple?s voice command personal assistant software, from the Android marketplace.

The move comes amid a deluge of Siri wannabes that have invaded the Android market since Apple introduced the iPhone 4S and its innovative features.
An app called Siri for Android, made by an outfit called Official Software, appeared in the Android market on Friday and was pulled from the bazaar by Google just hours after its arrival there, according to a report by The Next Web.
Also, all other apps by Official Software disappeared from the market, as it appears that Google has pulled the software maker?s account, which allows it to sell programs at the outlet.

The software company did a number of dubious things that appear to have prompted Google to act against the firm.

For example, it used Apple?s Siri icon for the Official Software Android app. The word ?official? was used in a way to make the app look like it was a true clone of the Apple app. When the Siri icon was tapped, all Official Software?s app did was load Google?s own voice command software, Voice Actions.

This isn?t the first time something like this has happened.

A French developer has even found a way to tap into Apple?s servers to enable software running on other mobile phone platforms to duplicate Siri?s feats, although the legality of such a move would be doubtful.
A search for ?Siri? on the Android Market by PCWorld revealed 131 hits, but less than a handful of the programs had more than 10,000 downloads. They were Vlingo Virtual Assistant (32,328 downloads), Iris (20,309), Skyvi (19,444) and Speaktoit Assistant (11,600).
While the Android world has been laboring hard to emulate Siri?s functionality since Apple pulled the wraps off it, it hasn?t quite made it there yet, according to PC World?s Ed Albro.
?I?ve concluded that you can find decent virtual help on an Android phone, but the assistants available likely won?t be as smooth and capable as Siri,? he wrote.

He described Siri as the classic executive secretary ? ?always well-dressed and possessed of an elephant?s memory and a dry wit.?

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Hackers disclose Israelis' credit card information (AP)

JERUSALEM ? Hackers claiming to be Saudis posted credit card information of thousands of Israelis on the Internet, credit card companies said Tuesday, in what appeared to be a politically motivated attack. One expert played down its scope.

The Israeli Ynet news website said the hackers, identifying themselves as Group-XP, called the cyber attack a "gift to the world for the New Year" that they hoped "would hurt the Zionist pocket."

They claimed to have compromised 400,000 credit-card holders, but Israel's central bank said only about 15,000 active cards were affected.

"Group-XP is a known Saudi hacking group that seeks to propagate Wahhabism," the strict form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, said Gadi Aviran of Terrogence Ltd., an Israeli web intelligence company.

"The fact that the hackers offered the credit card details for free and admitted to using the cards in order to expand their activity and cause more damage to Israelis in the future shows that they were not motivated by criminal intent or greed," he said. "This event is less cyber warfare than cyber terrorism."

Another cyber expert, Gadi Evron, told The Associated Press that it would be almost impossible to verify the attackers were Saudi.

Evron, who once oversaw security for the Israeli government Internet provider, said the attack was "nothing special" technically and was mundane, given the millions of credit card numbers stolen online daily.

"Potentially, such attacks could be devastating," he said. "This is not one of them."

It focused attention again about potential dangers for consumers in using electronic commerce services, he said, and demonstrated how relatively simple attacks could affect an entire country.

Ynet said the information was posted on an Israeli sports website and removed shortly after it appeared. Credit card companies said they blocked Internet purchases on the compromised cards and would issue replacement cards soon.

Israeli security officials said Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency has a special unit that advises sensitive sectors considered vital to security, like public utilities, about Internet security. It recently added banks and cell phone companies.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss security matters.

Evron said Israel, a high-tech powerhouse, is one of the most frequently hacked countries in the world, though the attacks generally are not sophisticated. Many of the attacks are linked to pro-Palestinian or pro-Arab hackers, he said.

"As a rule, whenever there is some sort of ethnic or political tension around the world...you can guarantee that two days later or an hour later, for at least a few weeks, there are going to be some kind of online attacks going on," Evron said.

There have been no confirmed reports of sensitive Israeli government sites being hacked. Several weeks ago, websites of Israeli spy services and other official sites briefly went down, but the government denied pro-Palestinian hackers were to blame and characterized the event as a technical malfunction.

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Additional reporting by Ian Deitch.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120103/ap_on_hi_te/ml_israel_hackers

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Here is the latest North Carolina sports news from The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Chay Shegog hit the go-ahead free throws with 1:11 left, helping No. 25 North Carolina rally past No. 12 Miami 65-63 on Monday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. Shegog finished with 20 points to lead the Tar Heels, who won despite finishing with a season-high 31 turnovers. North Carolina trailed by eight with about 5? minutes left before fighting back to take its first lead on Shegog's free throws.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Tricia Liston had 18 points to lead four players in double figures for No. 7 Duke, which blew past Virginia 77-66 Monday night in the ACC opener for both teams. Haley Peters added 13 points, Richa Jackson 12 and Chelsea Gray 11 with eight assists for the Blue Devils (10-2), who have won 19 straight in the series.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Leading scorer C.J. Harris was held out of Wake Forest's game against Wofford on Monday night with a strained groin. Harris injured his groin late in a victory over Yale on Dec. 29 and was sidelined as a precaution. Team officials said Harris was expected back for the Demon Deacons' Atlantic Coast Conference opener against Virginia Tech on Saturday.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina says junior defensive end Donte Paige-Moss has told Tar Heels coaches he plans to enter the NFL draft. Paige-Moss played all 13 games and finished with 29 tackles, four tackles for loss and two sacks. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Tar Heels' loss to Missouri in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 26.

Source: http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16432540/here-is-the-latest-north-carolina-sports-news-from-the-associated-press

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