Swype Website Hacked By Pro-Palestinian Group,TeaM System Dz

Swype's website has come under attack this evening by a group claiming connections to the pro-Palestinian movement. The website was taken down mid-afternoon (Pacific time) on Saturday, and is still showing a message left there by "TeaM System Dz." As you might suspect, the message is highly critical of Israel (under the so-called #OpSaveGaza banner) for its recent military action in the Gaza Strip.

 

In case you don't follow hashtags, #OpSaveGaza is supposedly an online assault on Israeli websites that kicked off July 11th. The goal is to deface these pages and spread awareness of the hackers' views. I'm not aware of any direct Israeli connection between Swype (or parent company Nuance) and Israel. It's possible the group just noticed a vulnerability and went for it, even though it wasn't the ideal target. Hopefully someone at Swype is working on getting things under control.

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Tinder

 

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Court orders Motorola to stop sales in Germany over antenna dispute

A German court has ordered Motorola Deutschland and Motorola Mobility USA to stop selling mobile phones in Germany, which infringe a patent owned by LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, the company said on Wednesday.
The German company said in a statement that the regional court in Mannheim has ruled that the companies infringe LPKF's patent for Laser Direct Structuring, which is used in antennas for mobile phones.  

HTC One (E8) launched in India, priced at Rs 34,900/-

HTC today launched the One (E8) in India at an event in New Delhi. This new smartphone is essentially an affordable variant of the company’s flagship One (M8). The One (E8) is priced at Rs 34,900 and will be available from the end of this month.
As far as specifications are concerned, the One (E8) flaunts a 5-inch 1080p (441ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and is powered by 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor paired with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Also included is 16GB of internal storage that can be further expanded up to 128GB using a microSD card.