Android Police has done some digging into a suite of logging tools, dubbed HtcLoggers, that were loaded onto a range of HTC phones in a recent update. While the exact purpose of the tools is not known, they collect a bevy of information including, but not limited to, location, user accounts, phone numbers, system logs and some SMS data.

Here's the kicker - it is apparently possible for any app that uses Android's INTERNET permission to access - and therefore copy off the device - any of that information. Given that most apps that access the web or display ads request the INTERNET permission, the consequences of this find are, as Artem Russakovskii of Android Police puts it, massive. Reportedly only phones with the stock Sense firmware are affected. Using a proof of concept app, the EVO 4G, EVO 3D, Thunderbolt, EVO Shift 4G, MyTouch 4G Slide and some Sensation models have been found vulnerable to data theft via the HtcLoggers app.

Put simply, any app with the INTERNET permission running on the aforementioned phones can access at least:

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Allows an application to access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, WiFi) location
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Allows an application to access fine (e.g., GPS) location
ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS Allows an application to access extra location provider commands
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks
BATTERY_STATS Allows an application to collect battery statistics
DUMP Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
GET_ACCOUNTS Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
GET_PACKAGE_SIZE Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
GET_TASKS Allows an application to get information about the currently or recently running tasks: a thumbnail representation of the tasks, what activities are running in it, etc. READ_LOGS Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
READ_SYNC_SETTINGS Allows applications to read the sync settings
READ_SYNC_STATS Allows applications to read the sync stats

This is a nice upgrade over the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab that I reviewed earlier this year, going well beyond the extra 0.7-inches of screen real estate. The Super AMOLED Plus-ness is great, but you'll also find a beefed up 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 3MP rear and 2MP front cameras, LTE and HSPA+ 21Mbps support, and 1080p full HD video playback. Not surprisingly, they've also moved up from Froyo on the original Tab to Honeycomb 3.2 on the Galaxy Tab 7.7.

Samsung has indicated that the microSD slot-touting Galaxy Tab 7.7 will ship in your choice of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities.

The device is powered by the TI OMAP 4430 1.2GHz processor, offers up to 64GB storage capacity, microSD support, a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, 5MP rear and 2MP front cam, and a battery life of up to eight hours. Pricing is unknown and availability is expected sometime by the end of the year. 
 

Codenamed N13 Series, the chips are ten in number and are divided into three categories, according to the target consumer segment.

The N13E are the Enthusiast-grade models and will arrive next year, in January (N13E-GS1) and April or May (N13E-GTX), though the samples will ship earlier (early November and early 2012, respectively). They have 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM backing them and 256-bit memory interfaces. The mainstream and low-end GPUs will arrive earlier, during this year's December in fact (2011), with the mobile parts set to appear fastest. This means that their first samples will be sent out during early October.

Their memory will be of 1 GB or 2 GB DDR3/GDDR5 and the bandwidth will be of 64 bits or 128 bits, depending on model.

All in all, the codenames are similar, in pattern, to the N12 that spawned the 500 series of adapters, though changes may still happen by the time anything is made official.

The info and specs should be taken with a grain of salt as it's nothing more then a spreadsheet filled out by someone.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet was off to a fairly promising start some months ago, and it looks like the next step forward, as far as software goes, is ready to be taken now that an Android update is being sent out as softpedia reports today.

By now, those interested in the goings on on the IT market, or at least some of them, will be more than familiar with the tablet segment.

Already there are a fair number of such products out on sale, as well as on the way to stores.

The former set is largely composed of products that are already to their first or second updates, as far as the operating system goes.

Since the coming of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, which was specially-tailored for slates, models running it have been getting optimizations, fixes and new features, though not every day of course.

The product now found to be enjoying this type of progress is a certain slate that Acer released a while ago.

Dubbed Iconia Tab A500, it did have the Android 3.0 on, but the Android 3.2 version is now about to reach owners, according to new reports, even though only Poland is, for now, seeing the process being carried out (for both products). Acer made sure that the Tab A501 also made the list of updating products.

It will bring along pixel scaling for apps, allowing programs designed for smaller devices to use the whole screen surface of the Tab 500.

The tablet should also see an overall performance improvement and synchronization of media from the SD card, when applicable.

For users that want a reminder, the Iconia Tab A500 is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 250 Cortex A9 ARM processor and was released back in April. It has 16 GB of storage, an SD card slot, a 10.1-inch screen and two webcams, plus Ethernet, WiFi, etc.

Acer shows off the A100, a new 7" tablet with Google's Android 3.2 "Honeycomb" operating system. The device offers a 0.92-pound design that is sleek enough for single-handed use and offers a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. Prices start at $329.99.

Acer expands its Acer Iconia(tm) Tab line of tablets with its first 7-inch tablet - and the industry's first 7-inch tablet running Android(tm) 3.2 (Honeycomb) - in the United States and Canada. The new Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 features an incredibly portable sub-one pound design, a vibrant 7-inch multi-touch display, and a sleek, thin design that is comfortable to use and take virtually anywhere.

With the Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 tablet, customers can have a single portable device for enjoying entertainment such as games and websites as well as productivity applications such as a calendar and email. The tablet comes pre-installed with Adobe Flash Player 10.3, so Adobe Flash games and websites can be enjoyed right out of the box. In addition, the WiFi device is the ideal size for moms, families and individuals who want to stay entertained and productive, since the screen is large enough to enjoy video and other multimedia, yet the device is portable enough for comfortable single-handed use.

Weighing in at a mere 0.92 pounds and measuring only a half-inch thick, the Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100's super-portable size makes it easy to take anywhere. The vibrant 7-inch TFT WSVGA screen displays social networking sites, photos and more in 1024x600 resolution and high-color contrast, so customers can enjoy crisp, vibrant content enhanced by a 16:10 aspect ratio and 75-degree wide viewing angle. Plus, the 7-inch capacitive touch-screen is incredibly responsive and accurate for convenient finger-tip control.

In addition, games are crisp, fast and realistic thanks to the performance technology and six-axis motion sensing gyro meter. Customers can enjoy rich and exciting Adobe-flash based Web pages, games, videos and animations with Adobe Flash Player 10.3. Thousands of additional apps can be easily downloaded from the Android Marketplace.

Save Memories, Shop Better, Stay Connected with Cameras
The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 allows customers to always be ready to take photos and video on-the-go and quickly share them by email and on social media sites. Lighter than most SLR cameras, the Acer A100 has a 5MP rear-facing camera with flash, so families will know they have a great camera with them to capture all of life's fun and unexpected moments. It also records clear and detailed HD Video at 720p at 30 frames per second. Plus, the rear-facing camera can be used with many available apps to read bar-codes and QR codes for shopping and other promotions. The tablet also has a 2MP fixed-focused front-facing camera and webcam for video chats.

Android 3.2 Brings Additional Benefits for Browsing and Entertainment The Acer A100 comes installed with Android 3.2, the latest version of Honeycomb to give customers the latest in advanced mobile browsing. Customers can browse the Internet with speed and ease, even web pages built with Flash, thanks to Adobe Flash 10.3 that comes pre-loaded on the Acer A100 tablet. In addition, Android 3.2 lets customers have more control over their entire browsing experience, such as managing web pages by tabs, more advanced privacy settings, and proper sizing of apps and web pages for the 7-inch display.

Connectivity to WiFi and Other Devices
The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 can quickly and easily connect to Wi-Fi networks via the integrated Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED wireless technology to access the Internet, the Android marketplace for apps and more.

Customers can enjoy their own digital content on the Acer A100 tablet by transferring files such as videos, movies and eBooks to it through the tablet's micro-USB port or by using the Micro-SD card reader that can read Micro-SD cards with a capacity up to 32GB. Plus, the integrated Bluetooth allows consumers to connect the tablet to a variety of other devices, such as headsets and keyboards.

High-Performance for Maximum Enjoyment
The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 packs maximum performance into its incredibly portable size. It uses a high-performance NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM to give customers blazing fast access to multiple programs and apps at once. The Ultra Low Power GeForce(r) GPU enhances gaming, web, and multimedia for a more realistic, responsive experience.

The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 provides solid uptime with a 1530 mAh Li-polymer battery for up to five hours during Internet browsing with WiFi, up to four hours during web-streamed video and up to 4.5 hours during 720p video playback.(1)

The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100 is available in the U.S. now at national retail stores and will be available in Canada next month. The Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100-07u16u with 16GB of memory(2) has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $349.99 U.S and $399.99 CAD, while the Acer Iconia(tm) Tab A100-07u08u with 8GB of memory(2) has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $329.99 U.S. and $349.99 CAD.

AMD will continue to expand its portfolio of mobile Fusion products in 2012 by launching no less than five new dual-core and quad-core chip designs, covering different segments of the market and featuring TDPs ranging from 8W to 60W.

AMD has split its 2012 family of accelerated processing units into four distinct categories depending on their performance and power consumption. The most powerful of these solutions will be based on the Trinity APU and target the performance market.

These will continue from where the AMD A8-35xx chips have left off and include a high-performance graphics core based most probably on the VLIW4 architecture, introduced by AMD in its Cayman desktop GPU (Radeon HD 6900), which is going to be paired with quad processing cores.

The three Trinity chips that AMD plans to introduce will have TDPs ranging from 35W to 60W. In the mainstream and borderline performance sector, AMD will use chips based on the Weatherford and Richland designs, which are also derived from the Trinity architecture, but sport weaker graphics. These will include four and respectively two processing cores, while TDPs are rated at either 35W or 45W.
 
Moving into the two latter performance sectors, which target essential and under 12-inch notebooks, AMD will drop the Trinity architecture and instead go with an enhanced version of the Bobcat cores used in today's C and E-Series APUs.

These will be paired together with improved graphics cores to form the Wichita and Krishna APUs, which will have TDPs of 20W and respectively 8W. No information regarding the release date of any of these accelerated processing units has been made public, but AMD is expected to follow a similar path with that of this year's APU launches.

What this means is that Wichita and Krishna will most probably be launched during the first quarter of 2012, while the Trinity-based APUs will arrive in the second half of the year. (via Donanim Haber / via Soft-Pedia).

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As you guys know, Kal-El will be the successor of the current Tegra 2 SOC and it features no less than four processing cores based on the ARM Cortex A9 architecture, which are clocked at 1.5GHz, as well as 12 graphics cores with support for 3D video.

Kal-El should have made its way into tablets in September, however recent reports suggest the processor was delayed and that the first devices to use it won't actually appear until the Q4 Holiday season starts.

Tegra 3 integrated graphics will also support a series of advanced features such as anti-aliasing and a 2560x1600 video output.

ASUS launched the ASUS Eee Pad Slider, a tablet that builds on the great success of the Eee Pad Transformer. Prior to its launch, the Eee Pad Slider has already made its mark with its winning design at the International Design Excellence Awards 2011. The Eee Pad Slider, which comes in either pearl white or metallic brown, features a slide-out keyboard, the new Google Android

ASUS has launched the Eee PC X101 netbook, the world

Well, that's something you do not see everyday.

Canon launched two new desktop business accessories, the X Mark I Mouse Lite and the X Mark I Keypad. Designed with input from Canon's Camera design team, these sleek and stylish products are the ideal extension to a laptop's standard keyboard, helping to improve overall work efficiency for business professionals working remotely.

"The addition of the X Mark I Keypad and X Mark I Mouse Lite marks Canon's entry into a new product category," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "Canon recognizes that business professionals are always on the search for tools that help improve work efficiency and we feel these new products will certainly accomplish this task."

The three-in-one Canon X Mark I Mouse Lite combines the functionality of a laser mouse in addition to a keypad and 10-digit calculator making it ideal for the traveling business professional along with anyone interested in minimizing the number of accessories in a workspace. Available in either black or white, the X Mark I Mouse Lite is compatible with Windows PC or Mac laptops, has three mouse buttons and Bluetooth 2.01 connectivity. In addition, this new mouse has a low battery indicator to avoid running out of power unexpectedly.

Designed for the on-the-go business professional, the Canon X Mark I Keypad provides users with a two-in-one keypad in addition to a 10-digit Semi-Desktop Calculator that can be easily paired with either a Windows PC or Mac laptop through Bluetooth 2.01. Powered by solar and AAA batteries, the X Mark I Keypad is available in black or white.

The Canon X Mark I Mouse Lite will have an estimated selling price of $59.99 and is expected to become available in August while the Canon X Mark I Keypad will have an estimated selling price of $59.99 and is expected to ship in September.

AMD today launched the AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPU

It looks like Samsung was finally able to make all preparation for seriously taking the tablet market by storm, having officially launched the Galaxy Tab 10.1, loaded with the most recent version of Android, check out what softpedia reports today:

" That Samsung was eventually going to start selling its Android slate is something that has been known for months.

Of course, this means two possible price points, but with the former at $499 and the latter at $599, the range is well within iPad-threatening parameters. That said, the 10.1-inch LCD touchscreen has a native resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, while the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC provides the majority of all performance resources.

Samsung also threw in a 7,000 mAh battery (up to 9 hours of life) and a variety of connectivity and I/O capabilities (a 3 megapixel rear camera, a 2 megapixel front camera, WiFi, etc.), all in an 8.6 mm frame.

What's more, as consumers probably know or can guess, the feature set of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 includes Adobe Flahs support.

Finally, the Android 3.1 operating system from Google is loaded onto the device, for quick application transition and intuitive navigation.

AMD officially unveiled its next-gen Fusion chip, Trinity, which will replace the current APU, Llano, in 2012. Trinity uses the Bulldozer APU and will drop next year; until then, of course, there

JEDEC will highlight new and upcoming mobile memory standards UFS, LPDDR3 and WideIO in a series of events in China, Taiwan and Korea in June 2011.

Memory technology for mobile devices, a critical focus for today

Alienware announced three new mobile gaming systems; the M18x, the M14x and a revised edition of the M11x.
The two new faces in the Alienware laptop family, the upcoming M18x and the M14x, along with the new M11x, deliver unprecedented power to the gamer on the go. All three platforms offer the latest in gaming technology and feature second-generation Intel Core i processors to deliver the most immersive high-performance gaming experience imaginable. In particular:

The M18x will offer dual-graphics technology and the industry

Engadget found some details about Dell's upcoming Alienware M14x gaming laptop. This 14" system offers the Intel Core i7-2820QM (2.3GHz) processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics, a 750GB 7200RPM HDD, 256GB SATA 3Gbps or SATA 6Gbps SSD, LTE or WiMAX connectivity and a pair or Klipsch speakers. The default screen resolution is 1366 x 768 pixels but you can upgrade this to 1920 x 1080.

ASUS is prepping the Lamborghini VX7, a new Sandy Bridge gaming laptop with 15.6" Full HD screen, a Core i7-2630QM quad-core 2GHz processor, 16GB DDR3, up to 1.5TB storage, and GeForce GTX 460M graphics. The system is currently available for pre-order at 1,995EUR.

Seen below, the VX7 features an aerodynamic and aggressive design inspired by the Italian company's Murcielago LP640, and utilizes premium materials like leather which is found on its palm rest. Asus' laptop comes in two colors - orange and carbon fiber, and packs a 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080) LED-backlit screen, a 2.0 GHz Core i7-2630QM quad-core processor, 16GB of RAM, up to 1.5TB of storage space (via two HDDs), a GeForce GTX 460M graphics card with 3GB of dedicated memory, a Blu-ray combo drive, a 2.0 megapixel webcam, an 8-in-1 card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, one USB 3.0 port, two speakers, a HDMI output, and an 8-cell battery.

VIA Technologies announced the launch of its VIA ART-5450 embedded box PC system, designed to offer embedded developers the ideal system platform for today

MSI will be showing off an array of brand new, powerful display performance notebook computers, including the 15.6-inch CR650, the 12-inch Wind U270, and the 13.4-inch X-Slim X370. Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, explains that these lean, mean machines are the ideal choice for active individuals. They include the Wind U270 ,X-Slim X370 ,and CR650 laptops, which pack AMD's landmark dual core E-350 processor which incorporates the AMD Radeon

MSI is teasing a little with All-in-One PCs from MSI based on the Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD Brazos platform. More info is expected to follow later this week at CES.

Meet the the AE2410, AE2210 and AE2050, each with the very latest silicon inside. Notebook Italia reports that the Taiwanese computer company's using Intel's new Sandy Bridge CPUs in each of its 24- and 22-inch rigs, and grabbed a low-power AMD Brazos APU for the likely budget 20-inch model -- which will reportedly still include a Blu-ray drive like its Core 2 Duo cousin. All three will sport 1080p touchscreen displays and USB 3.0 ports, but also a spiffy new feature called Super Charger that will charge attached USB gadgets even when the computer is off.