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Trusted Computing Group is set to lay out new hardware-based security standard for mobile phones.

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Cell Phones-Virus'-and Hackers
by OneWithTech September 27, 2005 5:18 AM PDT
There is a serious need to enable this type of secure technology for mobile devices like cell phones, pda's, and media managers.

I personally own a N-Gage QD and have used it extensively for almost a year now. Being a web developer I use the N-Gage QD to manage and run web applications from my cell phone.

I also manage all of my contacts, calenders, emails (yes, real email). Just about anything a real computer can do at my office, I can do with my phone.

Some might say, "How is this possible"?

For the non-geeks reading this that don't know about the Symbian Operating System (http://www.symbian.com ) you can cut and paste the fore-link and go check them out.

The rest of us geeks know that the Symbian OS is just that, an Operating System. Like a Mini Windows if you will, with the ability to cover over 90% of the same functions as a regular desktop computer, or laptop.

So if you can imagine, if this phone runs a full blown operating system, and I give you code and tools to create software for it. What do you think the end result will be?

I know for a fact the end result bear's that of a Window's Machine. It's only a matter of time. Time that it takes to learn about the code and how to manipulate it. As programmers and developers learn the code, they also learn the flaws.

Although we in the tech community would like to think that all geeks are do-gooders, this is far from the truth.

Hacker's, Virus writers, and Spyware vendors all create programs to gain profit. In the act of gaining this profit there is generally un-repairable damages that come as an effect of the actions portrayed by this kind of geek.

I can't guarentee that there isn't a virus on my N-Gage QD (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0407antivcompa.html). Series 60 OS is what the N-Gage and N-Gage QD run for Operating Systems.

The article link above will back the need to keep certain technlogical advance's in the protected, private, sector of technology.

If we don't do something about our mobile technology we are sure to suffer the same fate as Microsoft and Windows.

~Justin
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Cell Phones-Virus'-and Hackers
by OneWithTech September 27, 2005 5:18 AM PDT
There is a serious need to enable this type of secure technology for mobile devices like cell phones, pda's, and media managers.

I personally own a N-Gage QD and have used it extensively for almost a year now. Being a web developer I use the N-Gage QD to manage and run web applications from my cell phone.

I also manage all of my contacts, calenders, emails (yes, real email). Just about anything a real computer can do at my office, I can do with my phone.

Some might say, "How is this possible"?

For the non-geeks reading this that don't know about the Symbian Operating System (http://www.symbian.com ) you can cut and paste the fore-link and go check them out.

The rest of us geeks know that the Symbian OS is just that, an Operating System. Like a Mini Windows if you will, with the ability to cover over 90% of the same functions as a regular desktop computer, or laptop.

So if you can imagine, if this phone runs a full blown operating system, and I give you code and tools to create software for it. What do you think the end result will be?

I know for a fact the end result bear's that of a Window's Machine. It's only a matter of time. Time that it takes to learn about the code and how to manipulate it. As programmers and developers learn the code, they also learn the flaws.

Although we in the tech community would like to think that all geeks are do-gooders, this is far from the truth.

Hacker's, Virus writers, and Spyware vendors all create programs to gain profit. In the act of gaining this profit there is generally un-repairable damages that come as an effect of the actions portrayed by this kind of geek.

I can't guarentee that there isn't a virus on my N-Gage QD (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0407antivcompa.html). Series 60 OS is what the N-Gage and N-Gage QD run for Operating Systems.

The article link above will back the need to keep certain technlogical advance's in the protected, private, sector of technology.

If we don't do something about our mobile technology we are sure to suffer the same fate as Microsoft and Windows.

~Justin
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All devices...
by Mendz September 27, 2005 9:47 AM PDT
... that enable connectivity to and from other devices (including web servers, servers, PCs, etc.) should have security features.

Meanwhile, Windows is getting into Palm devices. So this news is timely...

:D
Peace.
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All devices...
by Mendz September 27, 2005 9:47 AM PDT
... that enable connectivity to and from other devices (including web servers, servers, PCs, etc.) should have security features.

Meanwhile, Windows is getting into Palm devices. So this news is timely...

:D
Peace.
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"Trusted Computing" is about one thing, and it sure ISNT "security".
by Gayle Edwards October 1, 2005 7:07 PM PDT
This is really about corporate-control, eliminating consumer-choice, and imposing DRM... period. Anyone who thinks differently, really should spend a few days reading about the "Trusted Computing Alliance". This "standard", is little more than a corporate wish-list of hard-DRM, and absolute control of all computing-devices, not by the devices-owner, but by the manufacturer, and other "corporate-interests, AFTER a sale.

I am so tired of this BOLD-FACED CHARADE. And, I am SICK of where computer-owners are currently being led by these LIES.
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"Trusted Computing" is about one thing, and it sure ISNT "security".
by Gayle Edwards October 1, 2005 7:07 PM PDT
This is really about corporate-control, eliminating consumer-choice, and imposing DRM... period. Anyone who thinks differently, really should spend a few days reading about the "Trusted Computing Alliance". This "standard", is little more than a corporate wish-list of hard-DRM, and absolute control of all computing-devices, not by the devices-owner, but by the manufacturer, and other "corporate-interests, AFTER a sale.

I am so tired of this BOLD-FACED CHARADE. And, I am SICK of where computer-owners are currently being led by these LIES.
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