Security was one of three major benefits flagged up by Google when it first announced) Chrome OS (alongside speed and spimplicity), so it’s not surprising that security researchers have been putting it through its paces.
Now a few months after the first Chromebook was released, a pair of hack happy academics have demonstrated how to crack open Chrome OS security onstage at the Black Hat conference. Read on for details on what on what they showed and what Google had to say about it…
Over a year since Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy Tactics would hit the iPhone, it’s actually arrive. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is a port from the PSP title and is a pretty substantial download at 457MB. It’s now in the App Store for £10.99, which is a lot more than most iPhone games but probably fair given the number of hours of gameplay you’ll get from it.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is optimised for the iPhone and iPod touch right now but Square Enix says the iPad version will be out in the autumn. To celebrate the release, it has also slashed the prices of lots of its other titles on the App Store, including Final Fantasy: Chaos Rings. Take a look here to find other titles that have benefited from a price drop.
Out now | £10.99 | iTunes
The new Intel Ultrabook class of laptops is aimed squarely at battling the MacBook Air but lots of reports have suggested PC makers are struggling to keep the cost of components down.
Now DigiTimes is reporting that Intel has put together a reference list of materials to show potential Ultrabook creators how to bring their models in at under $1000. Will it be able to get them onside?
The Alps FLGS3 lens measures just 1.0 by 1.0 by 0.8 mm making it one of the world’s smallest aspherical glass lenses. Currently used for undersea cables and base stations, this miniature lens may soon be headed to future projector-equipped smartphones.
The Nintendo 3DS is having a tough run as of late. Following last week’s announcement that it would lower the price of the handheld, 3DS sales fell to 16,415 units down from 31,826 units the week before. The four days following the announcement represented the greatest decline. Even more surprising is that on August 11 when the price cut goes into effect, sales of the 3DS are expected to decline further.
A new report from industry insider DigiTimes has confirmed our fears that Asus tablet sales are cannibalizing demand for its Eee PC line. Thanks to better than expected Eee Pad Transformer sales, shipments of the slate should reach “700,000-800,000 units in the third quarter and two million units in 2011”. The report also mentions a new quad-core Eee Pad Transformer, alongside the 7-inch Eee Pad MeMO 3D and Padfone due out in the fourth quarter.
The Nexus S, Xperia neo, Xperia pro and Desire S are not the only cool kids on the block able to enjoy Skype video calling. Today, Skype announced support for 17 additional Android handset, bringing the grand total up to 21 devices capable of cross pollinating in video calls with other smartphones, tablets and PCs. Sounds good, but are you ready to hear the catch?
Japan’s e-Mobile has landed its first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet in the form of the Sharp A01SH Galapagos. This 7-inch slate packs the industry standard 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor and matches the original Galaxy Tab’s 1024 x 600 pixel screen resolution.