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Metasploit launches cash-for-exploits Bug Bounty program: Written on Tue, 06/14/11 - 3:01pm; If you've got a way to crack Google Chrome, the Metasploit team wants to pay you for it. Today Rapid 7 announced that it has a total of $5,000 to reward to contributors who send in exploits for its Top 5 or Top 25 vulnerability lists. The exploits have to be submitted, and accepted, as modules under...; Read More
AT&T researchers call for smartphone apps that won't suck your battery dry: Written on Wed, 06/08/11 - 1:29pm; Who doesn't love Pandora Radio? But listening to it on my Android phone is the fastest way to kill the battery and what good is a mobile phone if it has to be constantly plugged in? New research shows that Android phones are the most data hungry smartphones out there. A group of researchers at AT&T...; Read More
Smartphone apps will boost enterprise productivity by 2015: Written on Wed, 06/01/11 - 5:35pm; Smartphones and tablets are already starting to flood the enterprise and this trend is expected to accelerate rapidly over the next four years. Enterprises expect mobile apps to accomplish some big goals including reducing paper in the office. (How many years have we been talking about the paperless...; Read More

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