Weekly Focal Tech News
Weekly Focal Tech News: August 7
A 10-year-old girl hacker CyFi finding zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android, announcement of BlackBerry Bold 9900, super smartphone Samsung Hercules 4.5 Inch or rumors of one unified platform for applications and cloud services are weekly focal tech news of the week August 7.
A 10-year-old girl hacker CyFi, also known as pseudonym CyFi, wows the technology industry as well as attendants at the DefCon 19 convention (event for hackers from around the world) by the finding of zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android devices. Reportedly, the Californian girl discovered the flaw around January 2011 because she felt boring with the pace of farm-style games. The ten-year-old hacker, artist and athlete is also co-founder of DEFCON Kids.
10-year-old girl hacker CyFi
In the celebration of BlackBerry World 2011 in Orlando, USA, RIM (Research in Motion) has confirmed the BlackBerry Bold 9900 as the thinnest touchscreen BlackBerry in the world. The smartphone?s thickness is only 10.5mm and all other features remain the same as previous Blackberry Bold version. The phone has dimension length 115mm and wide 66mm.
Bold 9900: The thinnest TouchScreen BlackBerry in the world