A research paper from the University of Michigan will be presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy claims that researchers were able to use a carrier exploit which allowed them to hijack connections to Facebook, Twitter, AdMob, Windows Live Messenger and spoof financial institutions. The exploit tricks carrier firewalls by manipulating TCP sequence numbers and can

Google announced Tuesday that it has finished acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion following the approval of national and international government regulators. Google named Dennis Woodside as the new chief executive officer of Motorola, an executive who previously served as Google’s president of Americas. “I’ve known Dennis for nearly a decade, and he’s been phenomenal

Just because Motorola’s set-top box business may potentially be sold off doesn’t mean the telecom company can’t dream up the TV of the future. The company demonstrated a new interactive TV experience at a cable show in Boston that will reportedly launch later this year. Billed as the “next generation” of TV, Motorola Mobility’s new

Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility could close as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, Motorola Mobility said in a regulatory 8-K form filed on Monday. The acquisition gained China’s approval over the weekend. “As the transaction has now received all required regulatory approvals, the companies are moving to close the

Motorola’s Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule is looking mighty fine for owners of devices like the RAZR, RAZR MAXX and Droid 4. But what about those handsets that didn’t make the cut? What about the Droid 3 or Droid X2? Motorola doesn’t feel like Google’s latest OS will “improve” those devices. “If we determine [improvement]

Nine long months after the purchase was announced, Google’s acquisition of Motorola has finally been approved by regulators in China, who reportedly gave the OK on Saturday. Both the U.S. and European Union cleared the deal, which cost Google $12.5 billion, all the way back in February; everything is apparently looking set to close next

Noah K. tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode: Get ready for the Fall 2012 Smartphone Wars, featuring iPhone 5 vs Google Nexus! Apple iPhone 5 to Sport Redesigned 4-inch Display? Google Readying Nexus Line of Phones and Tablets for Fall? Be sure to check out Rumor Roundup every Friday at 5 PM

Motorola Mobility has made several updates to its Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule, specifically concerning the DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX, DROID 4, DROID BIONIC, DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1, and MOTOROLA XOOM WiFI + 3G. In the next month and a half, U.S. owners of the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX and XOOM WiFi + 3G can expect

We’re just beginning to see the effects that that an import ban has on mobile devices — HTC’s One X and EVO 4G LTE are currently locked in customs — and on Friday, the United States International Trade Commission ruled that Motorola Mobility infringes on Microsoft patents. The government body has issued a ban on

RIM, Nokia and Motorola have an idea of what a nano-SIM card should look like but, Apple, on the other hand, has an entirely different proposal that it thinks the industry should adopt. To address that problem, Motorola and RIM recently suggested a design for an industry-wide SIM that adopts technology from Apple’s proposal and

Motorola Droid 4 owners hoping to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich are now one step closer. A test build of Android 4.0.4 for the Droid 4 has surfaced which shows that Motorola appears to be working on an official build for its keyboard sporting device. The build is available to download and install on

Verizon Wireless is now selling the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX — a model of the DROID RAZR with a larger 3,300mAh battery — for just $199 with a new two-year contract. The phone was originally available for $299.99 with a new contract. The DROID RAZR MAXX was initially launched in February and features a 4.3-inch

Verizon Wireless announced on Thursday that it is now selling the Motorola DROID RAZR in blue in select stores around the United States. The carrier said that it will be available to all customers beginning on May 17th directly from its website. The DROID RAZR made its debut late last year but still offers a

In the tech world, slow Android updates have become a fact of life. And it’s all Google’s fault, according to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. Speaking at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference, Stephenson said, “Google kind of determines what platform gets the newest releases and when. Often times that’s a negotiated arrangement, and so that’s something

Motorola Mobility has defeated Apple in a patent-infringement suit related to finger-swipe technology. Judge Richard A. Posner made the ruling official on April 27th, but there are several lawsuits ongoing between the two firms and a trial is currently scheduled for June 11th. “Apple contends that the finger swipe is equivalent to a finger tap because

An alleged Verizon roadmap suggests May is shaping up to be quite the month for Ice Cream Sandwich updates. Up first, the HTC Rezound, which is set to be updated on May 9. The Motorola Razr and Razr Maxx are scheduled to receive ICS not long after on on May 21. Almost there! We’ve been

Samsung is allegedly on deck to build Google’s next Nexus smartphone. The company was hired to build Google’s latest Galaxy Nexus device, which was the first to hit the market running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but it seemed apparent that Google might tap Motorola this time around since it’s currently in the process of

A preliminary ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission found Apple to have infringed upon one out of four Motorola Mobility patents. Administrative Law Judge Thomas B. Pender found Apple to have violated a patent essential to the 3G standard, both UMTS and CDMA, and, if the ruling is upheld — which FOSSPatents believes is

A preliminary ITC ruling on Monday found Microsoft’s Xbox 360 to have infringed on five of Motorola Mobility’s patents. The case, which is subject to review by a full panel of U.S. International Trade Commission judges, deals with patents regarding both Wi-Fi and standard H.264 video encoding. Microsoft filed a complaint of its own against

In what is likely a move to steal Sprint’s thunder, it looks as though Verizon is preparing to drop the price of its Galaxy Nexus the day after the Now Network’s iteration debuts on April 22. A MAP (minimum advertised price) acquired by Droid-Life reflects the rumored price reduction, which Verizon will reportedly drop to

Where’s Noah?! Jon Rettinger takes over this week to cover the latest rumors on the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III. Not to mention rumors surrounding the next edition in the Super Mario franchise from Nintendo, as well as news regarding a Motorola Droid Razr HD! All this and more in this episode of Rumor

Verizon’s most recent members of the venerable Motorola Droid line — Razr, Razr Maxx and Droid 4 — will soon be recipients of over-the-air maintenance updates. Verizon on Wednesday changed its product pages to reflect the impending improvements, which promise to introduce a number of enhancements and bug fixes, including better stability, a fix to

A recent benchmark posting suggests Motorola Mobility is building a Snapdragon S4-powered smartphone. The device is currently believed to be the Atrix 3, which means it’s headed to AT&T if the benchmarks are legitimate. The phone is listed in the benchmark with the “MB886″ model name and Qualcomm’s MSM8690 Snapdragon S4 processor. Motorola Mobility has

Noah K. tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode: iTunes 11, iOS 6 and a 4″ iPhone 5? Next-gen Lumia with PureView Camera? Google looking to sell Moto’s handset business? Be sure to check out Rumor Roundup every Friday at 5 PM PST on the Revision 3 TechnoBuffalo channel. Thanks to this week’s sponsor,

A German court on Friday ruled in favor of Motorola in a case against Apple, stating that the Cupertino-based company’s iCloud and MobileMe products infringed on a push e-mail patent owned by Motorola. The court said Apple must calculate and pay damages to Motorola and must also refrain from using the technology in Germany. Apple has