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Threat of the mobile phone virus gets real

Damian Koh | Feb 02, 2009

If you had problems receiving SMS messages on your Nokia S60 phone last month, chances are you had been hit with the "Curse of Silence" virus.

The denial-of-service attack, apparently due to a glitch in the Symbian S60 software, prevents incoming SMSes from reaching your inbox once you receive a specially formulated text message. This affects S60 3rd Edition phones.

The good thing is, Nokia has since last week released an app that will remove the virus without the need to hard reset your device. To find out if your phone is vulnerable to the virus, click here. Otherwise, you may want to bookmark this link to the app in case you encounter the same issue in the future.

Were you one of those affected? Chime in and let us know if this incident has convinced you to install an antivirus program on your phone.
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Adobe CEO: Flash on iPhone not so easy

Jonathan Skillings | Feb 02, 2009

The work at Adobe Systems toward getting its nearly ubiquitous Flash technology onto the Apple iPhone goes on...and on, and on.

Speaking with the Bloomberg news service on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen acknowledged that even after months of striving, a workable version of Flash for the iPhone remains a tough nut to crack.

"It's a hard technical challenge, and that's part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating," Narayen told Bloomberg Television. "The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver."
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