LG Optimus L7 is a handsome entry-level android 4.0 smartphone, and the largest smartphone in LG range. It has 1GHz Cortex A5 CPU, 512 MB Ram, 4.3” WVGA IPS display and only 8.7mm thick. Optimus L7 is running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich along with LG’s new UI 3.0. It has up to 4 GB Internal memory and a Micro SD Slot for up to 32GB memory card and also includes a 5 mega pixel camera, FM Radio, Wi-Fi (b,g,n)+Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC, Assisted GPS, Accelerometer and a 1700 mAh battery. It is available for sale at Carrefour UAE, priced at Dh 999 (with Dh 100 voucher).
SAMSUNG GALAXY S DUOS [Dual Sim]
This is yet another midrange smartphone with remarkable hardware. The Galaxy S Duos a sleek and stylish phone has 1 GHz Cortex A5 Processor, Adreno 200 GPU, a 4” 16-M colour TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, 768 MB of RAM, 4GB Internal Memory and Micro SD Slot for up to 32GB memory card. The device is running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz 4.0 UI and has a 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash and a front facing VGA camera. It also includes FM Radio with RDS, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS connectivity, digital compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor and 1500 mAh battery that supports up to 470 hours stand by and 8 hours talk time. This is a very good midrange device for geeks who want to keep one phone but two numbers. Available at Carrefour UAE, priced Dh 1099.
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Hacktivists Ghost Shell dump 1.6m log-in details on web
According to BBC, log-in details from 1.6 million accounts have been posted on the web by hacktivist group Ghost Shell. The group gathered the data during a series of attacks on Nasa, the FBI, the European Space Agency and many other government agencies and contractors. Included in the dump were log-in names, passwords, email addresses and CVs, plus the contents of online databases. The group said it had sent messages to security bosses about 150 insecure servers that it had targeted in the attacks.
POLICE Warned about Apple Maps
Inaccuracies in Apple Maps application, which is poorly designed, could be life-threatening to motorists in Australia according to a BBC report. Officers in Mildura, Victoria says they found many drivers stranded after following software’s directions. Some of the drivers were without food or water for 24 hours. Apple’s software was also heavily criticized by users when it was released in September, TIM Cook Apple’s CEO admitted Apple had “screwed up” and was working to improve the software.
By Shahid Saeed
