Earlier this month there were isolated reports that Vodafone in Spain had been shipping HTC Magic devices infected with Mariposa botnet malware. Now, as many has 3,000 Android powered HTC Magic devices have been infected with the Conficker worm, Mariposa botnet, and a Lineage (game) password stealer, through their 8GB microSD cards. Vodafone is sending letters, replacement microSD cards, and virus...

The Inquirer is reporting that Vodafone is selling phone with some nasty surprises onboard. Apparently an HTC Magic was loaded with the Conficker worm, a Mariposa bot client and a Lineage password divulger. The applications are not native to Android and will not affect the phone, however when you hook it up to your

Panda Security is claiming to have identified more than one virus on a reportedly brand new Vodafone HTC MagicA Vodafone HTC Magic might have ended up the unknowing distributor of infections such as the Conficker worm and other viruses, according to a post on Panda Security's blog. According to the report over at the Panda Research blog, an employee received a brand new Magic in the post and ...

*Todays Featured Game~Cranium for BlackBerry! Everybody shines in Cranium, the outrageously funny smash-hit Hasbro game. On your quest to make it to Planet Cranium, the Cranium-o-matic will select from over 300 mini-games for you to play. Find out if you’re a Creative Cat, Data Head, Word Worm or Star Performer. Complete puzzles, answer trivia questions,

Welcome to this week’s gaming edition of iPhone Gems. Without question, the highlight of the past week was the release of Gameloft’s Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front, which we separately reviewed and really liked two days ago. By comparison, the titles below represent three different genres—light platforming action, bizarre collaborative worm-stretching, and rhythm-based music co...

With Valentine's coming in just a few days, we've put together a nice clean valentine theme for all of you who want to put some love into their BlackBerry smartphones. Other then that this theme is good for all of you who are in love and extend that love to their BlackBerries. The theme features our custom icons and a nice worm red tone. It is available for BlackBerry Bold 9000 / 9700, C...

Macworld.com - Mowglii, developer of the iPhone app Worm, has just released Itsy, a free Twitter client for the Mac.

We really appreciate original designs, specially when it comes to concept phones like the one pictured below. The Zeri Phone features a section that looks like the mouth of a Dune worm, but it’s in fact a bunch of thermoeletric generators, producing electricity through the temperature difference. Basically, when the handset is in your pocket, it’ll

We have recently witnessed quite a few worm attacks on jailbroken iPhones. In case you thought non-jailbroken iPhones are not vulnerable to such attacks, you could be wrong. A Swiss iPhone app developer, Nicolas Seriot claims that it is pretty easy to install spyware on iPhones using iPhone apps built...

Apple starts field testing the next generation iPhone, Phil Schiller defends the App Store approval process, the latest iPhone worm, and more! Show notes can be found at iPhoneAlley.com/podcast. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, email us at Podcast[at]iPhoneAlley.com.