• Breaking Bad Death Toll Infographic

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    All Bad Things Must Come to an End

    Breaking Bad

    Breaking Bad is over and Walter White‘s fate is revealed. Many had their expectations and leading up to the finale triyng to decipher the title “Felina“. By breaking down the word into its elemental parts: Fe + Li + Na = Iron + Lithium + Sodium = Blood + Meth + Tears. And this works very well. “Felina” is also an anagaram to the word finale. The actual usage of “Felina” is a reference to a song called “El Paso” by Marty Robbins. We saw a Marty Robbins cassette shot during the episode before the song played out.

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  • Bungie Says Farewell to Halo Franchise Releasing a Huge Infographic

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    Halo

    Halo

    Bungie, the original developer behind Halo franchise, has now completed the game transition to 343 Industries. As of today, Bungie no longer hosts Halo stats and user contents. With the helm goes to 343, Bungie added a huge infographic on their website showing some impressive stats over the game history

    Check it out below and get the full size image here

    Halo Mulitplayer Stats Infographic

    Halo Mulitplayer Stats Infographic

  • New Year’s Resolutions Visual Guide

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    New Year’s Resolutions Visual Guide

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  • Android Malware Has Increased 472% Since July

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    In a report by the Juniper Global Threat Center has found that Android malware has increased by 472% since July of this year. They also pointed out that this October and November were the months that showed the fastest growth of mobile malware on Android ever.

    Android malware increases

    Juniper’s report includes 400% increase in Android malware from 2009 to the summer of 2010. In August, detected malware samples increased by 10%, then by 18% in September. October saw a 110% increase on top of the previous month, and November has so far seen a 111% increase. Check out the infographic below

    By comparing to Apple’s App Store, the open-ended nature of the latter, as well as the lack of any code-signing and checking process in Google’s Market are to be blamed.

    “These days, it seems all you need is a developer account, that is relatively easy to anonymize, pay $25 and you can post your applications,” wrote Juniper in its report. “With no upfront review process, no one checking to see that your application does what it says, just the world’s largest majority of smartphone users skimming past your application’s description page with whatever description of the application the developer chooses to include.”

    As mentioned by Appleinsider, an August report from McAfee found that Android had become the most-targeted platform for malware while iOS was untouched.

    In addition to an increase in the volume, the attackers continue to become more sophisticated in the malware they write. For instance, in the early spring, we began seeing Android malware that was capable of leveraging one of several platform vulnerabilities that allowed malware to gain root access on the device, in the background, and then install additional packages to the device to extend the functionality of the malware.

    In addition to this, 55% of threats are spyware-based attacks that send private data and take control of devices, while 44% are trojans that send text messages to services that charge the user.

    Is this a valid reason for users to opt for iOS devices. What do you think?