Smartphones & Windows 7

Windows 7 is the latest public release version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft

Windows 7 was intended to be a more focused, incremental upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of being fully compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista is already compatible

Hackers may target popular new devices with a rapidly growing user base like smartphones and Microsoft’s operating system Windows 7

Security solutions firm Websense Inc in its list of security predictions for 2010 said that hackers will look to compromise new platforms such as smartphones and take advantage of the popularity of Windows 7.

“With a rapidly growing user base, business adoption and increasing use for conducting financial transactions with these devices, hackers will begin more dedicated targeting of smartphones in 2010,”