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Actor Ashton Kutcher is not only a new father but a man of many talents.

Kutcher is part developer of the new Lenovo product, Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, which is a 12 inch media tablet.

Kutcher traveled to China to the Levono HQ and met with the engineers and technicians to design the tablet that assists consumers to create a home theater with a built in projector. After hitting the drawing boards and crunching the numbers the production team assembled its focus groups. They watched in anticipation to see how people handled the tablets and Kutcher praises the device’s sound, display, camera, and processor into what he refers to as “the best tablet available”.

Kutcher also note that the process of developing such a tablet wasn’t easy and that not all his ideas made the final cut. Kutcher had attended the University of Iowa to study biochemical engineering. He reportedly has a good track record however regarding tech stocks and investments. Kutcher says he also likes building things and compares computers to escalators.

The tablet is constructed with a Pico style projector that is secured in at the end of a cylindrical compartment where also is housed the battery. One can then watch a movie on the tablet or project it on a flat image like a wall up to 50 inches away.

It’s final cost comes in at $499.99 and will be available in November just in time for the holidays.

Recent reports revealed by U.S. security firms that the Chinese government may possibly use the smartphone apps in order to scout pro democracy protestors in Hong Kong.

Lacoon Mobile Security said, “These apps are veiled as tools formed by activists for protests. When you download this app, you might give access to an outsider to access the phone’s address book, call logs and other relevant information.”

According to the insights of Lacoon security firm, the victim identities along with the server details used forced us to believe that Chinese government is behind this attack.

No doubt, China along with the United States and Russia believes to be a leader in the cyber warfare research. China is a key source of hacking attacks planned at foreign governments and the China’s computer companies.

On the other hand, Chinese government has denies involving in cyber spying attacks and claimed that we are amongst the biggest victims of hacking attacks.

According to the Lacoon Security firm, there are two similar ‘malicious fake apps’ that seemed to be related. The targeted phones are especially those which run Apple’s OS; and the other app is developed for phones using Google Inc.’s Android system.

Moreover, the company told that this advanced app, known as mRAT (multidimensional requirements analysis tool) is surely backed by a strong nation. It was calling the software Xsser, Lancoon says.

Furthermore the company told, the Xsser mRAT symbolizes a deep move by nation-state cyber criminals conciliating conventional PC systems to hitting mobile devices.”

Lancoon said that, up till now, such cross- platform attacks are quite rare, which simultaneously target both Apple and Android phones and this is a major sign of the involving the government. This app may be the first spyware for iOS developed by Chinese government so far.

Way back in May, U.S. government have charged 5 Chinese military officers with cyber-spying and pilfering trade secrets from major American companies. Last year, we traced attacks on American and other companies to a military unit in Shanghai, Mandiant (Security Company) told.

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