Apple Files Patent for a Brand New Smart Bike | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World.
Now this is cool. I have always wanted something like the Nike + system for cycling. You just have to worry about the safety issue that people will want to wear their headphone/ear buds while cycling.
Security firm Intego reports that it has spotted new malware, termed iPhone/Privacy.A, that is capable of allowing hackers to access personal information stored on certain jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches. Non-jailbroken iPhones are not vulnerable to the malware.
via New Malware Allows Hackers to Access Personal Information on Jailbroken iPhones – Mac Rumors.
How many times do you have to be told? If you have ssh installed on your phone, change the password. Otherwise things like this will happen.
The Broadcom combination Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chips used in the iPhone and iPod touch have long also had the technical capacity for FM radio reception, with the chip found in the latest iPod touch theoretically also capable of FM radio transmission, although Apple has not as yet taken advantage of these capabilities.
via Apple Developing FM Radio Application for iPhone and iPod Touch? – Mac Rumors.
sweet. They may even make it an online course next year.
via Earn a certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development from the University of Washington.
Apple has released a minor software update for iPhone, patching a security flaw revealed just yesterday.
via Apple Patches iPhone SMS Security Hole With Software Update | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.
Apple has released an iDisk app for iPhone yesterday. I have not had much chance to play with it yet. This along with other work Apple has done with the Mobile Me service makes Mobile Me come a little closer to the $99/year price tag.
Security researchers plan to reveal a security hole that would enable hackers to take complete control of an iPhone with a text-messaging attack.
via Text-Message Exploit Can Hijack Every iPhone, Researchers Say | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.
SAN FRANCISCO—In a move expected to revolutionize the mobile device industry, Apple launched its fastest and most powerful iPhone to date Tuesday, an innovative new model that can only be seen by the company’s hippest and most dedicated customers.
“However, a survey conducted by PriceGrabber.com suggests that more people would buy or use the iPhone if it was available through another telco.”
It like I have always told people. Best Phone, worst network. It still burns me that I can barely get reception in my home.
Well I pretty much predicted this. If you like having tethering, iPhone 3.1 may not be for you.
via IPCC tethering trick no longer works in iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2.
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