Gizmodo:
Unlike that rickrolling bit of fun, this new worm maliciously targets Dutch ING customers who login via their Jailbroken iPhone. And while it's isolated to the Netherlands right now, it's yet another warning for Jailbreakers to take simple preventative measures. It only effects those who have installed SSH and not changed t (Read More)
Gizmodo:
I know I've said that dumb cellphones must die, but what about a dumb cellphone called iPhone that look like white MacBooks? Yeah, smash those too. This 2.2-inch clamshell aberration—technically the Apple Q300 Ultra—costs around $70, which is $70 too much. [Shanzai]
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Retail, Apple, DealsAs usual for this time of year, Apple has announced a special one-day sale on November 27th, which is Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving). The page on Apple's online store reads:"Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Round two of Apple's Black Friday deals, and this set looks way more like the real thing—meaning they're less outrageously awesome, but there's still some good stuff inside. • $100 off MacBook Pros • $100 off iMacs • $20 off iPod touches • $20 off iPod nanos • $20 off Apple TV And assorted other minor cuts on accessories li (Read More)
Gizmodo:
I know I've said that dumb cellphones must die, but what about a dumb cellphone called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. This 2.2-inch clamshell aberration—technically the Apple Q300 Ultra—costs around $70, which is $70 too much. [Shanzai]
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Gizmodo:
I know I've said that dumb cellphones must die, but what about a dumb cellphone called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. This 2.2-inch clamshell aberration—technically the Apple Q300 Ultra—costs around $70, which is $70 too much. [Shanzai]
. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Round two of Apple's Black Friday deals, and this set looks way more like the real thing—meaning they're less outrageously awesome, but there's still some good stuff inside. • $100 off MacBook Pros • $100 off iMacs • $20 off iPod touches • $20 off iPod nanos • $20 off Apple TV And assorted other minor cuts on accessories li (Read More)
Ars Technica:
The second malicious worm to attack jailbroken iPhones has been spotted in the wild, and is the first to directly target users' bank accounts. Called iBotnet.A by security research firm Intego, the worm tries to steal account logins from customers of popular online banking service ING Direct. Though it only (Read More)
Ars Technica:
If you live in the US, this week kicks off the beginning of the holiday season with Thanksgiving on Thursday and the inevitable day-after-Thanksgiving sales that happen on Friday (we hesitate to call it "Black Friday" this year, since it seems that everyone will probably still be in the red). As usual, Mac (Read More)
Gizmodo:
You think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. [Engadget]
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Odds and ends, Surveys and Polls, iPhoneIt's a rather stunning number from AdMob in an October report. The firm reports on web requests from thousands of sites world wide. In the latest report, Apple has 55% of the domestic Smartphone traffic share, and Android has 20%. Interestingly, the Blackberry share dropp (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Retail, Rumors, DealsBoy Genius Report claims to have gotten its hands on Apple's Black Friday brochure. Although they had posted another brochure earlier that made less than credible claims of 30% iPod discounts and 25% Mac discounts, BGR claims this newest ad comes from "a pretty credible connect of ours." Th (Read More)
VentureBeat:
October numbers are in, and Comscore, Compete, Google, and Quantcast all agree: US traffic to Twitter.com reached a peak in July or August and has begun to decline slowly.According to Comscore, October 2009 traffic was down 8% from from September 2009, while Compete shows a more modest decline of 2.1%. Still, on a year-over (Read More)
Gizmodo:
So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75% of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones, and one great browser core. That the iPhone is a massive source of online traffic isn't a surprise—that's been apparent since the week it launched. What's interesting here is Android's rise, which is dra (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Security, iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnageThe internet has been ablaze with reports of jailbroken iPhones being infested with worms. The exploit takes advantage of unwitting jailbreakers who install OpenSSH on their iPhones via Cydia without taking into account all of the impacts on security. The most notable, and now (Read More)