Tag Archives : Apple

HOT! A patch for the iPhone security hole

HOT! A patch for the iPhone security hole

If you recall one of our latest news, Apple’s iPhone has its share of problems. One very big problem is a security hole that can be used by hackers to send spam, malware, and other malicious packages to and from your iPhone. Fear no more, the fix is here! This security problem can now be fixed by applying the iPhone OS 3.0.1 update released Friday. However, it is available only through the latest [...]
iPhone attacked by SMS – Danger!

iPhone attacked by SMS – Danger!

Danger! Your Apple iPhone can be targeted by hackers! They can break into your iPhone and deliver malware, intercept messages, or track your keystrokes. This is achieved by launching a Denial of Service (DoS) attack through the SMS protocol. Through this DoS attack, the hacker can take control of any iPhone. Why? To steal sensitive information, send spam and malware, or just keep you off the network. “Its [...]
How To Fix The Top 5 iPhone Annoyances

How To Fix The Top 5 iPhone Annoyances

Nothing is perfect, not even the iPhone! Let’s see the top 5 iPhone annoyances of iPhone and how to fix them. Although iPhone is one of the greatest gadgets on the market today, it still has plenty of flaws. Technology is all about fixing things, so here are the best solutions for the top 5 iPhone annoyances. 5. Default Apps can’t be hidden As you already know, the iPhone ships with a lot of apps. [...]
Verizon’s V cast, a direct competitor to Apple’s app store

Verizon’s V cast, a direct competitor to Apple’s app store

Image by rustybrick via Flickr In its first ever developer conference at San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless announced its own V cast application store as a direct competitor to Apple and its App Store. The new application is expected to come out in the forth quarter of 2009. The V cast applications store will allow developers all over the world to distribute and monetize [...]
Symbian in the mobile applications market

Symbian in the mobile applications market

We all know about the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, Symbian. Starting in October, Symbian will provide one of the world’s largest mobile applications (or apps) database. The project is called Horizon and comes in response to Apple’s statement on Tuesday that it’s App Store hit 1.5 billion downloads in just a year. Although many manufacturers, mobile network operators, [...]
Microsoft to hit the high street

Microsoft to hit the high street

Image via Wikipedia Microsoft are reported to be pursuing the strategy of Apple and branding/controlling the environment in which they sell in, by opening up Microsoft flagship stores. Now while the internet is buzzing with this revelation, which comes after they hired Walmart sensation, David Porter, who no doubt was brought in to help mastermind this venture; I am left wondering what a branded [...]
Palm Pre not syncing with iTunes

Palm Pre not syncing with iTunes

Image by James Hicks via Flickr The bad news for today is that Apple updated iTunes to iTunes 8.2.1, putting an end to the Palm Pre-iTunes synchronization. In May, before the official release of Palm Pre, Palm executives stated that iTunes will work with their product. In their opinion, Palm Pre was an iPod. Last month, Apple sent out a warning under the form of a knowledge base article in which [...]
Powerfreakz Ripple 2.5″ SATA Hard Drive Enclosure With USB Connector for £6.99

Powerfreakz Ripple 2.5″ SATA Hard Drive Enclosure With USB Connector for £6.99

The latest Ripple range from PowerFreakz brings a new extreme design whilst still boasting leading edge connectivity, durability and the portability of a 2.5″ hard drive enclosure. Plug and play – Plug the USB connector into any notebook, desktop, or Apple Mac with USB ports and you get instant connectivity. The Ripple range allows you to connect and disconnect the drive at any time, without [...]
iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Available Now

iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Available Now

Image by rustybrick via Flickr The iPhone dev-team have reportedly hacked the iPhone 3GS, but they’re yet to release it – claiming worries that Apple may fix their exploit before enough people have had a chance to purchase an iPhone 3GS. But not to worry, George Hots (aka Geohot), the boy who first unlocked the original iPhone in return for 3 iPhones and a Nissan 35OZ has gone and [...]
Cheapest way to get an iPhone 3GS on o2 UK

Cheapest way to get an iPhone 3GS on o2 UK

Image by Getty Images via Daylife We’ve been hunting deals high and low, trying to get our hands on the iPhone 3GS at the cheapest possible price. Some of us may have been on the fence, but let’s face it, it’s not a question of “will I get the 3GS”, more “when will I get the 3GS”. So we’ve found that if you order your iPhone 3GS through Mobiles.co.uk [...]
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