Archive | July 31st, 2009
Apple not planning to offer “iTunes for e-books”
With rumors of an Apple tablet picking up momentum by the week, many have been quick to proclaim that the as of yet unreleased tablet will be a Kindle killer, with some speculation focusing on whether or not Apple might even launch an iTunes store for e-books. With the iPhone app store already heavily populated […]
Continue reading...Apple issues iTunes update to address iPhone SMS security flaw
31. July 2009
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At the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas this past week, researchers Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller revealed that they could remotely take over any iPhone with a simple text message comprised of a single character. Rebooting the phone would in most cases solve the problem, but it wouldn’t take a hacker long […]
Continue reading...Why Microsoft and Steve Ballmer just don’t get it
31. July 2009
At a Microsoft Financial Analyst meeting yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated, yet again, that he still doesn’t get, or perhaps is unwilling to admit, why people are ditching PC’s and flocking to the Mac in droves. While looking out into a sea of reporters and analysts, Ballmer noticed the number of computers sporting an […]
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31. July 2009
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