With innovative Apple iOS devices and corporate use of Mac OS computers rapidly growing, criminals are finding these devices more attractive for attack.
As a result, concern over Apple iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads that access corporate networks is growing. Company executives and employees bring their own iPhones and iPads into the office and use them instead of company-issued devices.
We sometimes sneer at cellphones equipped with Adobe’s Flash browser plug-in: On tiny, energy-efficient mobile processors, the plug-in spikes CPU-usage, causing a big drain on battery life and often making the poor host browser so stuttery and unresponsive that it is rendered useless. But what of full-sized computers? They can handle it, right?
As reported earlier today, developers have been given access to a near-final Golden Master (GM) build of iOS 4.2, with a general release expected soon.
It is highly unlikely Apple would make any changes prior to releasing the updated OS to the public, but not impossible - the Golden Master build of iOS 4.0 featured the Game Center app, while the public version released soon after did not.
Do you like VLC on your iPhone or iPad? You don't yet have it installed, but want to? Well, then you'd better be quick about it, as some VLC contributors are unhappy with the fact that VLC is distributed through Apple's App Store, violating the GPL the video player is licensed under. At least, that's what some think.
Apple has shown interest in creating stainless steel electronic devices that are more durable and scratch resistant, thanks to a thin external coating of nitride.
This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the details of Apple's invention in a new application entitled "Nitriding Stainless Steel for Consumer Electronic Products." It describes a cost-effective system that would place a layer of nitride atop a stainless steel exterior.
In the past I've often wondered whether the idea of one-stop "app stores" for software downloads might spread from smartphones to the PC desktop, and if that happened, whether it might have implications for software developers' freedom. I now have to hand it to Apple, not just for being the first to actually try this concept but for eliminating any lingering doubt.
Apple has acknowledged a newly-discovered security flaw in the iPhone and is promising to offer a fix with next month's release of iOS 4.2.
The new flaw allows someone to access the phone dialer on a locked iPhone by punching a certain sequence of buttons, thereby giving them the ability to make phone calls, send e-mails, and access the address book. Confirmed by Wired Magazine, the Boy Genius Report, and other online sources, the flaw was reportedly first discovered and posted by a user on the MacRumors online forum on October 22.
Apple may be attempting to embed a custom, writeable SIM chip in future iPhones according to a report by GigaOm. The SIM module could enable Apple to sell iPhones directly to users with little or no direct carrier involvement.
The ever elusive White iPhone is still in hiding, with Apple announcing earlier today that the iPhone would not be available until Spring 2011. This isn't the first delay, either. Apple announced back in July that the iPhone would be delayed until "later this year."
One criticism of the newly launched, super thin and light Apple MacBook Air? It's a lot more user-friendly when it's working.
"Simply put, a plethora of proprietary parts prevents people from painlessly fixing their machines," reports repair site iFixit, which following the Oct. 20 introduction and launch of Apple's "best Mac yet" performed a teardown of the 11-inch model for a look inside.
