Apple has sued Nokia in the UK over nine patents, in a continuation of the legal battle that has raged between the two companies in the US over the last year.
According to a statement from Nokia on Wednesday, "Apple's action is an unsurprising development, which seems designed to put pressure on the ongoing dialogue between both companies". It is not yet clear which patents are the subject of the suit.
The Apple Peel 520, a Chinese-developed product that drew the media's attention for being able to turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone-like device, is coming to America.
The add-on device, which just went on sale in China, has been billed as a more affordable option for users wanting to get their hands on an iPhone, but lack the budget. The Apple Peel is a protective case equipped with a dock connector, battery and SIM card, that slips on to an iPod Touch. Once connected and properly installed, the device will allow the iPod Touch to make phone calls and send text messages.
Apple's new iOS-powered Apple TV has a user interface dubbed "Lowtide" that is compatible with other iOS devices, and which one hacker has already ported to an iPod touch.
Erica Sadun at TUAW poked around in the Apple TV firmware released this week and found evidence that Lowtide could run on other iOS devices like the iPad. If enabled, it would run as a "silent service," which means the user interface would only be displayed when requested.
It has been confirmed that Apple has posted a version of iOS 4.1 for the new Apple TV to its software restore servers. It has been suspected for a period of time that the device may be powered by iOS, which gave hackers a chance to jailbreak the Apple TV before it makes its way into users’ hands.
Early demand for the iPhone 4 in China has outpaced initial supply as China Unicom struggles to fulfill the over 200,000 preorders it received last week.
China Unicom announced Sunday that it was having trouble meeting demand, according to a MarketWatch report. This year's iPhone 4 launch in China is an impressive turnaround from last year's muted launch. The official launch of the iPhone in October 2009 saw just 5,000 buyers in the first week after launch.
Apple on Monday released Security Update 2010-006, which targets a hole with AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) shared folders on Snow Leopard client systems as well as Snow Leopard Server. Someone with only the knowledge of an account’s name could access shared folders without entering a password, Apple said.
Impact: A remote attacker may access AFP shared folders without a valid password
The next-generation Apple TV slated for release in late September was widely rumored to be based around an ARM architecture and the same iOS that powers Apple's mobile devices. However, the interface that Steve Jobs demoed looked identical to the one on the previous Apple TV, leaving some question about the underlying software. Configuration files in the iOS 4.2 beta released this week confirm that the new Apple TV is indeed an iOS device.
Apple patched a critical vulnerability in QuickTime on Wednesday that was reported to the company by a bug bounty program months ago. The update also patched a "DLL load hijacking" issue that went public in August.
The QuickTime 7.6.8 update is for Windows only, and fixes a pair of flaws in the media player. Of the two, the most notable is a patch for the QuickTime plug-in used by Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
A new exploit called the SHAtter Jailbreak will allow all iOS users including iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, iPad, iPad 3G, and iPod touch to jailbreak their mobile devices for life. This is BIG news for those that jailbreak their iDevices. With SHAtter, the jailbreak community will always have their jailbreak. Apple won’t be able to patch the SHAtter jailbreak exploit, and the cat and mouse game with Apple and jailbreakers will most likely end.
Apple might have Ping in its new version of iTunes and the largest smartphone app store around, but its starting to get some real competition from an unexpected place. The popular Cydia app store that is installed by default by most iOS jailbreaks is growing. The US Government has declared jailbreaks and unlocks of smartphones legal. Oh, and Cydia just bought its rival jailbreak app store Rock.
