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Jailbreaking opens iPhone push security hole

Jailbreaking opens iPhone push security holeIs your title correct? Jailbreak vs. Unlock?The post seems to say that the issue is with UNLOCKED (ie, being used on a carrier other than AT&T) iPhones, not only Jailbroken ones. Jailbreaking just allows you to install non-sanctioned apps and customizations, it is not a...

Tags: Smart phones, Jailbreaking, Apple iPhone, security

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Jailbreaking opens iPhone push security hole

According to a new article by AppleInsider, Jailbreaking may be hazardous to your phone's health and security. Owners of jailbroken and unlocked iPhones may receive Push Notification Service PNS messages intended for other people. PNS messages can be innocuous, such as an instant message, or potentially disastrous, such as a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Jailbreaking, Smart Phones, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone = copyright infringement

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone = copyright infringement oh yes, Apple is only against protecting IP rights of othersApple's own IP rights - that's something totally different! Not related at all. Apple's IP is by definition cool and deserves all the protection in the world. Like their latest idea with -...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple IP, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Jailbreaking, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

Are these applications worth jailbreaking your current Apple iPhone?

Are these applications worth jailbreaking your current Apple iPhone?Excellent AppsI wholeheartedly endorse Mobile Scrobbler. It's actually better than the actual desktop client, as it downloads lyrics right from LyricWiki for the track you're listening to. Handy as well to dump all the tracks you've listened to on the way to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, jailbreaking, Apple iPhone, applications worth jailbreaking, current Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Additional Resources

iPhone Explorer 1.182 (Mac)

Want to put your iPhone or iPod Touch in disk mode? Use an iPhone as a flash drive? iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Mac that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone as if it were a normal USB flash drive or pen drive. You...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, myPod Apps, iPhone Explorer, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

iPhone - is it a good tool for traveling business people?

yes- hmmmm....You're right Dan. Droid? Then you can have google navigation and we'll be able to find a better restaurant in NYC than the worlds busiest Korean :p Maybe those nice people @ 451 will buy you one ;)Thanks for the thoughtOne issue with the current Android V2 phones is...

Tags: Smart phones, calendar issue, tool, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild

iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Apple iPhone, jailbreak, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones

But... but... but... OS X is Unix! It is immune!Hmm, guess not.Now, let's list the "attacks" and then cue the double standards...1. iPhone must have the [b]worst[/b] security model out there because hackers only go after the low hanging fruit.2. I don't care [b]why[/b] no one attacks Windows Mobile, all...

Tags: Smart phones, NonZealot, Apple iPhone, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-08

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

TouchDrive 1.08 (Windows)

TouchDrive lets you access files and folders on your iPod Touch or iPhone using Windows Explorer. Simply install TouchDrive and connect your iPod Touch or iPhone - open Windows Explorer and start viewing, adding, moving, copying files to and from your iPhone like you would another external drive on your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wide Angle Software, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Why I moved to iPhone

The other day I was griping about the non-availability of the iPhone in Spain. I solved that in the UK by buying a pay as you go model and then jailbreaking it. Why would I do that when there are perfectly good Blackberry's or Android phones? A...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-16

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Jailbreaking the iPhone is cool, piracy is not!

how about protecting the consumer?That whould be a nice change. the iphone and ipod touch is NOT a gaming console. Peoples should be able to run any program they want for the device they PAID FOR.Apple artificial crippling of the iPhone is outright CRIMINAL, Apple should be punish and FORCED...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Jailbreaking the iPhone is cool, piracy is not!

I can think of a LOT of good reasons to jailbreak an iPhone, but there's one reason to jailbreak that's not cool at all, and that's to pirate apps from the Apple App Store. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple iPhone, Reason, Smart Phones, Piracy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS

hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Should the anonymity shroud be lifted online?

Social Network Sites = FOOLS!ONLY fools put private information on a Public_Domain that is anybodies data once it is there...All of these people will regret spewing all of this data all over the Internet where it will reside forever in cache on servers.....Plus the google search that keeps searches FOREVER!!!enjoy...

Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, industry organization, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Reports: China Unicom to sell iPhone

How blocked is "blocked"?It will be interesting to see if the wifi can be enabled and what the Chinese government's reaction to that would be. It would be ironic if in China Apple actually gets its wish that "jailbreaking" an iPhone actually becomes truly illegal.

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, China Unicom

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Mobile TV: Why it stalled and why it won't take off

I have tried it on my iPhone...I would actually like to watch some t.v. on my iPhone. The biggest problem I have is the availability of a strong enough network and a service that runs on it.For example, during lunch I might catch up on a show by watching TV.com...

Tags: TVs, Mobile applications, TV & Home Theater, mobile TV, TV, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-08-24