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Apple Addresses Security Threat by Blocking Java 7 Plugin on OS X
A weakness has been discovered in Java 7 security making hundreds of millions of business and consumer users vulnerable to a serious flaw. The threat is serious enough that the US Department of Homeland Security has warned users to disable or uninstall Java software on their computers, ZDNet informs. Turns out the issue affects not...
iOS 7 Concept Shows New Dashboard, Notification Center Banners and More [VIDEO]
German site Apfellike has created a round up of some interesting concepts they'd like to see in iOS 7. They cover some nice looking concepts such as a redesign of the iOS lockscreen; a new dashboard similar to Widgets in OS X for controlling toggles such as LTE, Bluetooth and more; a redesign of notification banners...
Apple Contacted Chinese Newspaper to Amend “Cheaper” iPhone Story [Update]
Earlier this morning Reuters suddenly pulled their article that cited Apple had no plans to pursue a less-expensive iPhone, information from an interview Apple SVP Phil Schiller had with the Shanghai Evening News. Now, in a follow up article Reuters clarifies why it pulled the original story. It was because the Shanghai Evening News (SEN)...
Hacker Gets Mac OS Running On Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Microsoft’s Surface tablet has been hacked by programmer Steve Troughton-Smith to run an early version of Mac OS. The hack is based on a jailbreak tool released by hacker Netham45 and allows the Mac OS to run inside Windows RT (via VentureBeat). By exploiting a setting in the Windows RT, hackers have released a jailbreak tool that simply...
Windows Phone Boot Error Says “Insert Your Windows Installation Disc” [PIC]
F-Secure Chief Risk Officer Mikko Hyppönen has just tweeted a photo of his Windows Phone 8 smartphone which apparently crashed during boot up showing an error screen that says “Insert Your Windows Installation Disc". The only question is, where? (via The Loop). "Windows Phone failed to boot. Please insert your Windows installation disc...": twitter.com/rkkski/status/…#wontfit —...
Safari Engineer Details Steve Jobs Introducing the Browser at MacWorld
Former Apple Safari Engineering Manager, Don Melton (a hire by Scott Forstall), continues to share his anecdotal accounts of his experience working for the Cupertino company. This time around, he shares what it was like when Steve Jobs announced Safari to the world at MacWorld back in 2003: Steve started the Safari presentation with, “So, buckle...
Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine Tried to Sell Music Subscriptions to Steve Jobs
AllThingsD reports on an interview with Beats headphones CEO Jimmy Iovine and how the latter once tried to sell Steve Jobs on music subscriptions, but ultimately was unsuccessful, even after three years of pursuing the matter. Universal Music head Doug Morris told Iovine to talk to Jobs: In 2002, 2003, Doug asked me to go...
Apple’s Phil Schiller Says Cheaper iPhones Aren’t in the Company’s Future
Right: Apple SVP Phil Schiller is currently in China; via M.I.C. Gadget Apple executive Phil Schiller is in China with CEO Tim Cook and in a recent interview with the Shanghai Evening News, the former noted cheap smartphones will not be developed by Apple in order to grab marketshare. The Next Web confirmed with Apple...
Angry Birds Space “Pig Dipper” Update Released For iOS & Android [VIDEO]
Rovio's Angry Birds Space, the highest selling iOS app of 2012, has received the “Pig Dipper” update today, which features 30 new galactic-aquatic levels. The update, which is currently available for iOS and Android platforms, also introduces never-before-seen power-ups along with extra power-up specific leaderboards. "Welcome to the Pig Dipper in Angry Birds Space! This bizarre galaxy is...
Man Fights With iPhone Thief After Tracking Him With ‘Find My iPhone’ [VIDEO]
After locating the alleged thief of his iPhone using 'Find My iPhone' feature, 26 year old Kenneth Schmidgall from San Diego got into an 18-minute fight, which was captured on video by Mr Torkelson, an amateur photographer who also pepper sprayed the alleged thief, reports The Telegraph. In an interview with a local TV channel, Kenneth said...
A First Hand Account of the 2007 iPhone Announcement at MacWorld [VIDEO]
(image via @i0livier) Today marks the sixth anniversary of Apple's announcement of the original iPhone at MacWorld back in 2007. That day when Steve Jobs stepped on stage to debut the iPhone can be heralded as the day that Apple changed the smartphone game. iPhoneinCanada.ca reader @i0livier was one of the lucky ones in attendance...
Pebble Smartwatch Detailed At CES: Sharp Display, 7-Day Battery, Ships Jan 23
As expected, developers of the Pebble smartwatch Kickstarter project held a press conference at CES 2013 today, announcing that Pebble is now in mass production and will be shipped to its Kickstarter backers on January 23. Company’s CEO Eric Migicovsky added that it will take almost two months to get all the initial orders out (via TNW). Detailing the...
