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McAfee Foresees Facebook and iPads As Key Cybercrime Targets
0December 29, 2010
by V_Geek
in Apple, Applications, Education, Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, iPad, Miscellaneous, News, Rumors, Security, Tech
With the new year just around the bend most people are getting excited about the potential of a new year being better than the last, McAfee Labs is not among those people. McAfee Labs prediction and fear of an unsecure year is expressed in a threat report for 2011. In the report, McAfee listed Apple along with mobile devices and geolocation services as some of the most desirable targets for the new year. Systems such as Google TV and other smart TV products are also very likely to see a growing number of attacks. McAfee believes URL-shortening services will be used to redirect users to More >
Apple’s Take On DMCA Jailbreak Exemption: It Voids Warranty
0July 27, 2010
Earlier today, Apple’s PR department discussed the historical DMCA exception ruling that makes iPhone jailbreaking legal. Because of legal issues, the spokeswoman was only able to provide the following statement on the record:
Apple’s goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. As we’ve said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably.
It is pretty More >
New Government Rule Approves iPhone Jailbreaking And Unlocking
4July 26, 2010
by _GadgetNews
in Apple, Cell Phones, Education, Entertainment, Hacks, iPhone, News, SmartPhones, Tech
The Library of Congress has officially declared iPhone jailbreaking and unlocking as legal. New anti-circumvention exceptions has been introduced to the DMCA policies that now legally allow iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices and let them install 3rd party apps (not provided by the iTunes Store).
According to the Associated Press, the decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of More >
Apple iPad’s New Newsreader App: Pulse
1May 31, 2010
Many people ask if the iPad is the best newsreader currently out. We aren’t saying that it is, but we aren’t saying that it isn’t either, but we do like the appearance of this newly-released news app called Pulse. Created by two Stanford grads, Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, Pulse was developed in just a few weeks as part of the Launch Pad class at the University’s Institute of Design. You can see that Pulse is a $3.99 app that is a graphically-rich RSS-based news aggregator. The homescreen is very involved and visually stunning as it shows stories from multiple sources on a dynamic More >
Research In Motion Announces BlackBerry Academic Program
0February 12, 2010
Looking to get BlackBerry ceritfied? Research In Motion is looking at better ways to get folks BlackBerry prepared for BlackBerry certification by launching their BlackBerry Academic Program. This is a chance for educational institutions to offer BlackBerry training solutions to their attending students. The positioning looks like this:
“With BlackBerry® Academic Program, your academic institution can give its students experience working with BlackBerry solutions. Your students will also be able to demonstrate their knowledge by becoming BlackBerry certified. New BlackBerry More >
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