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Locked iPhones can be unlocked without a password 28/08/2008 10:13:00
Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses.Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses. - +
Apple forgets to fix iPhone passcode bug 28/08/2008 08:04:00
An iPhone bug that Apple patched last January to stop unauthorized users from bypassing the password-protected locking feature has resurfaced in newer versions of the phone's software. - +
Twenty08 MobileChat 3 27/08/2008 14:15:00
Until now, Palringo has been the only legitimate cross-service instant messaging program for the iPhone. We didn’t dislike the app, but in a lucrative market like mobile instant messaging it was unlikely to go unchallenged. Twenty08’s MobileChat 3 allows users to connect to up to six different IM protocols and chat using a telco's 3G network or a local Wi-Fi network. The program provides some useful features, but poor implementation and numerous bugs make it a poor competitor to the free alternative offered by Palringo.
Zones provide focussed content from PC World and leading technology partners.Apple Australia's iTunes store is going DRM free with the launch of iTunes Plus, a new and better quality song format that frees users to play music on portable players other than Apple's iPod.
For starters, iTunes Plus is launching with EMI's entire digital catalogue of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra.
Until deals are struck with other recording companies, Apple will continue to sell the majority of its songs with DRM (digital rights management) restrictions, a technology used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to or usage of digital data or hardware.
At $2.19 each, the iTunes Plus songs cost 50 cents more than regular iTunes songs but allows customers to download tracks from EMI artists without limitations on the type of music player or number of computers that purchased songs can be played on. iTunes is also offering customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to the iTunes Plus versions.
"Our customers are very excited about the freedom and amazing sound quality of iTunes Plus," said Apple CEO, Steve Jobs in a statement. "We expect more than half of the songs on iTunes will be offered in iTunes Plus versions by the end of this year."
The DRM-free tracks also feature a higher sound quality, 256 kbps AAC encoding as opposed to the 128 kbps encoding used on DRM tracks.
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