Wednesday - April 23, 2008
Apple has purchased chip designer P.A. Semi for $278 million in cash, according to Forbes. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm is a self-described fabless semiconductor firm that delivers processors for the high-performance embedded-computing market. The company specializes in low-power chips that could be useful in Apple's iPhone and iPod devices. The deal could come as a setback for Intel, which has its own low-power chip, Atom, for mobile devices.
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Sunday - March 23, 2008
Just as those living in shiny houses of self-righteous glass often end up surrounded by shards of their former sanctimony, so Apple now finds itself the increasingly appealing target of software hackers. For years, Apple's marketing has consisted of accentuating the positive and ignoring everything else.
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Thursday - October 18, 2007
After months of vehement proclamations that the iPhone would support only third-party applications over a Web browser, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Wednesday in an open letter on the Apple Web site that the company will release a software development kit to developers in February. The kit would allow software makers to create iPhone applications that would reside on the phone itself, not on the Web.
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Wednesday - August 1, 2007
Apple released three security updates Tuesday that correct a slew of bugs, including a hole discovered last week in the one-month-old iPhone. This is Apple's seventh security update this year. The bundled patches fix approximately 45 vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system, the Safari browser for Windows beta, and the iPhone.
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Monday - July 23, 2007
A hole in the iPhone's security apparatus could allow a hacker to take complete control of the device, warn researchers at Independent Security Evaluators, who identified the flaw. The exploit is delivered via a malicious Web page opened in the Safari browser on the iPhone, according to ISE.
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Monday - July 9, 2007
In the week or so since the iPhone has been on the market, hackers have discovered the root password for the device, which is "Alpine"; found another password for the mobile user account, which is "Dottie"; and posted a workaround to the AT&T activation, so new owners can bypass AT&T's fees.
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Tuesday - April 10, 2007
Apple has patched two vulnerabilities in its AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n routers. The more worrisome flaw is a default configuration that exposes incoming IPv6 connections and network services on hosts connected through an AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n to remote attackers.
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Monday - April 2, 2007
There is no doubt that WiFi-enabled smartphones like the iPhone have corporate IT departments on edge. Numerous experts and analysts have observed that the iPhone is not intended to be an "enterprise" device, and very few benevolent CFOs are going to approve the purchase of pricy iPhones for their employees. Yet CIOs know that millions of them are going to be coming into the workplace anyway.
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Friday - March 9, 2007
Apple released a second AirPort Extreme software update late Thursday night. The computer maker issued the first release January 25, after the "Month of Kernel Bugs" blog disclosed the problem in November 2006. The fix is recommended for "all Intel-based Macintosh computers."
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Friday - March 2, 2007
The networked home -- complete with "smart" appliances and a range of security and entertainment options -- is becoming increasingly common. Many new homes come equipped with centrally controlled entertainment, security and climate systems, and more existing homes are being retrofitted with home theaters and music systems.
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Thursday - February 22, 2007
Millions are choosing to build smart homes from scratch each year, while many others are adding networking features to their existing homes. For example, home-builder Lennar recently began offering a networked home option for buyers. The system pervades the entire home, from the living room to the kitchen to the basement.
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