News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Jailbreaking an iPhone leaves users vulnerable to attack by stripping away most of the handset’s security protections, a security researcher warned Thursday.Jailbreaking an iPhone leaves users vulnerable to attack by stripping away most of the handset’s security protections, a security researcher warned Thursday. “If you care about security, don’t use a jailbroken iPhone,” said security researcher Charlie Miller, speaking at the SyScan security conference in Singapore on Thursday. Jailbreaking is a term used to describe the process of stripping away the protections that prevent a user...
Jailbreaking an iPhone leaves users vulnerable to attack by stripping away most of the handset’s security protections, a security researcher warned Thursday.
Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.
2XL Supercross from 2XL Games is a motocross racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch full of high flying jumps and mud-slinging competition sure to get motocross fans’ adrenaline pumping. 2XL Games has plenty of experience developing racing games for the PC, XBox, and Playstation, and that track record really shows in this App Store release.
Some Palm Pre owners are complaining about poor hardware quality of the phones, with at least one person saying that he’s already had to return four devices.
If you like to share photos on the Internet, what’s to stop anyone who comes across them to grab copies and claim them as his or her own? The easiest way around that sticky issue is to add a watermark to them.
With iPhone 3.0 under Apple's belt, you might find yourself wondering where the company will go next. The answer might surprise you: iPhone 3.1. That's right—didn’t see that coming, did you?
Well, it's iPhone 3GS day. Do you know where your loved ones are? Or, perhaps, are they there next to you in the queue for which you woke up at a ridiculous hour to join? ...
This morning Apple released a new version of its iPhone SDK for developers. iPhone SDK beta 2 includes Interface Builder, a component of Apple’s development tools that lets developers create the interface for their applications. That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues. Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders other than the default /Developer.” Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Apple unveiled the iPhone SDK at a special event earlier this month, allowing developers to begin building applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Several high-profile companies have already jumped onboard, demoing their applications at the event. Highlighting the demos was AOL with a native AIM client; other applications from Electronic Arts, Salesforce.com, and Apple were also shown.
