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Apple Patent Could Kill Jailbroken iPhones

For your own good, though!

(Newser) - The US government is a-OK with you jailbreaking your iPhone but, not surprisingly, Apple is not. To that end, the company applied for a patent to disable jailbroken devices, the Register reports. Ostensibly, Apple just wants to protect you from an unauthorized user breaking into your phone: The patent application...

Rumors of Mini iPad Seem Legit

A 7-inch version for $300? Now that's a hot seller

(Newser) - Tech rumors are always flying around, but one about Apple building an even smaller iPad feels like it has the weight of truth behind it, writes Kit Eaton of Fast Company . First, consider the source: China's Economic Daily News "pretty much nailed the original iPad's format and timing well...

Soon, Your iPhone Could Be a Credit Card

Apple hires wireless payment expert to lead global commerce

(Newser) - So we all know the iPhone can do pretty much everything (except sometimes make a phonecall), but Apple has in its sights the next way it can help you spend your money: Swiping the handset like a credit card. Apple has hired an expert in near-field communications, a relatively new...

Apple Manager Accused of Kickback Scheme

He allegedly gave inside info to suppliers

(Newser) - A little corporate intrigue in Apple land: A midlevel manager is accused of giving Asian suppliers inside info so they could negotiate better deals with the company, reports the San Jose Mercury News . It paid well, too. Paul Shin Devine of Sunnyvale, Calif., is accused of receiving more than $1...

iPhone Users Have More Sex Partners

And Android users are chaste

(Newser) - If you're looking to get laid by a wider range of paramours, maybe you should trade in your Android for an iPhone. A new study shows that female iPhone users have an average of 12 sexual partners by age 30, and male iPhone users 10 partners, compared with six for...

Safari Flaw Leaves iPhone, iPad Open to Digital Hijackers

Mobile OS can automatically load malicious code

(Newser) - The iPad, iPod, and iPhone have a gaping security hole that hackers could easily exploit to hijack a device, security experts warn. Apple's mobile version of the Safari browser opens PDFs automatically, so all a hacker would need to do would be to embed malicious code in such a document....

IPad Users Sue Over Sunlight Overheating

'Just like reading a book' is a lie, plaintiffs say

(Newser) - Apple says reading from an iPad is just like reading a book but books don't shut down when you read them under the sun, complain three users in a class-action suit. The plaintiffs say their iPads shut down from overheating after mere minutes in direct sunlight, Ars Technica reports. The...

Meet the Best Paid Execs of the Decade

Only some of them actually made money for shareholders

(Newser) - Maybe those giant executive pay packages weren’t such great ideas after all. Of the eleven highest paid executives of the last decade, five presided over companies that lost their shareholders money, the Wall Street Journal reveals today, breaking down the numbers to reveal who the decade was most generous...

Apple Plant Closed After Pesticide-Linked Illness

Hundreds of Foxconn workers hospitalized

(Newser) - Foxconn has closed a factory in India for at least a week after hundreds of workers were hospitalized. The company, which makes components for Apple and other electronics firms, says most of the 250 workers sent to local hospitals after experiencing "sensations of giddiness and nausea" were released soon...

Apple Products Most Vulnerable To Security Threats

Oracle and Microsoft fare better in new survey

(Newser) - In a report covering the first half of 2010, security firm Secunia found Apple products are the most vulnerable to potential threats, more so than Oracle and Microsoft, which came in second and third, respectively. While vulnerability doesn't necessarily translate directly into being any more or less secure, the report...

Another Foxconn Worker Dead in Possible Suicide

Employee fell off company dorm building

(Newser) - Foxconn, the beleaguered Chinese company that produces products for Apple, Dell, HP, Sony, and other international electronics giants, has suffered what looks like another suicide. A man fell from a dormitory building to his death today, according to the official Xinhua news agency, and officials are investigating.

The Loveless Marriage of AT&amp;T, Apple
 The Loveless 
 Marriage of 
 AT&T, Apple 

#ATTFAIL
Jul 20, 2010 6:43 AM CDT

The Loveless Marriage of AT&T, Apple

AT&T faces network problems, customer wrath

(Newser) - AT&T and Apple are stuck in a "loveless celebrity marriage," publicly praising each other while they bicker constantly behind the scenes. The dysfunctional relationship sets the stage for the industry as phone manufacturers design phones that suck ever-more bandwidth, while strained wireless carriers try to crack down...

Blackberry Maker to Apple: Speak for Yourself

RIM says its smartphones don't have antenna problems

(Newser) - BlackBerry maker RIM begs to differ with Steve Jobs' assertion that all smartphones have antenna problems. Apple is just trying to "distort the public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention," the co-CEOs write in an animated statement. (Read it in full at Crackberry.com...

Apple's iPhone 'Fix': Free Cases!



  iPhone 4 'Fix': Free Cases! 
Jul 16, 2010 1:33 PM CDT

iPhone 4 'Fix': Free Cases!

Unapologetic Jobs says phones aren't perfect

(Newser) - Apple has a solution to what Steve Jobs calls “Antennagate.” No, it’s not going to recall the iPhone 4, but it is going to give each disgruntled user a free case! Jobs seemed just a wee bit unapologetic at a press conference today, kicking things off with...

The Curse of the iPhone 4
 The Curse of the iPhone 4 
showtime today
Jul 16, 2010 7:00 AM CDT

The Curse of the iPhone 4

Is it Steve Jobs' impatience, or an unlucky number?

(Newser) - Is the IPhone 4 cursed? Before you laugh, consider the evidence: Apple's would-be star has been plagued by setbacks including a suicide, misplaced prototypes and, now, the antenna problems the company will address at a news conference today, notes the Los Angeles Times . These problems, they theorize, may have something...

Engineer Warned Jobs About iPhone Defect

But Apple ignored concerns to keep svelte design

(Newser) - The iPhone 4’s antenna problems didn’t exactly sneak up on Apple. A top antenna expert warned Steve Jobs early in design that the proposed antenna—a metal strip circling the phone—could lead to dropped calls, a source tells Bloomberg . Later, one of Apple’s carrier partners raised...

Apple Holding iPhone 4 Press Conference Friday

Recall rumors fly as conference on troubled smartphone called

(Newser) - Apple has invited the media to a special iPhone 4 press conference this Friday, sparking rumors that a recall may be imminent. The company hasn't said exactly what it plans to discuss at the press conference but the smartphone's much-discussed "death grip" antenna problem is expected to be the...

PR Experts: Apple Must Recall iPhone

Consumer Reports criticism puts company in a bind

(Newser) - Apple must recall the iPhone 4 or risk tarnishing its reputation, PR experts tell the Cult of Mac . The company's explanation that the handset's reception problems are the result of a software problem has been undermined by Consumer Reports, which blamed a hardware issue in deciding not to recommend the...

Antitrust Suit Against Apple, AT&T OKed

Bought iPhone with a 2-year plan? You're in on class action lawsuit

(Newser) - A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple and AT&T's mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action. The lawsuit consolidates several filed by iPhone buyers starting in late 2007, a few months after the first generation of Apple's smart phone went on sale, and...

Fun Facts About Apple
 Fun Facts About Apple 
one involves a real apple
Jul 11, 2010 3:15 PM CDT

Fun Facts About Apple

Computer giant's original logo featured Isaac Newton

(Newser) - Secretive , vengeful , and irresistible, Apple occupies a unique niche in technology and business. Some obscure facts about the company, courtesy of Mashable :
  • The Macintosh was named for a variety of real apple: "Steve Jobs is said to have tried to change the project’s name to 'Bicycle' while
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