Suspects plead not guilty in lost iPhone 4 prototype case

Posted by on 2/Sep/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Last year tech blog Gizmodo turned up with an iPhone 4 prototype in its possession. It was subsequently accused of receiving stolen goods. Last month, San Mateo County district attorney Steven Wagstaffe, having reviewed all the evidence, decided that no crime had been committed by Gizmodo.

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Nokia developer community hacked

Posted by on 30/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Nokia Corp. says hackers have breached the security on its developer community discussion site and accessed forum members’ email addresses.

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iPhone hacker Comex takes internship at Apple

Posted by on 27/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Apple already has considerable engineering talent at its disposal, but the company is apparently adding another set of hands to the mix—just to keep things interesting. Nicholas Allegra—a.k.a. Comex—has revealed that he’s accepted an internship at Apple. It wouldn’t be terribly unusual to hear about a bright 19-year-old taking on an internship at Apple…except that Allegra is the author of JailbreakMe 2 and JailbreakMe 3, two hacks which enabled iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad owners to step outside of Apple’s curated application universe and run any software they like on their devices.

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Apple Hacker Extraordinaire Comex Takes An Internship At Apple

Posted by on 26/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

When I interviewed iPhone-hacking wunderkind Nicholas Allegra a.k.a Comex for a profile earlier this month, the 19-year old told me he was looking for internship. I suggested in the story that perhaps Apple, whose iOS security Allegra has repeatedly and publicly dismantled, might want to give him one.Now it has. “It’s been really, really fun, but it’s also been a while and I’ve been getting bored,” wrote Allegra on his Twitter feed Thursday. “So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple. …

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Top tech headlines: Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, $99 TouchPad sale

Posted by on 26/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Hot topics in the tech blogs for the week ending August 26 include Steve Jobs’ resignation from Apple, Facebook’s new Google+ like privacy options, the race to get a cheap HP TouchPad, American carrier Sprint to sell the iPhone 5 and Skype to acquire group messaging service GroupMe.

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California Police May Need Warrants to Search Phones

Posted by on 24/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

California’s State Assembly approved a bill that would require law enforcement officers to secure a warrant before searching cell phones, another example of how state governments grapple with balancing mobile technology privacy and public safety.If the measure makes it to the desk of Governor Jerry Brown and he signs it into law, it would overturn the January California Supreme Court ruling allowing officers to search cell phone contents from anyone who is arrested.”This will not interfere with the legitimate needs of police,” said Assemblyman and former police officer Steve Knight. …

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McAfee: Android increasingly targeted by malware authors

Posted by on 23/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Computer security specialists McAfee has said in its second quarter Threats Report that malware on mobile operating systems is becoming an increasing problem, with Android replacing Symbian to become the OS most likely to be targeted.

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Punk Anonymous BART Hackers Should Be Unplugged for Life

Posted by on 20/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

COMMENTARY | There is such a thing as going too far. I can’t personally blame frustrated activists (who turned into computer hackers) for recent attacks on San Francisco’s BART system. What BART officials did to cell phone service was unconscionable and worthy of retribution. I’ve even said so.

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Transit union website still down after hack

Posted by on 19/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

The website for the union that represents Bay Area Rapid Transit police remained disabled Thursday after hackers launched another online attack against the transit agency.

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South Korean iPhone tracking suit has 27,000 plaintiffs

Posted by on 19/Aug/2011 in Syndicated | Comments Off

Earlier this year, South Korean lawyer Kim Hyeong-seok won 1 million won (about $US945) in a lawsuit over iOS 4′s clandestine location tracking behavior; South Korean regulators also ordered Apple pay a fine for breaking the country’s information privacy laws. Now, he’s back, and he’s brought 27,000 of his closest friends along for the ride: Apple is now facing a new lawsuit over iOS 4 location tracking, with each plaintiff seeking 1 million won of their own.

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