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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0.1 to Close SMS-Based Security Hole

Responding to a dangerous security exploit unveiled this week, Apple released an update to its iPhone operating system Thursday to patch the security hole. iPhone OS has just become available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS handsets. The update is between 230 and 300 megabytes and appears to exclusively fix the reported SMS […]

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Apple Updates Knowledge Base/Troubleshooting Articles for iPhone, Notebook Optical Drives

If you’re in a pinch, the Apple Knowledge Base has generally been a useful place to go. Per MacFixIt, the company has just updated Knowledge Base articles for both its iPhone hardware as well as the slot-loading optical drives found on various Macs and notebooks. For the iPhone hardware article, click here. For help with […]

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Chinese iPhone Gains State Approval

Over on the China State Regulatory Commission web site (basically the Chinese version of the FCC), the government has apparently approved a GSM/WCDMA cell phone complete with Bluetooth, an internal model number A1324 by Apple Inc. According to Engadget, the device was approved on May 7th, 2009 with the approval certificate set to expire in […]