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Jonathan Zdziarski’s talk at hacker conferences shows backdoors on every iOS device, questionable services being run

There’s apparently a back door access point on every iOS device on the market. Per The Apple Core, forensic scientist and author Jonathan Zdziarski has posted the slides (in PDF format) from his talk at the Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE/X) conference in New York called Identifying Backdoors, Attack Points, and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS […]

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Rumor: 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air could be delayed until 2015

You may have to wait a little longer for the 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air. Per AppleInsider and Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, current rumors have it that Apple’s 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air could be delayed until 2015 given processor supply constraints, while the release of the next-generation 11-inch and 13-inch models will be on […]

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Microsoft is trimming the fat with 18,000 layoffs

It’s not an easy thing being a Microsoft employee right now, as the software giant is doing quite a bit of refocusing which means some of those workers will inevitably be left in the dust. Just ask the 13,000 employees who were let go last Thursday after CEO Satya Nadella outlined the coming changes in an […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple to begin mass production of 4.7-inch model iPhone 6 in July, 5.5-inch model in August

Apple’s iPhone 6 could start seeing mass production this month and next month, depending on the model in question. Per Taiwan’s Economic Daily News and AppleInsider, Apple supplier Foxconn will begin production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 in the third week of July while a rumored 5.5-inch model is to hit the assembly line in […]

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Leaked photo of purported 1,800 mAh iPhone 6 battery surfaces

Additional evidence of Apple’s next-gen battery for its upcoming iPhone 6 handset has surfaced. Per French web site Nowhereelse.fr, a picture has been leaked of Apple’s purported 4.7-inch iPhone 6 battery, which is rumored to bump the handset’s battery capacity to 1,800 mAh from the iPhone 5s’s 1,500 mAh unit. The pictured parts bear a […]