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Mac Hacker Charlie Miller Locations Additional Security Hole in iPhone

Mac hacker Charlie Miller, a principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators and the winner of the the CanSecWest security conference hacking contest two years straight, has detailed his latest find wherein he was able to run shellcode on an iPhone. According to Macworld UK, it was widely believed by many security researchers that it […]

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Recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 Beta Focuses on 100+ Fixes, Second Security Update for 2009

A recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 beta has made its way among Apple developer with Apple apparently also beta testingits second security update of the year for certain Mac OS X distributions. According to AppleInsider, build 9J44 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 was released to developers. The new beta arrives a little more than a […]

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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 2 to Developer Community

Late Tuesday, Apple officially released iPhone OS 3.0 beta to to its developer community. According to Engadget, the new beta includes push notifications and in-app purchasing, giving developers a chance to play with these features. The report also cites significant stability improvements within the new build. While MMS and tethering are also included within beta […]

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Apple Begins Testing Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update

No matter what you think of Mac OS X 10.5.6, Apple is cited as having tapped its developer community this week to begin testing its Mac OS X 10.5.7 update, a maintenance and security update to the company’s Leopard operating system with a particular focus on syncing improvements. According to AppleInsider, sources close to the […]

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Apple Releases Safari 4 Public Beta

Apple announced the release of the Safari 4 public beta on Tuesday. According to Mac Observer, the new version of the browser includes the Nitro JavaScript Engine, faster JavaScript 4.2 processing speeds and a long list of new features including Cover Flow browsing for history and bookmarks. The browser also includes Accessible Rich Interactive Applications, […]