Oct 18, 2007 1 am
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Apple agrees to sell iPhones in France unlocked
The move comes after Apple met a roadblock when its international policy of banning unlocking was challenged by French law. A French telecommunications law, passed in 1998 states that manufacturers must offer to unlock consumers phones for a small fee for the first sixth months after release, and for free after that, as reported via French news site Les Echoes.
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Oct 18, 2007 1 am
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Outside developers will be allowed to create programs for the iPhone, changing a policy that had angered many.
Blocking outsiders from making programs that would run easily on the iPhone has been one of a series of restrictions that have annoyed users, even leading to some lawsuits.
Jobs, in comments on Apple’s Web site, said a kit for developers still will not be available until February, as the company works out how to open up the phone without exposing it to malicious programs.
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Oct 16, 2007 11 pm
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iPhone Dev Team releases AnySim 1.1 today, a free unlocking app that enables iPhones with both firmware version 1.02 and 1.1.1 to operate on any GSM network.
The hack only works with “virgin” iPhones right now, and unlocking a 1.0.2 phone and updating to 1.1.1 will result in a bricked device, but the team says they’ll be releasing a “revirginizer” for locked 1.1.1 phones soon. As always, hack at your own risk — and don’t expect future updates to go smoothly.
Instructions for applying this release are as follows:
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Oct 16, 2007 10 pm
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Apple sets a date for Leopard, get it for $129 or $9.95.
Back in April, Apple announced that it would delay the introduction of the long-awaited operating system due to needs of the iPhone program. The delay forced OS X v10.5 to an October ship date instead of June.
The wait is almost over and eager Apple fans will be happy to know that OS X v10.5 will ship on October 26. Apple says that the revised operating system contains over 300 new features and “installs easily, and works with the software and accessories you already have.”
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Oct 13, 2007 1 am
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The controversy over iPhone rages on, as it is now facing a class action lawsuit over its proprietary and forceful relationship with AT&T.
Lawyers filed the suit asking for $1.2 billion in damages because the phone is specifically locked to only allow one service provider. It is brought against Apple on behalf of Washington resident Paul Holman and Lucy Rivello, from California.
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Oct 6, 2007 12 pm
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Mac OS X “Leopard” preview package raises expectations that its release will come late this month.
Developers have received from Apple a “ZFS on Mac OS X Preview 1.1″ package, which offers preliminary support for the ZFS file system, originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris OS.
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Oct 4, 2007 1 pm
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The flaw, which affects Windows XP and Windows Vista machines, opens up a backdoor that could enable a hacker to break into Firefox.
The company released an update for the Windows version of QuickTime media player on Wednesday afternoon to patch what Apple calls a “command injection issue” in the way the media player handles URLs. The flaw, which affects Windows XP and Windows Vista, was first disclosed in September of 2006 by Petko D. Petkov, a penetration tester.
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Oct 3, 2007 3 pm
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The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is getting all the new Zune’s features
Sure, the new Zune is more of a half step forward than a completely new design. But Microsoft’s done something fantastic here by rewarding first gen buyers with cool new stuff that also happens to be free by software upgrade.
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Oct 2, 2007 4 pm
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There will be a version of Boot Camp that works. It’s called Leopard
Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, “Leopard,” operating system by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp — the utility that allows users to run Windows XP or Vista on an Intel Mac — will expire as soon as the new operating system ships.
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Oct 2, 2007 4 pm
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It turns out all iPhone applications run as root and any application vulnerability means winner takes all.
The iPhone has been turned into a “pocket-sized … network-enabled root shell,” said H.D. Moore, thanks to the well-known security researcher having published shell code and instructions for the smart phone on how to use it as a portable hacking platform.
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