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A security flaw in the Apple iPhone allows unauthorized users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked, but the company said a fix is on the way. Popular technology blog Gizmodo and an online forum run by the Mac Rumors site showed that it took only three taps to gain access to locked iPhones, which run the latest 2.02 Apple iPhone software. A spokeswoman said in an e-mail that Apple was aware of the problem and was readying a software update to fix it. In the meantime, she recommended users set the iPhone's "Home" button to open up the phone's iPod music collection rather than the phone's "Favorites" menu.
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Vimpelcom, Russia's second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Thursday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. "Vimpelcom announced today it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring iPhone 3G to Russia, expected later this year."
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A Chinese factory worker at an Apple iPhone factory has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her smiling and flashing a peace sign to a co-worker testing an Apple iPhone stayed on the phone that was sold to a man in Britain. Photos of the unidentified Apple iPhone factory worker were posted on the Apple discussion website MacRumours.com by a customer identified as "markm49uk" from Kingston-upon-Hull and quickly posted around other sites. Some people voiced concern that the Apple iPhone factory worker could now lose her job while others joked on the website that they were considering returning their phones because they did not come loaded with a photo.
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The passcode feature on the latest version of Apple's iPhone can be bypassed in a few simple steps. Apple issued a fix for the issue when it released iPhone v1.1.3 back in January. While iPhone users wait for another fix, information about an easy workaround has been made available.
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T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan says his business sold more than 120,000 of Apple's new 3G iPhones, which hit retail stores to much fanfare July 11 and proved a smash hit for the mobile and wireless space. The news indicates that problems delivering consumers the popular gadgets has been solved. The question is: Will 3G iPhone's spotty connection issues get resolved?
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At about three times the U.S. retail price, and twice the monthly salary of white-collar middle managers, the iPhone may still find buyers among affluent young professionals who are snapping up iconic brands and luxury items and helping fuel the Asian giant's trillion dollar economy.
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When Apple rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting paid to line up. As part of a marketing campaign ahead of the iPhone's Friday launch in Poland, the country's largest mobile operator Orange is paying dozens of actors to stand in queues.
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Mobile TeleSystems will carry Apple iPhones in Russia, with sales expected to begin in October, Apple says. Mobile TeleSystems is Russia's largest mobile phone operator. Russian companies have been vying to sell iPhones, which are a status symbol in Moscow.
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At the 2008 Intel Developer Forum, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took the main stage to talk about his love of engineering and science, the process behind developing the Apple II personal computer, and what it’s like to be “Employee No. 1” at Apple. Wozniak also spoke of the impact Steve Jobs still has on Apple and its slew of successful products, from the iPod to the iPhone.
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iPod music downloads hit mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics. Since Aug. 18 more than 60 people have posted messages in an Apple discussion forum complaining that they could not download songs for use on Apple's iPods. User complaints follow the release of The Art of Peace Foundation's new album "Songs for Tibet", a compilation of tunes about the rights of ethnic Tibetans in China's mountainous southwest.
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Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle options backdating charges, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Aug. 14. Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen also agreed to be barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for five years. Nancy Heinen settled the case without admitting or denying the charges. The charges relate to two large options grants to senior executives of Apple, including a grant to Apple CEO Steve Jobs of 7.5 million options in December 2001.
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Microsoft's Windows is the undisputed king of the desktop, and, for a long time now, it's seemed as though Windows would reign forever more. However, with customer uptake of Vista still limp—even with the magical Service Pack 1 milestone months behind us—it's time to ask if any of Windows' client OSes has what it takes to capture a bigger chunk of the mainstream desktop. Here are some of the contenders.
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Apple's MobileMe joins Sharpcast SugarSync and Microsoft Live Mesh, among others, in the battle to provide seamless data synchronization and data sharing for mobile computing. But Apple MobileMe has come out with some cost and service issues that need resolving. J. Gerry Purdy, mobile and wireless analyst at Frost & Sullivan, explains.
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VirtualBox is an able hypervisor for running guest OSes with a minimum of fuss and even less money.
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The free software Linux desktop KDE 4.1 advances the KDE Project's goals of cross-platform support and helps make the user interface more attractive. The KDE Project looked to Apple as an example of the importance of an attractive UI.
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Software Update Server and client-side update tools form the core of the patching model.
Review: Apple is stressing Keynote's ease of use, billing the application as a means for anyone to create "cinema-quality presentations."
Review: Warts aside, Apple's word processor refresh is worth a look from current and prospective iWorkers alike.
Review: VMware's Fusion allows Apple OS X users to run virtual instances of Windows.
Review: Now that it's got an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the Apple MacBook is one of the best budget laptops around. (PCMag.com)
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