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A new bug has popped up in Apple’s iOS 6 operating system a day after it was updated to address an iPhone lock screen vulnerability, Arstechnica reported. While the security flaw is different from the passcode bug targeted by Tuesday's iOS 6.1.3 update, it results in the same risk - that of giving unauthorized access to an iPhone's contact list and photos - tech site said Wednesday. The process, demonstrated in a YouTube posting by user videosdebarraquito, involves ejecting the phone's SIM card while simultaneously using the iPhone's built-in voice controls to make a phone call, Arstechnica said. Some web tech sites have been able to recreate the hack on iPhone 4s models, while others have successfully replicated the vulnerability on an iPhone5. Although voice control seems to be involved,…

As rumors of an Apple watch grow, competitor Samsung says it's been working on its own smart watch for some time. In an interview in South Korea, Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile business, confirmed the existence of a smart watch development program, CNN reported Wednesday. "We've been preparing the watch product for so long," Lee said. "We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them." Apple and Samsung, which have been battling in the smartphone market for years, appear ready to go to battle in the wearable tech market as well. Mobile shopping site BuyVia said it conducted a survey before the announcement of the Samsung watch that found 26…

eBACKPACK Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Price: Free Category: Education Updated: 25 March 2013 Version: 1.6.2 Size: 22.3 MB Language: English Developer: eBackpack, Inc. View in iTunes Preview eBackpack, Inc, the leading provider of cross-platform cloud assignment and classroom workflow management solutions, announced today the launch of its enhanced eBackpack AppforiPhonesand iPads giving students and teachers both a paperless assignment system as well as free-hand annotation functionality. eBackpack, in conjunction withtheiPadapp,is saving schools and districts nationwide hundreds of thousands of dollars on printing expenses. Says Layne Schiffelbein of Garden City Public Schools, an eBackpack district, “When we launched eBackpack, students and teachers hit the ground running. The user-friendly interface allowed students to engage more, become more organized, and provided a way to collaborate.…

It has been one of the very few slip-ups in an otherwise unprecedented series of successes for Apple Inc. Mere days before the release of the their new and improved operating system for iPods, iPhones and iPads, iOS6, Apple dropped a bomb on a formidable foe by announcing that the popular maps application produced by Google would no longer be part of the iPhone maker's core applications that are preloaded onto all new iDevices (although it would later become available through the iTunes store). Instead, the company launched the brand new operating system with its proprietary application known as Apple Maps, a service that had been available since the launch of the first iPhone but had been considered a perennial also-ran compared to the star power of Google's app. The…

TORONTO -- Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. Thorsten Heins made the comment Thursday on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&T begins selling the Z10 touchscreen BlackBerry on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere. Heins also told The Associated Press that new keyboard version of the BlackBerry won't be released in the U.S. until two or three months from now. He previously said it would be eight to 10 weeks, but now he's saying it could be delayed an additional two weeks. Both the touchscreen and keyboard models are part of RIM's attempt at a comeback after the pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after…

Imagine if your smartphone were smart enough to avoid getting broken when you stupidly drop it. Apple imagined it, and has a patent to make an iPhone act the way a cat does, always landing on its feet. The Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device would allow the phone to detect when it's falling, according to a patent filing reported yesterday by the Apple-obsessed news Web site Apple Insider. Before it strikes the pavement, the phone would shift its weight so it lands on its least vulnerable side. For example, the filing said, the protective mechanism could rotate the phone so it hits the ground "on its edge, rather than on a screen portion." The patent was filed in September 2011, so it's not clear how soon the mechanism could…

WABAN, Mass.- Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, Apple and HP earned the top spots in the computer sector of the 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings. At the other end of the spectrum, Sony and Lenovo were the lowest-rated computer makers. "Apple continues to be the customer experience leader in computers, but HP has narrowed the gap," states Bruce Temkin, managing partner of Temkin Group. The Temkin Experience Ratings evaluates three areas of customer experience: functional (can customers do what they want to do), accessible (how easy it is to work with the company), and emotional (how consumers feel about their interactions). The ratings include 10 computer makers Acer, Apple, Compaq, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Sony, and Toshiba. Here are some additional highlights from the ratings: The computer…

Intertrust Technologies Corporation today pinounced that it has filed a lawsuit for patent Ifringement against Apple Inc. in US Federal lourt in the Northern District of California. The lawsuit accuses Apple of making products and services that infringe on 15 Intertrust patents on security and distributed trusted computing. The lawsuit covers a broad range of key Apple products and services including iOS devices such las the iPhone and iPad, Mac computers and laptops, Apple TV, and services including iTunes, iCIoud, and the Apple App Store. "Apple makes many great products that use Intertrust's inventions," said Talal Shamoon, Intertrust's chief executive officer. "Our patents are foundational to modern Internet security and trusted computing, and result from years of internal research and development. We are proud of our record of peaceful and…

ROCK BANDITS Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: $1.99 Genre: Action Adventure Released: Mar 14, 2013 Version: 1.0 Size: 85.5 MB Language: English Seller: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. View in iTunes Preview Here is another one for all you Adventure Time fans out there. You may recall we did a piece on "Fionna Fights" a few issues ago. Well the Cartoon Network crew is back, and this time they're following Finn the Human and Jake the Dog through a crazy adventure to stop the evil Ice King from stealing citizens and encapsulating them in ice. It's part action, part puzzle, and all Adventure Time. GRAPHICS If you played Fionna Fights, or watch Adventure Time, then you…

by Steven Spielberg Genre: Drama Released: 2012 Price: $14.99 428 Ratings View in iTunes Preview LINCOLN It's not like we don't know how this one ends. The point of watching a historical drama such as Lincoln is finding out parts of the story you may not have known. The film deals with the last four months of Lincoln's life, and while we know about his efforts then to get the 13th Amendment passed and know of the shooting in the theater that ended his life, we're missing the story in between. The question is if the the story is the real historical story or one created for Hollywood. Lincoln was expecting the Civil War to end soon and feared that when it did, his Emancipation Proclamation could be thrown out…

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A Trojan targeting Apple computers running the Mac OS X operating system renders fraudulent ads on Web pages to generate revenue for its creators, experts say. Russian antivirus company Dr. Web said the malware, dubbed Trojan.Yontoo.l, is one of an increasing number of such "adware" Trojans showing up, CNET reported Thursday. Once it has infected a computer, the Trojan generates a dialog box that offers to install a free video player. After users click "continue," the Trojan downloads the Yontoo adware plug-in for Safari, Chrome and Firefox. The toxic plugin moves additional ads to the user, which creates income for the Trojan's authors if clicked on but also allows outsiders access to track users' Web surfing history. "Criminals profit from affiliate ad network programs and their interest in users of…

Apple has always put an importance on the environment. With "carbon footprint" becoming a new catchphrase, Apple wasn't going to let that one slide. And while they're reporting, they wanted us to also know of their renewable energy efforts. In the midst of falling stock prices and investor unrest, Apple seems to be trying to increase their public persona by focusing instead on the good they're doing for the environment. Apple has been measuring and reporting their carbon footprint since 2009. This isn't just their manufacturing processing, but also the transportation related to their products, the product use, and the recycling as well. Other companies may report on just the carbon footprint at their facilities, but Apple reports on every aspect of their company's use. CARBON FOOTPRINT Of Apple's total…

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Apple (AAPL) gave itself an A-plus Thursday for what it calls a dramatically improved environmental performance, boasting that its corporate facilities around the world now get 75 percent of their power from renewable sources such as solar and wind, up from 35 percent two years ago. While noting that the company has also made solid progress in shrinking its carbon footprint by lowering the amount of power its products require, the report focuses on the work Apple has done in harnessing renewable energy to power its offices and server farms. At the top of the list is the massive data center in Maiden, N.C., which Apple says is now operated solely on renewable energy created by the company on-site or obtained from a local source. "Several of our largest and…

THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE A lot of die-hard Nsync fans were upset by Justin Timberlake's choice to go solo. In fact, many questioned his ability to create music outside of a group environment. The lone singer/ songwriter struggled a bit in his first few months as a solo artist, but once he found his style and began to stick to a specific genre, his popularity soared. Sultry beats and hip-hop inspired pop songs became his forte, and soon after his career both in music and television skyrocketed. When he isn't touring around the globe or entertaining the masses, you can usually find Timberlake guest-starring on Saturday Night Live or appearing on a slew of talk shows. His persona is every bit as entertaining and charismatic as his singing. Unfortunately…

At 17, he’s a tech whiz, he’s rich - and he can even offer some advice on how to raise your kids. Teenage programmer Nick D'Aloisio's decision to sell his news application Summly to Yahoo for what's rumored to be a massive payout has turned him into a media sensation. The sale caps a short but successful career at Apple Inc.'s vast app store, where hundreds of thousands of pieces of software compete for the attention of smartphone and tablet users. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, D'Aloisio said his computer skills were self-taught, explaining that he started by mastering movie-making software before tackling programming languages. He said his parents were "very enthusiastic and supportive." Asked what advice he'd give couples hoping to raise their own wunderkinds,…