Apple’s notoriously closed eco-system has always proved to be a double-edged sword – while it remains safe and sound (most of the time anyways) from viruses, spyware and malware, that does not mean it is 100% foolproof. For a malicious app to make its way into Apple’s heavily guarded and scrutinized App Store, you would [...]

And so, the Apple iPhone 3GS has finally been released. Apparently, there have been already 1 million phones sold over the weekend. But now let us backtrack a bit. What about the people with iPhone 3G who simply want a video camera for their phones? What happens to them? Apparently, this is an issue concerning [...]

Possibly the coolest iPhone app has made an appearance. Developed by Ken and Greg Aspeslagh for the Iron Coder Live competition at the C-4 Developer Conference, the iPhone Video Conferencing app takes advantage of your Wi-Fi network, iPhone camera and, surprise, surprise, a periscope-like mirror construction to beam the caller’s video onto the callee’s. Using [...]

Well, it’s official. Hackers in Europe have apparently unlocked the Apple iPhone using nothing but a SIM reader/writer and a blank SIM card. The phone is now capable of making/receiving calls as well as SMS messages. Just a SIM – that’s mighty nice. The patch has been tested in the Orange UK network. According to [...]