Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit
Responding to a dangerous security exploit unveiled this week, Apple released an update to its iPhone operating system Friday to patch the security hole.
News Archives for 07/2009
Slash Lane
Microsoft plans to use Windows 7 to raise netbook prices
The prospects of a premium priced Apple tablet computer may brighten at the hands of an unlikely ally, if Microsoft can carry out its stated goal of raising netbook prices using Windows 7.
Prince McLean
FCC to investigate markets where iPhone is not available
While it surveys exclusive contracts like the relationship between AT&T and Apple, the Federal Communications Commission will also look into concerns that customers in rural areas can't access limited products like the iPhone.
Sam Oliver
iPhone SMS exploit patch expected this weekend
A day after experts revealed a major text message-based security flaw in the iPhone, the BBC reports that Apple is expected to release a fix for the exploit through iTunes on Saturday.
Katie Marsal
Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a "rounding error"
Speaking to a group of market analysts this week, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer repeatedly mentioned Apple, including a suggestion that a growing rate of Mac adoption is statistically insignificant.
Neil Hughes
New China Unicom iPhone model, sans Wi-Fi, given approval
Reports of regulatory approval of a new model of the iPhone in China seem to confirm that Apple's hardware will appear on the China Unicom network, and also suggest that a new model was created for the country of over 1 billion.
iPhone helps keep Softbank competitive, profitable in Japan
Despite double-digit sales declines at rival NT DOCOMO and KDDI, Japan's Softbank, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone and third largest carrier in the country, continues to maintain the number one position in Japan for net new subscribers.
Nintendo warns iPhone may damage its sales
Just recently considered the king of handheld gaming, Nintendo is now sending an alert that it could be trouble over its next fiscal year as Apple's iPhone and iPod touch might cut into its sales.
Two-year-old iPhone nano patent draws headlines again
A dated patent filing for an iPhone nano concept has again garnered attention and inspired speculation in numerous media outlets, after the concept re-appeared in new Australian documents.
Neil Hughes and Aidan Malley
