Monday, 23 August 2010 06:44
Apple has applied for a patent covering an elaborate series of measures to automatically protect iPhone owners from thieves and other unauthorized users. But please withhold the applause.
The patent, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” would also protect Apple against jailbreaks and other unauthorized hacks to the device, which were recently excepted from copyright enforcement.
If this news turns out to be true, it’s the nightmare scenario Sony has been dreading. After thousands of experiments carried out by hackers around the globe, has the Playstation 3 finally been hacked? After years avoiding what some might feel is the inevitable, if videos are to be believed all signs are pointing to Sony’s flagship console being cracked wide open.
The second beta of Windows Live Essentials 11, the application bundle containing Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Sync, and more besides, was released today.
IE is the only major browser that has still not patched a bug which allows hackers to hijack Web mail accounts and steal data, says security researcher.