Pwn2Own … IE8, Firefox and Safari (x2) … Hacked on day one.

Hackers exploited the 3 major browsers on day one of Pwn2Own.  As expected,  IE8, FireFox and Safari were all penetrated within minutes of the competition starting. Most impressively, Peter Vreugdenhil, was able to exploit a vulnerability in IE8 on Windows 7 allowing him to bypass  the operating systems DEP (Data Execution System) security mechinism designed to [...]
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iPad Beta

Centercode, the guys behind OnlineBeta.com, have just announced a new community: iPadBeta.com. We’re pleased to announce iPadBeta.com, a new unique user community being offered by Centercode.  Unlike other communities we’ve announced in the past which use our software, iPadBeta.com is owned by Centercode and will act as a sister community to OnlineBeta.com, but focused specifically [...]
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iPad Pics, dimensions and first impressions

Well, it finally happened…  Way back in July, many speculated about a tablet coming from Apple, and now we get to see how close everyone came with their guesses. Am I disappointed?  Well … yes and no.  It’s cool, it’s really f-ing cool.  It’s almost exactly what I expected from Apple,  but it’s not exactly [...]
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xPhone: I think I’ve found my next phone

[editors note:  Personally, any phone that has cutting edge Text to Toast and a coffee warmer is on my christmas list.  Screw the iPhone, I'm an xPhone fanboy now!] Mein gott!  It even does VHS! Via Giz
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iPhone Dev-Team Jailbreaks iPhone 3.1.2

Well, well… Dev-Team has done it again.  Even a virgin 3.1.2 iPhone can now be jailbroken.  This just shortly after rumors Apple will soon release new hardware that is “un-jailbreakable”. Version 3.1.4 of PwnageTool supports the 3.1.2 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G. Caution:  Please head over to the [...]
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iPhone 3.1.2 Update

Apple released another patch/upgrade for the iPhone today.  Version 3.1.2 of the iPhone OS is reported to fix a few issues: Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming Those [...]
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Palm App Catalog / All about being open…

Palm really catching a lot of people by surprise today:  Allowing app developers to do whatever they want! Palm will allow developers to create and distribute their (free) apps without any approval process.  Just submit the application and Palm provides the developer a URL for distribution.  Users just click the link and easily install their [...]
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Flash for everyone! Except iPhone.

So, every other platform can have Flash, why can’t the iPhone?  Well, Adobe blames Apple — and I do to! Although you won’t be able to create Flash apps for the iPhone, upcoming Flash Authoring Software from Adobe will compile native iPhone apps. Apple forbids embedded Flash apps citing battery consumption. Frankly, I think they’re [...]
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