Posted on by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Chris Paget wants to demonstrate how easy it is to snoop in on mobile-phone conversations. The question is: Will the federal authorities allow it?
At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, Paget is scheduled to demonstrate a device called an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catcher, which can be used to intercept mobile-phone data on the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks used by much of the world.
Such devices have been talked about by security researchers for years, but Paget wants to conduc...... Read more
MOTU has released an update to its audio workstation software, Digital Performer 7.2. The software allows users to record, edit, mix and process audio and MIDI tracks. It is geared toward songwriters, studio productions, film and TV soundtracks, or live performances. It has a track layout view, mixing board, and transport controls capable of handling loop-based productions, linear sequencing and score notation-based composition. DP has a guitar amp emulator and features Wave64 support for 4GB and lar...... Read more
While the big news out of Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference was the announcement of free cases for customers and a positioning of antenna issues as affecting nearly all smartphones, there was additional news from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, including acknowledgment of proximity sensor issues with a fix promised for the next iOS software update. Jobs also made several other announcements which may be of interest to readers:
- Over 3 Million iPhone 4s Sold: Jobs announced early in his presentation that the iPhone 4 has sold over three million units since its launch in the U.S....... Read more
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Apple’s CEO isn’t the only one writing open letters these days – a US Senator has taken notice of that Consumer Reports post advising against buying an iPhone 4 until Apple fixes its flawed antenna. Riding on that advisory, New York Senator Charles Schumer of the Democratic party sent out an open letter to Apple’s head honcho Steve Jobs.
He is demanding that the CEO personally takes care of the iPhone 4 antenna gripes. According to Boy Genius Report, Senator Schumer is asking for a “quick and transparent fix for the iPhone...... Read more
iPad demand has barely cooled since the tablet went on sale in April, America’s Research Group gauged from a new study. Even as 8.4 percent of those asked already had an iPad, 6.1 percent still planned to buy. With demand still at 70 percent of ownership, the results point to “incredible demand,” ARC founder Britt Beemer said.
The tablet is already considered the most successful in terms of sale rate, as it passed three million in 80 days and will have exceeded that number by the time Apple can report its quarte...... Read more
Posted on by Nick Spence, macworld.co.uk
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld UK’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic.
Despite the recession and public spending cuts promised by the new government, the top of the range Apple iPad has evoked more interest among U.K. consumers than its lower capacity siblings, according to new research.
The research from price-comparison search engine Twenga discovered that the 64GB iPad, which costs £599 for the Wi-Fi model and £699 for the Wi-Fi and 3G model, was ahead of t...... Read more
Late last week, Wired reported that a lawsuit filed against Apple and AT&T over the carrier’s exclusivity arrangement for the iPhone has received class action status, meaning that it now automatically covers every iPhone customer in the United States.
In an interview Friday with Wired.com, Mark Rifkin, lead counsel representing the plaintiffs of the suit, highlighted that the terms of AT&T’s two-year customer contract say that customers have the option to terminate whenever they wish for a fee to switch to another carrier.
By only offering the iPhone on one ...... Read more
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 08:55 AM EST
A patent holder that won $612.5 million from Research in Motion in 2006 over the use of e-mail in smartphones has now taken aim at Apple, Google, Microsoft and other companies in a new suit.
NTP Incorporated issued a press release on Friday revealing its lawsuit against Apple, Google, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola. The complaint was filed in a U.S. District Court in Eastern Virginia, and covers eight patents related to the delivery of e-mail over wireless communications systems.
NTP was founded by Tom Campana, ...... Read more
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