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Comment Re:The biggest evidence that this is a BS lawsuit. (Score 1) 285

by newbish on Thursday January 14, 2010 @08:23PM (#30773344) Attached to: Kodak Sues Apple & RIM Over Preview In Cameras

6th paragraph:
“We've had discussions for years with both companies in an attempt to resolve this issue amicably, and we have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement,”
People should really read the article...

Submission + - iPhone: Soon to be iPwnd? (chron.com)

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on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @05:18PM

newbish writes: "If you receive a text message on your iPhone any time after Thursday afternoon containing only a single square character, Charlie Miller would suggest you turn the device off. Quickly. That small cipher will likely be your only warning that someone has taken advantage of a bug that Miller and his fellow cybersecurity researcher Collin Mulliner plan to publicize Thursday at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Using a flaw they've found in the iPhone's handling of text messages, the researchers say they'll demonstrate how to send a series of mostly invisible SMS bursts that can give a hacker complete power over any of the smart phone's functions. That includes dialing the phone, visiting Web sites, turning on the device's camera and microphone and, most importantly, sending more text messages to further propagate a mass-gadget hijacking. http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/07/your_iphone_soon_to_be_ipwned.html"

Comment Re:Who misses flash? (Score 1) 517

by newbish on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @01:25PM (#24767875) Attached to: iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK

I am pretty sure HTML5 is still a draft and given Safari's market share I wouldn't expect many developers to design specifically for Safari.

For me its design to suit IE and Firefox. Generally Firefox and WebKit render about the same so no worries.

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