iPhone SMS vulnerability patch expected ... 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. The news that a patch is coming soon came from a spokesperson for O2, the iPhone’s wireless carrier in the U.K....

New China Unicom iPhone model (without W... 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. The new iPhone is reportedly a GSM/WCDMA model that operates on the...

Google voice developer goes “hacked”... As Apple suggests dire consequences could come from users hacking the iPhone, one well-publicized former App Store program has made the jump to hacked hardware only. Developer Sean Kovacs was surprised on Monday to discover that his GV Mobile client for Google Voice was to be pulled from the App Store...

SMS hack could potentially compromise th... A single character sent by text message could allegedly compromise every iPhone released to date. This accordingy to security experts. Talking at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, experts Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner say they’ve discovered a bug in the iPhone’s approach...

Apple launches MobileMe ‘iDisk’ app ... Apple’s free MobileMe iDisk application is now available on the App Store, allowing users to remotely access files saved online via the MobileMe service. “You can already access your iDisk online at me.com,” Apple’s Web site reads. “And now you can access it right from your...

Apple gross profit on iPhone almost 60%?... A new report suggests Apple turns nearly a 60 percent gross profit on the sale of each iPhone, and the device allows the company to lower prices on other products without impacting its bottom line. Meanwhile, another report released Wednesday says there is a “surprising” move by consumers...

New iPhone app tracks sex offenders in y... Want to see if there are any sex offenders in your area. The new Offender Locator iPhone app will show you exactly where to go (or where not to go). The app uses GPS to show you where all the registered sex offenders are near you at any given time. You can also use addresses from [...]