Remains of the Day: Bugging out
A T-Mobile move may hint at the next iPhone's release date, bugs swarm OS X and iOS, and Apple's bringing free music to the masses. The remainders for Thursday, August 29, 2013 are calling in the...
View ArticleiPhone 5S will let you use your fingerprints for easier security
Everyone knows passwords suck. iPhone users are about to get a nice alternative: As widely predicted, Apple's new iPhone 5S model includes a fingerprint scanner that provides users with new security...
View ArticleHow smartphones can reshape the way we pay
Target; Nieman-Marcus; Michaels. Lately, it seems that a week doesn't go by without some major retailer being forced to inform customers that their payment systems have been compromised, potentially...
View ArticleThe Macalope: Everything's coming up BlackBerry!
You have to admire the wide-eyed optimism of anyone predicting that BlackBerry's due for a turnaround, particularly at Apple's expense.
View ArticleWhat Apple's WWDC announcements reveal about products to come
If you were looking for the iPhone 6 or some revolutionary new product like the iWatch, WWDC was probably a disappointment. To the casual observer (and even some not-so-casual ones), Apple's big show...
View ArticleThe outrage gap: How Apple always gets top billing
Attention pundits! Your Apple bias is showing. First, in outrage over bendable iPhones, then in a matter of security. Then we learn what Steve Jobs would have thought about Apple's new product names....
View Article4 Security Tips for Apple Pay Users
Many security experts agree that Apple Pay and contactless payment systems like it are an improvement over traditional credit-card based systems. However, Apple Pay is still new and relatively...
View ArticleEyes on China as massive DDoS on GitHub heads into day three
The attack on popular code-hosting site GitHub continues to rattle parts of the service three days after they began.
View ArticleGoogle asks devs to disable iOS 9 privacy feature 'to protect advertising'
Apparently for advertising reasons, Google has asked developers to disable a key privacy feature in the forthcoming iOS 9 that aims to make apps encrypted by default.
View ArticleIn rush for new iPhones, experts warn, don't forget mobile security
Today's launch of Apple's in-demand iPhone 6S has mobile-security pundits hitting the pulpits to remind mobile users that increasingly capable mobile-payments platforms carry novel risks on top of...
View ArticleApple un-bricks “Error 53” iPhones, will refund those it denied warranty
Apple has backed down on a blunt measure it took to protect hardware-based security in newer iPhones equipped with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
View ArticleThe week in security: Why scammers and extortionists love Australia; Apple...
The Apple-FBI stoush continued as the FBI claimed it doesn't want to break everyone's iPhone encryption; Facebook weighed in on Apple's side while Google and Microsoft eventually did the same; surveys...
View ArticleThe week in security: Home Depot's $26m mistake; Apple fights FBI on iPhones,...
It was judgement day for US cybersecurity-breach victim Home Depot, which agreed to pay up to $US19.5 million ($A26.5m) as a remedy for the data breach it suffered in 2014. Its high-profile exposure...
View ArticleApple yanks malware from AppStore that targets non-jailbroken iPhones
China proves again to be the frontline of new malware attacks on the iPhone with Apple recently pulling three malicious apps from its App Store.
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