The iPhone uses a stripped-down version of Apple's Web browser for Mac OS X, Safari, but despite being adapted to work with their mobile phone, it seems a vulnerability frequently encountered in desktop software slipped through. Well, for now it's only a report, but since we're talking about the SecurityFocus research firm, I guess this "rumor" is probably reality, and the iPhone may be vulnerable to DoS attacks!

Basically, a denial-of-service(DoS) attack is an attempt to deny the proper use of a certain resource, making it unavailable to its regular users. Most of the time, we're talking about web sites and even entire servers that, once the DoS attack is successfull, become unavailable for a certain period of time. Anyway, it usually takes at least 80 computers connected to the Internet to get a DoS attack succeed, so you shouldn't be afraid that your evil geek neighbour next door may do this to your site...

According to SecurityFocus, "Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted webpage. Successful attacks cause a kernel panic, crashing the device. Given the nature of this issue, remote code execution may also be possible, but this has not been confirmed."

At this time, they claim the iPhone 1.1.2 to be affected by this security hole in Safari, but, as usual, "other versions may also be vulnerable". Well, let's hope Apple comes with a patch soon enough...

Back in 2006, when rumors about a future mobile phone from Apple that's going to change the world started to emerge, one of the greatest mysteries was if the phone, when turned into reality, would allow its owner to freely choose the mobile carrier to use. Being given Apple's position regarding the use of Mac OS X on computers manufactured by third parties, it was no big surprise that the iPhone was locked to work only with Apple's chosen carriers. Obviously, "smart boys" quickly found a way around this...


As we all know, unlocking an iPhone by yourself (or with the help of your geek friends) voids your warranty, first of all. Next, you may end up with a useless phone, as soon as Apple launches next software update for it... but I am sure there are plenty of people using unlocked iPhones without breaking a sweat. Anyway, it's not about "how to", but "how many"...

How many iPhones have been sold to "unlockers"? Well, according to Poper Jaffray's senior analyst Gene Munster, about 838k iPhones were sold to people buying them with one main purpose in their minds: to unlock them! How did he manage to end up with this figure?

The math Gene Munster used is very simple: Apple reports 3.7 million phones sold in 2007, AT&T announces 2 million activations during the same period, and so we remain with 1.7 million units to think about. Official data says 512k were sold via the European chnnel, and 350k overseas, leaving 838k for the so-called "unlockers", those that used their freedom to choose their carrier, freedom that Apple tried to take away.

Now, it would be really interesting to find out how many of those 838k iPhones were successfully unlocked, and how many are still working without problems, but this kind of data is surely out of anyone's reach, at least for now...

The MacBook Air is no longer boiling hot, but a lot of people that want to buy it or at least try it in an Apple store can't reach it yet. The reason? Obviously, as soon as Steve Jobs revealed the MacBook Air to the world during its keynote speech at MacWorld, the Air became available for pre-orders via the Apple Online Store but, according to last rumors, this week we should be able to see it in Apple's retail stores too (well, most of us, I don't think they will reach all corners of the world at the same time)!

Now, I don't know what else would you like to get from the Apple retail store with your MacBook Air, because I don't have any breaking news for you. It's the MacBook Air, and that's all. When? Well...

According to various sources, the MacBook Airs are already stacked nicely in the Apple stores, but you won't get to see them yet. Why? Hehe...it seems they arrived in stores on Friday/Saturday, but if you look carefully around, you may even spot some camouflaged boxes, depends on the store, I can't really tell you. In fact, if Steve Jobs said "2 weeks", then they are not going to make the MacBook Air available in stores earlier, obviously!

Apart from disallowing Steve Jobs to be a liar, the slightly delayed launch of the MacBook Air in Apple's retail stores allows banners and visuals to go up as planned, on Monday night, and Genius Bar employees to get their training, before the Tuesday Wednesday launch.

Let's hope they aren't going to delay it any longer... I know people who would die to get their hands one day earlier on their future most-beloved-device, and I am sure Apple doesn't want to literally "kill" its customers!

iPhone sales for the year that passed look very good, and despite Nokia's domination in Europe, Apple's wonder-phone got a grab of a decent market share here, too. Today, we're not going to talk about the entire European continent, but only about Germany. To be more specific, I won't tell you about all iPhone users in Germany, but those that signed up with Deutsche Telekom...

To be honest, I have no idea if Deutsche Telekom is the only operator supporting the iPhone, but there are always models hacked to work with more carriers, so I wouldn't be able to give you accurate numbers, anyway. Here's what we know, based on Deutsche Telecom's declarations, quoted by Reuters: since the 9th of November, 70,000 iPhone customers signed up, making Apple's mobile "the most sold multimedia device in T-Mobile's portofolio", according to Philipp Humm, T-Mobile Germany's head.

At last, it's interesting to mention that France Telecom, the market leader in France, said their sales since 28th of November exceeded 70,000 iPhones. While these numbers can't compare to the US sales, they are clearly showing that the iPhone is selling well everywhere, so Apple is one the right path in the mobile world. We only need to see if they can keep it up...

As soon as one company starts getting bigger, lawsuits start to flow from left and right, from above and below. Well, that's not a rule, and as long as you're going to name your products "7rd-SDc0-3833291" or "8888RD888239A", you should be safe from those trying to take advantage of your popularity (think about "brands" like Reobok ur Abibas - if you never heard of them, that's good, but they do exist...). These being said, today we'll find out more about Apple's problem with an air purifier, called AirPOD...

This device comes from a Delaware company called BlueAir(first, I thought they are a flight training company, or an airline!), and they are bringing Apple into the court of law. The reason? In a 4-page complaint, BlueAir Inc. claims Apple's lawyers have problems with the registration of the airPOD trademark and have been threatening to file oppositions with the United States Trademark Office.

I love Apple. "Most of the time", I must add. This time, the situation is absolutely ridiculous! Next, are they going to sue BlueAir for using the "Air" word in the name of the company?

I know, I know, this time BlueAir is filing the complaint, but I guess they didn't come up with those accusations "out of thin air"... or maybe they did? I can't really tell that, but we should see what happens next. In my opinion, Apple should leave such (lame) accusations aside, and leave the guys at BlueAir do their job. After all, they are not trying to request a trademark for a PMP called "iiPod" or "aiPod", it's just an air cleaner!