Apple fans wait outside of the apple store befor launch Apple iPad

 At midnight in Sydney, Australia, 18 diehard fans wait in the pouring rain for the iPad which launches in 8 hours. Crazy! The Apple store’s ground level has been blacked out with curtains as the finishing touches are put on the entire ground level as iPad madness takes over the store on Friday.

iPhone worm did users a favour, says online poll

Most people believe the author of the first worm targeting Apple's iPhone did users a favour by raising awareness of the device's security flaws, a survey has revealed.
 
In a survey conducted by security firm Sophos, 76% of respondents said the Ikee worm was an acceptable way to raise awareness of poor security.

The Ikee worm can infect only iPhones that have been modified or "jailbroken" to run unauthorised software. It does nothing more malicious than replace the wallpaper with an image of 1980s popster, Rick Astley. It then seeks out other vulnerable iPhones to infect.

Only 15% said worm author Ashley Towns has broken the law and should be investigated by the police and fewer still (10%) felt he acted recklessly.

The poll result is "shocking" according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
"It's a depressing notion that most people think doing harm and breaking computer crime laws is a good thing," he said in a blog posting.

Every victim of the iPhone worm will have to take steps to return the phone to normal, said Graham Cluley.

In an earlier blog, he warned that there is a danger the Ikee code could be modified to steal personal information.

"A more malicious hacker could take the code written by Ikee and adapt it to have a more sinister payload," he said. 

Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile App is Available for Android

Adobe has introduced Photoshop.com app for Android mobile phone users, which is available now in Android Market . Before this Adobe also has launched the free
Photoshop.com app for iPhone and iPod users

t enables users to view, edit and apply effects to images. Once edited, images can be uploaded to the user’s Photoshop.com account for sharing or back-up purposes.
Pricing and Availability
The Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for Android application is available as a free download from the Android Market. More information on Photoshop.com Mobile for Android can be found at http://mobile.photoshop.com/android/. The application is currently available in the U.S. and Canada only.

iPhone comes to China without key feature

Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.

BEIJING - Apple's iPhone made its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.

Apple's local partner, China Unicom Ltd., hopes the sleek smartphone will give it an edge against giant rival China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers.

Unicom started selling iPhones equipped for third-generation service Friday night at 2,000 stores in areas as farflung as Tibet. Chinese news reports say Unicom hopes to sell 5 million in three years, but the company declined to confirm that.

How to Unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2 on 05.11.07 Baseband with Blacksn0w

Finally the long awaited Blacksn0w has been released by GeoHot. Blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, Apart from unlocking iPhone 3G/3GS Firmware 3.1.2  blacksn0w also enable official tethering on iPhone. blackra1n RC3 has been released with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app

Follow this step to Unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2 on 05.11.07 Baseband with Blacksn0w

• Install the latest version of iTunes HERE
• Connect your iPhone to PC/Mac. Go to iTunes and update your iPhone OS to software version 3.1.2
• After the update, you need to jailbreak your iPhone with blackra1n RC3. Download blackra1n for PC and Mac HERE
• Run the blackra1n app (On Windows 7 or Vista, you need to run it on Windows XP compatibility mode) and click on the make it ra1n button.

Follow this step to Unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2 on 05.11.07 Baseband with Blacksn0w

• Install the latest version of iTunes HERE
• Connect your iPhone to PC/Mac. Go to iTunes and update your iPhone OS to software version 3.1.2
• After the update, you need to jailbreak your iPhone with blackra1n RC3. Download blackra1n for PC and Mac HERE
• Run the blackra1n app (On Windows 7 or Vista, you need to run it on Windows XP compatibility mode) and click on the make it ra1n button.

• Wait until your iPhone restarts.
  
• After the jail break, run the blackra1n app on iPhone. Tap on “sn0w” to install blacksn0w that will unlock your iPhone 3G or 3GS running 3.1.2 firmware on 05.11.07 baseband (look screenshot below)

Firewall IP : Firewall for iPhone and iPod Touch released on Cydia

Firewall iP for iphone is now available on CydiaStore for only $1.99.

Firewall iP allows you to block outgoing connections (TCP & UDP). It hooks into applications from AppStore and Cydia. Firewall iP will alert you if the app wants to establish a connection to a host and shows you the hostname. Then you have the options to allow/deny the connection once/always or allow/deny all connections for the application.
You can decide if the application will send data. Developers will no longer be able to collect stats about you (UDID, phone number, usage statistics…) or even collect personal data. With Firewall iP you can cover all app analytic providers which aren’t in PrivaCy and also custom analytic.

The application will work in two parts: The first will exploit the MobileSubstrate, and it remains active in the background, but it will provide a decent overall speed, remaining within the limits of RAM memory usage. When you load an application, the firewall will bring up a pop-up menu where you can  find out what you are trying to access. You can:

• Allow the connection only once
• Lock the connection only once
• Always allow the connection
• Always block the connection
• Allow any request for a specific application
• Block any request for a specific application

The second part of the application, you can access through the icon on your springboard and will be useful to modify and / or cancel the rules set to certain applications