Garrett Van Dyk
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Make sure the “0” of the ultrasn0w is the number zero, not the letter “o”


For T-Mobile USA user, please disable 3G before using ultras0w.

According to Darknet, the vulnerability is pretty specific: the phones must be jailbroken in order to be affected, and it appears to spread by searching an infected phone's contacts to find other jailbroken-phone users who have installed the Unix software SSH (secure shell) but haven't yet changed their passwords from Apple's default root password, "alpine." So far there have been no reports of ikee's spreading beyond Australia.
The phenomenon known as Rickrolling has been rocking its way through the Internet for years. The prank and meme a prank is a bait and switch: a person provides a Web link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. By late spring of this year, YouTube’s top Rickrolling videos had been viewed some 30 million times, while a national survey reported that at least 18 million American adults confessed to being Rickrolled. A quick search will reveal that such random entities as the New York Mets, Scientologists, Michelle Obama, the Pittsburgh Pirates and a Fox television anchor have been punked as well. Rick Astley’s old record label is reportedly considering producing a new ‘Greatest Hits’ CD.

Via:examiner.com SF Social Media Marketing Examiner:Do you have an iPhone worm? Find out now.

This post updates a year-old piece (which, by the way, at least one writer took exception to).

As the holiday season approaches, many consumers face an ostensible choice between an inexpensive Netbook or more expensive notebook. I personally face that choice (or, at least, I thought I did).

Let me state up front that though I have used Netbooks on a temporary basis, I have never owned one.

I (now) believe that Netbook comparisons to mainstream laptops (which will always disappoint because Netbooks are slower, screens smaller, keyboards more cramped--and this list of comparative shortcomings is long) is really the wrong way to look at it. Let me illustrate.

I recently interviewed the chief technology officer for a large school district in Louisiana that had purchased a lot of Netbooks. And I asked what I thought was the most pertinent question: werent performance and screen size a concern? She quickly pointed out that my perspective was all wrong.

In short, students in K through 12 are accustomed to iPhone-size screens and performance. So moving to a Netbook is a big step up. From this perspective, the screens are large, the keyboards expansive, and the performance more than adequate.

This suddenly made a lot of sense to me because of my personal experience. Take the iPhone 3GS (or Motorola Droid or BlackBerry Storm, take your pick ). To state the obvious, in many respects, this is a personal computer platform for e-mail, texting, Web surfing, music, navigation, YouTube, and the list goes on.

In other words, the iPhone is for consuming data and media as well as light production. Like the Netbook. But the Netbook, obviously, takes this to the next level. It adds a keyboard and a larger screen, which also makes it potentially a better production platform. So, its an iPhone Plus, if you will.

And heres the real proof in the pudding. Where do you see Netbooks being sold these days (think Nokia Booklet)? At phone carriers, like Verizon. The last time I visited a Verizon store, it had 3G Netbooks prominently displayed right next to the Motorola Droid.

The point seems obvious to me now. Want to be more productive? Step up to a Netbook. And this follows the same logic of the CTO at the Louisiana school district. And upcoming ts and media pads from Apple and others will also be marketed as a high-end iPhone-like device, in my opinion.

So, in the next month or so when I try to sort out which Netbook to buy (This CNET review says the HP Mini 5101 is one of the best Netbooks on the market now), Ill be shopping for an upscale smartphone not a stripped-down notebook.

NOTE: Im not suggesting that anyone replace their iPhone with a Netbook. My point is that a Netbook can be used as an inexpensive adjunct to an iPhone or Droid for people who need to be more productive than an iPhone (or Droid) would allow.

The account in question was a POP3 account used to retrieve messages from my spam e-mail filtering service. It was sending and receiving e-mail just fine, but whenever I tried to delete a message from the in-box, my iPhone would present the following error:

Unable to move message to folder "Trash" because the folder does not exist.

Luckily, I was able to locate a fix on Apples support site that solved the problem. Here are the steps you should take to resolve this issue:

Trash folder is not configured

1. Launch Settings app on your iPhone or iPod Touch
2. Tap settings, then Mail, Contacts, Calendars
3. Tap the affected account
4. Tap Advanced
5. Tap Deleted Mailbox
6. If "On the Server" is an option, select the Trash folder or its equivalent below that. Go to step 8.
7. Select Trash under "On My iPhone"
8. Tap Advanced
9. Press the Home button

Trash folder is already configured

1. Tap another folder under the "On the Server" section to temporarily move the Trash folder.
2. Tap Advanced
3. Tap Deleted Mailbox, then set it to Trash located under On My iPhone.
4. Tap Advanced
5. Press the Home button

Now you should be able to delete messages from your e-mail account in-box.

Via:CNET

The announcement of the successful kernel porting was made on the Linux on the iPhone blog, complete with instructions and source code.

Although a bootloader, kernel and a Busybox terminal are able to be loaded -- many features of the iPhone remain unimplemented: touchscreen, sound, accelerometer, networking. Input to the terminal must be made via a USB interface from another device that the iPhone is attached to (humorously summed up by Geek Hero Comic).

The group that ported the kernel is derived from the iPhone DevTeam group that has been responsible for jailbreaking previous iPhone software.

iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.

Via http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10110018-37.html

When Apple first opened the iPhone to third-party development, it put in place a very restrictive NDA that earned the ire of developers, because it prevented them from communicating with one another. Apple was also criticized for not providing mailing lists or a Web site forum for developers.

Earlier this month, Apple stated plans to drop the NDA. Apple said that it had put the NDA in place to protect its inventions from being stolen by others, but acknowledged that the result had placed too much of a burden on developers and “others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success.”

The revised NDA agreement binds developers to continue to to honor as confidential information regarding any Apple pre-release software along with “Apple Events or Paid Content.”

New developer forums, open to registered iPhone developers specifically, have also been set up on Apple’s developer Web site. The company lists the forums as beta presently, and calls it “a collaborative environment” where iPhone developers can post questions for each other and discuss iPhone development topics.

by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

Many who resisted purchasing an iPhone were waiting for the release of the first Google-powered handset. That phone -- the HTC T-Mobile G1 -- launched Wednesday, but the decision to invest in a handset still isn't easy, as Android is a young operating system with as much to learn as Apple's iPhone. Will you go with the tightly controlled, somewhat mature iPhone or the brand new, open-platform G1?

BillShrink introduced a new web tool this week that makes the choice a bit easier by breaking down how the costs fit in to your personalized budget. The calculator enables you to enter how many minutes you typically use, how many texts you send and so on to determine which phone offers a plan to suit your lifestyle.

From there on, you can compare the features of each handset at the site, too. Pretty nifty tool if you're really torn between the two giants.

Photo: Jonathan Snyder / Wired.com

Via iPhone or Google Phone? Web Site Helps You Choose

In the motion, Apple’s lawyers moved to dismiss the suit filed in August by an Alabama woman who said her iPhone 3G dropped calls, couldn’t reliably connect to AT&T’s network and was slower than advertised.

“The Defective iPhone 3G appeared to connect to the 3G standard and protocol less than 25 percent of the time,” Jessica Smith’s suit said. “Additionally, Plaintiff experienced an inordinate amount of dropped calls.” Smith was later joined by another iPhone owner, Wilton Triggs, in the lawsuit, which has also sought class-action status.

iPhone users began complaining about making calls and keeping a connection within days of the smart phone’s July 11 debut. Since then, Apple has released a pair of iPhone software updates, including one in September that seemed to solve network problems for some users.

On Friday, however, Apple said the lawsuit should be tossed out.

“Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint conspicuously omits one critical condition precedent to all three causes of action: an allegation that they contacted Apple to seek a repair of the alleged defects or a replacement iPhone 3G under Apple’s One (1) Year Limited Warranty,” Apple’s attorneys argued.

By Alabama law, as well as the terms of Apple’s warranty, consumers are required to ask for repair or a replacement, or a refund, before filing a lawsuit, Apple said. “Plaintiffs do not allege that they notified Apple of the alleged problems they experienced, or otherwise attempted to obtain a repair or replacement under warranty,” the motion continued. “Instead, Plaintiffs allege that Apple is generally ‘aware of the above-stated defects’ and has ‘attempted to undertake corrective action too late with little or no success’.”

Apple’s motion for dismissal cited sections of the Alabama Commercial Code, Apple’s own warranty and other legal precedents in moving that the judge make Smith’s lawsuit moot.

Two weeks after Smith sued Apple, a New Jersey man filed a separate lawsuit in federal court. Like Smith, Eulardi Tanseco said his iPhone dropped calls and wouldn’t consistently connect with A&T’s network.

Apple has not filed a response to those charges.

Apple’s motion to dismiss Smith’s iPhone 3G lawsuit comes a week after the company suffered a setback in another case involving the iPhone. A U.S. District Court judge in Northern California denied a motion by Apple and AT&T to dismiss a $1.2 billion lawsuit. That suit alleges Apple and AT&T have violated antitrust laws by locking the iPhone into AT&T’s wireless network.

Via macworld.com