Friday, July 30th, 2010

Dallas (ip-192.com): Apple's new iPhone 4 makes a splash – and brings AT&T to its knees. The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. temporarily suspended pre-orders of Apple's latest gadget on Wednesday. Customers said that they did see the wrong account information on AT&T's website during the purchasing process, the blogging site Gizmodo reported [...]

Dallas (ip-192.com): Emails from up to 114,000 users of Apple's iPad have been disclosed. A security flaw in one of AT&T’s websites allowed a group that calls itself Goatse Security to penetrate the website and uncover the emails. AT&T blocked access to the site after it discovered the breach that was revealed by Gawker Media [...]

Cupertino (ip-192.com): An updated entry-level MacBook featuring a 13.3-inch display was announced by Apple. The $999 device boosts a faster 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics card, and a much better battery. Compared to the previous-generation MacBook, the new graphic card provides an 80 percent performance boost, according to [...]

Taoyuan (ip-192.com): Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corporation said that it did file a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. It did also ask the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban all sales of iPhones, iPods and iPads in the U.S. "As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in [...]

Port Washington (ip-192.com): Phones based on Google's Android operating system are outselling Apple's iPhone in the U.S. for the first time, research group NPD says. In the first quarter of 2010, Android based phones accounted for a 28 percent market share while Apple's iPhone claimed 21 percent. BlackBerry phones made by Research in Motion (RIM) [...]

Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple plans to integrate Facebook into the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 release, according to a report from the Gunning for Safety blog. The blog says that the developer preview of the iPhone OS 4.0 contains code that will allow users to set up their Facebook account just like a Google Gmail account. This [...]