November 8, 2009 - 7:14 pm
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The new Verizon Droid, like many a high-profile smartphone just coming onto the market, has been hailed by some as a potential–you know what’s coming–iPhone killer. (Chronicling the very first Droid sales in Manhattan the other day, CNET’s Maggie Reardon observed that the gadget may actually turn out to be more of a BlackBerry killer.)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392936-94.html?part=rss
November 8, 2009 - 6:53 pm
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Users of insecure, jailbroken iPhones are reporting their smartphones have been hit by a worm that turns their lock wallpaper to that of 1980s pop star Rick Astley.
It may seem mostly harmless with its wallpaper-changing payload, but the first-ever worm to spread via iPhones could be an omen of more sinister attacks to come.
http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2009/11/worlds_first_ip.html;jsessionid=ZB34K40LZHBD1QE1GHOSKH4ATMY32JVN
