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"Adult Entertainment" Hunt Bad News for Apple Users?

Sophos warns that Mac users could get a nasty shock watching "adult material" on their machines
IT security and control firm Sophos is warning Apple Mac users to wake up to the threat of websites hosting malicious code which can infect their systems, following the discovery of two new separate attacks in 24 hours.

Apple launches iPhone 3GS, drops 3G Price

Apple has announced the new iPhone 3G S - described as the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. Image courtesy Apple.
(Updated 11/6/09): iPhone makers Apple have introduced the new iPhone 3G S (the S stands for "Speed") - described as the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. As predicted, they've also dropped the price of the current model to $99 in the US - expect similar reductions elsewhere - but it will cost an arm and a leg for exisiting iPhone users to upgrade in both the US and the UK.

Weird Bytes: 6 May 2009

App bans, epizotics (find out what they are below),Twitter enhancers, and bad driving -- we've been abouty a bit this morning at weirdandbeard...

Weird Bytes: 9 April 2009

BakerTweet: Finally, Twitter Gets Useful
iphone developments, new Firefox plug-ins, the death of Facebook and a way Twitter may finally be useful are all things that caught our attention today at WeirdandBeard...

Weird Bytes: 1 April 2009

Yoville: A Facebook Success Story
Here's today's April Fool's Day round up of some news stories that caught our eye. Is one of them an April Fool? We're sure we can't pull the wool over our readrs eyes...

Weird Bytes: Thursday 26 March 2009

A few news items that caught our eye including reaction to the proposed new games delivery system OnLive and a piece on deja vu in New Scientist. Hmm, did I just type that or not?

Malware Hits Apple Macs

IT security and control firm Sophos is warning Apple Mac users to be on their guard against websites hosting malicious code designed to infect their systems. The advice follows the discovery of a new version of the OSX/RSPlug Trojan horse that is being distributed via a legitimate-looking website offering HDTV software.

Premium Apple App Store in the Pipeline?

Apple is getting ready to launch an area in its iPhone App Store that will let publishers and developers sell more expensive games for the device.

Nine year-old programmer's iPhone success

Children normally make use of paper for their scribbles, but not nine-year-old Lim Ding Wen from Singapore – he uses his iPhone as a canvas to create applications.