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A malware targeting Android devices is reportedly capable of recording users’ phone conversations without consent. Android is Google’s mobile operating system recently hammered with lots of malware and Trojans in the past. While Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Symbian are generally free from viruses, Android in which users can install 3rd party apps that are not moderated has been considered as an unsafe platform. In the SD card, the audio file is saved in a directory called “shangzhou/callrecord”....

This 19 year old chap who always keeps low profile and a prominent member of the iOS jailbreak community agreed to be interviewed by Forbes where he told about his real life and interests. Until now, we have seen this Apple hacker as Comex (@comex on Twitter) is the author of JailbreakMe, an awesome easy web only jail breaking tool for the iPhone, iPod, iPad devices. JailbreakMe, unlike other tools, doesn’t require a computer connection or major knowledge on how iOS operates since it relies on a PDF exploit found in Mobile Safari - just by pointing the browser to JailbreakMe’s website and following the easy on-screen instructions....

The legendary passion of Apple’s cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs made a surprising presentation of Apple’s new campus at a Cupertino City Council meeting. In addition to making the world’s best computers, mobile phones and tablets, he also wants to build the world’s best office for his company. He’s not calling it as iMothership, this 150 acre site previously owned by HP, will be enormous architectural achievement if Jobs has his own way....

AT&T has started offering the 8GB iPhone 3GS as a refurb for just $9. The terms and conditions of a 2-year contract is sill applicable. On the other hand, new devices are still on sale. Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned during the 30-day trial period. Each refurbished phone is independently quality tested and loaded with the latest software to meet current factory standards....

Apple recently announced the next iOS version, iOS 5 which includes amazing new features – notification centre, improved home screen, and much more. Even though this is in beta, there is a weird bug where the OS crashes on the whole when the music app is launched with earphones or headphones plugged in. I am not sure this is only specific to 3rd generation iPod touches but the bug is still present in iOS 5 beta 2 (it is even present in Beta 1) which is released on July 24, 2011....

In the latest unusual rhetoric dispute, Apple says that Samsung “attempts to harass” it and that Samsung’s demands are not made in good faith in one of its most recent filings. For some background history, Samsung demanded Apple to provide it with the samples of its next generation iPhone and iPad prototypes. Earlier, Apple sued Samsung over Galaxy series plagiarism. These incidents are unusual considering that Samsung is one of the Apple’s key suppliers, probably the largest one....

The rumours were true now! You can now officially buy an unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple Retails US Stores. Apple is selling the 16 GB version of unlocked GSM iPhone 4 for $649 and 32 GB for $749 while the locked versions are still available for $199 and $299 respectively. Interestingly, these unlocked iPhones will work on supported GSM carrier networks around the world. Because the unlocked iPhone is sold without a contract commitment, you can establish service and use a micro-SIM card from a local carrier at your destination....

Are you one of the users who tired of waiting software based unlock to unlock your iPhone 4 ? You may already heard of this hardware based unlock method – Gevey SIM Interposer, a Turbo SIM like piggy back sim card that allows you to unlock any iPhone 4 (all basebands up to 04.11.04 including iOS 5 beta) and does not even require to jailbreak your device. This method is still questionable in terms of its legal issues and readers are encouraged to try at their own risk....

We already knew that Simon & Schuster will be publishing Walter Isaacson’s “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” in early 2012. Amazon now started pre-orders to this book which is going to be released on March 6, 2012. Priced at $18, Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and of Kissinger: A Biography, and the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made....

Apple released a press note few hours ago and confirmed that an iCloud service, new iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion will be announced at WWDC event on June 6. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 is going to be held from June 6 to June 10 at San Francisco. According to the press note - Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a....