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		<title>etc: 5:30am PST is when iPad preorders begin tomorrow, March 12. Early morning chat date, anyone?</title>
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    5:30am PST is when iPad preorders begin tomorrow, March 12. Early morning chat date, anyone?    
        
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    5:30am PST is when iPad preorders begin tomorrow, March 12. Early morning chat date, anyone?    
        
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		<title>iPhone still second-place US smartphone while Android grows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <p>The latest data from market research firm comScore shows Apple holding on to a quarter of the US smartphone market, which grew roughly 18 percent over the last six months. That makes the iPhone the number two smartphone in the US, though it still lags well behind number one RIM. Android-based devices are still growing rapidly in popularity.</p>

<p>Over the last few months, comScore data shows RIM and Apple holding pretty much steady, with RIM at 43 percent and Apple at 25.1 percent. Unsurprisingly, Palm (which includes webOS and PalmOS) devices and Microsoft-powered devices continued to decline. Android-based devices, however, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/02/google-makes-biggest-gain-in-smartphone-market-share.ars" title="Ars Technica: Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share">continued to rise sharply</a>, enough to eclipse Palm to take fourth place in the US market.</p>    
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    <p>The latest data from market research firm comScore shows Apple holding on to a quarter of the US smartphone market, which grew roughly 18 percent over the last six months. That makes the iPhone the number two smartphone in the US, though it still lags well behind number one RIM. Android-based devices are still growing rapidly in popularity.</p>

<p>Over the last few months, comScore data shows RIM and Apple holding pretty much steady, with RIM at 43 percent and Apple at 25.1 percent. Unsurprisingly, Palm (which includes webOS and PalmOS) devices and Microsoft-powered devices continued to decline. Android-based devices, however, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/02/google-makes-biggest-gain-in-smartphone-market-share.ars" title="Ars Technica: Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share">continued to rise sharply</a>, enough to eclipse Palm to take fourth place in the US market.</p>    
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		<title>etc: Apple updated Safari to 4.0.5 with performance, stability, and security improvements, which affect Top Sites, third-party plugins, web forms, SVG, and using Safari to configure some Linksys routers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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    <p>Apple updated Safari to 4.0.5 with performance, stability, and security improvements, which affect Top Sites, third-party plugins, web forms, SVG, and using Safari to configure some Linksys routers.</p>    
        
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New browser time -- and unfortunately, time to restart your Mac. <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/download/">Safari has been updated</a> (for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 on the Mac side, and Windows XP/Vista/7 on the Win side); it includes the improvements noted:
<ul>
    <li>Performance improvements for Top Sites</li>
    <li>Stability improvements for plug-ins, and for sites with SVG graphics and online forms</li>
    <li>Fixes issues affecting settings changes to some Linksys routers and iWork.com user comments</li>
</ul>
There are also a <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222">slew of security fixes</a> in this update; full list is in the continuation of this post, via the Apple Product Security mailing list.<br />
<br />
The update weighs in at 31.8 MB on my Snow Leopard install, but your download size may vary. You can get it in Software Update or via the <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/download/">Safari download page</a>.<br />
<br /><div>Safari 4.0.5 is now available and addresses the following:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>ColorSync</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0040</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted image with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: An integer overflow, that could result in a heap buffer</div>
<div>overflow, exists in the handling of images with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile. Opening a maliciously crafted image with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. The issue is addressed by performing</div>
<div>additional validation of color profiles. This issue does not affect</div>
<div>Mac OS X systems. Credit to Sebastien Renaud of VUPEN Vulnerability</div>
<div>Research Team for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2285</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A buffer underflow exists in ImageIO's handling of TIFF</div>
<div>images. Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This</div>
<div>issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. For Mac OS X</div>
<div>v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.2. For Mac</div>
<div>OS X v10.5 systems, this issue is addressed in Security Update</div>
<div>2010-001.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0041</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending</div>
<div>data from Safari's memory to the website</div>
<div>Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in</div>
<div>ImageIO's handling of BMP images. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the</div>
<div>website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and</div>
<div>additional validation of BMP images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru'</div>
<div>Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0042</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending</div>
<div>data from Safari's memory to the website</div>
<div>Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in</div>
<div>ImageIO's handling of TIFF images. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the</div>
<div>website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and</div>
<div>additional validation of TIFF images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru'</div>
<div>Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0043</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A memory corruption issue exists in the handling of</div>
<div>TIFF images. Processing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to</div>
<div>an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.</div>
<div>This issue is addressed through improved memory handling. Credit to</div>
<div>Gus Mueller of Flying Meat for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
PubSub</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0044</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting or updating a feed may result in a cookie being</div>
<div>set, even if Safari is configured to block cookies</div>
<div>Description: An implementation issue exists in the handling of</div>
<div>cookies set by RSS and Atom feeds. Visiting or updating a feed may</div>
<div>result in a cookie being set, even if Safari is configured to block</div>
<div>cookies via the "Accept Cookies" preference. This update addresses</div>
<div>the issue by respecting the preference while updating or viewing</div>
<div>feeds.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
Safari</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0045</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary</div>
<div>code execution</div>
<div>Description: An issue in Safari's handling of external URL schemes</div>
<div>may cause a local file to be opened in response to a URL encountered</div>
<div>on a web page. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through</div>
<div>improved validation of external URLs. This issue does not affect Mac</div>
<div>OS X systems. Credit to Billy Rios and Microsoft Vulnerability</div>
<div>Research (MSVR) for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0046</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit's handling</div>
<div>of CSS format() arguments. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may</div>
<div>lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of CSS</div>
<div>format() arguments. Credit to Robert Swiecki of Google Inc. for</div>
<div>reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0047</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the handling of HTML</div>
<div>object element fallback content. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved</div>
<div>memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi of team509, working with</div>
<div>TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0048</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's parsing of</div>
<div>XML documents. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This</div>
<div>issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
Webkit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0049</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the handling of HTML</div>
<div>elements containing right-to-left displayed text. Visiting a</div>
<div>maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application</div>
<div>termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed</div>
<div>through improved memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi&#38;Z of</div>
<div>team509 for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0050</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>incorrectly nested HTML tags. Visiting a maliciously crafted website</div>
<div>may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory reference</div>
<div>tracking. Credit to wushi&#38;Z of team509 working with TippingPoint's</div>
<div>Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0051</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to the</div>
<div>disclosure of sensitive information</div>
<div>Description: An implementation issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>cross-origin stylesheet requests. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may disclose the content of protected resources on another</div>
<div>website. This update addresses the issue by performing additional</div>
<div>validation on stylesheets that are loaded during a cross-origin</div>
<div>request.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0052</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>callbacks for HTML elements. Visiting a maliciously crafted website</div>
<div>may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory reference</div>
<div>tracking. Credit: Apple.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0053</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the rendering of</div>
<div>content with a CSS display property set to 'run-in'. Visiting a</div>
<div>maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application</div>
<div>termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed</div>
<div>through improved memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi of</div>
<div>team509, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for</div>
<div>reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0054</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>HTML image elements. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead</div>
<div>to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.</div>
<div>This issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.</div>
<div>Credit: Apple.</div>
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<br />
New browser time -- and unfortunately, time to restart your Mac. <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/download/">Safari has been updated</a> (for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 on the Mac side, and Windows XP/Vista/7 on the Win side); it includes the improvements noted:
<ul>
    <li>Performance improvements for Top Sites</li>
    <li>Stability improvements for plug-ins, and for sites with SVG graphics and online forms</li>
    <li>Fixes issues affecting settings changes to some Linksys routers and iWork.com user comments</li>
</ul>
There are also a <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222">slew of security fixes</a> in this update; full list is in the continuation of this post, via the Apple Product Security mailing list.<br />
<br />
The update weighs in at 31.8 MB on my Snow Leopard install, but your download size may vary. You can get it in Software Update or via the <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/download/">Safari download page</a>.<br type="_moz" />
<br type="_moz" /><div>Safari 4.0.5 is now available and addresses the following:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>ColorSync</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0040</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted image with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: An integer overflow, that could result in a heap buffer</div>
<div>overflow, exists in the handling of images with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile. Opening a maliciously crafted image with an embedded color</div>
<div>profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. The issue is addressed by performing</div>
<div>additional validation of color profiles. This issue does not affect</div>
<div>Mac OS X systems. Credit to Sebastien Renaud of VUPEN Vulnerability</div>
<div>Research Team for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2285</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A buffer underflow exists in ImageIO's handling of TIFF</div>
<div>images. Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This</div>
<div>issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. For Mac OS X</div>
<div>v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.2. For Mac</div>
<div>OS X v10.5 systems, this issue is addressed in Security Update</div>
<div>2010-001.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0041</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending</div>
<div>data from Safari's memory to the website</div>
<div>Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in</div>
<div>ImageIO's handling of BMP images. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the</div>
<div>website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and</div>
<div>additional validation of BMP images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru'</div>
<div>Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0042</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending</div>
<div>data from Safari's memory to the website</div>
<div>Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in</div>
<div>ImageIO's handling of TIFF images. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the</div>
<div>website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and</div>
<div>additional validation of TIFF images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru'</div>
<div>Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
ImageIO</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0043</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A memory corruption issue exists in the handling of</div>
<div>TIFF images. Processing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to</div>
<div>an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.</div>
<div>This issue is addressed through improved memory handling. Credit to</div>
<div>Gus Mueller of Flying Meat for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
PubSub</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0044</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting or updating a feed may result in a cookie being</div>
<div>set, even if Safari is configured to block cookies</div>
<div>Description: An implementation issue exists in the handling of</div>
<div>cookies set by RSS and Atom feeds. Visiting or updating a feed may</div>
<div>result in a cookie being set, even if Safari is configured to block</div>
<div>cookies via the "Accept Cookies" preference. This update addresses</div>
<div>the issue by respecting the preference while updating or viewing</div>
<div>feeds.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
Safari</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0045</div>
<div>Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary</div>
<div>code execution</div>
<div>Description: An issue in Safari's handling of external URL schemes</div>
<div>may cause a local file to be opened in response to a URL encountered</div>
<div>on a web page. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through</div>
<div>improved validation of external URLs. This issue does not affect Mac</div>
<div>OS X systems. Credit to Billy Rios and Microsoft Vulnerability</div>
<div>Research (MSVR) for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0046</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit's handling</div>
<div>of CSS format() arguments. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may</div>
<div>lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of CSS</div>
<div>format() arguments. Credit to Robert Swiecki of Google Inc. for</div>
<div>reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0047</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the handling of HTML</div>
<div>object element fallback content. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may lead to an unexpected application termination or</div>
<div>arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved</div>
<div>memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi of team509, working with</div>
<div>TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0048</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's parsing of</div>
<div>XML documents. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This</div>
<div>issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
Webkit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0049</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the handling of HTML</div>
<div>elements containing right-to-left displayed text. Visiting a</div>
<div>maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application</div>
<div>termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed</div>
<div>through improved memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi&amp;Z of</div>
<div>team509 for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0050</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>incorrectly nested HTML tags. Visiting a maliciously crafted website</div>
<div>may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory reference</div>
<div>tracking. Credit to wushi&amp;Z of team509 working with TippingPoint's</div>
<div>Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0051</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to the</div>
<div>disclosure of sensitive information</div>
<div>Description: An implementation issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>cross-origin stylesheet requests. Visiting a maliciously crafted</div>
<div>website may disclose the content of protected resources on another</div>
<div>website. This update addresses the issue by performing additional</div>
<div>validation on stylesheets that are loaded during a cross-origin</div>
<div>request.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0052</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>callbacks for HTML elements. Visiting a maliciously crafted website</div>
<div>may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code</div>
<div>execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory reference</div>
<div>tracking. Credit: Apple.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0053</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in the rendering of</div>
<div>content with a CSS display property set to 'run-in'. Visiting a</div>
<div>maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application</div>
<div>termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed</div>
<div>through improved memory reference tracking. Credit to wushi of</div>
<div>team509, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for</div>
<div>reporting this issue.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br />
WebKit</div>
<div>CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0054</div>
<div>Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,</div>
<div>Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,</div>
<div>Windows 7, Vista, XP</div>
<div>Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an</div>
<div>unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution</div>
<div>Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's handling of</div>
<div>HTML image elements. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead</div>
<div>to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.</div>
<div>This issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.</div>
<div>Credit: Apple.</div>
<div> </div><p ><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/safari-4-0-5-now-available-in-software-update/">Safari 4.0.5 now available in Software Update</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br ></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.apple.com/safari/download/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/safari-4-0-5-now-available-in-software-update/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19395544/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/safari-4-0-5-now-available-in-software-update/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilay Patel</dc:creator>
		
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If you needed any more proof that Apple's lame <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/recent-iphone-3gs-shipments-block-jailbreaking-jailbreakers-sti/">cat-and-mouse game</a> with the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/jailbreak">iPhone jailbreak community</a> has only served to increase its resourcefulness and creativity, look no further than the iDongle, a slick piece of hacker-made hardware that can jailbreak and activate an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch running OS 3.1.2 just by plugging it into the dock connector. What's more, it allows a jailbroken iPhone to be rebooted away from a computer, which is currently a problem for on-the-go hackers -- just stick this guy in your bag and you'll be good to go. There's only a dozen prototypes right now, but pre-orders are being accepted to raise funds for production -- we've got a feeling quite a few people are going to be interested. Video after the break.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/">iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:02:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19395254/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description>
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If you needed any more proof that Apple's lame <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/recent-iphone-3gs-shipments-block-jailbreaking-jailbreakers-sti/">cat-and-mouse game</a> with the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/jailbreak">iPhone jailbreak community</a> has only served to increase its resourcefulness and creativity, look no further than the iDongle, a slick piece of hacker-made hardware that can jailbreak and activate an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch running OS 3.1.2 just by plugging it into the dock connector. What's more, it allows a jailbroken iPhone to be rebooted away from a computer, which is currently a problem for on-the-go hackers -- just stick this guy in your bag and you'll be good to go. There's only a dozen prototypes right now, but pre-orders are being accepted to raise funds for production -- we've got a feeling quite a few people are going to be interested. Video after the break.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler</em></a></p><p ><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/">iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:02:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19395254/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/idongle-hardware-iphone-jailbreak-tool-makes-hacker-life-a-littl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>iPhone OS 4.0 may finally bring multitasking nirvana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Foresman</dc:creator>
		
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    <p>One complaint commonly leveled against the iPhone is that it can't run multiple apps at the same time. However, sources for AppleInsider say that Apple is finally planning to <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html" title="AppleInsider: Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support">incorporate a task manager</a> that will integrate with the established iPhone user interface in the next major revision of iPhone OS, expected to be available this summer.</p>

<p>Like Mac OS X on which it is based, iPhone OS is fully capable of running multiple processes at once. In fact, it does run multiple processes&#8212;iPod, Mail, voicemail and phone processes continually run in the background. What it doesn't do is run multiple <em>third-party apps</em> at the same time. Want to listen to Pandora while answering e-mails? Run a GPS tracking app while checking your tweets? Sorry, no can do.</p>

<p>Apple has given a number of reasons for enforcing this limitation. The company claims that multiple apps running simultaneously will run down the battery faster, or could lead to more out-of-memory errors as apps contend for resources of the iPhone. Also, since non-Apple apps can't run in the background, there's virtually zero chance that malware could run without a user noticing. Finally, limiting the iPhone to one app at a time keeps things simple enough for even the most tech-adverse users to understand how it works.</p>

<p>However, the latest rumor says that Apple has a "full-on solution" to the problem coming in iPhone OS 4.0. No specifics were revealed, so there are no details about how Apple has implemented managing multiple running apps. Remember, it took three major versions of iPhone OS before there was <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/03/apple-highlights-slew-of-new-features-coming-in-iphone-os-30.ars" title="Ars Technica: Apple reveals slew of new features for iPhone OS 3.0">system-wide cut-copy-paste functionality</a>, and the interface ended up working extremely well. We expect Apple has likewise put extensive work into making running multiple apps as straightforward as possible while still offering reasonable levels of stability, battery life, security, and ease of use.</p>    
        
    
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    <p>One complaint commonly leveled against the iPhone is that it can't run multiple apps at the same time. However, sources for AppleInsider say that Apple is finally planning to <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html" title="AppleInsider: Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support">incorporate a task manager</a> that will integrate with the established iPhone user interface in the next major revision of iPhone OS, expected to be available this summer.</p>

<p>Like Mac OS X on which it is based, iPhone OS is fully capable of running multiple processes at once. In fact, it does run multiple processes&#8212;iPod, Mail, voicemail and phone processes continually run in the background. What it doesn't do is run multiple <em>third-party apps</em> at the same time. Want to listen to Pandora while answering e-mails? Run a GPS tracking app while checking your tweets? Sorry, no can do.</p>

<p>Apple has given a number of reasons for enforcing this limitation. The company claims that multiple apps running simultaneously will run down the battery faster, or could lead to more out-of-memory errors as apps contend for resources of the iPhone. Also, since non-Apple apps can't run in the background, there's virtually zero chance that malware could run without a user noticing. Finally, limiting the iPhone to one app at a time keeps things simple enough for even the most tech-adverse users to understand how it works.</p>

<p>However, the latest rumor says that Apple has a "full-on solution" to the problem coming in iPhone OS 4.0. No specifics were revealed, so there are no details about how Apple has implemented managing multiple running apps. Remember, it took three major versions of iPhone OS before there was <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/03/apple-highlights-slew-of-new-features-coming-in-iphone-os-30.ars" title="Ars Technica: Apple reveals slew of new features for iPhone OS 3.0">system-wide cut-copy-paste functionality</a>, and the interface ended up working extremely well. We expect Apple has likewise put extensive work into making running multiple apps as straightforward as possible while still offering reasonable levels of stability, battery life, security, and ease of use.</p>    
        
    
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		<title>etc: Novothink&#8217;s new solar-charging iPhone 3G/3GS cases are not too expensive ($80), not too ugly (medium, non-offensive in our opinion), and kinda cool.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Infinite Loop</dc:creator>
		
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    <p>Novothink's new solar-charging iPhone 3G/3GS cases are not too expensive ($80), not too ugly (medium, non-offensive in our opinion), and kinda cool. </p>    
        
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    <p>Novothink's new solar-charging iPhone 3G/3GS cases are not too expensive ($80), not too ugly (medium, non-offensive in our opinion), and kinda cool. </p>    
        
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                  <a href="http://www.novothink.com/products/nt01/">Novothink</a>,                 <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/147035/2010/03/novothink_case.html">Macworld</a>            </p>
          
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		<title>I&#8217;m OK, You&#8217;re OK: It&#8217;s cool to be an early iPad adopter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Sadun</dc:creator>
		
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Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ's Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that <a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Should-You-Pre-Order-an-iPad/">it costs more to buy early</a>. <br />
<br />
I'm not sure there's a polite way to put this, so with all due respect to Smart Money, let me say: Well, of course.<br />
<br />
According to the writeup, waiting a few months before buying your iPad "could cut your bill substantially." Author Kelli B. Grant quotes <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Enderle/">Rob Enderle</a>, who points out out that early technology is issued with premium pricing and is often "riddled with glitches." While those might be valid reasons to wait, there's not much evidence for Enderle's assertion that "the first iPhone owners were pretty unhappy." Aside from the <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/06/apple-giving-early-iphone-buyers-100-credit/">price drop</a>, first-gen iPhone buyers (like me and <a href="http://tuaw.com/bloggers/mike-schramm">Mike S</a>.) have <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/44709-early-iphone-adopters-extremely-satisfied">been pretty darn happy</a>.<br />
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</div>The early adopter tax, along with any associated tech risks, has not escaped the notice of most tech enthusiasts. In the end, it's not much of a factor. We don't buy early because it's a good deal. We don't buy early because it's fiscally sound. We buy early because the technology is cool and we simply cannot or do not want to wait for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&#38;source=hp&#38;q=gollum+precious">our preciousssssss</a> to finally come home with us. <br />
<br />
We <em>are</em> the People Who Stand In Line.<br />
<br />
In my case, this is an hereditary condition. I blame my father, who would bring home the latest gadgets to an adoring family. We'd gather around the latest technology, glowing in its radiance, having an utter blast using toys that no one had ever heard of, let alone bought. We were the first family on the block (and possibly in the state) to have a microwave, a fax machine (the size, may I point out, of a small car), a personal computer, or a hand-held programmable calculator.<br />
<br />
It wasn't just cool. It was awesome.<br />
<br />
Thank you Dad, for being an early adopter. Thank you for showing me the way of the technology geek. Thank you for teaching me that you have to live life in the moment -- because if you don't seize today and play with it, tomorrow will never come. <br />
<br />
Sure, something better and cheaper is always going to come along some day. Sure, the bugs will work their way out and the prices will work their way down. But if you don't hop aboard the adoption train, you're never going to get to Techsville.<br />
<br />
Me? I'm going to buy a first-day ticket and have my fun from the get-go.<p style="padding:5px;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/">I'm OK, You're OK: It's cool to be an early iPad adopter</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br /></p><h6></h6><a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Should-You-Pre-Order-an-iPad/">Read</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19394724/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description>
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Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ's Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that <a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Should-You-Pre-Order-an-iPad/">it costs more to buy early</a>. <br />
<br />
I'm not sure there's a polite way to put this, so with all due respect to Smart Money, let me say: Well, of course.<br />
<br />
According to the writeup, waiting a few months before buying your iPad "could cut your bill substantially." Author Kelli B. Grant quotes <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Enderle/">Rob Enderle</a>, who points out out that early technology is issued with premium pricing and is often "riddled with glitches." While those might be valid reasons to wait, there's not much evidence for Enderle's assertion that "the first iPhone owners were pretty unhappy." Aside from the <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/06/apple-giving-early-iphone-buyers-100-credit/">price drop</a>, first-gen iPhone buyers (like me and <a href="http://tuaw.com/bloggers/mike-schramm">Mike S</a>.) have <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/44709-early-iphone-adopters-extremely-satisfied">been pretty darn happy</a>.<br />
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</div>The early adopter tax, along with any associated tech risks, has not escaped the notice of most tech enthusiasts. In the end, it's not much of a factor. We don't buy early because it's a good deal. We don't buy early because it's fiscally sound. We buy early because the technology is cool and we simply cannot or do not want to wait for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=gollum+precious">our preciousssssss</a> to finally come home with us. <br />
<br />
We <em>are</em> the People Who Stand In Line.<br />
<br />
In my case, this is an hereditary condition. I blame my father, who would bring home the latest gadgets to an adoring family. We'd gather around the latest technology, glowing in its radiance, having an utter blast using toys that no one had ever heard of, let alone bought. We were the first family on the block (and possibly in the state) to have a microwave, a fax machine (the size, may I point out, of a small car), a personal computer, or a hand-held programmable calculator.<br />
<br />
It wasn't just cool. It was awesome.<br />
<br />
Thank you Dad, for being an early adopter. Thank you for showing me the way of the technology geek. Thank you for teaching me that you have to live life in the moment -- because if you don't seize today and play with it, tomorrow will never come. <br />
<br />
Sure, something better and cheaper is always going to come along some day. Sure, the bugs will work their way out and the prices will work their way down. But if you don't hop aboard the adoption train, you're never going to get to Techsville.<br />
<br />
Me? I'm going to buy a first-day ticket and have my fun from the get-go.<p ><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/">I'm OK, You're OK: It's cool to be an early iPad adopter</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br ></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Should-You-Pre-Order-an-iPad/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19394724/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/im-ok-youre-ok-its-cool-to-be-an-early-ipad-adopter/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GDC 2010: Backflip Studios&#8217; year in the App Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schramm</dc:creator>
		
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Julian Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store. He had attended last year's conference with a partner while considering starting up an iPhone company, and that idea <a href="http://backflipstudios.com/">became Backflip Studios</a>. Since the company was founded in April of 2009, they've gotten five apps in the top five, and made (Farrior said he'd be honest, because it was more interesting) $2.5 million in revenue so far.<br />
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He revealed that a full $1m in that actually came straight from ad sales -- he's made deals with AdMob and other companies to put ads in his popular <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-toss/id317917431?mt=8">Paper Toss</a> app, and he uses those ads both for straight revenue, as well as to promote his own games (more on that later in the talk). Farrior offered up a frank and honest look at what it was like to run an iPhone app company for a year.<br />
<br />
First, he talked about what Backflip did right last year. He said that he'd hired a talented team to work on his applications, and that the company had focused on distribution, which they'd "leveraged heavily" -- the more people playing their games, the better. They'd kept production cycles short, kicking out apps in no more than 12 weeks, and he said they'd made the good decision to "design for the medium" and the audience, making shorter, casual games that took advantage of the iPhone's hardware and touchscreen.<br />
<br />
He also talked a bit about the balance he ran between "house ads" (using ads in their free apps to try and create paid app sales) and outside ads -- during the months of December and January of this year, he pointed out how he'd balanced house ads to try and take advantage of the "holiday jump" in sales. As you can see in the slide below, even though he had to take a hit in actual ad sales, he saw a huge boost in App Store sales by using his free app to encourage sales of the paid app <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ragdoll-blaster-a-physics/id315282163?mt=8">Ragdoll Blaster</a>. Farrior said this was important: as an App Store developer, you have to leverage everything you can, not just depend on sales numbers for revenue.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/backflipadshouse-1268327603.jpg" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">He showed another interesting slide as well about "download catalysts" -- specific events in the life of his app that encouraged major boosts or drops in downloads and sales. Apple's "What We're Playing" section in iTunes gave a big boost to app sales (which is something we've heard echoed from many developers here at the show), but the biggest boost actually came from when he used the free app to advertise the lite version of his paid app -- the spot marked as "RDB Lite House Ads in Paper Toss" below. Users downloaded the free app, saw that there was another free app to download, picked it up, and liked it enough to buy the paid version. Again, he made it clear that even if you've got a paid app on the App Store, using "free impressions" in a free app can encourage sales.<br />
<br />
One more thing to note from the chart below: the app's price drop did almost nothing. Farrior again echoed something else we've heard: price on the App Store doesn't necessarily matter as much for sales as most developers think it does. The main factors seem to be quality and promotion -- if people know about your app and like it, they'll buy it almost independent of price.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/ragdollblasterdownloadcata.jpg" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Farrior also went over what went wrong in the past year. His company had a lot of problems with <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/harbor-havoc-3d/id336233257?mt=8">Harbor Havoc 3D</a>, a paid app that they intended to be a "deeper, better version of Flight Control." Unfortunately, development ran a little long on the game, they missed some key features (there was no saving of the game's state when you kicked back out to the homescreen -- "I don't know how we missed that," Farrior admitted), and by the time it finally came to market (after an Apple rejection that wasted some press coverage they got), it got lost in the mix of line drawing games.<br />
<br />
Additionally, Harbor Havoc actually suffered from the lite version release: Farrior said the lite version cut sales of the paid version in half. He says they're still working on figuring that one out -- there are a few levels in the paid game, and he mentioned possibly "picking the wrong one" for the lite version. But at any rate, Harbor Havoc, he said, shows that you "can't make an OK game and count on impressions" to pick up the slack. Before you even start thinking about splitting up revenue streams, the product has to support it.<br />
<br />
For the future of Backflip, Farrior says he wants to grow the company -- this year, they hope to release five to ten free apps per quarter "to keep the pipe wide and the impressions high." They also want to test out in-app purchases, from adding extra content for players to possibly a model where they offer "a 99 cent buyout" to completely remove ads from their apps. He's also interested in turn-based gaming -- he says that Zynga and other companies have experimented with that form elsewhere, but that they're not quite there on the iPhone, and there's room for someone else to be. And he's also interested in licensed content -- even a simple game that would otherwise be anonymous can benefit from having a name or brand attached to it.<br />
<br />
The panel was a very frank look at what Backflip Studios has done on the iPhone in the past year. Farrior mentioned that one of the things that drew him and his company to the platform was that he'd seen people who'd never played games before (his mom and sister) looking for game experiences on the platform. Clearly, their success is a result of providing exactly those experiences for customers.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="padding:5px;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/">GDC 2010: Backflip Studios' year in the App Store</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br /></p><h6></h6><a href="http://backflipstudios.com/">Read</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19392451/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description>
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Julian Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store. He had attended last year's conference with a partner while considering starting up an iPhone company, and that idea <a href="http://backflipstudios.com/">became Backflip Studios</a>. Since the company was founded in April of 2009, they've gotten five apps in the top five, and made (Farrior said he'd be honest, because it was more interesting) $2.5 million in revenue so far.<br />
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He revealed that a full $1m in that actually came straight from ad sales -- he's made deals with AdMob and other companies to put ads in his popular <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-toss/id317917431?mt=8">Paper Toss</a> app, and he uses those ads both for straight revenue, as well as to promote his own games (more on that later in the talk). Farrior offered up a frank and honest look at what it was like to run an iPhone app company for a year.<br />
<br />
First, he talked about what Backflip did right last year. He said that he'd hired a talented team to work on his applications, and that the company had focused on distribution, which they'd "leveraged heavily" -- the more people playing their games, the better. They'd kept production cycles short, kicking out apps in no more than 12 weeks, and he said they'd made the good decision to "design for the medium" and the audience, making shorter, casual games that took advantage of the iPhone's hardware and touchscreen.<br />
<br />
He also talked a bit about the balance he ran between "house ads" (using ads in their free apps to try and create paid app sales) and outside ads -- during the months of December and January of this year, he pointed out how he'd balanced house ads to try and take advantage of the "holiday jump" in sales. As you can see in the slide below, even though he had to take a hit in actual ad sales, he saw a huge boost in App Store sales by using his free app to encourage sales of the paid app <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ragdoll-blaster-a-physics/id315282163?mt=8">Ragdoll Blaster</a>. Farrior said this was important: as an App Store developer, you have to leverage everything you can, not just depend on sales numbers for revenue.<br />
<br />
<div ><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" id="vimage_2791664" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/backflipadshouse-1268327603.jpg" /></div>
<div >He showed another interesting slide as well about "download catalysts" -- specific events in the life of his app that encouraged major boosts or drops in downloads and sales. Apple's "What We're Playing" section in iTunes gave a big boost to app sales (which is something we've heard echoed from many developers here at the show), but the biggest boost actually came from when he used the free app to advertise the lite version of his paid app -- the spot marked as "RDB Lite House Ads in Paper Toss" below. Users downloaded the free app, saw that there was another free app to download, picked it up, and liked it enough to buy the paid version. Again, he made it clear that even if you've got a paid app on the App Store, using "free impressions" in a free app can encourage sales.<br />
<br />
One more thing to note from the chart below: the app's price drop did almost nothing. Farrior again echoed something else we've heard: price on the App Store doesn't necessarily matter as much for sales as most developers think it does. The main factors seem to be quality and promotion -- if people know about your app and like it, they'll buy it almost independent of price.</div>
<div ><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" id="vimage_2791703" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/ragdollblasterdownloadcata.jpg" /></div>
<div >Farrior also went over what went wrong in the past year. His company had a lot of problems with <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/harbor-havoc-3d/id336233257?mt=8">Harbor Havoc 3D</a>, a paid app that they intended to be a "deeper, better version of Flight Control." Unfortunately, development ran a little long on the game, they missed some key features (there was no saving of the game's state when you kicked back out to the homescreen -- "I don't know how we missed that," Farrior admitted), and by the time it finally came to market (after an Apple rejection that wasted some press coverage they got), it got lost in the mix of line drawing games.<br />
<br />
Additionally, Harbor Havoc actually suffered from the lite version release: Farrior said the lite version cut sales of the paid version in half. He says they're still working on figuring that one out -- there are a few levels in the paid game, and he mentioned possibly "picking the wrong one" for the lite version. But at any rate, Harbor Havoc, he said, shows that you "can't make an OK game and count on impressions" to pick up the slack. Before you even start thinking about splitting up revenue streams, the product has to support it.<br />
<br />
For the future of Backflip, Farrior says he wants to grow the company -- this year, they hope to release five to ten free apps per quarter "to keep the pipe wide and the impressions high." They also want to test out in-app purchases, from adding extra content for players to possibly a model where they offer "a 99 cent buyout" to completely remove ads from their apps. He's also interested in turn-based gaming -- he says that Zynga and other companies have experimented with that form elsewhere, but that they're not quite there on the iPhone, and there's room for someone else to be. And he's also interested in licensed content -- even a simple game that would otherwise be anonymous can benefit from having a name or brand attached to it.<br />
<br />
The panel was a very frank look at what Backflip Studios has done on the iPhone in the past year. Farrior mentioned that one of the things that drew him and his company to the platform was that he'd seen people who'd never played games before (his mom and sister) looking for game experiences on the platform. Clearly, their success is a result of providing exactly those experiences for customers.</div>
<div > </div><p ><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/">GDC 2010: Backflip Studios' year in the App Store</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br ></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://backflipstudios.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19392451/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-backflip-studios-year-in-the-app-store/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://applenews24.info/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-40/><img src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/iphone-os-3-1132010.jpg class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a><img src="http://applenews24.info/icons/tuawicon.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="" title="TUAW" /><br/><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/os/" rel="tag">OS</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/developer/" rel="tag">Developer</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a></p><img hspace="8" align="right" vspace="8" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/iphone-os-3-1132010.jpg" alt="" />Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.2 beta 4) of the iPhone <a href="http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action">SDK</a>, and suggest that it will become a reality this summer.<br />
<br />
9to5 Mac <a href="http://9to5mac.com/multi-tasking-dialog-box-354246234">reports</a> on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a "multitasking dialog box" that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it's new to version 3.2. Of course, there's no assurance that this refers to 3rd party support for multitasking, but it is new.<br />
<br />
Additionally, Appleinsider's souces with "proven track records" <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html">state</a> that Apple has developed "a full-on solution" for 3rd-party multitasking which will be a part of iPhone OS 4.0. No specifics were given on how it will be pulled off or how it will address the two main concerns: battery life and security.<br />
<br />
Let's assume that Apple's plan addresses the security issue, but battery life still presents a problem, one that was supposedly addressed by Push Notifications. Apple's remote notification service allows applications to offload polling processes to web servers. By keeping the update algorithms working off the device, the iPhone's battery is spared. Certainly the iPhone itself must take on the task of keeping all of those apps up and running.<br />
<br />
It should also be noted that iPhone OS does not use a paged memory model. That means, multi-tasking applications must compete for the same memory space, making it more likely that apps will receive memory warnings and even crash when they use too much memory. That's not an issue in the one-app-at-a-time space, but a real problem with multitasking<br />
<br />
Of course, the iPhone OS is already fully capable of multitasking. In order for non-Apple apps to participate, Apple must lift the current restrictions within the OS. That's something the company won't do until the iPhone engineers have devised the best and safest method. As for iPhone OS 4.0, Appleinsider notes that it's got "a ways to go." Hopefully we'll have an answer in July.<p style="padding:5px;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/">More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br /></p><h6></h6><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html">Read</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19394723/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&#160;&#124;&#160;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/os/" rel="tag">OS</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/developer/" rel="tag">Developer</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a></p><img hspace="8" align="right" vspace="8" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/iphone-os-3-1132010.jpg" alt="" />Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.2 beta 4) of the iPhone <a href="http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action">SDK</a>, and suggest that it will become a reality this summer.<br />
<br />
9to5 Mac <a href="http://9to5mac.com/multi-tasking-dialog-box-354246234">reports</a> on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a "multitasking dialog box" that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it's new to version 3.2. Of course, there's no assurance that this refers to 3rd party support for multitasking, but it is new.<br />
<br />
Additionally, Appleinsider's souces with "proven track records" <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html">state</a> that Apple has developed "a full-on solution" for 3rd-party multitasking which will be a part of iPhone OS 4.0. No specifics were given on how it will be pulled off or how it will address the two main concerns: battery life and security.<br />
<br />
Let's assume that Apple's plan addresses the security issue, but battery life still presents a problem, one that was supposedly addressed by Push Notifications. Apple's remote notification service allows applications to offload polling processes to web servers. By keeping the update algorithms working off the device, the iPhone's battery is spared. Certainly the iPhone itself must take on the task of keeping all of those apps up and running.<br />
<br />
It should also be noted that iPhone OS does not use a paged memory model. That means, multi-tasking applications must compete for the same memory space, making it more likely that apps will receive memory warnings and even crash when they use too much memory. That's not an issue in the one-app-at-a-time space, but a real problem with multitasking<br />
<br />
Of course, the iPhone OS is already fully capable of multitasking. In order for non-Apple apps to participate, Apple must lift the current restrictions within the OS. That's something the company won't do until the iPhone engineers have devised the best and safest method. As for iPhone OS 4.0, Appleinsider notes that it's got "a ways to go." Hopefully we'll have an answer in July.<p ><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/">More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br ></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19394723/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></content:encoded>
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