Australia's Treasury Department switches from BlackBerry to iPhone

In a blow to BlackBerry, the Australia’s Treasury Department has decided to do away with their BlackBerries in favor for the Apple iPhone. According to ZDNet Australia, the staff will be getting around 250 iPhone 5s.  Some of the staff will also be receiving iPads as well. The devices will be switched out over the next […]

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(Update x2): Apple blocks update to Java on suggestion from the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

“As noted by ZDNet, a major security vulnerability in Java 7 has been discovered, with the vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild by malicious parties,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors. “In response to threat, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recommended that users disable the Java 7 browser plug-in entirely until a patch is made available […]

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Leak: FAA Clears iPad for use on all flights

An apparent leak on Tuesday maintained that the FAA has already approved the iPad for all purposes. The ZDNet tip had American Airlines being the first whose cockpits would use iPads at every stage of the flight, not just logbooks. The first flight would come on Boeing 777 aircraft, where Apple’s tablet would also handle charting and flight manuals. Via: […]

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iPhone 4S Battery Issues caused by Software, NOT Hardware

The iPhone 4S has some bodacious battery life problems and no one seems to know what’s going on. Apple themselves have released an iOS update, iOS 5.0.1, to fix the problems, to no avail. Meanwhile, someiPhone 4S owners find their batteries draining at a rate of 10% every ten minutes, while luckier customers can only report the same […]

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