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disableEmergency app available through jailbreak, helps bypass iOS 6.1 lockscreen exploit

The hackers get the last laugh this time around. Per The Mac Observer, the jailbreak community has beat Apple to the punch with its own solution to an iOS 6.1 bug that could give someone access to your iPhone without knowing your passcode. The app, dubbed “disableEmergency”, removes the Emergency Call button from the lock […]

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Rumor: Apple working on quick fix for lockscreen exploit in iOS 6.1.2

When in doubt, work on a fix. Per German web blog iFun and AppleInsider, Apple is already working on an update to iOS 6 to address a dangerous passcode vulnerability discovered earlier in the week, with one report claiming that the company anticipated issuing the update as early as next week. The article presently states […]

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Dropbox updated to 1.6.17

It’s hard to knock a reliable barrage of updates. Late Friday, Dropbox released version 1.6.17 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 21.9 megabyte download, which adds the following fixes and changes: – Fix icon overlays in OS X. Dropbox 1.6.17 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to […]

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Staples to begin carrying Apple products, exact start date unknown

This one’s been a long time coming… Per 9to5Mac and MacRumors, office retailer Staples had a meeting today with corporate employees announcing that Apple products were coming to their stores. The company followed up with a tweet to confirm that a deal with Apple has been finalized and that their stores will begin selling Apple […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 build 12D68 to developer community

They’re gotta be getting close to release at some point… Per MacNN, Apple on Thursday released the latest beta build of OS X 10.8.3, dubbed 12D68, to developers as the forthcoming update moves closer to public release. The most recent seed comes one week after the previous build 12D65 was rolled out with a fix […]