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  • Apple Maps adds public transit information for Orlando, Florida

    Apple Maps’ data has now been updated to include public transit data for Orlando, Florida.

    The update provides users with information about bus routes, times, and service updates across the metropolitan area.

    The new Transit data adds information to Apple Maps relating to Lynx bus stops and routes taken by public transport. Searches for bus stops will bring up a list of the routes that pass by and when the next bus will stop at that location, with the overall route the bus will take also viewable.

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  • Security researchers locate additional iPhone security hole, publish findings

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    Even if you feel absolutely secure in entering your PIN every time you unlock your iPhone, there may still be some security shortfalls. Per a blog post by Bernd Marienfeldt, Marienfeldt and fellow security wonk Jim Herbeck have discovered that plugging even a fully up-to-date, non-jailbroken iPhone 3GS into a computer running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx allows nearly full read access to the phone’s storage even when it’s locked.

    The belief is that they’re just a buffer overflow away from full write access as well, which would surely open the door to making calls. Bernd believes the iPhone’s lack of data encryption for content is a real problem, and also cites the inability to digitally sign e-mails as reasons why the iPhone is still not ready for prime time in the enterprise.

    Still, better that these guys found it and put the evidence in front of Apple than another party locate the security hole.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.