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Full story: iPhone security fixed with OS 3.0.1
When I connected my iPhone to my PC earlier this morning, I got a dialog to tell me that a new version of the phone’s operating system was available. Version 3.0.1 of the iPhone OS fixes a security issue concerning text messaging (SMS) that Apple (and everyone else, it seems) saw as critical. Here’s how Gizmodo described it a few days ago: […] The flaw involves invisible SMS bursts that allow hackers to gain total control over your phone. The…
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Full story: ID cards: It’s all in the positioning
Has the government finally got it right re the controversial identity card scheme for the UK? The Home Office is now talking less about counter-terrorism and more about easing travel in Europe, says eWeek Europe. […] in a rather downplayed statement on the benefits of the card, Home Secretary Alan Johnson opted to avoid the rhetoric about preventing acts of terrorism which have previously been attributed to the ID Card and instead appeared to argue that citizens already carry around…
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Full story: IABC employment survey paints mixed picture
The results of the latest IABC member survey on employment issues carried out in June indicates that over 14% of members have lost their jobs in the last 12 months. That’s a lot of people as the professional association currently counts 15,500 members worldwide, so if you project the figure out, it translates as about 2,170 members. That’s an increase over the survey taken three months ago, when fewer than 11% of members reported losing their job in the last…
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Full story: FIR Cut: Back-to-school pitches go social with Facebook and Twitter
Overflow from FIR #470 on July 30, 2009. USA Today: This year, back-to-school marketing is all about driving discussion in online social-media "communities." Download this podcast (2.4Mb, 5:59) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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