Last week, we had reported that  
in the chat message window, which allows an attacker to run malicious javascript code that can enable the attacker to get information, including a user’s address book from the victim’s iOS device.
It looks like Skype has fixed the security vulnerability in the major update it rolled out yesterday.
Skype has just released a new update to fix the syncing issues that plagued yesterday’s update, in which we (more…)

Apple has quietly released iTunes 10.3.1 earlier today, less than a day after it
, which brought features such as
to PC and Mac, which are part of the iCloud’s iTunes in the Cloud feature. It also added Books to iTunes Store.
iTunes 10.3.1 is 75.8 MB in size for Mac OS X and 77 MB for Windows.
for iTunes 10.3.1 does not provide any further details about what was fixed. It simply states the features that were introduced in iTunes 10.3.
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Apple has now released a configuration profile update that will resolve this issue. According to a message posted on the Apple Support website, the new configuration profile will provide a larger duration for the Microsoft Exchange server to respond to sync requests and thereby reduces the syncing related
.
If you are among the users facing delays while syncing with Microsoft Exchange, you may follow these steps below to resolve the issue. The (more…)

has now published a transcript of an email exchange between an iPhone user and Steve Jobs where the Apple CEO has defended the company's decision. In response to the customer's email that the implementation seemed ”
“, Steve Jobs replied:
“Hold doesn’t do anything more than Mute.”
points out, Steve Jobs' assertions may not be technically accurate. Apple 's
user guide notes a significant difference between the two buttons. (more…)

According to the release notes, iTunes 9.1 includes several new features and improvements such as:
Sync with iPad to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on the go
Rename, rearrange, or remove Genius Mixes
It is also rumored that iTunes will get a new Books Section around the same time as the iPad launch. Apple is likely to replace the existing “Audiobooks” category on iTunes with a more comprehensive “Books” section. (more…)

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However, the reason behind Apple 's decision appears to be technical in nature rather than anything strategic.
notes that syncing via USB is not supported by any of the public APIs. As Chris Devor from myPod Apps (the company that built the iPhone Explorer program for Stanza) explains, this syncing was made possible by creating a subfolder on the iPhone 's Digital Camera Image Management (DCIM) folder; the only folder that iPhone apps (more…)

You no longer have to constantly check back on your app for new updates.
Users will now be able to receive a popup notification whenever somebody writes on your wall or comments on your status messages. As MG Seigler from
notes, this could let you to interact more passively with your Facebook data.
One of the other significant introductions in the new version of the Facebook app is the ability to sync your Facebook friends with your iPhone address (more…)

This has been the story so far: Palm, in order to let Pre users
had been spoofing its USB vendor ID that made Pre be seen as an Apple device by iTunes. Apple had responded by announcing an update that prevented Pre from syncing with iTunes. Palm responded with updates to Pre that reenabled iTunes syncing. This race to outdo the other has now continued for quite sometime, despite the USB Implementors Forum
for its policies.
Late last month, Apple (more…)

Gigabyte Technology has released a beta BIOS update that could potentially resolve the issue for those users whose systems run on the company's motherboard. However, help is yet to arrive for others who have their computers running on Asus or MSI motherboards.
The issue, as we reported last week, occured most prominently on computers that ran Windows 7 powered by Intel P55 chipset. At that time, both Microsoft and Intel had promised to look (more…)

Apple explains this with a scenario where you might be at work on your desk and are called for a meeting. At this point, you might only want to sync your work related content and might not want to waste time syncing other files.
This is just one aspect of several other features explained in the 84 page document. A few key points from the patent application are:
Sync personal files as well as content within specific applicatons (Eg: Recent websites (more…)