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Passcode exploit (and fix) found for locked iPhones

Think your iPhone is safe if it's locked? Think again. An exploit has made the rounds today, allowing anyone to gain access to your personal info on a locked iPhone very easily. Luckily, there's also an easy way to prevent it, although Apple should patch the hole ASAP.

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Psystar finally answers to Apple's suit by suing right back

Psystar claims that Apple's EULA, which prohibits installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware, is "an anticompetitive restrain of trade." The company filed its response to Apple's lawsuit this week with a lawsuit of its own, which it hopes will make Mac OS X "more accessible."

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Coda 1.5 lands with Subversion, better editing tools

Big changes for working on site projects with a group, better syntax coloring, and customizable reference material make us wonder why the new version is free.

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Plum Record iPhone app records audio, tags pictures
Plum Amazing has announced its new iPhone app for audio recording, Plum Record. Picture or text tags can be added to sound files at specific intervals to be used as reference markers. Recordings can be automatically or manually named, put into different folders, or transferred to a Mac using free software. The sampling rate is adjustable, and the app can convert files to other formats including WA...

Forums: iPhone GPS quality, Fusion vs. Parallels
Forum roundup: Today in the MacNN forums users discuss the GPS reception quality for the iPhone 3G while driving in a car. Another popular topic of interest revolves around problems with one users Apple TV. One member looks for advice from other forum goers about the benefits of purchasing a scanner over sending their digital photos to ScanCafé. Problems with reinstalling Mac OS 10.5 on a G4 Po...

IntelliScanner now offering custom asset tags
IntelliScanner Corporation has introduced custom asset tags for use with its scanners and software. Customers can choose what text will be printed on each tag, such as personal or company names. Barcodes and serialized numbers allow scanning or visual reference. The IntelliScanner Mini can be used to scan these tags for tracking personal items. For business users, the IntelliScanner SOHO can be...

Amazon Update
Amazon has the best price on MacBook Air: just $1699. Or save $55-$105 off Apple's latest iMacs, or $150-$380 off the Mac Pro Quad and new Quad-Core models. Amazon discounts iPods and a huge selection of digital cameras and HDTV's, too. Save on AppleCare, ".Mac", "Leopard", iLife, iWork, Aperture 2, VMware, Photoshop Elements 6 and Office 2008, as well. And the Kindle wireless book/reader is now in stock at $359. While you're saving yourself money, you're also providing critical MacInTouch support just by clicking through our links to purchase!

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Create a visual catalog of settings and error messages
Learn a simple way to keep track of various settings on your Mac, as well as those obscure error messages that may occasionally pop up.

Set up a basic workgroup file server the simple way
In many workgroup environments, there?s no need to use a complicated method for setting up a file server. Kirk McElhearn offers a basic approach that should be sufficient for many users.

Search for iTunes music by star rating
Want to filter your iTunes library by rating information? Just type some asterisks.

Olympic Gold Medalist gives props to Google Earth
Olympic cyclist and Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong credited Google?s mapping application for helping her find a training route that mirrored the Olympic course.

Altec Lansing integrates subwoofer into desktop speakers
he latest speakers from Altec Lansing have the subwoofer built in to the main speakers, the company announced at IFA on Wednesday.

Visual voicemail patents to have (another) day in court
Klausner Technologies, which sued Apple and AT&T a year ago alleging patent infringement over the Visual Voicemail feature in the iPhone, has filed a similar suit against Verizon and LG Electronics.

How do DNC Dems spread the word: Twitter, text, or telephone?
How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the DNC? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail?

After flight delays, FAA may add backup system
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to upgrade its decades-old technology for flight-plan processing and potentially add a third backup system.

Oracle names new chief financial officer
Oracle names Jeffrey Epstein as its new chief financial officer, marking its fourth CFO since long-time bean counter Jeff Henley retired four years ago.

Tropical Storm Gustav Takes Aim at U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Three days before the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, the Gulf of Mexico braces for another storm that could hit the energy industry particularly hard. Kinetic Analysis Corporation, a disaster risk-management company, estimates that there is a one-in-three chance that Gustav will hit with sufficient force to shut down 10 percent or more of total U.S. oil production this year.

How to Build a 3-D Theater
3-D films have been around since 1890, but unless you like watching your TV with red and blue glasses, the technology hasn't progressed much. Thankfully, Sean Hellfritsch and Isaiah Saxon of Encyclopedia Pictura have teamed together to show you how to create a DIY home 3-D theater rivaling the 3-D technology you'll find at your local Imax.

'True Blood' Vampires Dig Sex, Gore and Wild Abandon
The seedy bloodsucker lifestyle surfaces in HBO's upcoming show based on Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books.

City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself [Dubai]

A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million people at a time. Timelinks is currently seeking patents for a variety of technologies that would make such a building possible, including a three axis public transportation system that would run residents up, through and across the pyramid. They've also claimed that with a hybrid wind, solar and steam power the Ziggurat would be able to meet its own power needs, and that there would be enough room to allow for some minor agriculture in designated "green spaces."

Before you just write this off as another wacky internet design concept, consider the absurdly ostentatious structures that Dubai has already built, and the fact that unlike the hyperluxurious ego-boosters currently under construction, the Ziggurat might be a viable housing solution for people who don't have a natural resource-infused trust fund. [World Archictecture Review via Inhabitat via Dvice]

TouchKit Brings Surface-Like Multitouch to the Nerdy Masses [Multitouch]

Touchkit, a open source (software and hardware) multitouch kit designed by NOR_/D, has been announced at a $1580 price point, or roughly 1/8th the cost of Microsoft's Surface table. That's not to say that the TouchKit is equivalent or even necessarily a competitor to Microsoft's offering, but it is theoretically capable of many of the same flashy tricks. The system must be hooked up to a separate computer, and also requires an external projector. As you can see in the video, there's not exactly a whole lot it can do out of the box, but the open source platform can be tweaked by anyone with a little knowledge of C++. Check out the gallery of the hardware and potential installations are their site. [Gizmag]

Tatung Prototype The Nicest VOIP Phone I've Seen Yet [VoIP]

The difference between what I would like to look at and what I would like to use makes for a a gap wider than the Grand Canyon, in this case. One button, no tactile feedback and no screen make this VOIP phone prototype little more than an electronic lollipop. But my desire to lick one increases with every glance. [e-Nova via Yanko and BBG]

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Massive Galaxy Cluster, More

Image confirms universe's most massive galaxy cluster, Mars's sand dunes offer new clues to its past, and more in our weekly roundup of space photos.

World's Largest Marine Sanctuary Proposed by U.S.

The U.S. is likely to grant national-monument status to Pacific island regions that together are larger than Alaska and Texas combined?a "great choice," conservationists say, if the areas are actually protected.

Wisdom Teeth Can Yield Stem Cells, Scientists Say

Dental pulp from a wisdom tooth could be a new source of therapeutic stem cells, sidestepping the ethical concerns of embryonic cells, Japanese researchers claim.

Model targets foot-and-mouth risk
Scientists use a numerical model to predict the risk of infection through airborne transmission of foot-and-mouth virus.

First light for space telescope
A powerful Nasa space telescope has unveiled an image of the sky viewed through "gamma-ray glasses".

'Complexity' of Neanderthal tools
Early stone tools developed by modern humans were no more advanced than ones used by the Neanderthals, research shows.

Dark matter and normal matter 'divorce' in cosmic clash
After two massive galaxy clusters collided, their gas slowed down but their dark matter continued on unimpeded

Do galaxies have a minimum mass?
The cores of a motley crew of nearby dwarf galaxies all weigh about 10 million Suns, suggesting galaxies need at least that much mass to form

How viruses short-circuit the deep sea food chain
Ocean-floor life everywhere is kept in check by viruses that infect microbes and prevent nutrients rising up the food chain