Apple claims that hundreds of thousands of iPhones are being used by corporations and government agencies. What it won’t tell you is that the supposedly enterprise-friendly encryption included with the iPhone 3GS is so weak it can be cracked in two minutes with a few pieces of readily available freeware. via Hacker Says iPhone 3GS [...]

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Microsoft has reported disappointing results for the April to June quarter, with profits down by almost a third.Net profit for the period was $3.1bn £1.9bn, down by 29% from the same period a year earlier. Revenue came in at $13.1bn, down 17% from a year ago.The results were worse than analysts had been expecting.The world’s [...]

Which Programming Language are You? W00t?! Ok.. Cobol pa ze nism!

There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and our ever-increasing quest for simpler, smaller, faster and better widgets and thingamabobs will always ensure that some of the technology we grew up with will not be passed down [...]