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Apple eyes post-PC era dominance

Admire Moyo
By Admire Moyo, ITWeb news editor.
Johannesburg, 08 Jun 2011

Apple eyes post-PC era dominance

Apple CEO Steve Jobs predicts the world is about to shift into a “post-PC” era, thanks in part to software his firm is making, says Computing.co.uk.

Jobs was speaking at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, in San Francisco, where he unveiled new versions of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 5; an update to its MacOS operating system, code-named Lion; and a new cloud service, iCloud.

Many of the new features in iOS 5 will bring the operating system back in line with advances made by competitors such as Microsoft and Google, said Nick Dillion, an analyst with Ovum.

Web titans promote IPv6

The biggest test of the Internet's new address system is taking place, writes the BBC.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing and Facebook are among the companies switching on IPv6 versions of their Web sites for the one-day trial.

The technology is gradually being introduced, because the world is running out of older IPv4 addresses as more devices come online.

Sony shutters another site

Sony has temporarily shuttered yet another Web site following reports it may have suffered an attack by hackers, according to The Register.

The company's Brazilian Music site was inaccessible for much of yesterday, as Web site engineers investigated a possible security breach, according to news reports.

Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa told Bloomberg News the possible attack may have altered some content, but didn't elaborate.

iOS 5 beta jailbroken in 24 hours

The next major version of Apple's iOS has been exploited less than a day after its beta release to developers, reveals Cnet.

A member of the iPhone Dev Team - a group of hackers that targets Apple devices and is not to be confused with Apple's group that designs the iOS software - revealed through a tweet that the developer beta release of iOS 5 was susceptible to limera1n, an exploit that targets a vulnerability in the iOS boot software.

As a result, iPhone Dev Team member “MuscleNerd” said it was possible to install third-party application installer Cydia, which lets users download applications not offered through Apple's App Store.

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