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Parental Control glitch gives kids access to App Store porn

From Ars Technica -

A side effect of Apple's move to have apps rated by age level meant that apps with racier content—essentially soft-core porn—could be approved for sale if was rated 17+. Educator and developer Fraser Speirs has discovered, however, that access is only restricted for purchasing, not browsing in the App Store, which is a real problem in school environments. The glitch has become a huge headache for Speirs' school, which plans to roll out iPod touches to every one of its 100 students next fall.

The problem that Speirs identified is that even though Parental Controls will limit app purchases for restricted apps, it does nothing to restrict browsing restricted apps via iTunes. Just accessing the "Lifestyle" category, for instance, will list dozens of "Amateur Swimsuit" apps, as well as "A Hidden Cam Thong." iTunes will happily display the product page and screenshots for apps such as "Movie of Sexy Japanese Girl," "Amateur Sohot Queens," or "Epic Boobs," replete with graphic text descriptions and NSFW—or school—screenshots.

The problem also affects the App Store app on the iPhone as well, though it does go one step further than iTunes in keeping the content protected. It will still display a restricted app's description and icon, but it won't show any screenshots.

Connect your iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard

From Engadget -

There's finally a means by which to connect the iPhone or iPod touch to a Bluetooth keyboard. The catch is you need to jailbreak your unit first as the BTstack Keyboard app is now available for $5 only at the Cydia store.

Note while the app provides rapid responsiveness throughout, whether in Safari, composing text messages or blog posts, the command, cut, copy, paste, and highlighting functions are not yet active.

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iPhone 2010 Will Have 5MP Camera

From Digitimes -

OmniVision Technologies is projecting CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for the Apple iPhone to grow to 40-45 million units in 2010 from the estimated 20-21 million this year. It has also secured 5-megapixel CIS orders for the next-gen iPhone which will hit the retail shelves during the second half of 2010. The company currently supplies the 3.2-megapixel CIS for the iPhone 3GS, beating out Aptina Imaging which had supplied the 2-megapixel CIS solution for the iPhone 3G.

Including orders for iPods, OmniVision's total shipments to Apple is estimated at around 65 million units for the year.

Unreal Engine 3 on the iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3rd Gen

How to Change your Root Password

From http://mr09.fileave.com/ -

1. Get an SSH program like putty for windows.
2. SSH to your iPhone. (This may take a while.)
3. A warning about a key fingerprint may appear. You can just accept that.
4. Login using username "root" and password "alpine". (the default password)
5. Type "passwd".
6. You will be asked for a new password. Enter your new password.

The reason you have to change the default password is that by default this is "alpine". That means hackers can access your iPhone if you don't change this.

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