This week’s panel are Bart Busschots, Stu Helm, Grant Butler, Kirschen Seah and Allister Jenks
Security Update (Bart)
- Adobe emergency Flash update (to patch actively exploited Zero-day) - via Adobe
- Serious flaw in Skype for iOS allows execution of arbitrary code by the viewing of a chat message - demo downloads entire iOS address book to attackers, no fix yet - via TechCrunch (video of the attack on YouTube)
- Bug in Password Change functionality on OS X Lion - no password needed to change the password for the currently logged in user - via Intego’s Mac Security Blog
- DigiNotar file for bankruptcy - via The Register
Apple News
- Allister: New Apple Store Openings
* Apple opens Nanjing East store in Shanghai - via MacRumors
* New flagship Apple Store opens in IFC centre in Hong Kong - via 9to5 Mac
* Another new store in Hornsby, NSW, Australia Apple
- Bart: Apple joins the Digital Due Process Coalition - via MacRumors
- Kirschen: Apple purchasing more flash storage from Japanese supplies to lessen reliance on Samsung - via AppleInsider
Mac News
- Stu: The Final Cut
- Apple updates Final Cut Pro X to 10.0.1 and releases 30-day demo - via Ars Technica
- Apple also update Motion and Compressor - via Macworld UK
iOS EcoSystem News
- Allister: FaceTime calls are certified ‘Doctor / patient friendly’ - via MacRumors
- Grant: Wisconsin library begins loaning iPads - via TUAW / OverDrive
- Bart: Al Gore drops hint of new iPhones next month - via AppleInsider
- Grant: Robert Shoesmith already planning to camp out for yet to be announced ‘iPhone 5’ - via Macworld UK
Apple Competitor Watch
- Kirschen: Samsung claim Apple ‘free loading’ on their patents - via Mac Observer
- Kirschen: Apple app logos spotted in Samsung store in Italy - via 9to5 Mac
- Allister -HP out Leo Apotheker as CEO and replace him with Meg Whitman - via Macworld UK
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