Australian admits creating first iPhone virus – ABC News Article link.

Australian admits creating first iPhone virus

Monday, November 9, 2009

By Brigid Andersen

A 21-year-old Australian man has admitted creating what is thought to be the first virus to infect Apple iPhones.

The virus, which can spread from phone to phone, changes the iPhone’s wallpaper to a photograph of 1980s singer Rick Astley – best known for his hit Never Gonna Give You Up.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/09/2737673.htm

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http://m.abc.net.au/browse?page=11144&articleid=2737673&cat=Justin

from @perthtones’ iPhone

iPhone App Glamorizes suicide – App store rates it in TOP 50!

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SuicideGirls -Flip Strip iPhone App

I love my iPhone, can’t wait for 3.o – but Apple Puleeeze will you take a look at the name of this App.

As a mental health advocate and survivor of PTSD I can share with you that troubled young ladies don’t really need to have suicide presented as a glamorous, sexy thing.

I’ll leave the objectification of women for others to object too, and I agree, but for the love of someone’s daughter will you get this horrendously named App out of the App store until the name is changed.

Meanwhile I urge and even plead for everyone to demand more Government funding for real, grassroots, consumer driven suicide prevention work, especially suicide hotlines which here in Perth are so overwhelmed that desperate people are unable to get through. Please donate and support these Lifeline type services, they are likely to be needed by someone you know.

#21 TOP FREE APP SuicideGirls -Flip Strip iPhone App

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Jeff Pulver talks to Tony Serve – Bright Future for VoIP – Telstra Australia among the leaders

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Jeff Pulver on VoIP’s future  – 22 minutes

Morse code to VoIP, what’s next.

Listen in as Jeff Pulver heralds the HD sounds of tomorrow’s internet telephony.

Jeff paved the way for us to use VoIP by convincing US authorities that VoIP was not a telephone, and he’s gone on to build momentum for cheap global communications to be high quality as well as low or no cost.

Click here for Jeff’s site where there’s news of how to be involved in big upcoming events ;

140 CHARACTERS CONFERENCE

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) will be taking place in NYC on June 10-11, 2009.

SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SUMMIT

The next Social Communications Summit (SocComm II) will be taking place in NYC on June 23-24, 2009.

Interview via Skype Perth to New York recorded with Call Recorder

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and edited on Apple Macbook Using Garage Band

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IT TALKS! see iPod shuffle – Apple Store (U.K.) soon for australia too

iPod shuffle – Apple Store (U.K.).

Apple release the new Mac Mini – more new kit as well in Apple Store Oz

Apple Mac Mini 2009

Thanks to iPhoneiNquisitor for the news that the new Mac Mini is now on sale – click the picture above for the Apple link and confirmation of the details, inclusing iLife ’09 being part of the deal.

There are more goodies too, but the Mini is an amazing little fella. Tell your business friends they can upgrade their PCs to Minis much more cheaply than a PC box.

The BYOKBAM ( Bring Your Own Keyboard And Mouse ) is cool, because it saves money.

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Ten Top iPhone games from WIRED

  

WIRED has a new year list of top games here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a great wrap of all types of iPhone Apps click here or on the Macmost image below

Apple iLife 09 is due out today – face recognition for iPhoto, guitar & piano lessons in Garage Band – bring it on!

iLife '09

 

 

Apple’s iLife ’09 is due out today. Some new features will make it even more useful than ever.

See here for Apple’s info on;

• face recognition and geolocation for pics in iPhoto
• guitar and piano lessons built into Garage Band
• iMovie getting picture in picture and other new elements, making a must have for video journalists
• other stuff I haven’t discovered yet.

let me know what you think of the new suite

I’ve found iWeb full of extraneous code that my webmaster mate says is a mess and doesn’t come up well on some PCs

After checking it out I’ll decide whether my Broadcast Journalism students ( University of Notre Dame Fremantle ) can save money by using the updated iMovie to edit news footage instead of the more challenging and fairly expensive Final Cut Pro.

The Transition from iMovie 07 to 08 was a little tricky for some users, but this rebirth looks extremely cool.

and as a long time Mac person – get well Steve Jobs!

Murphy’s Law Muzzles Mighty Google Voice Search

The Google Voice Search mentioned here last week still hasn’t appeared in Apple’s iPhone Apps store ( A place I love )

Wired worked out why as you’ll see by clicking below
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/apple-forgets-t.html

I do like the Apps store more than I should – and some of it is really useful, not just fun – I highly recommend iTalk and it’s computer companion iTalk Sync for recording quality audio on iPhone and wifi’ing it to your PC/Mac.

The other big App for me is FRING – Skype and many other comms on iPhone no matter who your carrier is.