At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the …
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Access Denied: Twitter Changes Login Rules for Apps
Twitter’s just announced changes to the way third party clients have to connect users to the service, and has upset a few apple carts along the way.
In an official announcement headlined Mission: Permission, Twitter’s Jodi Olsen wrote:
“Beginning today, we’re giving you more control over what information you share with third-party
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Leaked: Sony Letter to Publishers About PSN Outage
“Don’t call us, we’ll call you.” That’s the gist of a new, reportedly leaked letter from Sony to its publishing partners about the PlayStation Network outage, handed off by an anonymous source to Industry Gamers. If legit, it suggests Sony’s vague public tale of when and how the outage occurred doesn’t gain any insightful …
Indie iOS Developers Targeted with Legal Action for Patent Infringement
Reports are circulating that several iOS developers are being served legal notices for violations of patent infringement in the Apple App Store. What’s worrisome is that the plaintiff, Lodsys, is bypassing Apple and its daunting legal infrastructure and going straight after the vulnerable indie parties.
The patent in question concerns …
Apple May Face Legal Trouble for Software Development Rules
Hot on the heels of Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash post from last week, wherein the Apple CEO made his case for why app developers shouldn’t use third-party cross platform development software, the New York Post is now reporting that “the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are locked in negotiations over which of the …
