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Please Ignore iPhone 3G Component Cost Reports

June 25, 2008 – 8:44 pm

I’ve been seeing an increase in the number of “reports” [1] [2] about the new iPhone component cost. People seem to think this is some sort of useful information. It isn’t. Having only component costs is pointless. But what’s worse is that these reports are just an imaginary breakdown with a guess at the components [...]

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Wipe That iPhone Before You Sell It

June 4, 2008 – 8:38 am

I mentioned before that the data on your iPhone can be recovered. That is still true. There is no proven method to securely wipe the iPhone as of this writing.
However, the same man who wrote the scary forensic tool for the iPhone is letting people in on how he prepares items for resale:
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Read This Before You Sell Your Old iPhone for the 3G iPhone

May 19, 2008 – 7:22 pm

Jonathan Zdziarski has revealed that the iPhone can’t delete personal data, in fact, it keeps tons of important stuff that could lead to identity theft, among other things. Right now his forensic tools are available only to Law Enforcement officials, but he plans to release it to the public. This means that anyone willing to [...]

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My Leopard Finder Bug

November 26, 2007 – 11:11 am

I found a bug in Leopard that kind of stinks. Not a huge problem, but it confused me at first. While it isn’t deadly it could mean lost files for people (it almost meant that for me). I reported it to Apple, see my report below. This bug was first found in Leopard 10.5.1 (9B18)
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