iStalker

Your iPhone or iPad knows where you've been - exactly. Security researchers have sounded the alarm about a secret file that stores longitude and latitude of the device, complete with a timestamp. The file winds up on any computer the device syncs with and is alarmingly unencrypted. That means anyone who steals or has access to your computer (say, a jealous spouse or CIA agent) can virtually track your movements. People are crying serious personal privacy foul and demanding answers from the notoriously tight-lipped company. Senator Al Franken and Representative Ed Markey called on Steve Jobs to clarify the purpose of the file, while several European nations are investigating whether the stored data violates privacy laws. Researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan point out that, while many cell phone companies have use tracking, the culled information is protected behind a firewall and would require a court order to access.

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Macinsloth

Developers of web apps accuse the Big Apple of deliberately slowing down their programs. They claim their applications are sluggish when launched from an iPhone or iPad home page, rather than from a web browser bookmark. Developers claim their web apps run on an older JavaScript engine, rather than the much speedier JavaScript Nitro, when opened from the home page. Since users like one-tap apps and the problem doesn't occur with Apple-approved apps, developers say it gives iTunes an unfair advantage. Apple benefits because they control content and continue to receive a 30-percent cut of the profits from all apps sold in the store. It's just another way the company's market domination continues.

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