Apple’s Low-Cost iPhone Actually Has a 5-Inch Screen, Redesigned Body, Says DigiTimes

If I had a dime for every DigiTimes report citing its industry sources on the hottest circulating Apple rumor I’d be blogging this from a solid gold keyboard.

That’s not to say the trade publication hasn’t been reliable in the past. It’s just that most rumors dished out by the Taiwanese site seem to take on a strange spin at times.

Take for instance today’s “iPhone-for-emerging-markets” report. In typical fashion, the site states, “Apple will roll out a low-cost version of the iPhone for China and other emerging markets in the second half of 2013,” followed by the all-too-familiar “according to supply-chain sources.” So far so good.

However, some of these sources have allegedly seen a sample of the low-cost iPhone, which (hear this) “will come with a larger display, meeting the prevailing trend for the adoption of 5-inch displays for high-end models.”

The same sources also said that the phone would have “a brand new exterior design.”

I don’t know about you, but I’m having a really hard time picturing Apple charging fewer dollars for a brand-spanking new iPhone with a bigger display and a redesigned chassis.

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iOS 7 and iPhone 6,1 Appear in Usage Logs

We kick off 2013 with an exciting discovery from a developer who is familiar with Apple’s software and hardware testing, reporting new activity coming from the company's Cupertino campus that points to tests carried out using a new generation iPhone and iOS 7.

An unnamed developer showed TNW that Apple has been testing hardware bearing a new ‘iPhone6,1′ identifier.


Moreover, the developer said the device was powered by iOS 7, the next major version of Apple’s mobile operating system which not only runs on iPhones, but also on iPads and iPod touch players.

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US Army Databases Hacked, Details of 36,000 Individuals Stolen

Earlier this month, unknown hackers managed to gain illegal access to the details of around 36,000 individuals who were somehow connected to the US Army command center formerly located at Fort Monmouth.

According to APP, the details of Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) personnel were accessed by the hackers.

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Microsoft Fixes Clickjacking Vulnerability in Socl Almost 5 Months After Being Notified

Security researcher Nikhil P. Kulkarni has identified a clickjacking (User Interface redress) vulnerability in Microsoft’s social media website Socl (So.cl). The expert told the company of the flaw back in August, but they addressed it only a few days ago.

“Social Networking sites today are accessed by millions of internet users as it is the best way to stay connected with their near and dear ones. But if they aren’t careful, then they might fall prey for various scams,” the researcher told Softpedia in an email.

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