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Apple Patches iPhone Security Concerns

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Apple today issued an update for its iPhone operating system, patching a flaw in its text-messaging operation that security experts say could have allowed serious hackers to “take over every iPhone in the world,” AllThingsD reports. “Contrary to what’s been reported,... Read full story »

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