Apple releases second update to the iPhone today, one week early per previous information.
Connect your iPhone, launch iTunes, select the iPhone, and click on “Check for Update”.
What’s in iPod Software Version 1.0.2″
Bug Fixes
more…..
How To: Add Photo from iPhone Directly to Web Gallery
Web Gallery is the newest feature for both .Mac Service and iPhoto ’08 (iLife ’08). Apple has quietly added the ability to send a picture from the iPhone directly to the Web Gallery.
When the “Send to Web Gallery” button mysteriously appeared during Apple Special Event – August 2007, it came back and returned an error message. In TWiT‘s MacBreak Weekly 52, even Merlin Mann couldn’t figure out (at that moment) why this feature wouldn’t work. Eventually, the whole casts; Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay didn’t know how to make it work. (time stamp: 10 minutes)
It says:
None of your .Mac accounts have been configured for posting from mobile devices.
You must first enable this feature on the .Mac website.
The informations on .Mac website says that:
If you don’t see the Send To Gallery item, make sure you’ve set up your .Mac email address on your phone and that your iPhone has the latest software updates. For more information about using iPhone, see the documentation that came with it.
Before we go further, let’s get to the basic requirements:
- .Mac Account; make sure they are set-up on the Mac and the iPhone
- iPhoto ’08 (part of iLife ’08)
- iPhone
Creating the Web Gallery:
- In iPhoto ’08, select the pictures to be included in the Web Gallery. Then click on the “Web Gallery” button (circled in red as pictured below)
- Check the “Allow photo uploading by email”
- On the sidebar, the newly created Web Gallery appears. You can rename the Web Gallery after it was created. On the top bar, you can find the web address and the email for that particular Web Gallery. You can send picture to the email address (on the top right as pictured below).
- The newly created Web Gallery can be accessed through the address on the top bar or directly to http://gallery.mac.com/your.dot.mac.name.
To add photo from iPhone directly to Web Gallery:
- Make sure you’ve set up your .Mac email account on your iPhone.
- Choose the photo you want add to your Web Gallery.
- Tap the Send Photo button (in the lower-left corner of the screen).
- Tap Send To Web Gallery.
- Tap the Web Gallery album to which you want to add your photo.
- In the email that appears, enter a title for the photo in the subject of the email.
The subject you enter becomes the title of the photo on your Web Gallery
- Send the email. The picture will automatically be added to the selected Web Gallery.
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For more informations
Adding photos or movies from your desktop to a .Mac Web Gallery
Adding photos or movies via email to a .Mac Web Gallery
Adding photos directly from iPhone to your .Mac Web Gallery
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Apple – http://www.apple.com/
Carlos Alazraqui – http://www.carlosalazraqui.com/
Apple Event, August 07 2007: Rumors and Predictions
Apple is set to hold an event at their Cupertino Campus tomorrow (08.07.2007). Many Tech and Apple oriented site speculate what Apple might announce. Apple themselves said that August 7th announcement will be a “Mac related” one. So far, the rumor-mill are pointing out to new and thinner Aluminum iMac line.
“Full-featured, but not full-sized!”
Based on the information that I’ve got from a totally imaginary Apple employee (*wink-wink* – take that Steve Jobs! Go ahead and try finding out the leak source), the upcoming Mac related products are:
.Mac Upgrade
First off, it was first mentioned on Leo Laporte’s “The Tech Guy” Radio Show chat-room on Sunday August 5th, 2007. Unfortunately Leo Laporte no longer provides the transcript to the chat for a while now. The supposed upgrade to .Mac includes the following (may include some fake info):
- Server level spam filter and virus scanner.
- Storage increase.
- Support for the iPhone.
- Support for Windows users. .Mac no longer requires Mac OS X, but
- Exclusive features available only Mac OS X.
- Special features only available for Mac OS X Leopard (and beyond).
New Mac Model
Not sure what that means. Does this refer to iMac, MacBook (Pro), Mac mini, or a completely new category? All that I heard was “New Mac Model”, and still I wonder.
Mac OS X for PC (This one is unlikely)
Mac OS X is finally sold for non-Mac. Albeit this might be what many have wanted for a long time. It seems unlikely for Apple to so without cannibalizing their own Mac hardware market.
Other
iLife, iWork, etc.
Remember, these are rumors. We’ll see what Uncle Steve will reveal on Tuesday.
Apple Releases iPhone Software Version 1.0.1
Apple has released iPhone Software Version 1.0.1 that includes some bug fixes.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
- Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2400
Available for: iPhone v1.0
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may allow cross-site scripting
Description: Safari’s security model prevents JavaScript in remote web pages from modifying pages outside of their domain. A race condition in page updating combined with HTTP redirection may allow JavaScript from one page to modify a redirected page. This could allow cookies and pages to be read or arbitrarily modified. This update addresses the issue by correcting access control to window properties. Credit to Lawrence Lai, Stan Switzer, and Ed Rowe of Adobe Systems, Inc. for reporting this issue.
- Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3944
Available for: iPhone v1.0
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted web page may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Heap buffer overflows exist in the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library used by the JavaScript engine in Safari. By enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted web page, an attacker may trigger the issue, which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of JavaScript regular expressions. Credit to Charlie Miller and Jake Honoroff of Independent Security Evaluators for reporting these issues
- WebCore
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2401
Available for: iPhone v1.0
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may allow cross-site requests
Description: An HTTP injection issue exists in XMLHttpRequest when serializing headers into an HTTP request. By enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted web page, an attacker could trigger a cross-site scripting issue. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of header parameters. Credit to Richard Moore of Westpoint Ltd. for reporting this issue.
- WebKit
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3742
Available for: iPhone v1.0
Impact: Look-alike characters in a URL could be used to masquerade a website
Description: The International Domain Name (IDN) support and Unicode fonts embedded in Safari could be used to create a URL which contains look-alike characters. These could be used in a malicious web site to direct the user to a spoofed site that visually appears to be a legitimate domain. This update addresses the issue by through an improved domain name validity check.
- WebKit
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2399
Available for: iPhone v1.0
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An invalid type conversion when rendering frame sets could lead to memory corruption. Visiting a maliciously crafted web page may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Credit to Rhys Kidd of Westnet for reporting this issue.
Other Bug Fixes found:
- VPN Client – No longer asking for “numerical-only” passwords when turned on
The update can be obtained through iTunes (7.3.x or higher required)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305744
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/
Apple iPhone: Rumor on The SDK
I was listening to TWiT Podcast (take that, Leo Laporte and your “netcast” term) for July 1st, 2007. Leo mentioned something that he later called as “maybe bogus” rumor regarding Apple iPhone SDK. Rephrasing what Leo said, Apple may already have an iPhone SDK for Mac OS X, but not for Windows platform.
Honestly, this might be true, even though we haven’t heard anything close to this rumor. Since the iPhone is running Mac OS X, one questions come to mind. Is it possible to develop an app for Mac OS X on Windows platform? Theoretically it might be possible, as long as Apple can provide the SDK.
Are there any Windows-based developers out there who want to write an app for the iPhone? I bet there are, and many of them wouldn’t want to buy a Mac just to develop some simple apps for the iPhone.
In a way, I understand how Apple wants to control the iPhone experience. The one thing I personally do not want is to have my iPhone crashing because of some apps I installed.
We’ll see how this will go in a few months.
Anyway, there are a few things I “overheard” regarding the iPhone and Mac OS X Leopard. I’d go through them and see if they are making any sense at all.
That Phone That Apple Made
Apparently Apple made some kind of Mobile Phone.
Anyway, I heard that it was equally loved and hated by the early adopters.
For example, my friend didn’t like the way the iPhone syncs with iTunes. The iTunes won’t let you drag any song to the iPhone, as it requires playlists.
From what I heard, the iPhone Activation was a breeze for existing Cingular/AT&T customers. As for switchers, they might have slight resistance from their current providers (Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, …….). Honestly it is somewhat expected, they don’t want their customers to switch.
If I’m not lazy, I’d write more here. I’ll update this entry later.
Apple iPhone: Safari Identifier Code
Apple iPhone’s Safari identifies itself as:
“iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en”
The Media Player indentifies itself as:
“Apple OS X v1.0 CoreMedia v1.0.0.1A543a”