We’re not really certain why anyone’s surprised by the iPhone libtiff exploit at this point — it’s the entire basis of the 1.1.1 jailbreak, after all — but apparently Fast Company didn’t get the memo, because it just posted up this video of “self-employed security consultant” Rik Farrow using the ’sploit to surreptitiously install a voice recorder on an unpatched 1.1.1 iPhone. That would have been huge news when the iPhone first came out, obviously (and look at that — it was) but FC and Rik are a little late, here: the libtiff exploit has already been patched, first by the Jailbreakme 1.1.1 web-jailbreak and then by Apple in the 1.1.2 update. There’s no doubt that it’s a serious vulnerability — and Rik’s confidently paranoid tone in this video makes it a must-watch — but it’s funny to see people get all worked up over a patched security hole hackers have been exploiting on a variety of devices for some time now.

“China’s mobile market is so huge that even if Apple gets only a tiny slice of it, even if China’s wireless operators stiff Apple on the subscription-revenue share, and even if Apple has to cut the iPhone’s price, we’re still talking big dollars” Henry Blodget

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The new features are great, though they took out volume control in the application, and the fact that the player is pretty slow and lags just about everything else up on the phone. Multitasking is great because now it doesn’t matter if you accidentally  hit the home button, it just goes to the home screen and keeps the music playing.

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Instead, Apple has had to rephrase their firewall description, which originally boasted that Leopard could “block all incoming connections”; in the process, they had to admit that they had perhaps been misleading:

“The ‘Block all incoming connections’ setting for the Application Firewall allows any process running as user “root” (UID 0) to receive incoming connections, and also allows mDNSResponder to receive connections. This could result in the unexpected exposure of network services” Apple

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For those of you who keep your iPhone connected via WiFi entirely more often than through EDGE, listen up. As of now, it appears that iPhone users can login to their AT&T myAccount page, surf on over to the “Add / Manage Features” section and opt out of the (previously required) monthly data plan. Making the change will save you a whole $20 per month — or $240 per year, if you prefer that perspective. Granted, you’ll also lose visual voicemail in the process, but at least you’re now being presented the option, right?

[Via TUAW]

To perform the jailbreak, run the batch file on Windows which will bring up a java program giving you choices to install SSH, the administrator password, and then finally jailbreak. Full instructions for different firmware versions and updating to 1.1.2 the correct way for jailbreaking 1.1.2 are included in the readme file.

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Some new sleek things being rumored around are things such as a video recorder, stereo bluetooth playback, and ability send picture messages. Apple is releasing updates of new features slowly to keep users interested in the iPhone.

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Sequencing could allow you to create a number of loops and switch over to create a song, but for now I only see it having one pattern. BPM is also nice, but it’s really not accurate and you have to tap it.

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Google rolls out a new iPhone friendly revamp to its popular web based RSS reader. Users are now greeted with a cleaner, more logically designed interface that places key navigation icons on top, for greater accessibility. It still doesn’t provide the collapsible tree view that I long for, but it does go a step further towards a better RSS experience. I approve.

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