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Apple suffered a cyber attack on its servers resulting in the data breach. Hackers attacked the Cupertino company in the frame of their “Antisecurity” program. The attack is attributed to the hackers of Anonymous and retired LulzSec groups.

A new unknown group AntiSec alleges it has discovered a number of flaws on the website of Apple exploiting which leads to get access to the database of user names and passwords of the iPhone, iPad and iTunes users.

Apple provided its response to the new attack started by hackers on Mac computers, the most pernicious types of computer virus infecting Cupertino machines.

Apple has issued a security advisory to customers warning them about a recent scam that infects Macs with malicious software that wrongly tells them their computer is infected with a virus. Hackers are targeting Mac machines to obtain credit card numbers and other valuable personal information.

South Korean company Samsung Electronics filed its own lawsuit against Apple accusing the Cupertino giant of infringing 10 patents. Earlier Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming the Samsung's Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad.

Being one of the most rapidly growing smartphone makers Samsung poses a fierce competition for Apple in the tablet market. Galaxy series tablets produced by Samsung are built on Google's Android operating system, which directly competes with Apple's mobile software.

Faceplates of the next generation iPad and iPhone leaked online with some users posting the images of the parts. The images support the idea that the iPad 2 will have a front-facing camera while the iPhone 5 will be equipped with a larger screen.

It should be noted that the parts were made by Chinese vendors: the image of the iPad 2 case comes from a Chinese iPhone repair shop while the image of the iPhone 5 faceplace was posted on the website of Apple’s reseller in China.

A new smaller and less expensive version of the iPhone is under development at the Cupertino company Apple, according to the reports made by Bloomberg, who cited unnamed source familiar with the matter.

According to the report, the prototype device is about one-third smaller than the iPhone 4.

Apple has considered selling the new iPhone for $200 without a two-year wireless contract, Bloomberg reported.

Apple is aiming to unveil the device around the middle of this year, but the launch may be delayed or canceled altogether, the report said.
 

Apple is being sued among other companies by the Alcatel-Lucent backed Multimedia Patent Trust (MPT) that submitted its filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on Monday. The lawsuit accuses the Cupertino along with Canon, LG Electronics and TiVo of infringing MPT’s patents on video compression.

iPad users will soon be able to seamlessly watch pages on the Internet that have Flash content as SkyFire is coming for the Cupertino tablet device soon with the Flash support. SkyFire for the iPad features the integration with Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader and the Like button as well as Fireplace pop-up that reports latest updates from Facebook.

While the actual model of the next iPhone iteration is only under development at the Cupertino offices a Chinese manufacturer has already released the prototype of the iPhone 5. A Chinese language website M8cool says that this is exactly how the next Apple’s phone will look like.

The device is likely running some OS other than iOS, maybe Android with the customized interface. According to the images and video footage Chinese developers believe the next iPhone 5 will return to its old fashion and will appear as the iPhone 3GS design.
 

New iteration of Apple iOS comes with multi-tasking to iPad and a number of other new features for all iOS devices. The update was announced in September and now the Cupertino presents it.

iOS 4.2 sports numerous tiny changes. Most notable is the universal inbox which combines differing email accounts together. Besides, the new operating system adds streaming to a an Apple TV box over Apple's AirPlay – and, if you're lucky enough to own one of the handful of supported printers, then AirPrint will give your mobile applications a route to physicality.

According to the latest rumors reported by a technology and consumer gadgets blog BGR, a new iPhone 4 version is being on its final stage of testing before release. The new device is coded as the "iPhone3,2", a "solid" mole has told website BGR. The current iPhone 4 is "3,1".

Apple reported record revenue and profits for its fiscal fourth quarter this week boosted by the strong sales of Macs, iPhones and iPads. The company Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer called the quarter a "great fiscal quarter” as it brought a profit of $4.31 billion, compared to $2.53 billion for the same period last year. The report shows that for the quarter ended Sept. 25, Apple recorded $20.34 billion in revenue, an increase of nearly 67% from the year-ago quarter's sales figure of $12.21 billion.

As Apple announced its plans to discontinue shipping iPhone 4 with a free bumper case Consumer Reports again raised its voice to recommend against the popular Cupertino smartphone. Consumer Reports stressed that it still cannot recommend a device that places the burden on users to mitigate a hardware design flaw.

Soon after Apple released its iOS 4.1 hackers reported that they had found ways to jailbreak the devices on the new operating system. And unfortunately for the Cupertino they can do nothing to stop hackers in the near future.

iPhone Dev-Team member pod2g was first to announce the exploit in the boot ROM of iOS devices. Soon it was confirmed by other hackers, who said that because the exploit targets such a low-level part of the operating system, Apple won't be able to stop jailbreakers without making significant hardware changes.

On Wednesday this week Apple is holding an event where attendants will see once again how the company’s profits are getting more dependent on different devices other than PC. The Cupertino will show its new iPod Touch with a camera for video chatting and a revamped Apple TV set-top box that will reportedly resemble an iPhone 4.

Apple has launched a lawsuit against companies who allegedly infringe a number of its patents by selling unauthorized electronic accessories such as chargers, speakers and cables for the iPod music player, iPhone and iPad tablet computer.

"Many are of inferior quality and reliability, raising significant concerns over compatibility with and damage to Apple's products," Apple (AAPL) said in the complaint, citing a user comment that a charger from one of the companies drained his iPod rather than replenishing the battery.