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Online shoppers from New Zealand who were buying some items in an Internet store were astounded when at the checkout they paid almost nothing for expensive televisions and iPods.

Twitter community reported that the error happened at Australia-based electronics retailer Dick Smith's New Zealand website, which failed to register the main items and charged customers with only postage and handling.

"My order just went through. 27 inch iMac. Total price: $4.95'," @Steffen_, tweeted.

A 27-inch iMac would normally cost from A$1,500-A$1800 ($1,500-$1,800).

A bug was disclosed in Apple’s software that could be exploited by criminals to gain control over iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices.

On Wednesday the website www.jailbreakme.com released code that Apple customers can use to modify the iOS operating system through jaibreaking. Many Apple customers jailbreak their devices so that they could download and run applications that are not approved by Apple or use iPhone phones on networks of carriers that are not approved by Apple.

DigiTimes speculated that the next generation iPhone will have curved display. Citing unnamed sources the magazine reported that Apple has purchased 200-300 machines to manufacture such glasses.

Inasmuch as manufacturers didn’t want to make investments in expensive equipment Apple had to buy glass cutting machines itself, says DigiTimes.

According to the recent reports Apple denied the fact that they asked the injured workers to leave their jobs. This statement came after a scandal caused by interview of Jia Jingchuan, a 27-year-old worker who suffered from exposure to the chemical, to journalists. 

This week Apple at last unveiled a final release candidate of iOS 4.2 to developers asking the app built for the platform, which prompted that the company is close to the promised mark of releasing the update in November.

Apple posted a message on the developers portal where they were asked to prepare their app for iOS 4.2. Until recently developers could only submit app updates designed for the currently shipping versions of iOS--4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch, 3.2 for iPad.

This week at a special event in Cupertino Apple made a preview of its forthcoming operating system OS X which will now be known as Lion. In the new OS the company brings many features of iOS to the Mac machines.

Apple’s devices are contributing to the losses prime-television suffers today. The audience of the TV is sharply decreasing with people dedicating more time to their gadgets from the Cupertino.

"A new entertainment force is once again driving disruption: the iPhone," blogs Peter Farago, marketing veep at Flurry, the app-tracker self-described as "a leading smartphone application analytics and monetization platform."

While Apple keeps to a view that its iAd platform is that it "gives brands what they've been waiting for: access to the global audience of iPhone and iPod touch users, enhanced targeting, premium creative and robust measurement”, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz has another opinion.

Without mincing words, Yahoo's CEO predicted during an interview with Reuters, "That's going to fall apart for them."

Apple has taken an unprecedented move with opening up its software code to a third party company. Apple unveiled its iTunes software system to BridgeCo, a software company that embeds chips in stereo equipment which allow users to seamlessly stream music wirelessly from a mobile device.

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.

The biggest mobile show in the world is hosting its first event dedicated specially for Apple developers next year. Mobile World Congress, which takes place each February in Barcelona, Spain, will add MacWorld Mobile to its new slate of events focused on developers, who make the small software programs or apps that have become key to phone makers' fortunes.

Apple itself never participates in wider industry events like MWC or the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas but prefers to stage its own shows, which attract huge amounts of media attention.

At the company’s “special event” in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, the CEO of Apple Inc Steve Jobs unveiled the next two generations of iOS, updates that will bring multiplayer gaming and high-definition photography to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches next week and wireless printing and media streaming in November.

Inasmuch as Apple didn’t provide for proper tools to allow owners of the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to get a document off their touchscreen and onto a printed page, users often face a problem of installing an additional app for which they should pay.

Booyah, makers of the popular location-based mobile entertainment app MyTown, has announced introduction of ex-CEO of eBay and PayPal Jeff Jordan to its board of directors. According to CEO of Booyah, Keith Lee, Jeff Jordan is a real treasure for them in view of his huge experience and knowledge.  

Finally, Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger application has become available for iPhone. But, unfortunately, it had landed in certain regions, not everywhere, (iTunes link), just like Microsoft’s Bing for iPhone app.

As it became known, people from UK, Canada and France can enjoy Windows Live Messenger for their iPhones.

People in Belgium and other regions can only download Microsoft’s two other applications, Seadragon and Tag Reader.