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As anticipated few months ago iPhone worm's and viruses have now started to appear in wild, Mac security software provider Intego Security has unveiled a new hacker-tool dubbed iPhone/Privacy.A which utilizes the default SSH password vulnerability in jailbroken iPhone's to gain access to iPhone's data enabling hackers to steal users email, contacts, SMS's, calendars, photos, music files, videos and virtually anything on users device.

Written in Python the iPhone hacking utility allows hackers access to victim devices from computer's running Windows, OSX/Unix and Linux allowing them to do anything with stolen data, to prevent yourself from this and similar threat's all you need to is to change the default SSH password on jailbroken iPhone's and iPod's following the simple how-to guide provided next.

Dropbox lets users sync files across multiple computers and stores a secure backup copy online allowing them to be accessed from any internet connected computer, now with release of free Dropbox iPhone App users can access their Dropbox on-the-go enabling users to access, view and sync files right from the device.

Apart from letting you view and share files, Dropbox iPhone app also allows you to use iPhone’s built-in camera to take photos or videos (requires iPhone 3GS) and upload them instantly to your account, used together with Dropbox shared folders these files are instantly shared with friends and family and synced to their computers.

iPhone Dev Team's carrier unlock Ultrasn0w is now updated to v 0.92 fixing the cosmetic missing carrier name bug on devices with firmware 3.1.X having baseband 04.26, to install the latest Ultrasn0w update make sure your iPhone is connected to internet and launch Cydia, it will display the new update from where you can install it.

iH8sn0w team's iPhone jailbreak, unlock and boot-logo changer utility for Windows Sn0wBreeze is expected to be available for public download anytime soon, the team released another teaser video demonstrating the Sn0wBreeze utility.

Sn0wBreeze is basically the latest version of PwnageTool ported for Windows platform allowing Windows users to create custom .IPSW files for their devices.

Microsoft Windows 7 comes loaded with lots of new features, and one of the most exciting new feature is Device Stage which introduces a brand new way to interact with your hardware devices from Windows desktop; Out-of-the-box support for hardware devices is one of the major strength for Windows over competing operating-systems and Windows 7 takes this to all new level with even more device-support allowing users to utilize services offered by their devices via new visual interface of device-stage without the need to install additional software or drivers.

Newly introduced Device Stage is not just a visual interface to interact with your devices but also offers automatic media conversion suited for devices plugged-in as I found it while working with Creative Zen MP3 player as demonstrated ahead.

As expected whizkid GeoHot's iPhone carrier unlock for baseband 05.11.07 dubbed blacksn0w is live now and user can now safely upgrade to the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 having baseband 05.11.07 via iTunes and still get the carrier-unlock using blacksn0w and jailbreak through Blackra1n RC3 utility.

The latest Blackra1n release is available for both Windows and Mac getting the job done in just 15 seconds, it now also supports Hacktivation which means now you don't need the official SIM to activate your iPhone using iTunes.

GeoHot has once again proved that he is the numero-uno iPhone hacker out there with his recent success in unlocking iPhone Baseband 05.11.07, moments ago GeoHot posted the video proof of world's first 05.11.07 Baseband unlocked iPhone - the unlock dubbed blacksn0w will be capable of unlocking both iPhone 3G and 3GS allowing users to unlock their phones for use with any carrier.

We had shared tips on how to reset forgotten iPod screen-lock code and iPod volume lock PIN, if you are facing the same problem with your iPhone or iPod Touch until recently you were out of luck as the only option was to do a fresh restore but now new utility RMPassword lets you reset your iPhone lock passcode easily on a MAC OS X.

To get your iPhone lock code resetted follow the simple hack as described next, for this to work your iPhone must be jailbroken with Wi-Fi connectivity and should have OpenSSH installed.

Many phones appeared claiming to be the next iPhone Killer but none was able to put even a small dent on iPhone's armor; recently Verizon and Motorola started the offensive Droid Does viral advertising campaign against Apple iPhone showing what iPhone is not-capable of doing for promoting there upcoming Android based iPhone Killer phone.

This viral advertisement war has now get excited with Apple's amusing counter campaign iDon't Care, you can enjoy all the three ad-war videos below (after the jump).

If you keep up with latest tech-news you must have heard about the Palm Pre and Apple tussle regarding support for non-apple devices in iTunes, If you are also looking for an iTunes replacement for syncing your music collection with non-apple devices or simply don't like using iTunes we had shared free iTunes alternatives which got the job done easily like WinAmp iPod Plugin and iTunes Agent; but all new utility DoubleTwist takes this to a whole new level by providing syncing support for wider range of devices and comes equipped with music purchasing facility via Amazon® MP3 Store (coming soon) posing a direct competition to Apple iTunes music store.

DoubleTwist supports both Windows and MAC platforms letting users choose and sync pictures, videos, music or iTunes playlists with hundreds of devices like Apple iPhone, iPod, Palm Pre, Android phones, BlackBerry, Sony PSP, Archos 605, Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cybershot phones, Nokia N & E Series phones, Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0 platform devices, LG's Viewty and Shine, Motorola (V9 and V3xx)/most Razr phones, Amazon Kindle, Nintendo DSi, most digital cameras and flash-memory-based camcorders.