Tech News Stories

All the Tech News! Stories from this weeks episode:

iPhone password hacking
-Losing your iPhone may be worse than you thought as researches at fraunhofer SIT have been able to jailbreak and decrypt passwords in your iPhones keychain for anything like Gmail accounts, WiFi networks MS Exchange, Email accounts and corporate VPN, all this can be done without knowing the lockscreen passcode. so if you lose your phone and don't use the remote wipe available on the free find my iphone app you may be in trouble!!

-read more : http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/10/researchers-steal-lost-iphone-passwords-in-6-minutes-video/

Ipad 3 in September?
-with Apple expected to announce the 2nd generation iPad within the month speculation has already started about the so called iPad 3 sources are saying it may be released as early as september! TechCrunch claims they have independently heard that Apple will be revising the iPad this fall they said:
"We've now heard that this "fall surprise" is related to this would-be iPad 3. We don't have any more concrete information beyond that. But, as of right now, the plan is apparently to release one iteration of the iPad in the next few weeks. And then blow the doors open with another new version in the fall." With the iPhone tending to be announced around every years WWDC this would be the first change to the predictable refreshes in apples product lines bringing the iPad in line with the iPods for renewing.

-read more: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/09/ipad-3-to-arrive-this-september/

New HP tablet
-Hewlett-Packard have unveiled a new tablet to compete against apples ipad googles android powered machines in RIM's Playbook the new "TouchPad" is based on the webOS operating system which was developed by palm and bought by HP last year. HP is hoping its investment will pay dividends with tablet sales expected to soar to over 50 million in the coming year.

-read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12407761