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AT&T breach reveals 114,000 iPad owners’ email addresses, including some elite customers
Uh oh. According to Valleywag , an AT&T security breach led to the exposure of 114,000 email addresses (and associated SIM / ICC identifiers) belonging to Apple iPad owners. A group of hackers calling themselves Goatse Security (be careful looking that one up) figured out a number of ICC-IDs and ran a script on AT&T’s site through a faked iPad UserAgent, which would then return the associated addresses.
WSJ: Apple and HarperCollins negotiating e-book deal for tablet
Here’s the skinny from The Wall Street Journal : major publishing company HarperCollins is in talks with Apple about bringing e-books to the oft-rumored, still-unconfirmed tablet that’s expected to be the focus of its January 27th event . The article also states that other publishing companies have been in talks with Cupertino HQ. That jibes with what we’ve heard through the grapevine, specifically with Time Inc
Engadget talks Joojoo, Arrington, 3G, and more with Fusion Garage’s Chandra Rathakrishnan
We had a chance to sit down and talk with Chandra Rathakrishnan of Fusion Garage yesterday for a more in-depth discussion than our previous meeting provided, and we learned a few interesting tidbits about both the Joojoo , as well as the company’s highly public troubles with Michael Arrington (before the latest move ).
Analyst noise: Apple tablet in March for $1k, publishers on-board, Verizon iPhone coming too
If you’ve been following mainstream news today, then it’s likely you’ve seen the story doing the rounds on new Apple tablet rumors, spurred by a note sent to clients from Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner. Never heard of him? That’s not surprising, since he has no real connection to Apple, and his job mainly consists of telling people how to move their money around — a Master of the Universe gear-cranker, you might say.
Magazine publishers announce joint digital distribution scheme
The joint venture between four leading publishers has issued a press release highlighting a few of the finer points of its plan to create a platform for digital magazine distribution — we guess that The New York Observer wasn’t kidding when it said that a deal between Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation, and Time Inc. was imminent
Major media giants to form joint venture for digital future, says WSJ
News Corp , Time Inc., Cond? Nast Publications Inc., Hearst Corp., and Meredith Corp. If this Wall Street Journal report is to be believed here, these five major media firms are preparing to announce a new joint venture tomorrow to “prepare print publications for a new generation of electronic readers and other digital devices.” Details are a bit sketchy here, and what makes it more interesting / confounding is that many of these companies already have or have showcased separate initiatives, such as Hearst’s Skiff and tablet demos from both Time and Cond? Nast
