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When Apple announced last month that it anticipated higher development costs in coming months, analysts cringed and the stock dropped. But tech heads rejoiced. Such a message often means new products are coming from the company. Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer told analysts that a future product transition will lower gross margins from nearly 35 to about 30 percent in 2009.

What Does Apple Have Up Its Sleeve

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A mobile development author has discovered a mechanism in Apple's iPhone softwarethe mac news you care about

When Apple launched the App Store, they suggested that the use of DRM'd and signed applications could allow them to protect the iPhone from malicious applications and suggested that they could deactivate such applications remotely. Jonathan Zdziarsk...

Researcher discovers targeted iPhone app "kill switch"
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Apple's Ability to Deactivate Malicious App Store Apps

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Now you see it, now you don't. Apple is playing hide and seek with some applications in the iPhone and iPod touch online App Store. The first application to show and then disappear was Nullriver's NetShare. It first went on sale briefly on Thursday, then disappeared without explanation -- to the developer or to MacNewsWorld press inquiries on the matter -- then reappeared Friday. And now it's gone again.

Apple's App Store Antics Frustrate Devs