Mac OS Ken: 12.02.2011

Apparent Rootkit - Carrier IQ - Installed on Most Android, BlackBerry and Nokia Phones / iPhone Dev Team Member chpwn Finds Reference to Carrier IQ in iOS 5 / Apple Says It Stopped Supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 on Most Products / RIM Says It Has Nothing to Do With Carrier IQ / Nokia Says Carrier IQ Not on Its Phones (No Way, No How) / HTC: Blame the Carriers for Carrier IQ / Verizon Wireless Says It Does Not Use Carrier IQ / Sprint Says It Uses Carrier IQ But Does Not (and Cannot) Snoop / AT&T and T-Mobile Say They Use Carrier IQ for Quality Not Snooping / Senator Franken Seeks Answers from Carrier IQ on Software and Consumer Info Collected / Business Insider: Carrier IQ Offers “Weak” Statement on Service / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Sees Upside for Apple in Big Sales for Wintek; iPhone 4S Into China Soon / Vodacom South Africa to Get iPhone 4S on 16 December / ChangeWave: 96-Percent of iPhone 4S Owners Satisfied with Their Phone / CIRP: 45-Percent of iPhone 4S Buyers Paid a Penalty/Premium to Get Their New Phones / GigaOm: Mophie and Best Buy Recall Some Battery Packs for iOS Device / Australian Sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Blocked for at Least One More Week / BBC Expands Global iPlayer for iPad App to Canada; Keeps Dissing U.S. / Official: Grand Central Terminal Apple Store to Open 9 December / New York State Looking into Terms of Apple’s Grand Central Terminal Lease