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Apple’s App Store Ban Draws Laughs From iPhone Hackers

Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone hackers who have developed software that breaks AT&T (NYSE:T)’s exclusive U.S. carrier status are scoffing at Apple’s bid to ban them from the Apple iPhone App Store.

Sherif Hashim, an iPhone developer who developed a hack for the latest Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3, boasted in a Twitter post on Valentine’s Day at 7:21 p.m. that he received a message that his Apple ID was banned for “security reasons.”

“That’s what i get when i try to go to the app store, they must be really angry :))))),” wrote Hashim in his Twitter post.

“And guess what my apple ID was, “sherif_hashim@yahoo.com”, what a fool was me not to notice :))), can’t help laughing, they are babies :))),” tweeted Hashim at 7:23 pm.

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iPhone Users Want Flash by Millions, Adobe Says

Some 7 million iPhone users have tried to download Flash, according to a Adobe blog post.

Mark Doherty, Flash Platform Evangelist at Adobe Systems focused on Mobile and Devices with Flash technologies notes: “A little while ago I blogged about our new iPhone page at the Flash Player download center, the same site where hundreds of millions of users download and upgrade Flash every year.”

“We were amazed by the numbers of hits received from iPhone OS devices, from users seeking the Flash Player to play back rich content from their favorite sites. Users that, before we created the special page, had no idea that Apple do not want them viewing the Internet as they see it today.”

Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and forthcoming iPad don’t run Flash despite Adobe claiming Flash is currently used in more than 85 per cent of websites, including the BBC, around the world.

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