Apple doubles capacity

Apple doubled the capacity of the iPhone and the iPod Touch on Tuesday for an additional $100, reports News.com.

The iPhone once again comes in two capacities: 8GB, for $399, and now 16GB, for $499. Apple sold 8GB and 4GB varieties on iPhone Day, but it discontinued the 4GB model after it cut the price of the 8GB model to $399. Ninety percent of all early iPhone buyers opted for the 8GB version.

The iPhone and the iPod Touch now come with extra storage for $100 more. Apple thinks there is still room for an 8GB iPhone in the mix, said Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP of worldwide iPod and iPhone product marketing. The first time around, people signalled pretty clearly that they wanted more than 4GB of storage, but he thinks there is still a "sweet spot" at 8GB of storage.

Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook once again face the possibility of being attacked by cyber-criminals, says CRN.

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team posted a bulletin on Monday warning users of critical vulnerabilities contained in the Aurigma Image Uploader, an ActiveX control that provides the ability to upload photographs, used by the popular social networking sites.

Specifically, the ActiveX control allows users to upload images using the Internet Explorer Web browser. The feature contains multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities in several properties, which include Action, ExtractExif and ExtractIptc, and testing has so far shown that versions up to and including 5.0.30 could be susceptible.

Bidding on a coveted block of wireless frequencies continued yesterday, as unidentified companies compete for rights to build America's first open wireless network, says Washington Post.

By the end of day, aggregate bids in the Federal Communications Commission auction of the C Block of airwaves had exceeded the $4.7 billion bid last week. Those airwaves, in the 700MHz range, now used for transmitting analogue television broadcasts, will be re-designated for high-speed wireless traffic.

They are considered especially valuable because broadcasts on that band can carry further than other signals.

Yahoo's on-demand music service will be managed by Rhapsody, the company said this week, reports Information Week.

Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers announced the Yahoo Music Unlimited partnership through his blog on Monday.

Rogers said the music service took resources away from other objectives. That includes music.yahoo.com, the company's music video site, and Launchcast Radio, which allows users to create their own "stations".