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As frustrating as it is to learn that your iPhone has been spying on you, collecting an unencrypted treasure trove of your travels, the truth is we knew this was happening. Last June we reported that Apple updated its privacy policy, stating that it could, "collect, use, and share precise location data, including real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device." How precise that location data is remains in question. What is clear, however, is that the update arrived alongside the release of iOS 4—the OS affected Acer aspire 6935g Laptop Battery,Dell pc764 Battery by the tracking feature—and identified the four devices (iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPad with 3G) affected by the tracking feature.

I'm not about to give Apple a pass on disclosure or execution. Who combs through an Apple privacy statement when the latest iOS software awaits? And, to "collect" and "share" user data is one thing; to retain it in an unprotected file is quite another.

However, I think it's important that, with a few days' hindsight, we move beyond the bombast, pin down the facts, and see what's actually there. To do this, I've taken a close look at what's at risk and, in empirical spirit, borrowed fellow PCMag software analyst Jeff Wilson's iPhone 3GS to see what I could learn of the man and the travels using Pete Warden's iPhoneTracker app.

UPDATE: While I tested the tracking feature using the OS X-based iPhoneTracker, Windows users can access their data using iPhoneTrackerWin.

What and Who Is At Risk?
First, the bad news: if you're running iOS 4, your location-based data—latitude and longitude coordinates, coupled with timestamps—is stored on your phone in a file called "consolidated.db;" that file is automatically transferred to any machines with which you sync (and back up), and it's probably flowing back to Apple in some form or another. The worse news: if you haven't encrypted your backups, that data is unprotected.

Now, for the not-so-bad news. There's no confirmation that that data is leaving your custody and no evidence that Apple's harvesting it towards nefarious ends. More likely, it's being used Lenovo thinkpad t60 battery,Hp pavilion dv6 battery for two things:Apple's reportedly tapping location information to build a database, which may actually be for your own good; and other apps, such as Maps, require geo-locational data to play. To halt both in their tracks, you can disable Location Services.

Furthermore, the data is far from "precise." In fact, Apple's data collection is both inconsistent andimprecise. Rather than using GPS, location information logged in consolidated.db is determined by triangulation via cell-phone towers, a notoriously loose method. Update times run the gamut, left to the whims of cell-phone towers and phone activity. Finally, the location data available on your phone is limited by several variables:

• it dates back to the release of iOS 4, less than one year;
• only affects iPads with 3G or the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4;
• while data is timed to the second on your iPhone, you can only browse within a single week of activity using Pete Warden's iPhoneTracker application

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So you want to get yourself a cheap Apple iPhone? One of the most common reasons why people could not possibly afford to own an iPhone is its price tag which is an outstanding $400 dollars and above.Surprisingly, if you only know which places to go to when hunting for cheap iPhones, you can find it most likely at more than half the price compared to other outlets selling iPhones.

What other choices do you have for a cheapest Apple iPhone?

For these types of types, shopping over retail stores over the internet is one of the best and practical options.Internet retailers such as these are after online sales, and for this reason, more likely than not, they sell Hp dv2000 Battery,Hp dv9000 Batteries their products at a much lower price. Don’t assume that because they are cheap, they are not the real thing because they certainly are.While regular stores have an over head cost and a physical store they have to maintain or even rent, these online retail stores do not have these expenses, and that makes them capable of lowering down the price of the items that they sell, such as phones.

It is good to note that some of these stores has been doing mobile business for many years with a lot of different people from all parts of the globe. This is one clear sign that indeed the products that they are selling are of good quality and are capable to satisfy their customers. Yes, some of these online stores are also selling top of the line, expensive products in their inventory and has been doing this kind of business for years.

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This guide is aimed at people who have not built a PC before, but who know the basics ins and outs of DIY life.

In recent years, building your own computer has become more of a niche technophile activity than it was in the earlier part of the decade. Few people see the benefits of expending the effort to figure out how all the different components of a PC fit, screw, and plug together when you can just as easily fill out a customization form at any number of online retailers and have your own custom build arrive in just a matter of weeks.

But we know that there are still good reasons to go the do-it-yourself route. Our System Guides continue to see amazing traffic, and staff members (some, but not all) are still exercising their Type A personalities and building their own PCs. Ars has a long history of supporting PC builders, and this guide is designed to bring first-time and relatively green builders into the fold.

Right now, the PC market is flooded with manufacturers who can put a good system in your hands for a decent price. So if you choose to go the DIY route, price likely isn't your primary motivation. Maybe it's intellectual curiosity or a chance to scratch the itch that made your 10-year-old self lust after the Lego Death Star. Whatever the impetus, it's an excellent opportunity to learn about PC components  Asus a42-a2 Battery,Dell pc764 Battery and how they fit together.

On top of that, it's a great way to celebrate your inner Type A child, the one who can't tolerate the low-cost, low-quality parts—not to mention crapware—that often crop up in retail PCs. And some of us know the upsides when it comes to upgrading: a well planned PC can last you many years if you plan for expansion.

To get an idea of how the costs stack up, we'll compare some prebuilt PCs from major OEMs to the Ars System Guide's Budget Box and Hot Rod, leaving out the cost of a monitor and speakers and adding in the cost of Windows Home Premium, since most desktops ship with it installed.

A Dell Inspiron 570 desktop ships with a slightly slower processor (2.9GHz vs. 3.2 GHz), 2GB more RAM, and half the hard drive capacity of the same components in the Ars System Guide Budget Box for $515. The Budget Box minus extras like the monitor and dedicated video card is $485.

If we compare the Hot Rod to retail boxes, the gap widens a little, and it starts to get a bit harder to find manufacturers with individual hardware components as current (Gateway, for instance, currently has no towers equipped with Sandy Bridge processors). A Dell XPS 8300 with the same Sandy Bridge processor as the Hot Rod and a less-capable video card (Radeon HD 5870) is $1,370. If we trade up the Hot Rod's parts to match the DellHp pavilion dv5 battery,Acer aspire 6935g Battery in hard drive speed and strip away the solid state drive, it costs $1,179. An iBuyPower PC from Newegg that is slightly beefier, with a larger power supply and slightly better video card is $1,330, though it has a smaller hard drive. Tuning the Hot Rod to match the iBuyPower's oversized power supply and shrunken hard drive brings it to $1,230.

The price difference is still slight, to the point that how much you value your time is a major factor in deciding whether building would actually save you any money. But what is often overlooked in retail PCs is the quality and upgradeability of parts. Dell, iBuyPower and others are not upfront about what kind of motherboard, RAM, or hard drive they use, and these components can be of lesser quality than what you can buy yourself.

Even worse, they are often chosen with cost, not future upgradability, in mind. For instance, a retail PC with 8GB of RAM likely has 4 sticks of 2GB DIMMs filling all the available slots. If you want to upgrade, you're going to end up having to throw away RAM you've paid for.

Now let's look at a manufacturer that uses name brand parts, gives you a high degree of customization, and has a little respect for the customer (that is, will set your RAM up to use only two of four available slots). At Falcon Northwest, you can configure one of their Talon models to almost the exact specifications of the Hot Rod—same version of the Intel Core i5, same RAM configuration with a slightly faster bus speed, a "deluxe" version of the same motherboard, better hard drive, larger power supply, and the alternative video card recommended in the Hot Rod build, a GeForce GTX 560 Ti. If we tweak the Hot Rod to match the Talon on all those counts, without monitor, speakers, and SSD, the imitator comes to $1,341. The actual Talon, fresh from Falcon Northwest's hands, using all the same name brand parts? $2,068

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