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After the much-hyped launching of the iPhone 4S Tuesday, the saga on the iPhone 5 continues but this time it's not directly about the highly-anticipated device but rather on the no-no boo-boo of Apple Inc.'s overeager hunters of a lost prototype.

Flaws in the HTC Android smartphone gives hackers easy access to steal important user data, a security researcher said Friday. The flaw, which affects, multiple models of HTC smartphones running Android, could allow attackers to steal a user's GPS location, SMS data, and phone numbers.

The co-founder of Siri, Norman Winarsky, claims that the Oct. 4 Apple event at the Cupertino Campus would be a world-changing even with the introduction of the Assistant for iPhone. The feature is the formerly Siri Personal Assistant Software.

Tablet computers powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system are making headway in the domestic market, according to analytic firm International Data Corporation (IDC), which also reported that Apple still rules the market for the second quarter of the current year.