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McAfee decided to find out what would happen if uses actually responded to spam email, mostly requesting to be removed from their email lists. Not surprising, the request was refused. The bait was a new PC, to bring enough volunteers. Phishing and money laundering attempts are the majority of the email. McAfee to announce their results next Tuesday, the 8th, according to Network World.

AT&T Announces iPhone 3G Pricing Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement. In the future, AT&T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB).

AppleInsider has a comparison chart of old vs. new plans

AppleInsider: How to hand-down your old iPhone after upgrading to iPhone 3G

Safari 3.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 patches a WebKit vulnerability.

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit’s handling of JavaScript arrays. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. This issue is addressed in Safari v3.1.2 for Windows XP or Vista, and systems running Mac OS X v10.5.4. Credit to James Urquhart for reporting this issue.

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11