Did Apple abuse its software update tool?

Molly Wood Oct 2, 2009
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Did Apple abuse its software update tool?

Molly Wood Oct 2, 2009
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Last weekend, tech blogger and book author Ed Bott got an unpleasant surprise when fired up a machine running Windows 7. Apple’s software update tool offered him (and other users) a program called “iPhone Configuration Utility.” Bott doesn’t own an iPhone. He says Apple violated a sacred trust.

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