Palm pulls paid apps due to major bug allowing free app downloads

Filed under: Software , Palm , webOS After mere hours of App Catalog-stravaganza , the paid apps have been removed for the time being by Palm due to a major flaw in purchase verification. From what we’ve gathered from the seedy underbelly of the internet, an exploit involving building your own dummy application with the same name as a paid application allowed folks to download a free “update” to these falsified shells and score for-purchase apps galore without dropping a cent. Whether or not this was the only exploit afoot we’re not sure, but it sounds like plenty of folks found ways to nab apps for free because Palm has clamped down hard on distribution for the time being.

Palm throws the doors open: review-free app distribution over the web, open source developers can hop in for free

Filed under: Software , Palm , webOS Well, things just got interesting.

Verizon removes gloves, begins ‘There’s a map for that’ anti-AT&T ad campaign (video)

Filed under: Culture , ATT , Verizon Wireless Ouch.