EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

iPhone app developers that have been refused permission to sell their wares in the App store are taking things into their own hands.

One in particular has started his own applications store for users of unlocked phones. At least two others are in the pipeline.

With analysts predicting sales of US$800 million from the App store this year, we may see more of this - especially if Apple doesn't step in soon...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Iain Thomson | March 09, 2009

Developers are setting up alternatives to Apple's App Store in an attempt to break the company's tight grip on what software can be used on its products.

By Shaun Nichols | March 09, 2009

Microsoft is planning to release three patches next Tuesday.

By Shaun Nichols | March 09, 2009

Cisco has inked a deal with NASA to build a new global system for tracking climate change.

By Staff Writers | March 09, 2009

Microsoft is developing a feature in its new operating system that allows users to turn off Internet Explorer and other key Microsoft programs.

By Michael Perry | March 09, 2009

Extremist groups in Southeast Asia are increasingly using the Internet and social networking to radicalise the youth of the region, said a new security report released on Friday.

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