Apple has released iPhone OS update 3.1.3, and along with the bug fixes and security patches comes the inevitable breaking of jailbroken devices.

Creators of jailbreaking tools such as Redsn0w, Blackra1n, and PwnageTool have warned jailbroken iPhone/Touch users to not update to the latest firmware just yet. In fact, Redsn0w was updated just yesterday to work with OS update 3.1.2.

For now, if you want to keep your device jailbroken, do not update to 3.1.3, and be careful with the unpatched security exploits.

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Twitter director of Trust and Safety Del Harvey has posted today that it will be forcing a number of users to change their passwords this week after it was discovered that hackers had used torrent sites to steal access to user's data.

"As part of our ongoing efforts to monitor our user base for odd activity, we noticed a sudden surge in followers for a couple of accounts in the last five days. Given the circumstances surrounding this we felt it was best to push out a password reset to accounts that were following these suspicious users," said Harvey.

It is unclear how many users are affected.

The details were stolen from third-party torrent sites that require logins. Because many users use the same information for multiple sites, the hackers used the torrent site logins for Twitter as well.

"As a general rule, if you signed up for a torrent forum or torrent site built by a third party, you should probably change your password there," adds Harvey. "The takeaway from this is that people are continuing to use the same email address and password (or variant) on multiple sites. We strongly suggest that you use different passwords for each service you sign up for."

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Fox News is reporting that Verizon and AT&T fought over having their 3G service available to future iPad owners and that AT&T won the rights by outbidding the competition.

iPad 3G costs $30 USD monthly for unlimited, or $15 for 250MB data plans, a price about half the cost of what 3G service would normally cost from AT&T for a netbook or modem owner.

Verizon had no comment on the report, and AT&T did not either except to say it's happy to be the "main carrier partner" for the iPad.

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After months of leaks and rumors, Verizon has officially unveiled the Motorola Devour, and will begin selling it in March.

Touted as a younger brother to the DROID, the new phone will have the MOTOBLUR interface and run Android 1.6, at least at launch.

The Devour has a slider QWERTY keypad, a 3.1-inch HVGA screen and an optical trackpad. It will use Verizon's EV-DO Rev, 3G and has Wi-Fi b/g and Stereo Bluetooth support. The GPS receiver and 3.2MP camera are standard.

The device will come bundled with an 8GB microSD memory card.

No word on pricing yet.

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According to an interview with IGN, Sony senior VP of marketing Peter Dille says the company is on the fast track to passing the Xbox 360 in sales soon, also saying that the PS3 will still be around in 10 years, and the 360 will not.

"We can be passionate fans, but I don't think they'll be around in 10 years so I'm very confident we'll pass them within that time frame," says Dille. "I mean, we've got 31 million [units sold] worldwide right now - they've got 39 million [units sold]. I don't even need to go out 10 years. I'm not going to make any predictions for your interview today other than we'll pass them, but you look at where we are today and where they are today, and they had an opportunity to sprint as far ahead of us as possible when they had the head start. Well, we're breathing down their necks and they can see us in the rearview mirror and it's not going to take too long to pass them."

Additionally, Dille confirmed that the company would begin adding subscription models to PSN, although gaming would remain completely free.

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Apple has released a patch this week for the iPhone/iPod Touch that should fix five exploits, a few of which could have allowed remote access to the device in question.

If a user opened an infected audio or image file, or hit a malicious FTP server, hackers could run code remotely, taking control of the device.

Another of the exploits could allow hackers to bypass the password on a locked device, as long as they had access to the actual device.

The update is for those with iPhone OS 3.1.3.

Full support page here: About the security content of iPhone OS 3.1.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch

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Google has announced today that Nexus One owners will be receiving an over-the-air update for their smartphones this week, one that adds a number of features, the most prominent being multi-touch support.

Full update:

Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use your Nexus One camera to start searching the web

Google Maps: the Maps application with be updated to a new version, Google Maps 3.4, which will include:

* Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com - access your favorite places from your phone or computer
* Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history - makes it easy to search for places you've searched for before
* Night mode in Google Maps Navigation - automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving

Pinch-to-zoom functionality: devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone's Browser, Gallery and Maps applications

3G connectivity: we will provide a general fix to help improve 3G connectivity on some Nexus One phones

Video from Engadget:

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Our first Video Daily piece today is another interesting video showing off a Nokia smartphone in action, this time connecting it to LEGO Mindstorms NXT and using both to solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle.

Using an ARM processor, the NXT scans the cube, maps it out and uses the algorithms needed to solve it.

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uTorrent 2.0 Final is now available, says the official site, moving out of the beta stage it has been in since August.

Feature overview from the creators:

UDP trackers are a different protocol for tracker communication that uses significantly less processing power on the tracker end. It's important for us to support this because trackers have limited resources, so this should allow them to support many more users with their current hardware and not crash under the load.

uTP is an alternative communication method for BitTorrent traffic that allows the client to automatically regulate its bandwidth usage to avoid adversely impacting your internet connection. This will allow you or other users on the network to download their torrents but still allow others on the network to function with little difference. This does not require any additional setup.
In addition, uTP in this version has added its own form of STUN, a method of getting incoming connections without direct connectivity to the Internet. This allows uTorrent to punch holes through routers and firewalls to increase connectivity and improve speeds. It is even possible to connect two firewalled peers through uTP's NAT traversal feature.

The transfer cap settings were added in response to various users who have ISP-mandated caps on how much data they can download/upload in a month. Now you can track your usage in MB (with a handy graph to visualize it) and even configure uTorrent to stop torrenting once the limits are exceeded. Currently, you can configure the time interval, the data cap and whether it should stop based on only download, upload, or both combined.
As a privacy notice, this traffic data is not sent back to us or anyone.

You can download the popular torrent client here: uTorrent v2.0 build 17920

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