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The RAF will use its new force of MQ-9 “Reaper” robo-planes to patrol the skies above the London Olympics in 2012, according to reports.

The Herald of Scotland reports today that the five-tonne unmanned drones will fly above the capital providing surveillance as part of the enormous security effort planned for the Games. The machines are fitted with a multi-spectral telescopic imaging system, able to detect a human’s body heat and see in the dark. They also carry a synthetic-aperture radar capable of tracking individual people walking on the ground, though this may be of limited use in the context of Olympic crowds.

Enjoy the Olympics in an orderly fashion, citizens. It’s thought that the MQ-9s will operate within an air exclusion zone in order to help prevent collisions with other aircraft. The drones are handled remotely by fully-qualified pilots, but this hasn’t prevented mishaps in the past – indeed it has caused at least one.

At present the RAF has just three Reapers, operated alongside American ones in Afghanistan. The US drones are used as weapons platforms, and the aircraft are capable of carrying almost two tonnes of ordnance including Hellfire laser-guided missiles and Paveway or JDAM smartbombs.

American Reapers are designated as “hunter-killer” systems, and have already delivered deadly airstrikes against Afghan insurgents. The RAF doesn’t arm its own MQ-9s at present, but may do so in future. The UK has recently applied to purchase a further ten airframes and a substantial package of spares and support from the US.

UK Reapers will be operated by the RAF’s 39 Squadron, which contains personnel from the Army Air Corps and Fleet Air Arm as well as airmen. It is said that all the actual drone pilots are RAF at present, however.

Google’s Android stack for Linux phones has been successfully hacked onto several actual hardware devices, including Linux-based Sharp Zaurus PDAs and a high-end development board. Google’s preview release of Android last fall included a software emulator based on Qemu, but you can’t beat real target hardware when writing applications for devices, because emulators may not accurately reflect real-world performance. Plus, it appears that Android’s modern UI could really breathe some new life into lots of Linux-friendly hardware with ARMv5TE or better cores.

A class-action suit filed against Apple alleges the company unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to beat out competitors.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is the latest one to accuse Apple of unfair business practices. Apple is facing similar legal actions and scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe.

The suit was filed Dec. 31 by Stacie Somers, a resident of San Diego County, California, who bought a 30GB iPod from Target, a retail store. Others who bought an iPod or content from Apple’s iTunes store after Dec. 31, 2003, may join the suit.

The suit calls for Apple to forfeit money it earned from the unfair practices and pay the plaintiffs damages.

It alleges that Apple has constricted the market by not enabling iPods to play content in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, Microsoft’s copy-protection technology. Further, Apple sells songs on the iTunes store with its own copy-protection technology, FairPlay, which is incompatible with music players other than the iPod.

The suit contends iPod-owning consumers can only buy music from iTunes, an unlawful tie-in that violates U.S. antitrust laws. Apple could license the WMA format for as little as US$0.03 per iPod, or for a total of $800,000 based on Apple’s 2005 iPod sales, the suit reads.

The suit may quickly become less relevant as many online music retailers, including Apple, expand their offerings of music free of copy-protection restrictions, also known as DRM (digital rights management).

DRM-free tracks offer the advantage of being compatible on a wider range of devices. In May, Apple began selling songs from the label EMI without DRM. Also, Amazon.com now sells song in MP3 format, and Universal Music Group has tested selling DRM-free music.

Apple spokeswoman Susan Lundgren said the company does not comment on pending litigation.

Shares of Apple slipped $2.41, or 1.3 percent, to close at $177.64 on Monday.

Hackers have created Trojan horse malware targeted at Apple’s much-hyped iPhone device.

The package – more of a prank than a threat – poses as an “important system” upgrade supposedly needed prior toupgradg to version 1.1.3 of Apple’s firmware. The “iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep” seems to lack malicious purpose. Problems kick in when users try to uninstall the package.

The bogus firmware reportedly affects components of other applications during the install process including Erica’s Utilities (a collection of command-line utilities for the iPhone) and OpenSSH. If the user chooses to uninstall the rogue package, these others applications will also be removed leaving users of the much-hyped device with the chore of reinstalling these applications.

“This is technically the first Trojan horse seen for the iPhone, however it does appear to be more of a prank than an actual threat,” Symantec researcher Orla Cox. “The impact of uninstalling the ‘Trojan’ would appear to be an unintended side effect”.

Web sites hosting the malicious package were taken offline soon after the discovery of the low-risk nuisance over the weekend. Although little damage was done users ought to take the incident as a warning to be careful about what packages they install on their phones.