You know you've got a real public relations fiasco on your hands when David Letterman targets you in his Top Ten List. Letterman put aside BP and Bristol Palin for a few minutes to give Apple and its iPhone 4 issues the special treatment on Tuesday night. You know you’ve got a real public relations fiasco on your hands when David Letterman targets you in his Top Ten List. Letterman put aside BP and Bristol Palin for a few minutes to give Apple and its iPhone 4 issues the special treatment on Tuesday night.Consumer Reports on iPhone 4’s Bad Reception: Duct Tape to the RescueThe IPhone 4 Antenna Flap: An FAQAccording to Letterman, the “Top 10 signs you’ve purchased a bad iPhone” are:10. To make a call, you have to insert a quarter 9. Automatically answers every call with a computerized, “Yello!”8. Operates on 20 “D” batteries 7. Pre-loaded with naked photos of Steve Jobs6. You keep getting anonymous texts reading, “iPhone kill you”5. “Apple Store” looks suspiciously like some dude’s trunk4. Looks, smells and tastes like a Pop-Tart3. There’s no lather when washing your cornea (Sorry, that’s a sign you’ve purchased a bad eye foam)2. You check your email and it shocks your nuts 1. Only accepts calls from Mel GibsonThe late night talk show host and other pundits (including a couple of Steve Jobs impersonators on Twitter) have been getting their licks in on Apple, as it tries to figure out how to solve antenna problems with its iPhone 4. Word is that Apple is planning a press conference on Friday and will have updated iOS software for its phones this week. The iPhone 4 debacle isn’t the first fodder Apple has given TV personalities to use in their shticks.Daily Show host Jon Stewart assailed Apple for its Big Brother behavior during the notorious lost/stolen iPhone 4 episode during the spring involving Website Gizmodo and an unfortunate Apple employee. Ellen Degeneres took her swings at Apple in May, airing a fake commercial mocking the iPhone’s ease of use. She wound up apologizing to Apple, noting that “The people at Apple didn’t think it was so funny.” The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert gave Apple much kinder treatment back in January during the Grammy Awards show when he pulled an iPad out of his jacket to pull up the list of Song of the Year candidates.Read more about anti-malware in Network World’s Anti-Malware section. Related content feature Cybersecurity startups to watch for in 2023 These startups are jumping in where most established security vendors have yet to go. By CSO Staff Sep 29, 2023 19 mins CSO and CISO CSO and CISO C-Suite news analysis Companies are already feeling the pressure from upcoming US SEC cyber rules New Securities and Exchange Commission cyber incident reporting rules don't kick in until December, but experts say they highlight the need for greater collaboration between CISOs and the C-suite By Cynthia Brumfield Sep 28, 2023 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Financial Services Industry news UK data regulator warns that data breaches put abuse victims’ lives at risk The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded seven organizations in the past 14 months for data breaches affecting victims of domestic abuse. By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Electronic Health Records Data Breach Government news EchoMark releases watermarking solution to secure private communications, detect insider threats Enterprise-grade software embeds AI-driven, forensic watermarking in emails and documents to pinpoint potential insider risks By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 4 mins Communications Security Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe