Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

A new “Electronics Blog” at “Consumer Reports” (http://macosg.me/2/h6) says the iPhone 4’s supposed reception problems aren’t unique and that all phones are subject to interference from the human who is using them.

Apple ranks fourth in the latest UK Experian Hitwise Hot 100 E-Retailer list (http://www.hitwise.com/uk). Hitwise provides insights on how eight million UK Internet users interact with more than one million web sites, across 165+ industries.

Apple.com is listed above the retail sites of Windows manufacturers such as HP (ranked 24th), Dell (36th). iTunes ranks 66th. The top three on the list are Amazon, Argos and Play.com.

Apple is missing a huge opportunity in the Chinese market, according to Liu Chuanzhi, the head of Lenovo, the country’s leading computer maker. The company holds about 30% of its home market, which is one of the fastest growing globally and which is expected to become the world’s largest within a year.

Compromised Apple App Store accounts have been abused by rogue developers to boost their ranking and increase their sales, according to a report at “The Register” (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/05/itunes_app_store_manipulation/).

Hijacked accounts were reportedly used to buy multiple copies of previously obscure Vietnamese-language eBooks, in an apparent bid to game the iTunes ranking system. The eBooks concerned have been pulled from Apple’s store and the account of seller Thuat Nguyen of mycompany has been suspended.