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malware haven?

…or has the site been hacked? I'm pretty sure my iPhone doesn't have a virus and I'm _really_sure my iPhone doesn't ever look like Windows XP and its Fisher Price UI ― especially if my iPhone is doing a "malware scan" for "my protection" eventhough I chose for it not to.

Oh, Microsoft, I blame you. And malware dudes, c'mon, already…

SMS/MMS question to ponder

Mms-

Hurray, MMS for iPhone has finally come to America. So, now, a question or two. First, check the photo. Messages can now include a subject line as well as a spiffy MMS attachment, a photo, video or even Google Map data. There's probably more uses for MMS that I'm leaving out.

My questions are this.
Does the subject line count towards the 140/160 character limit? AND:
Why is there a limit and why are the costs involved for sending such short bits of data still akin to corporate sponsored highway robbery?

I realize that all carriers are free to charge what they like and the market will, in part, dictate that. But does anyone for a second still believe that the cost to the carrier of sending this data is in line with the cost to the customer for the opportunity to send this data? I wonder if this should be added to the net neutrality discussion, if it hasn't already.