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Much ado about the iPhone's 'kill switch' 
CNET News.com | by Tom Krazit | Thu, Aug 7
The discovery of a "kill switch" inside the iPhone 2.0 software prompted much consternation and little fact-finding.(Credit: Apple)
Apple's iPhone "kill switch" has prompted much hand-wringing, despite the fact that no one knows exactly what it does.
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