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it's time to pony up for prepaid iPhones avoid password scams and quit your mayor obsession already I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update it's confirmed the iPhone is coming to Virgin Mobile at the end of June but you'll have to drop a hefty 650 bucks to get the 4s and that's because there's no two-year contract plans start at $30 a month and if you do the math that's technically cheaper in the long run than spending $200 and being tied into a more expensive monthly bill for two years but you'll get less talk minutes a virgin uses the Sprint network and if Android is more your style Samsung's flagship phone the galaxy s3 will soon be available in all carriers expect this to be a hot seller it's coming to Sprint and t-mobile on June 21st Verizon AT&T already began taking pre-orders this week it'll come in white and blue and this summer ATT will be selling a red version there have been several password security breaches this week after LinkedIn confirmed that hackers compromised user passwords a harmony sends out an alert that many of its user passwords were also hacked anyone who has been compromised will have their passwords reset and will be prompted to create a new one but that's not all even the music service last.fm has also recommended that its users should change passwords after discovering some passwords have been leaked and with all this news of passwords being exposed some seriously shady websites have popped up stay away from websites that ask you to enter your password to see if you've been hacked I'm seeing these pop up on social networks even if you think it's trust where they do not give some random website your password to check anything just change it yourself to be safe and the biggest danger with password security breaches is that hackers will try your password on several sites like trying to key in many locks to see how many they can open so make your passwords different for any site that stores personal information if it's a word in the dictionary it's really easy to crack if you want something memorable and complicated abbreviate a song lyric or phrase and spice it up with some numbers and upper and lowercase characters and today's app to watch is Foursquare it just got an overhaul in design and functionality the focus is shifting away from the race for points badges and getting crowned mayor of the coffee shop it's more about discovering new places and reading recommendations from other users at the center is the Explorer button which pinpoints what places near you have a bargain or special and which are popular at the moment on Foursquare users can also like and comment on other check-in that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet-dot-com-slash-loaded carry