Just in case you thought Saturday was too long to wait for , no reason to worry: Apple on Friday released , which fixes the SMS vulnerability on Thursday. Earlier on Friday, U.K. wireless operator .

The flaw, , could have allowed a vulnerable phone, such as an iPhone, to be taken over remotely. Apple attributes the flaw in the CoreTelephony framework to a memory corruption issue in the decoding of SMS messages, and credits the find to Miller and Mulliner.

The hefty software update -- yes, even an update with just one fix means downloading the entire OS again--is available via iTunes; the exact size varies depending on which version of iPhone is being updated. iPhone users can get the update by connecting their phones to their computers and clicking the "Check for Update" button in iTunes.

Once again, the world is safe for text messaging -- well, unless you're ; Apple has still issued no patch for stupidity. Now we can move on to other pressing issues, like when exactly AT&T will deign to roll out th