The first ever iPhone worm has attacked cell phones in Australia.

Actually, “attacked” might be a strong description since all the worm does is change the wallpaper background to a picture of Rick Astley with the caption “iKee is never going to give you up” referencing Astley’s hit song “Never gonna give you up.”

The worm only affected jailbroken iPhones who never changed their default security password. Users can easily remove the worm by changing the password and removing the file.

The creator, a 21-year-old Melborne resident named Ashley Towns, has made no attempts to hide his identity and has taken full credit for the malware. He is currently scheduling interviews with news organizations through his Twitter account.

He claims his worm was created to teach people to read their manuals and change their passwords. “People are stupid,” he wrote in the virus coding notes “and this is to prove it.”

He told ABC news in Australia that he infected about 100 phones but has no idea how far the virus has spread.

“The virus itself is not malicious and is not out to hurt people,” he told ABC. “It’s just poking fun and hoping waking people up a little.”

If I were going to get a malware virus, this would be the one I’d want. At least he has a sense of humor.

It looks like October was a busy month for Netflix. Last week, Sony announced that they will enable Netflix live streaming on Playstation 3 video game consoles by November for U.S. users.  What’s more, in an effort to rise above the Microsoft Xbox competition, Sony will allow the video streaming at no extra cost.

Xbox already offers Netflix streaming, but users must pay $50 a year for the service.  Of course, Netflix’s entire catalog isn’t available to live stream users, but there are still plenty of movies available for viewing.

In addition to Sony’s announcement, rumors also circulated that Nintendo is following close behind its gaming competitors and will also be offering Netflix on the Wii as soon as the end of 2009.

The new Netflix offerings are evidence that gaming console manufacturers are looking to make their devices useful beyond the gaming world.  Consoles are becoming more than just afternoon activities for adolescent males; they are fast becoming entertainment staples of the living room.

“While gaming is clearly our core DNA I think we felt very confident three years ago when we debuted PlayStation 3 that this was going to be a device that was going to mean much more than gaming,” said Jack Tretton, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, in a recent Reuters article.

As a Netflix subscriber, I’ve used my Xbox to live stream movies and I must say it’s incredibly convenient, not to mention green! Viewing movies online means there is no need for DVD packaging and no more gas guzzling trips to Blockbuster.