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Happenings in the iPhone Jailbreak Front

Monday, November 16, 2009

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You know a story’s big if it’s made it to CNN, and that’s exactly what the iPhone jailbreak front has managed to do. The article mainly centers on the history of iphone jailbreaking and unlocking with George Hultz, or better known as master Geohot in the iPhone jailbreak community, as the focal character. It talks [...]

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Motorola Droid Multitouch Via Picsay Pro App

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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One of our commenters, GuysFromQueens, recommends an app called Picsay Pro for Motorola Droid users who want multitouch on their phone. As you may know, Droid U.K., a.k.a. Milestone, does have multitouch. With the app mentioned above, the Droid could do pinch to zoom. Some of you may not mind too much not being able [...]

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Apple iTablet Rumor: Pen-Input App Makes Us Wonder

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Whatever you say about finger-tap input on a mobile device, no one can deny that styluses are more efficient for scribbling words. Leaked documents from Apple suggest that pen-input is forthcoming on an Apple device. Perhaps this is on the iPhone and iPod Touch, perhaps on the iPhone 4G. Even more exciting, an Apple Tablet? [...]

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Ultrasn0w iPhone Unlock v0.92 released to fix missing carrier logo issue

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Listen up ultrasn0w aficionados. The iPhone Dev Team has just released an update version of their ultrasn0w iPhone unlock to address an issue concerning iPhones running firmware 3.1.x and baseband 04.26. That lethal combination results in the carrier logo not being displayed. It might seem like a petty problem for some, but when roaming, it [...]

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iPhone/Privacy.A Worm, Data Hack for Jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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The second iPhone worm of the week carries with it a lot more risk than the first one. According to Intego Security, this new iPhone worm that is known as iPhone/Privacy.A uses the same hole that ikeeex found a few days ago to change the hacked iPhones’ background image into Rick Astley’s photo. The new [...]

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Motorola Milestone coming to Canada in early 2010, Exclusive to Telus

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Good news for you Canadians out there as Motorola Canada has just announced the Motorola Milestone will be available in your country. Unfortunately, it won’t make it in time for Christmas. It will be released in early 2010 and will exclusively be available on Telus. What’s even better is, like the European GSM version of [...]

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Jailbroken iPhones RickRoll’d by “ikeeex”

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Security company Sophos has found an iPhone virus. Australians owning jailbroken iPhones have found that an unusual worm has infected their smartphones. The hacker’s name is apparently “ike_x” or “ikeeex” (according to his Twitter) and he has found a way to change the background of infected iPhones with a photo of Rick Astley. Here’s Sophos’ official [...]

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Jailbroken iPhone Worm Found [Dangers of Jailbreak]… Rick Astley Photo

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Beware users of jailbroken iPhones, it’s an iPhone virus! There is a worm circulating that targets your smartphone. The first infections have been discovered in Australia. The worm only works if your iPhone is jailbroken. The worm is a mobile Rick Roll changing the iPhone background to a photo of Rick Astley. Right now, that’s [...]

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Blacksn0w iPhone unlock, Blackra1n RC3 iPhone jailbreak now Available

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Geohot followers rejoice as your ever reliable hacker has just unleashed his latest iPhone offerings: the blacksn0w iPhone unlock and blackra1n RC3 iPhone jailbreak. The great thing about blacksn0w is that it works on the new 05.11.07 baseband bundled with iPhone 3.1.2 firmware which the iPhone Dev Team has still yet to crack. For those [...]

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Multitouch: Motorola Milestone, not Droid (Jailbreak Again?)

Monday, November 2, 2009

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You can use pinch to zoom on the Motorola Milestone (the European version of the Droid) but not on the Droid itself that Verizon will be offering. We have no idea why the Europeans get a multitouch Motorola but the Americans cannot as Android 2.0 software already supports multitouch. Engadget tells us some people suspect [...]

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