Apple released a minor iOS update this week, and within hours hackers figured out how to jailbreak it. A pre-release version of the firmware for a new phone with HTC Sense 3.0 software hit the web, and hackers have already figured out how to run the software on other phones. You’ve got to love hackers. […]
jailbreak
Posted inNews
Jailbreaking, rooting phones and ripping DVDs now legal in the US
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is the US copyright law that was designed ostensibly to protect the rights of content owners in the digital age. But it’s come under a lot of criticism since its establishment from those who fear that it takes away long-held “fair use” rights that let people who purchase things […]
Posted inNews
iPad news: 1 million sold, some dissected, a few jailbroken
Just in case you had any doubts that Apple’s iPad is proving popular with the kids these days… Apple announced this morning that a million iPads have already been sold. That’s not bad for a product that launched just about a month ago. Apple points out that it took 74 days to sell the first […]
Posted inNews
And on the second day… the iPad was jailbroken
One of the main differences between Apple’s iPhone OS and Google’s Android operating system (you know, aside from the fact that Apple had a mobile OS first), is that Apple’s OS is locked down tight. Apple has a lot of control over the user experience, and you can’t easily install third party apps unless Apple […]