Murphy's Law: The Library of Congress Wakes Steve Jobs' Dragon
Huzzah! Throw up the flags! Send off the fireworks! Summon the townspeople! Apple has lost! The people have won! Huzzah!I’m referring, of course, to Monday’s ruling by The Library of Congress, which...
View ArticleSour Apple Stresses Warranty Violations to Would-Be Jailbreakers
We're still celebrating the decision by U.S. regulators to add some much needed exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which, among other things, makes it perfectly legal for users to...
View ArticleNew iOS Jailbreak Exploit Uncovers Security Hole
The newest jailbreak for Apple's iOS platform has exposed a serious exploit that could allow a remote attacker to compromise the device. The exploit is present in all iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches...
View ArticleFlash Comes to iPhone 4
Homebrew prodigy Comex is best known for developing the only browser-based jailbreak for Apple's iOS devices. A Flash port for iOS called Frash also figures prominently on his list of achievements....
View ArticleJailbreaking a PS3: So Easy a Calculator Could Do It
Sony appears to be fighting a losing battle in preventing users from jailbreaking their PlayStation 3 consoles. In a recent Australian court ruling, a judge made permanent a previous ban on the...
View ArticleSony’s War Against Unofficial PS3 Hardware & Software Continues to Heat Up
If your gaming outlet of choice is the PC, then you should take this next story as just one more example of why you should be thankful you choose to kill your spare time on an open platform. According...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Made to Run Native Code, Jailbreak Not Far Off?
According to istartedsomething, the modding community is making some headway in jailbreaking Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has chosen to go the Apple route and is not allowing sideloading of apps on the...
View ArticleVideo: Android Port for iPad, iPhone 4 Not Far Off
It is only a matter of time before hackers find a way of running Android on iPad, especially considering the fact that it has already been accomplished on iPhone 3G, 2G and the original iPod touch. As...
View ArticleSony Unwittingly Retweets PlayStation 3 Jailbreak Code
Oh Sony, how silly can you be? The PlayStation 3 maker has been stirring up quite the stink over the online publishing of PS3 jailbreak code that allows unsigned software to run. In its attempt to put...
View ArticleNew iPhone Hack Can Steal Passwords from Locked Device
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute Secure Information Technology in Germany have shown that an iPhone or iPad can be hacked to reveal passwords stored in Apple's keychain password manager. This...
View ArticlePS3 Hacker’s Legal Defense Fund Reaches Funding Goal
That didn’t take too long, did it? Embattled hacker George Francis Hotz, aka Geohot, who is being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the PS3, has announced that the legal defense fund he launched on...
View ArticleSony Gets Access to IP Addresses of Visitors to Geohot's Site
Sony just keeps coming in the ongoing case against noted modder George "Geohot" Hotz. This time it is not Hotz himself that is in the crosshairs of Sony's legal team, it's all of us. A federal...
View ArticleModder Jailbreaks iPad 2 Tablet
If we've learned anything from the modding community, it's that they don't mess around. Give them a goal and they'll get it done, as is the case with the iPad 2. Apple's second generation tablet went...
View ArticleNo More Games: Geohot and Sony Settle Out of Court
After a series of verbal jabs that ranged from heated and on-point to “he's clearly fled to South America,” Sony and notorious PS3 jailbreaker George “Geohot” Hotz have finally patched things up. Or at...
View ArticleWindows RT Jailbreak: Microsoft Lauds Hacker's Ingenuity, Rules Out...
Hacker behind Windows RT jailbreak gets a pat on the back from MicrosoftOver the weekend, a hacker, known only by the nom de guerre C.L. Rokr, claimed to have found a way of running unsigned apps on...
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