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iOS 4.0.2 Update Kills JailbreakMe and PDF Exploits [Updates]

Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Apple's released updates for iPhones, iPod touch models, and iPads that closes a nasty PDF-based exploit. That same exploit is what made one-click jailbreaking possible, of course, so upgrade if you'd like a sanctioned, secure, warranty-stable model, or hold off for future work-arounds. More »


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Updated Flash Player Enables Hardware-Accelerated Video on OS X [Updates]

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Windows users have been enjoying hardware-accelerated video decoding since the Flash 10.1 Final release; now the latest Flash Player release for Macs (10.1.82.76) officially brings GPU decoding to OS X—in theory resulting in better video playback on your Mac. [Adobe via ByteArray.org] More »


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Unlock Your iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G with iOS 4 for Other Carriers [IPhone]

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
If you're an iPhone 4 owner or 3G[S] user eager to upgrade your OS but you use your iPhone on a non-AT&T (GSM) carrier, good news: The iPhone Dev-Team just released the ultrasn0w 1.0-1 unlock for the iPhone 4 baseband and several of 3G and 3GS baseband versions. The video above walks through the relatively simple unlocking process. As always, proceed at your own risk. [Dev-Team Blog via Engadget] More »


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Is It Legal to Jailbreak and Unlock Your Cellphone? Copyright Office Officially Says, "Yes" [IPhone]

Monday, July 26th, 2010
We've always considered jailbreaking well within the bounds of legal iPhone use, but if you've ever been concerned that jailbreaking your iPhone wasn't actually legit, the New York Times reports that The Library of Congress' Copyright Office has officially deemed jailbreaking exempt "from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized uses." More »


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Brush Up on Your Mac Terminal Kung-Fu [Terminal]

Monday, July 26th, 2010
The Super User forums has a collection of tips and paste-able commands for Mac OS X's Terminal that are, by turns, brilliant, funny, and obscure but great. Suggestions include quickly checking what apps are eating your memory (top -o vsize), run a Spotlight-style search from the command line (mdfind), and a clever little script that one user put together to trick his wife into thinking a MacBook has overheated and needs to be shut down—so he can grab it back. [Super User via Daring Fireball] More »


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