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  • iOS 5 on your old iPhone or iPod touch...kind of

    iOS 5 on your old iPhone or iPod touch...kind of

    Whited00r jailbreak adds features 19 January 2012 15:04 GMT

    If you're still using an old iPhone, or an old iPod touch, and you're jealous of all your fanboy friends revelling in the iOS 5 goodies then help could be at hand.

    The Whited00r 5.1 mod apparently plays nicely with all generations of the iPod...

  • 720p HD iPad apps with Apple TV hack. Jailbreak, Apple TV, iPad, Apple, App Store, Tablets, Apps, iPad apps 0

    720p HD iPad apps with Apple TV hack

    Jailbreaking fun 2 January 2012 11:17 GMT

    Whilst fanboys everywhere sit around twiddling their thumbs (magically, you understand, with multi-gesturing a plenty) waiting for Apple to offer App Store access on its hobby box; a couple of clever chaps have taken matters into their own hands; offering...

  • Dual SIM iPhone 4S with the Vooma Peel PG920. Phones, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Vooma, Jailbreak 0

    Dual SIM iPhone 4S with the Vooma Peel PG920

    Hack job charges your phone 9 November 2011 12:45 GMT

    If you ever wanted to get some dual SIM action going on your iPhone 4, or iPhone 4S, now you can. But you're going to need to take the jailbreak plunge first.

    The system is on offer thanks to the Vooma Peel PG920, a battery back up case that...

  • FaceForward brings FaceBook iPad app tweak back to life

    FaceForward brings FaceBook iPad app tweak back to life

    Return of the social network 26 July 2011 12:26 GMT

    In following a clever bit of iPad tomfoolery, us Pocket-linters successfully managed to get the hidden Facebook iPad application up and running. Facebook however was quick to act, preventing the code from being exploited just a few hours after it was...

  • Jailbreak your iPhone or iPad and you could keep it safe from hackers. JailbreakMe, Jailbreak, ios, Apple, iPhone, iPad, Smartphones, Tablets,  0

    Jailbreak your iPhone or iPad and you could keep it safe from hackers

    Security exploit patched by jailbreak 7 July 2011 14:34 GMT

    The JailbreakMe creators have just fixed what could be a major security flaw in iOS, making hacking your iPhone or iPad a more secure solution that what Apple gives you out of the box. 

    Apple has long been adamant that the jailbreaking process...

  • JailbreakMe ready to hack your iPad 2

    JailbreakMe ready to hack your iPad 2

    Or any other iOS 4.3.3 device 6 July 2011 9:39 GMT

    JailbreakMe 3.0 has gone live, making it possible to jailbreak your iPad, iPad 2 or iPhone - all from your iDevice's mobile Safari browser, and with just one click of a button.

    As long as you're running iOS 4.3.3, you simply need to visit JailbreakMe.com...

  • iOS 5 jailbreak could ban pirate apps

    iOS 5 jailbreak could ban pirate apps

    Installous may be barred 20 June 2011 13:37 GMT

    One of the hacking scene's new kids on the block, i0n1c (aka Stefen Esser), is considering including a ban on using pirated applications with his next jailbreak, for Apple's forthcoming iOS 5. He may write in a block on using Installous, the software...

  • PS3 3.60 firmware jailbroken already. gaming, sony, PS3, PlayStation 3, Jailbreak,  0

    PS3 3.60 firmware jailbroken already

    Despite security updates 18 March 2011 14:59 GMT

    It may have taken the hacking community a long old while to finally crack into the Sony PlayStation 3, but it seems that now they're in, they're not planning on getting out.

    The latest PS3 firmware, 3.60, which was introduced earlier this month...

  • iPad 2 jailbreak already achieved

    iPad 2 jailbreak already achieved

    Remote jailbreak on show 14 March 2011 10:31 GMT

    The iPad 2 may have only been available for just over 2 days, but that hasn't stopped jailbreak expert Comex from busting into the new Apple tablet already.

    Although the hacker has yet to make the jailbreak procedure public, he has posted (via...

  • VIDEO: The Windows Phone 7 iPhone

    VIDEO: The Windows Phone 7 iPhone

    Why, why, why, why? 31 January 2011 16:56 GMT

    Look, we know that jailbreakers and developers love to show off - but we can't help but look at this and think: "What's the point?".

    We mean, if you like the Windows Phone 7 OS that much, then there are plenty of handsets out there running...

  • Microsoft endorses Windows Phone 7 jailbreak attempt

    Microsoft endorses Windows Phone 7 jailbreak attempt

    Geohot's at it again, Redmond approves 19 January 2011 9:25 GMT

    Famed hacker Geohot has turned his attentions to Windows Phone 7, and has started work on a jailbreak for devices that carry the operating system. Of course, there's nothing particularly surprising about that, after all, he's already got a long history...

  • Sony PS3 hacked at last?. gaming, sony, PlayStation 3, PS3, Jailbreak,  0

    Sony PS3 hacked at last?

    Root key posted online by notorious hacker 3 January 2011 14:27 GMT

    There were rumblings last week that a team of developers had worked out a way to crack the PS3's software to allow for all sorts of naughtiness, and now a notorious hacker has gone one step further by posting a hacking tool online.

    GeoHot has...

  • iOS 4.2 jailbreak possible on older Apple devices already

    iOS 4.2 jailbreak possible on older Apple devices already

    The Dev Team strikes again 23 November 2010 15:51 GMT

    If you're not rocking an iPhone 4, or the third or fourth gen iPod touch, and instead have a iPhone 3G or 3GS, or a first or second iPod touch in your pocket then, for once, you can get one over on your early adopting fanboy buddies.

    For the...

  • Jailbroken Apple TV Plex(es) its muscles

    Jailbroken Apple TV Plex(es) its muscles

    The best Apple TV hack so far 4 November 2010 10:59 GMT

    There's been a few Apple TV jailbreak stories that have done the rounds, but they've all been pretty, well...naff.

    But Plex on Apple TV - now that is big.

    If you're not familiar with Plex, allow us to fill you in. Plex is a Mac OS X...

  • iOS 4.1: Consider it jailbroken

    iOS 4.1: Consider it jailbroken

    PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac OS X released 21 October 2010 15:30 GMT

    They've done it again.

    Even Steve Jobs must admire the Dev-Team's persistence and determination.

    The Apple device hacker extraordinaire has just announced that iOS 4.1 has been jailbroken using the PwnageTool.

    A statement on...

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