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On a Mac? Want free stuff?

5, Nov 2009

Then look no further. MacHeist has just broadcasted a live announcement of the 6 apps that are going to appear in the NanoBundle this year. MacHeist are known for having top quality indie apps in their bundles, and normally incredibly fair and cheap prices on the bundles – And this bundle is no exception.
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sn0wday! #blacksn0w Release @ Noon EST Today!

3, Nov 2009

GeoHot has blogged that he will be releasing his 05.11.07 (f/w 3.1 & 3.1.2) iPhone baseband unlock for the 3G and 3GS at noon EST (San Francisco US 2pm, London UK 5PM, Sydney AUS 4am) today, a day earlier than originally promised. He has also updated his jailbreak package blackra1n to RC3 to incorporate the [...]

MacHeist showing signs of life!

29, Oct 2009

The MacHeist Early Warning system is flashing on the home page at http://www.macheist.com/. It says to check back tomorrow – So until then, this is just a placeholder! Last year’s MacHeist was incredibly fun with a lot of free Mac apps for doing detective-style challenges, and at the end of it all: A specially priced [...]

Apple Tablet The Next-Gen Comic Reader?

22, Oct 2009

An article in the Chicago Sun-Times today by reporter Andy Ihnatko suggests that Apple may be in negotiations to tie up a deal with LongBox, the proprietors of an iTunes-esque electronic comic delivery system.
LongBox’s CEO was interviewed by Andy who dropped hints that they were in ‘a lengthy and complicated agreement with a seriously large [...]

New iPhone 3GS Units Jailbreak Resistant

14, Oct 2009

It’s been noted on the forums here that some iPhone 3GS owners are having a hard time jailbreaking.  This may be because Apple are now shipping 3GS units that appear resistant to the current breed of jailbreaks.
The Dev Team have confirmed talk that a new bootrom (iBoot-359.3.2) has been found in new units and this [...]

blackra1n released for Mac OSX

14, Oct 2009

GeoHot  just released the Mac OS version of blackra1n.  It comes hot on the heels of the Dev Team’s PwnageTool v3.1.4 release yesterday.  Mac users have a right to be happy – they now have two 3.1.2 jailbreak tools to choose from!
See the comments section below for more details and discussion.

GeoHot Releases blackra1n 3.1.* Jailbreak

11, Oct 2009

A few hours ago GeoHot released his Windows 3.1.* jailbreak for all devices.  Go here to get it.   So far results appear to be generally positive and most are reporting an easy jailbreak with few problems, though some iPod touch 3G users are held to a tethered jailbreak for the time being and issues [...]

All Nimblebit Games Free Today

9, Oct 2009

To celebrate the launch of their new site, App Classics, Nimblebit are offering their full range of great little pick-up-and-play App Store games free for today.
App Classics searches the App Store to calculate the all-time most popular high quality apps available on iTunes.  iTunes rating information is crunched, sifted, and percolated in a secret formula [...]

Apple Releases OS 3.1.2

8, Oct 2009

Apple have just updated the iPhone and iPod touch to OS 3.1.2.  The new update fixes several problems including a sporadic issue that may cause the device not to wake up from sleep, an intermittent issue that may interrupt iPhone cellular network services until restart and it also fixes a bug that could [...]

Jail-Break-Through

7, Oct 2009

GeoHot has posted up a photo of an iPod touch 3G running Mobile Terminal and accessing the deeper file system on his blog to show he has successfully jailbroken.
He also has a new website where he will promote this new jailbreak, codenamed blackra1n.
I’m sorry to say the release won’t be tonight though, still got 4 [...]


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