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Canada approves local iBookstore, Rogers Wireless to unlock certain iPhone handsets

Canada: Colder but niftier with some of its assorted technologies. The Ministry of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages announced Tuesday that it was granting formal approval of Apple’s iBookstore according to MacNN. “Our Government is committed to strengthening Canada’s economy through all its sectors, especially arts and culture,” said Minister James Moore. “Apple has demonstrated […]

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iPhone Dev Team releases ultrasn0w 1.0-1, allows iPhone 4 unlocking

The super cool cats at the iPhone Dev Team have posted ultrasn0w 1.0-1, an update of its unlocking utility. The release is the first to unlock the iPhone 4, in addition to the iPhone 3G and 3GS. iPhone 4s must be on the 01.59 baseband, while the 3G and 3GS must be using 04.26.08, 05.11.07, […]

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iPhone 4 jailbreak imminent per developer tweet

Per a tweet by a member of the iPhone Dev Team, an all-device jailbreak (like Spirit and Blackra1n) is seems imminent for the iPhone 4: The tweet goes as follows: “MuscleNerd: @xfsasx jailbreak for all devices at 4.0 is already handled by upcoming @comex release so, good time for iphone4 unlock stuff” A specific iPhone […]

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“Geohot” reveals untethered hack for iPhone, cites method will “probably” work for iPad

Over in the hacking domain, George Hotzhas demonstrated a new method to permanently “jailbreak” the iPhone 3GS, and he said the hack will “probably” work on the iPad, which goes on sale next week. Per AppleInsider, Hotz, known online as “Geohot,” posted a recent blog entry including video which demoed a jailbroken iPhone 3GS being […]

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iPhone Dev Team Updates PwnageTool to Accommodate iPhone OS 3.1.3

It’s a conflict as old as time: Apple releases an iPhone OS update and the hacking/unlocking community releases an updated version of its software. For those of you who are happy to use an unlocked version of the iPhone, the iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.5 that handles Apple’s newly-released iPhone OS 3.1.1 while […]