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An Introduction of Using a Smart Phone
May 6, 2013There are just about as many types of smart-phone users as there are phones. Understanding the kind of user you are will help you figure out how to strike the right balance between protecting yourself and getting the most out of your phone. ...
Tags: Smart-Phone, Phone, Consumer Electronics
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A Day After Researchers Hacked Chrome and Firefox at The Pwn2Own Contest
Mar 12, 2013A day after researchers hacked Chrome and Firefox at the Pwn2Own contest, Google and Mozilla patched their browsers Thursday. The contest also wound down yesterday after hackers had earned a record $480,000 over two days. The update to ...
Tags: Chrome, Firefox, Google Mozilla
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Support You to Unlock Your Smart Phone Without Your Carrier's Permission
Mar 12, 2013A January change to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal for you to unlock your smart phone without your carrier's permission. That is, if your phone is tethered to Carrier A, you can't "unlock" it on your own so ...
Tags: Digital Millennium Copyright Act, smart phone, unlocking
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Activist Has Turned His Attention to Broader Reform of The DMCA
Mar 11, 2013The author of a successful White House petition calling on government officials to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones has turned his attention to broader reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Sina Khanifar, the ...
Tags: mobile phone, unlocking, Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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White House Agrees with Arguing Jailbreaking of Mobile Phones Should Be Legal
Mar 6, 2013The White House says it agrees with a US citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal. In a statement released on the White House petitions web page, presidential aide R. ...
Tags: mobile phones, jailbreaking, White House
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Apple Continues to Warn That Hacking an iPhone to Install Unapproved Software
Feb 18, 2013iOS jailbreaks may come and go, but Apple continues to warn that hacking an iPhone to install unapproved software, while not illegal, may void the device's service warranty. The latest jailbreak -- the term for leveraging a vulnerability ...
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Apple Shipped iOS 6 Last September, and Updated It to 6.1 on January 29
Feb 8, 2013iOS jailbreaks may come and go, but Apple continues to warn that hacking an iPhone and jailbreaking it, while not illegal, may void the device's service warranty. The latest jailbreak – the term for leveraging a vulnerability to ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone, mobile operating system
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Monday Saw The Release of a Program to Jailbreak Apple Devices Running iOS 6
Feb 7, 2013Monday saw the release of a program to jailbreak Apple devices running iOS 6, sparking over 100,000 downloads in the first 10 minutes of availability. The jailbreak modifies Apple’s mobile firmware, letting users load applications ...
Tags: Jailbreak, Apple devices, mobile
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Apple Software Hackers Unveiled a Website Late Wednesday
Feb 4, 2013Apple software hackers unveiled a website late Wednesday where the latest untethered jailbreak is expected to be released soon. An elite team of hackers has been working for months to develop an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6, Apple's ...
Tags: Apple, software hackers, company news
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Phone Unlocking Services Face The Biggest Legal Risk From Mobile Operators
Jan 31, 2013U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
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Two iPhone Hackers Are Making Progress Towards Developing a New Jailbreak
Jan 24, 2013Two iPhone hackers hinted they're making progress towards developing a new jailbreak for the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system. One of the hackers, who goes by "@pod2g" on Twitter, wrote on Sunday that they found two "new ...
Tags: iPhone, Apple, mobile operating system, iOS
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Two iPhone Hackers Make Progress Toward Developing a New Jailbreak for Apple's iOS 6
Jan 22, 2013Two iPhone hackers hinted on Sunday that they are making progress toward developing a new jailbreak for the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 6. One of the hackers, who goes by “@pod2g” on Twitt ...
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A iPhone Hacker Has Developed a Way to Jailbreak Apple's IOS 6 Operating System
Jan 8, 2013IDG News Service - A famed iPhone hacker has developed a fresh way to jailbreak Apple's iOS 6 operating system in order to install unauthorized apps, but he says he won't release it. David Wang wrote on Reddit that he discovered several ...
Tags: iPhone, operating system, software, App Store
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Cydia Is a Software Application for iOS That Enables a User to Find and Install Software
Dec 26, 2012STOW, OH, August 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- reveals that its tool can jailbreak and unlock iPhone 4S, 4, 3Gs and iPad 2 the latest iOS 5.1.1 . Once the jailbreak and unlock for iOS 5.1.1 is complete the iPhone/iPad will have the Cydia ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission Is Advising Smartphone Users
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is advising smartphone users on how to protect their mobile devices and data from mobile security threats. The Commission released an online tool called the "Smartphone ...
Tags: FCC, security advice, smartphone, mobile devices.data