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as it works by forcing the activation of the baseband using the emergency dialer.
Its legality has been questioned as the hack works using the emergency dialer (by dialing 112), which is illegal in the U.S. and some other countries.
yesterday. The unlocking solution worked in iOS 5 beta (more…)

However, Ping in its current form could turn out to be a haven for impostors and spammers.
points out that the new music social networking service already has fake accounts in the name of Mark Zuckerberg and The Beatles. Considering the lucrative opportunity involved in selling music to followers,
notes that Ping is likely to invite spammers to create fake accounts of popular music bands to sell their music. The issue could be sorted out through (more…)

“The malfunction we see is that the iPad uses DHCP to obtain a lease, renews the lease zero or more times (as expected), but then continues using the IP address without renewing the lease further. The iPad allows the DHCP lease to expire, but it continues using the IP address after allowing the lease to expire. The incident continues for some time (typically hours); usually it ends when the iPad asks for a new DHCP lease, or the iPad disconnects from (more…)

“Same story as last year and the year before, but we’ve confirmed with multiple AT&T sources that the carrier has now put a block on employees taking vacations in June. The only time AT&T does a straight block like this is for iPhone launches. What’s interesting is, if AT&T is blocking June, perhaps the iPhone will launch a little earlier than July this year.”
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If you consider the launch of previous iPhone models, Apple usually introduces (more…)

The long-awaited Google Voice application for the iPhone has been officially shot down by Apple .

There were a scattering of reports on Monday, and then a Google spokesperson confirmed it: “Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users–for example, by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers.”

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