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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple posts firmware v1.1.2 — goodbye jailbreak! — Looks like Apple just published firmware v1.1.2 for the iPhone; hit the download link to grab it yourself because iTunes hasn't yet gotten wise to the fact that it's out. Details to follow, but don't expect jailbreak …
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Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
1.1.2 iPod touch Jailbroken—before its official release! — They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And here is the first picture from a jailbroken 1.1.2 iPod touch, courtesy of hacker planetbeing. Congratulations to all the iPhone/iPod team, including Pumpkin, Edgan, Dinopio, Drudge, Kroo, and all the rest.
Arn / MacRumors:
iPod Touch Firmware 1.1.2 Released: Add Calendar Events — Alongside the iPhone 1.1.2 update, Apple has also released an iPod Touch 1.1.2 firmware update which is available for some through iTunes. For those who are impatient, a direct download is also available: — iPod1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Radiohead Deny Reports That 60 Percent Of Fans Paid Nothing For In Rainbows — Band sets December 31 for physical release of latest album overseas. — The physical version of Radiohead's In Rainbows won't be ready for your holiday stocking, but it will be released this year.
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Associated Press:
Sony CEO sees 'stalemate' in disc fight — NEW YORK - The head of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, said Thursday that the Blu-ray disc format the company has developed as the successor to the DVD is in a "stalemate" with the competing HD DVD format, chiefly backed by Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft Corp.
Evan DiBiase / The Evan Series:
Video Rentals Coming Soon to iTunes? — Before installing any iTunes upgrade, I dump the strings from the old iTunes binary. Once the new version has installed, I diff the new version's strings against the old's, to see what shows up. — When I did this for the recent 7.5 upgrade, I found the following interesting (new) strings:
Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
Nigeria favors Linux vendor Mandriva over Microsoft once more — San Francisco - Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all. — Mandriva had closed a deal in mid-August …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft's Surface taking a while to, you know, surface — While the tech demos get plenty of oohs and aahs, Microsoft's Surface is having trouble making it past the prototype stage. Originally slated to show up in a few commercial venues this year, applications of the tech have been pushed back to next spring at the earliest.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Review: The Sweet Agony That Is Nokia N81 — It has been nearly 65 days since I went without a phone set change, leading to snide remarks from my co-workers about my fidelity to Apple's iPhone. Despite getting frustrated with frustrations with iPhone's Email application …
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Nate Weiner / the Idea Shower:
Block Facebook Beacon — So here I am, burning some brain cells and taking some time to relax playing a game on Kongregate, when a little window pops up in the corner of my screen and says "Kongregate is sending this to your Facebook profile: Nate played Desktop Tower Defense 1.5 at Kongregate."
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Law professor argues that Facebook's Social Ads may be illegal — Facebook executives have recently been quoted as saying they want to take over the world, but something might already be getting in their way: the law. — The New York Times' Saul Hansell has linked to a blog post from William McGeveran …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target — In its ongoing quest to make sure that no potential Windows revenue source is left untapped, Microsoft is expanding its tentacles deeper into the refurbished PC marketplace. — On November 9, Microsoft launched a new program …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
YouTube Releases Multi-file Uploader, Raises File Limits to 1 GB — YouTube just announced the availability for Windows users of a desktop uploader (install page here). Users will now be able to do bulk file uploads. The company also raised its file size limit from 100 MB to 1 GB.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Prosecutor Announces Charges Against The Pirate Bay — The Pirate Bay team does not believe that Roswall will be successful in his attempt to take down The Pirate Bay. They keep repeating that they are just running a search engine and did not store any copyrighted material on their servers.
Jemima Kiss / PDA:
If I see another headline about "the iPhone cometh..." — It may not have escaped your notice that Apple's iPhone launches today, hence the saturation coverage. — In the interests of science, your weary correspondent was planning to throw herself into the throng in Regent Street to get one …
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