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Official: iPhone 4 jailbreak hits from iPhone Dev Team (updated with video) — The Library of Congress made it legal, MuscleNerd showed us it was a go, and now Comex and company have delivered the long-awaited jailbreak to the fourth rendition of iPhone. According to their new page JailbreakMe …
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Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G on iOS 4 / 4..1 and iPad on iOS 3.2.1 …
Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G on iOS 4 / 4..1 and iPad on iOS 3.2.1 …
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Bing and Google in a Race for Search Features — Edwin Perello discovered that Bing, the Microsoft search engine, could find addresses in his rural Indiana town when Google could not. Laura Michelson, an administrative assistant in San Francisco, was lured by Bing's flight fare tracker.
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Softpedia News, Data Mining, LiveSide.net and Search Engine Watch, Thanks:steverubel
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Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPad — “The operating system is called Windows,” claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft's plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday. He expressed dismay …
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What Microsoft's slate interface should — and could — look like — Using Microsoft's new Windows Phone interface feels at times like placing a small frame on wide landscape, and then moving it around to get a sense for the larger picture. People accustomed to self-contained mobile screens will find this jarring at first.
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MSDN Blogs, Thanks:atul
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Facebook and Twitter's New Rival — By now, plenty of traditional media companies have hopped on the social media bandwagon, pumping out news updates on Facebook and Twitter. — But do those companies have the time and resources to work yet another Web outlet into their daily routine?
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Hillicon Valley, DealBook and The Atlantic Online, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:nahumg
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AT&T, Verizon Said to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones — AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile carriers, are planning a venture to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones, posing a new threat to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., three people with direct knowledge of the plan said.
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IntoMobile, SlashGear, MobileCrunch, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Daily Patricia and Phone Scoop, Thanks:rawmeet
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Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy — The online habits of most people who use the world's dominant Web browser are an open book to advertisers. That wasn't the plan at first. — In early 2008, Microsoft Corp.'s product planners for the Internet Explorer 8. browser intended …
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Tech Eye, THINQ.co.uk, Neowin.net, paidContent, ReadWriteWeb and Digits, Thanks:atul
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Delhi Police Use Facebook to Track Scofflaw Drivers — NEW DELHI — This city is famous for its snarled traffic and infamous for its unruly drivers — aggressive rule-breakers who barrel through red lights, ignore crosswalks and veer into bicycle or bus lanes to find open routes.
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Softpedia News and Pulse2
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Internet Explorer on a Roll - Gains Another .42% — Internet Explorer extended its usage share gains by another .42% in July, gaining about 1% global share since May. This is the second month in a row of global gains for Internet Explorer and the third straight month of gains for Internet Explorer 8 in the United States.
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Facebook Would-Be Owner Says He Owes Claim to Arrest, Andrew Cuomo Lawsuit — Paul Ceglia, who claims in a lawsuit that he owns 84 percent of Facebook Inc., said his case wouldn't have been possible if state troopers hadn't come to his house in October to arrest him for fraud.
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TechCrunch, Silicon Alley Insider and Startup Meme
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Skype iPhone Multitasking Not Ready for Prime Time. — Skype launches an iPhone multitasking upgrade. As their list of errors and issues shows it's premature, and from my perspective lacks understanding of how users will want to use it. I'm also stunned that all those iPhone reviewers …
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Sprint Launches 4G for Five More Markets Today, Epic 4G's Official Site Goes Live — Sprint's announcing the continued expansion of their growing 4G network (something that's starting to become a nice trend for Mondays). While today's expansion might not be as beefy as weeks past, we can't say we're disappointed about it.
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