Jailbreaking articles

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  Chat Heads, set free: jailbreak tweak puts Facebook Messenger all over your iPhone

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 17, 2013 07:08 pm + 88 comments

  When Facebook launched Chat Heads for iOS yesterday, the feature's functionality was limited. On Continue reading…

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  Hackulous, the pirated iOS app community, abruptly closes

  By Ben Kersey on December 31, 2012 06:27 am + 263 comments

  Hackulous, the community and website behind the popular app Installous, has been shut down. In a Continue reading…

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  iPhone hacker chpwn takes up internship at Facebook

  By Vlad Savov on June 5, 2012 05:03 am + 10 comments

  In what's becoming a trend among grassroots software developers with cool-sounding nicknames — Continue reading…

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  Absinthe 2.0 untethered jailbreak tool launches, supports iOS 5.1.1, new iPad

  By Andrew Webster on May 25, 2012 09:33 am + 114 comments

  It's been a few months since the jailbreaking tool Absinthe was released for the iPhone 4S and iPad Continue reading…

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  The New Yorker profiles George Hotz, the original iPhone and PS3 jailbreaker

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 30, 2012 11:42 am + 9 comments

  "I hack because I'm bored," famed iPhone and PS3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz told The New Yorker in Continue reading…

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  Jailbroken iPads get windowed app management courtesy of Quasar

  By Sam Byford on April 29, 2012 08:36 pm + 139 comments

  The iPad may be at the vanguard of Apple's "post PC" revolution, but if you're feeling a little Continue reading…

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  Facebook, Dropbox login credentials vulnerable to theft on iOS and Android

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 6, 2012 09:28 am + 44 comments

  Security researcher Gareth Wright "stumbled into" a way to make one iOS or Android device think it's Continue reading…

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  Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 released for Windows

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 23, 2012 11:28 am + 20 comments

  Just two days have passed since the OSX release of Absinthe, Chronic Dev Team's jailbreaking tool Continue reading…

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  iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreak ready to download

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 20, 2012 11:57 am + 52 comments

  After numerous teases, pod2g's "corona" exploit has finally come to Apple's A5-powered devices. The Continue reading…