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  21 apps Apple doesn't want on your iPhone

• Hackers claim 'jailbreak' victory with PS3 USB key

  By Matt Peckham | 21 August, 2010 04:29

  In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true.

• The Web-based iOS jailbreak tool- how does it work?

  By Mike Keller | 03 August, 2010 04:57

  Hot on the heels of the U.S. Copyright office declaring jailbreaking smartphones legal, a new web-based iOS jailbreak tool has surfaced. The new tool makes the jailbreaking process leaps and bounds simpler than past PC-based tools.

• Hackers edge toward unlocking iPhone 4 OS and network

  By John Cox | 08 July, 2010 02:48

  The hacker group known as iPhone Dev-Team apparently is close to unlocking iPhone 4 in order to run unofficial apps and to use other GSM cellular networks besides AT&T.

• Unteathered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

  By Alessondra Springmann | 05 May, 2010 04:43

  A new jailbreak for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches has been released, mere days after of the iPad 3G release in the US. Called Spirit, this hack lets you jailbreak your Apple mobile devices without connecting them to a computer. While this isn't a carrier unlock (the iPad 3G has no carrier lock, and has been hacked to accept a trimmed-down T-Mobile SIM and natively send SMS), the jailbreak lets you get applications from sources outside of the Apple App Store and otherwise customize your iPhone or iPad experience.

• Apple banning hackers from the App Store?

  By Jared Newman | 17 February, 2010 07:16

  A curious thing happened recently to two prominent iPhone hackers: Upon trying to log in to the iPhone's App Store, they get error messages saying their Apple ID was banned for "security reasons."

• 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your iPhone

  By InfoWorld staff | 05 January, 2010 11:26

  Apple doesn't want you to use them, but the following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones.

• New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones

  By Mike Keller | 12 November, 2009 08:40

  Late last week, an Australian hacker dubbed ikee deployed the Rickrolling worm - a harmless and humorous worm that installs a picture of 80s one hit wonder Rick Astley to affected users' home screens. Rickrolling serves not so much as malware but as a warning to jailbreak users who have installed SSH in order to gain root access to their iPhone's file system from the internet but have neglected to change the default password, even though not doing so is clearly warned against in the installation documentation.

• New iPhone malware steals data from jailbroken phones

  By Jeremy Kirk | 12 November, 2009 00:46

  Another piece of dangerous code that attacks iPhones has been found, although it puts at risk only a very small subset of the smartphone's users.

• Jailbreaking in the iPhone 3.0 era

  By Mel Beckman | 02 March, 2010 03:24

  In a few short years, Apple has established the iPhone as the mobile platform to beat. Each successive firmware update opens new, and often unmatched, features for users and developers to explore. Many of these features, however, find their roots outside Apple's walled-garden approach to the iPhone, as the jailbreak community proves time and again to be an innovative environment for off-limits apps that demonstrate new ways to push the iPhone platform forward.

• Securing your iPhone jailbreak

  By Mike Keller | 04 December, 2009 08:37

  Between the harmless but cautionary Rickrolling worm and the much less friendly iPhone/Privacy. A worm that was able to access personal data without any indication, iPhone jailbreaking has been getting a lot of coverage lately- though not necessarily the kind of coverage the community wants or needs. On top of the recent influx of worms, jailbreakers also have to worry about Apple's repeated attempts to shut it all down via software and hardware updates, as well as all the usual security issues that any wi-fi enabled mobile device may be susceptible to. To those who have already jailbroken, or are considering making the jump- fear not! Your jailbroken iPhone can be just as, if not even more secure than any stock iPhone. Here are a few tips.

• Jailbreaking your iPhone: The pros and cons

  By Mike Keller | 13 November, 2009 06:30

  iPhone "jailbreaking" has been a hot topic since Apple released its smartphone more than two years ago. While the amazing little device does indeed have applications for "just about everything," Apple's sometimes arbitrary or self-serving rejections of apps such as Google Voice has turned more people on to the idea of freeing themselves from dependence on Apple for these resources (and also, in some cases, from AT&T for a network signal).

• New iPhone 3GS bootrom not jailbreak-proof! With a catch

  By Mike Keller | 17 October, 2009 09:27

  Apple released the new iPhone 3GS with an updated bootrom, many reports claimed it rendered the handset "unhackable" or "jailbreak-proof."

• IPhone jailbreaking now a thing of the past?

  By David Coursey | 15 October, 2009 03:11

  Apple seems to have, for the moment, stopped experimenters from "jailbreaking" its most recent shipment of iPhone 3GS handsets. How long this situation will last is anyone's guess--Apple must hope it's forever.

• Great apps you only get by jailbreaking your iPhone

  By Mike Keller | 27 August, 2009 06:50

  Don't get me wrong- the App Store is incredible and unmatched. There truly is an app for just about everything on the iPhone.

• Despite Apple, cool new iPhone hacks are coming

  By Bill Snyder | 22 May, 2009 08:42

  What exec wouldn't love to have an army of unpaid workers cranking out improvements to their product on the off chance that they may make some money -- or get a little glory? Steve Jobs, of course. But despite Apple's stand, independent developers are poring over the beta of iPhone 3.0, speculating about the new hardware and getting ready to add useful (and sometimes just playful) hacks.