According to the iPhone Dev Team, there is a well known loophole that has been found in the iPhone 3GS. The loophole is known as the 24Kpwn exploit, and was first found in the iPod Touch 2G, which seems to have been carried over on to the iPhone 3GS.
Still waiting to have your iPhone 3GS [...]

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Yesterday I updated and jailbroke the new 3.0 firmware for my iPhone 3G. During the jailbreak process using redsn0w 0.72 by the iPhone Dev Team, I installed both Cydia and Icy. To my great dismay, when I attempted to intitiate the essential upgrades in Cydia, I continually received an error that stated,
“couldnt configure pre-depend dpkg [...]

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Alright, so it’s been a while since I’ve made a post in regards to the website itself, completely disregarding iPhone and iPod Touch talk from the subject, so I figured now would be a good time to do so.
Touch Podium, as most of the regulars should know by now, had really slowed down at the [...]

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Over twelve thousand four hundred (‘12,400′) iPhone owners signed under an AT&T contract have joined an instant Twitter petition to get their word out about being upset with AT&T’s decision to charge current iPhone owners whom wish to upgrade to an iPhone 3G S, an additional $200 surcharge.
I’d be quite upset about the whole ordeal [...]

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Word has it that Apple has brought App Store rejection notices to a whole new low. It has been shown that Apple has stopped informing developers what the problem with their application is, if rejected.
Image via TUAW
As if there weren’t already enough problems with Apple’s App Store review process already, it is now being said [...]

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It is being rumored that the oh-so-popular music downloading software iTunes will be heading in a good direction this afternoon; DRM-Free mp3’s!
This has been brought to Apple Insider’s attention via French technology site ElectronLibre, stating that Apple will start publishing music on the iTunes Store, DRM-free, from Sony, Universal, and Warner on December 9th, which [...]

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Wow, would you have a look at this. I’ve never seen anything like it. This guy is playing with his iPod touch like a normal user would, but instead of looking off the tiny iPod touch screen, he’s got it hooked up to a big screen tv!
Here, have a look at the video right away:

Okay, [...]

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According to MacRumors, it is now possible to use and distribute “Promo Codes” for any of your self-uploaded apps onto the App Store.
Two setbacks, however, until further notice, are:

Developers are only able to give away 50 promotional codes per application version.
The promo codes are only available to US iTunes Store users.

Previous to such promo codes, [...]

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American Airlines is joining Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to your iPhone, BlackBerry, G1, or whatever it is you have. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop
flights departing from O’Hare — LAX and Orange County will start on
the 17th.
This makes things a little quicker, and easier [...]

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Apple has been doing a great job ridding the iPhone and iPod touch of security flaws and the likes, but there is in fact one issue with the Mail.app that can get users to do something they never wished to do.
Here is a direct quote from Ars Technica explaining the flaw:
Explained on his blog (hat [...]

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I have a headache. But at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that Touch Podium is now back on its feet like it’s supposed to be, so our loyal readers should have no further trouble here.
Frapstr is now working 100% finally.  No more DNS issues or page errors, so you are free to [...]

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As disappointed as I may be to announce the following, I’m doing it for the betterment of the community…
Word has it that there is a new app out there for jailbroken iPhone’s that goes by the name of ‘Installous’. In conjunction with another app called ‘AppShare’ you are supposedly capable of downloading App Store applications [...]

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Thankfully Apple hadn’t accepted any Penguin Panic games to the App Store yet because the one that has been available for months before the App Store was even revealed is infected with a virus and/or malware. The virus, however, does not effect the iPhone or iPod touch in any way — just the Windows operating [...]

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