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New version of Skype coming to Mac





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Earlier this week new version of Skype 5.0 with Facebook integration was unveiled for Windows. But the official Skype for Mac blog claims that the next version of Skype for Mac with group video calling is "coming soon" too. The blog don’t mention Facebook integration, but it notes that the next version of Skype for Mac will be totally overhauled, have new appearance and functionality.




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Written by Svetlana Osipova

Saturday, October 16th, 2010. 12:41

Diamond-encrusted iPhone 4 for £5 million



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Here you may see the picture of two identical world's most expensive phones, made for an Australian businessman. Each handset includes over 500 diamonds covering the edges, the Apple logo. Home button is covered by two interchangeable diamonds; a single cut 7.4-carat pink diamond and a rare 8-carat single cut flawless diamond. Total weight of these individual flawless cut diamonds is over 100-carats. The phones come in a box made from a single 7kg block of granite, lined with top grain leather. Its total cost is £5 million - nearly 8 million dollars.




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Written by Svetlana Osipova

Friday, October 15th, 2010. 23:46

Steve Jobs gifts iPods to Chile’s rescued miners



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It is reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will gift the iPods to each of the Chilean miners rescued from deep beneath the Earth. Jobs has become one of the vast number of benefactors, who are impressed at the courage and inner power of the 33 Chile’s miners. They survived 68 days being literally buried alive. Le Figaro magazine claims that the iPods are the “personal gifts from Steve Jobs.” Now we don’t have any information about its model, but we believe it will be a top-of-the-range iPod touch 4G.




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Written by Svetlana Osipova

Friday, October 15th, 2010. 23:38

PwnageTool with Limera1n exploit preview video



MuscleNerd from DevTeam has posted a video preview of the new PwnageTool upcoming release. The new PwnageTool will use Geohot's Limera1n exploit and will let users who need unlock to obtain it. Here's MuscleNerd message from twitter:

Nerd alert: geohot's limera1n in PwnageTool... iTunes restoring iPad to pre-JB 3.2.2 (AppleTV next!) http://is.gd/g37Lm

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New version of MobileMe Calendar Is Now Available to Anyone



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Yesterday calendar web-application for MobileMe exited its beta stage and became available to all members. To start using the new version members should sign in to me.com/calendar, then click the "Upgrade now" button and follow the instructions. Those users who had tested the beta version of the product will receive the update automatically.

According to Apple, the new MobileMe Calendar is even more integrated with the calendar app in iOS devices. It is also regularly synced with a Mac or PC so the data will always be up-to-date. Any changes made by user are also automatically pushed to the mobile device.

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Step-by-step Tutorial: how to jailbreak iPad with iOS 3.2.2 using Limera1n (Mac)



These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad with latest iOS 3.2.2 using Limera1n for Mac. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here.

UPDATE: Please, consider reading our Jailbreak & Unlock FAQ, especially if you have questions or troubles.

Step 1
Open your browaer and navigate to www.limera1n.com and download LimeRa1n for Mac by clicking on the Mac logo.


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Step-by-step Tutorial: how to jailbreak iOS 4.0-4.1 on iPhone or iPod using Limera1n (Mac)



These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS (all bootroms) or iPhone 4 using Limera1n for Mac OS X. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, iOS 4.0.1, iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 4.1. Use the same steps to jailbreak iPod Touch 4G and iPod Touch 3G and even iPad. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here.

Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet.

UPDATE: Please, consider reading our Jailbreak & Unlock FAQ, especially if you have questions or troubles.

Step 1
Open your browaer and navigate to www.limera1n.com and download LimeRa1n for Mac by clicking on the Mac logo.


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Limera1n Jailbreak for iPhone/iPod/iPad is now available for Mac OS



Geohot has just released his Limera1n jailbreak for Mac OS X. Limera1n supports the following Apple devices:

  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPod Touch 4G
  • iPod Touch 3G
  • iPad
  • AppleTV (limited).

Limera1n was the first jailbreak utility to support iOS 4.1. It also works with iOS 4.0, iOS 4.0.1 and iOS 4.0.2.

Remember if you need an unlock do not upgrade to iOS 4.1, just wait for the next PwnageTool release.

You can find our LimeRa1n tutorials tutorials:

You can download Limera1n from here

UPDATE: Please, consider reading our Jailbreak & Unlock FAQ, especially if you have questions or troubles.




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Xcode 4 Preview 4 released to developers



Apple has released their 4th preview of Xcode 4 to developers today. If you’re a developer go get it!

This is a pre-release version of Xcode 4, a major new release of Xcode for both Mac and iOS development. This release requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and includes the iOS SDK 4.1, to develop apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Please review the Release Notes and Readme before installing this software.




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Friday, October 15th, 2010. 15:57

Listen to the new iPhone SMS tones added to iOS 4.2 beta 3



We have already written about new sms tones appeared in iPhone's latest beta firmware iOS 4.2 beta 3. Now you can check them out on a video:




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Friday, October 15th, 2010. 15:50

iPad Will Appear at Verizon and AT&T stores On October 28th



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Yesterday Verizon and AT&T announced that the iPad will appear in their retail stores in two weeks, on October 28th.

Verizon will be offering only WiFi-enabled iPads that will be optionally bundled with MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Routers (which is showed on the image above). The latter allows up to five users to access the Verizon Wireless 3G Mobile Broadband Network via Wi-Fi. The monthly data access plan for 1 GB of data will cost 20$/month.

Chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless John Stratton is excited about this new offer:

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Written by SimplyMax

Friday, October 15th, 2010. 15:29

This Saturday Apple Will Open Its Largest US Store



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Today Apple announced that on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. a new Apple Retail Store, which is situated in Saint Louis, Missouri, will be opened. It is known that the store with 55-foot wide storefront and 6,000 square-feet of space is "completely redesigned" and features new 592 square-feet lounge area. It will also offer Wi-Fi for free and customers will have an ability to check in to Genius bar appointments. Thus, the St. Louis Galleria Apple Store will become the biggest mall-based Apple Store in the USA.

In the newsletter Apple also informed that the first thousand of visitors will receive Apple T-shirts for free.




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Written by SimplyMax

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010. 17:16

Movie Trailer About Geohot



A new interesting video, posted by a user named brokentwice2007, is called "The Official Geohot Movie Trailer" and was created to celebrate the success Geohot has achieved in unlocking and jailbreaking the Apple's iPhone. It also looks like some kind of a parody for "The Social Network" movie, so check this out:




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Apple added new SMS tones to iOS 4.2 beta 3



Apple has finally added new SMS ringtones to recently released iOS 4.2 beta 3. Here they are:




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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010. 3:21

Chronic Dev-Team Releases GreenPois0n Jailbreak for iOS 4.1



Today the Chronic Dev-Team released their jailbreak utility called Greenpois0n. There are currently two versions - for Windows and for Linux users. The team is working on a Mac version, so it will be released soon. Greenpois0n supports only firmware iOS 4.1, so use Limera1n if you want to jailbreak iOS 4.0, iOS 4.0.1 or iOS 4.0.2.

Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet.

Hackers used the bootrom exploit found by Geohot and used in limera1n.


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