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  Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

  Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

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  Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

  Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

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  Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir

  SimpleAir in Texas said Thursday it had settled its patent infringement litigation against Apple, and entered into a confidential license agreement by which Apple had taken a license to its patents.

  By John Ribeiro | 25 May, 2012 07:24

  Tags: patent, intellectual property, legal, SimpleAir, Apple

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  iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

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  Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

  By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

  Tags: Android tablets, iPad, tablets, hardware systems, Apple, Lenovo

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  Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

  The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 05:35

  Tags: antitrust, e-commerce, Internet-based applications and services, internet, legal, Department of Justice, Apple

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  McAfee reports big spike in malware

  PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: mobile security, malware, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple, Google, mcafee

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  Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

  By Fred O'Connor | 23 May, 2012 08:44

  Tags: tablets, Soti, smartphones, security, mobile, iPhone, iPad, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple

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  Jailbreak of Apple iOS 5.1.1 due 'in days'

  Hackers claim to be just days away from jailbreaking Apple devices running iOS 5.1.1, the latest firmware release for iPhones and iPads, letting users load applications from outside of Apple's iTunes App Store.

  By John Cox | 23 May, 2012 04:26

  Tags: wireless, smartphones, networking, jailbreaking, iphone jailbreak, ios jailbreak, consumer electronics, Apple

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  Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy

  It's official: Google is now a hardware company.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 01:17

  Tags: search engines, Motorola Mobility, Motorola, Mobile and Wireless, Internet Search, internet, Google, european commission, Apple

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  Sidecar app for iOS, Android seeks to give smartphone voice calls overdue respect

  Sidecar, a born-again startup whose founders hail from Internet media services company Real Networks, Tuesday is launching an eponymous app for iPhones and Android smartphones that's designed to make it easier for people to share videos, photos and more while talking on those devices.

  By Bob Brown | 22 May, 2012 22:26

  Tags: wireless, Sidecar smartphone app, networking, mobile apps, iPhone app, ctia, Apple, Android app

• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.

  By James Niccolai | 22 May, 2012 10:14

  Tags: smartphones, research in motion, patent, legal, kodak, iPhone, intellectual property, consumer electronics, Blackberry, Apple, Android

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  Apple's Cook 'top-paid US CEO in 2011'

  Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, topped the list of the best-paid CEOs in the US in 2011 thanks to stock options that put him more than $US300 million ($A305.95 million) above his next rival, a Wall Street Journal survey shows.

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:18

  Tags: tim cook, business, Apple

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  Mozilla readies Firefox for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper

  Mozilla is scrambling to craft a code-signed version of Firefox for the Mac in case Apple launches OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, early.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 01:11

  Tags: software, operating systems, mozilla, Mac OS, browsers, applications, Apple

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  How we tested desktops-as-a-service

  We noted the customer intake procedures for each of the five DaaS vendors, focusing on what options and what type of process were used. We set a platform consisting of several Windows 7 virtual machines, as well as a Lenovo T520 running native Windows 7, another T520 running Linux Mint 2, and three MacBooks running Mac OS 5, 6, and 7 respectively, as well as an Apple iPad running iOS 5.

  By Tom Henderson | 21 May, 2012 14:29

  Tags: VMware, Microsoft, Lenovo, internet, extreme networks, desktop as a service, comcast, cloud computing, Apple