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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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  Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

  Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

  By Jay Alabaster | 25 May, 2012 07:37

  Tags: sony, Internet-based applications and services, internet, consumer electronics

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  Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

  Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.

  By Agam Shah | 24 May, 2012 19:23

  Tags: smartphones, processors, nvidia, Fujitsu, consumer electronics, Components

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  Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

  Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

  Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

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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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  Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

  Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

  By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

  Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

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  This tiny PC Runs Linux and Android 4.0--and costs just $74

  Over the past few months there have been no fewer than three tiny, cheap Linux PCs making headlines, and now there's a fourth to add to the list.

  By Katherine Noyes | 20 May, 2012 11:57

  Tags: unix, ubuntu, software, smartphones, Raspberry Pi, operating systems, None, Linux, consumer electronics, Arm, Android

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  FujiFilm camera design to withstand water, shock, dust, freezing temperatures

  FujiFilm said Wednesday it will begin sales of a digital camera in June that is waterproof, shockproof, sealed against dust and sand, and works at temperatures below freezing.

  By Jay Alabaster | 23 May, 2012 13:22

  Tags: popular science, digital cameras, consumer electronics, fujifilm

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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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  Sony demos wireless media hub for its computers, smartphones, game consoles

  Sony on Tuesday showed a digital media hub that uses Wi-Fi to connect its PCs, tablets, smartphones and PlayStation game consoles, a product that it hopes will be part of its comeback.

  By Jay Alabaster | 23 May, 2012 01:31

  Tags: consumer electronics, internet, popular science, sony

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  Google has finally closed Motorola Mobility acquisition

  Google has finally closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, and will now start working on new devices while keeping Android open, it said on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2012 00:36

  Tags: tablets, smartphones, Motorola Mobility, mergers and acquisitions, hardware systems, Google, consumer electronics, business issues, Android tablets, Android OS, Android

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  Tokyo opens world's tallest broadcast tower

  Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, officially opened to the public on Tuesday.

  By Jay Alabaster | 22 May, 2012 20:34

  Tags: TVs, Telecommunication, smartphones, consumer electronics

• 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