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iPhone 1.1.1 AppTapp Manual Install

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

For those who cannot wait for an AppTapp 1.1.1 Update
See our Install AppTapp 3.0 beta in iPhone 1.1.1 without Command Line tutorial←
Certainly, at this moment, we can only assume that Nullriver is busy updating their AppTapp installer to integrate the revised jailbreak and install procedure required with the iPhone 1.1.1 software update. Only in [...]

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Tags: Technical

Applism

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Image courtesy of SlowFake
Hyperbole Essay Muses a Protestant Split Over Jesus Phone
Release a breakthrough product, ready the defenses. Slash prices within 60 days of its release. Pre-test an elaborate consumer store credit program. Maintain control of user experience, revenue streams, and product integrity. Expedite firmware drops to shore up security against an unpredictably vigorous, [...]

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Tags: Gadget Review

iPhone Mod

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

After pulling an all-nighter, iPhone has been modded
As companies embed full-fledged computers into consumer entertainment products, such as Sony PSP, Apple TV, and iPhone, and then proceed to lock them down to restrict their functionality in the name of stability and security, legions of enthusiasts heed the call to open them up again, to [...]

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Tags: Technical

Red Flags: The Great Firewall of China vs. Secret AT&T NSA Wiretap Rooms

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

We enjoy a free and open society and promote it to the world as the model of existence.
We look to China as a totalitarian police-state undergoing hyper-capitalism.
We know that China’s internet is filtered by the Great Firewall of China, an intricate, secretive and semi-effective internet censorship system.
As a guest-professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, I [...]

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Tags: Politics