Gadgets

Top 10 Pervasive Tech Myths That Are Only Wasting Your Time

Ever been told that you should fully discharge your battery to prolong its life? Or that jailbreaking your phone is illegal? Or that you should wait for the newest Intel processor because it’s going to be “so much faster”? These are tech myths we hear all the time, and likely spread to our friends — but most are just a waste of your time (and in some cases, they can actually harm your gadgets). Here are some of the worst offenders.


May 18, 2012
News

Apple Censors ‘Jailbreak’ In iTunes

Apple really doesn’t want you to jailbreak your iPhone. So much so that it has reportedly started filtering the term “jailbreak” in the US iTunes store. The search results still turn up, but most of them show up as “j*******k”.


May 8, 2012
Software

Here’s The iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak

iOS 5.1.1 is out now. While it’s mostly usability upgrades and bug fixes, you may as well upgrade if you can. As usual, the Redsn0w jailbreak tool is ready pretty much simultaneously, and Redmond Pie has a walkthrough for how to install it.


May 1, 2012
Software

How To Run Windowed Apps On Your Jailbroken iPad

When is an iPad not an iPad? Maybe when it runs apps in their own resizable windows, just like on your laptop, which is exactly what Quasar, an app for jailbroken iPads, does.


March 23, 2012
Computing

How To Get Personal Hotspot Working On New Aussie iPad Right Now Without Jailbreaking

Gizmodo AU

One of the promised features of the new iPad was that it’d support Personal Hotspot, but here in Australia, the feature’s been notably absent. Here’s how to enable it — no jailbreak required.


March 17, 2012
Geek Out

New iPad: Hackers Show Jailbreak Possible

Yes! The hackers from the Chronic Dev Team — with a special intervention by German developer Stefan Esser — have liberated the shiny new iPad from the tyranny of the app store already using a modification of the Absinthe jailbreaking tool.


March 8, 2012
Software

First Tethered iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Is Already Here

It never takes long for the hacking community to get to grips with new iOS releases, but the first tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1 is here blisteringly fast.


February 24, 2012
Software

Get That Retro iOS ’86 Theme For Your Jailbroken iPhone Now

Last week we fawned over the wonderfully nostalgic iOS ’86 theme someone had created for their iPhone. This week, that theme is available for download. If you have a jailbroken iPhone, that is.


February 1, 2012
Software

Q&A: Only 10 Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal

In less than two weeks, jailbreaking your phone, your tablet or gaming console could become a crime. If the exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act expires, what you do to your devices will again be covered under copyright law.


January 27, 2012
Software

Siri Can Translate Languages For You With A Tweak

Siri is more powerful than Apple lets on, so it’s up to the tweaking, hacking, tinkerish souls of the jailbreak community to unleash her full potential. Like this latest Siri hack, Lingual. It’s a jailbreak-only tweak that turns Siri into a translation device. Just say what you want to Siri, name the language you want to translate it to, and Siri will display it in its translated glory.