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iPhone 3GS jailbreak available; It’s not sn0w, it’s ra1n

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  UPDATE 2: Now Mac version as well as RC2a version for Windows is available. Go to the link below. UPDATE: GeoHot updated the Purplera1n jailbreak with support of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 64-bit support. The RC2 version also improves payload injection. We have got the first iPhone 3GS jailbreaking tool dubbed as purplera1n. […]

Ovi Maps 3.0 comes out of beta

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  Nokia’s Ovi Maps 3.0 has graduated from the beta labs and can now be downloaded from the Nokia Maps portal. The graduated final build comes in with some nifty features like traffic report for North America, ironed out bugs and UI enhancements. Google Maps for many might be a sophisticated navigation app but for […]

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5

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  Mozilla has finally released the 3.5 version of Firefox. The new build is the fastest Firefox ever built which brings in a lot of improvements like HTML5 support, integrated Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora support, faster Javascript rendering with TraceMonkey, improved Gecko engine, Geolocation, Private Browsing and much more. Download Firefox from here, you […]

iPhone 3GS exploit found, ultrasn0w coming soon

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  Good news for iPhone 3GS users waiting for the unlock. The iPhone Dev team has found the 24Kpwn exploit in the bootrom of 3GS which could allow them to jailbreak and possibly unlock the device. Keep your fingers crossed because you may get it sooner than expected since the exploit is similar to what […]

Opera unveils Unite, its tool for reinventing the Web

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  Opera had been hyping about reinventing the web and it seems they have partially succeeded, with the introduction of its new Unite service. Unite is nothing but a gateway to multitude of services that sits nicely in the browser. With Unite enabled, a user can instantaneously share pictures, files, run a web server, stream […]

Microsoft will ship IE-less Windows 7 in Europe

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  Look, what an antitrust charge does it to you. After being fined heftily by European Commission for abusing its monopolistic position, Microsoft wants to play it safe. They have announced not to bundle their IE8 browser along with the next iteration of Windows which will hit in October. “To ensure that Microsoft is in […]

Microsoft set to launch Morro, a free anti-virus software

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  Microsoft will be launching a free anti-virus application replacing its unsuccessful paid security suite, Live OneCare. The software code-named as Morro has been taken from Brazil’s Morro de Sao Paolo beach and will be launched in public beta as a download. Though analysts and investors are keeping a close eye on how the free […]

Apple Safari 4 available for download

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  Apple released the Safari 4 browser at the WWDC yesterday. Moving from beta, the final build sports the same Nitro engine that loads javascript up to 4.5 times faster, support for web standards like HTML 5, fully passes Acid3 test and different processes for plug-ins and browser making it crash resistive. Safari 4 also […]

Opera 9.7 Mobile Beta available

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  Opera 9.7 Mobile beta is now available for Windows Mobile users. The new version brings in some nice improvements, most notably the Turbo (read how it works), Opera’s server-side solution to save bandwidth and also enable faster browsing. Other features include Presto 2.2 rendering engine and widgets support. You can watch the video to […]