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• iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web

  CNET News - 1 hour 47 minutes ago

  Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3G ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way...

  • iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web | Crave

• Leak reveals Windows 7 'family pack' licensing plan

  Computer Weekly - 2 hours 37 minutes ago

  Microsoft plans to release a "family pack" version of its Windows 7 operating system. Family pack versions of Windows 7 can be installed...

  • Reports: Microsoft will sell Windows 7 'Family Pack' | Computerworld

• Facebook for iPhone 3.0 to Include Video Uploading for 3GS Owners

  Inside Facebook - 2 hours 40 minutes ago

  We’ve heard a lot of people say the iPhone’s built-in support for YouTube video uploading is going to make a huge impact on the number of people posting videos online. That number could grow even more now that Facebook’s upcoming Facebook for iPhone 3.0 app is going to include video...

  • One More Thing: The New Facebook iPhone App Will Allow Video Uploads | Tech Crunch

• Dutch carrier Hi showing Pre ahead of Euro launch

  Electronista - 2 hours 51 minutes ago

  Ahead of a scheduled UK launch event next week, Dutch wireless provider Hi has posted a product page on its website advertising the Palm Pre smartphone. Hi is a sub-brand of KPN, which has ties to Telefonica. As Telefonica runs UK carrier O2, which w...

  • Palm Pre in cahoots with Dutch provider Hi | Engadget

• Leaked AT&T memo: Michael Jackson, iPhone set new traffic records

  VentureBeat - 3 hours 8 minutes ago

  AT&T’s PR department gets the net. They know the best way to get their press releases published verbatim is to send them around the company in an easily-leaked format. MacDailyNews received several forwarded copies of this internal memo that confirms that last week was the Internet’s busiest ever. 1. Fact...

  • AT&T Saw 65,000 Texts Per Second Following Michael Jackson's Death (Leaked Memo) | Silicon Alley Insider

• Nasa hacker petition presented to Number 10

  ZDNet - 3 hours 13 minutes ago

  Sting's wife Trudie Styler and Janis Sharp have presented a petition to Number 10 calling for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US.#13 #13 Styler, and Sharp, who is McKinnon's mother, presented the petition to Sarah Brown, the Prime Minist...

  • Gary McKinnon's mother meets PM's wife | Computer Weekly

• Social Network User Loyalty Erratic

  BNET Technology - 3 hours 17 minutes ago

  I've mentioned before how social networks are in a fad business. Recent data from Nielsen Online suggests that even more strongly. The rapid change in the fortunes of social media companies are enough to make your eyes cross -- and to reconsider just how most tech companies should hedge their...

• First iPhone 3GS jailbreak posted (Windows only ATM)

  9 to 5 Mac - 3 hours 50 minutes ago

  As predicted, the iPhone 3GS is now jailbroken.   George "Geohot" Hotz is the first to publish a full jailbreak for Apple's new phone, only a few weeks after its release.  Called Purplera1n, the jailbreak is only Windows for now but there will be a Mac version soon.  The Dev...

  • First iPhone 3GS jailbreaking tool available for download | AppleInsider
  • Breaking: shot fired at Virginia-based Apple Store | AppleInsider

• New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts

  The Official Google Blog - 4 hours 12 minutes ago

  Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched, we've been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we're happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds. Simply click on the links under "Subscribe" in the left-hand column of the Blog Search...

  • Google spruces up its search feature for blogs | TechRadar UK

• Twitter spurs Bing and Facebook real-time initiatives

  Computer Weekly - 5 hours 3 minutes ago

  Microsoft and Facebook have both announced initiatives in response to pressure from Twitter to provide real-time updates online. Twitter is largely...

  • Bing Adds Twitter Searches | Information Week

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