Rather disappointing the complete lack of even vague details about how the Jailbreak came to be. Hopefully there'll be something to munch on once 6.1 GM is released...

"Demand was great enough to knock Mega offline for a number of users attempting to either connect up or sign up for new accounts, and Mega's availability remains spotty as of this articles' writing."

Just wait until Slashdotters start waking up around the World. That should take care of both spotty and availability.

"70 percent of the time - it works every time!" - Anchorman

A slight off-topic - but how do people who have the skills to realize complex attacks manage to fail to cover their tracks and get caught?

What, this isn't already done by default? Nothing learnt from Saddam/Iraq then...

Does it run iOS?

Why not lease or buy the data from the Russians & the Chinese while we're getting the new ones into orbit... Cheaper and would get the job, or at least some of it, done. 2c

I wonder what factor protection they use over there. Oh wait, it's only 6 Mkm away from Cen B.

Why not use something a bit more durable and less expensive?

Surely any aliens that can get this far should understand how to read compressed images... They're going to think they're dealing with inferior intelligence and possibly launch an unprovoked...

oh wait.

The fact that there are never any pictures of these, allegedly seen, exoplanets - but given the fact that the only result is some raw spectroscopy data can only warrant to be mainstream news to the guys who crunch numbers all day and get impression artists to turn it into something somebody without a Ph.D. in astronomy can understand. As a link to an Arxiv paper, to me this is completely uninteresting.

According to that map, despite arising in modern-day Baltic, Central and Eastern Europe the Balto-Slavic group hasn't really moved anywhere. Looks like Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia are still using sign language of some sort... What's the deal there?

And some duct tape can go a long way! As seen on Mythbusters...

SYNERGY? =)
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-07-20/

Add some Fukushima Daichi, trace steroids and hormone and you have the ultimate power drink, complete with salts and other minerals. Coming soon to a Starbucks near you! (to match the taste).