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Submission + - iOS 4.1 Jailbroken already (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by mspohr on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @09:55PM

mspohr writes: "Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare, hardware hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new operating system. More surprising still, there doesn't appear to be anything Steve Jobs can do to stop them in the near future. The exploit in the boot ROM of iOS devices was first announced by iPhone Dev-Team member pod2g. It was soon confirmed by other hackers, who said that because the exploit targets such a low-level part of the operating system, Apple won't be able to stop jailbreakers without making significant hardware changes."

Submission + - DARPA wants extreme wireless interference buster (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @08:25PM

coondoggie writes: Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will this month begin looking for technology that will let wireless communications work even through the most extreme and nasty interference.

Anti-Product Placement For Negative Branding 130

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @06:12PM from the touch-of-death dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Product placement to promote your brand just isn't enough any more. These days, apparently, some companies are resorting to anti-product placement in order to get competitors' products in the hands of 'anti-stars.' The key example being Snooki from Jersey Shore, who supposedly is being sent handbags by companies... but the bags being sent are of competitors' handbags as a way to avoid Snooki carrying their own handbag, and thus potentially damaging their brand."

Comment Re:Emotional Things I Wish I Knew Earlier (Score 2, Interesting) 590

by laura42 on Monday September 06, 2010 @05:59PM (#33492504) Attached to: Programming Things I Wish I Knew Earlier

I agree with all of this, but also... Doctors, lawyers, and most (non-software) engineers have reasons not to present their work as being radically different from others in the same profession. Doctors who are sued for malpractice generally want to argue that what they did is the same as what any other doctor would do, lawyers want to argue that their positions are based on precedent, and civil engineers want to convince people that their suspension bridge designs are based on the same principles that make other suspension bridges safe.

Comment Re:I have a household robot (Score 2, Funny) 102

by laura42 on Monday September 06, 2010 @08:04AM (#33487652) Attached to: The State of Household Robots

What you need is a robot to empty your Roomba for you.

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