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Apple's iOS 4.3.4 jailbroken

Apple last week released its latest iOS update to fix a security flaw exploited by a jailbreaking tool, but the new version--4.3.4--has itself already been jailbroken.

Detailed by the folks at Redmond Pie, the custom PwnageTool now lets users jailbreak any iOS device running iOS 4.3.4 with the exception of the iPad 2. The jailbreak was created and launched Friday, not too long after 4.3.4 was released.

Offering a step-by-step guide for those either brave enough or foolhardy enough to jailbreak their device via the PwnageTool, Redmond Pie says it tested the jailbreak to … Read more

How Microsoft is trying to make us more productive

A Microsoft press event held last week in Redmond under the name "The Future of Productivity Council" wasn't about introducing new and exciting products. But the day-long event Friday did give us a closer look at how Microsoft develops productivity software and also allowed us to hear from several Microsoft executives about what they are trying to accomplish in the productivity sphere.

The first half of the day we watched presentations by various team leaders at Microsoft discussing how productivity products are made and about our slow evolution towards cloud computing.

Gary Heil, the founder of the … Read more

Microsoft exec Elop named Nokia CEO

Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, is leaving the software giant to become chief executive of Nokia as the phone maker seeks to become a software company.

Nokia said in a press release late Thursday it has hired Elop to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who will leave his position as CEO on September 20. Kallasvuo, a 30-year Nokia veteran, will also leave the company's board but remains non-executive chairman of Nokia Siemens Networks.

"The time is right to accelerate the company's renewal to bring in new executive leadership with different skills and strengths in order to … Read more