iPhone jailbreak tools updated to open firmware 1.1.4 (The Register)

ZiPhone, iNdependence tweaked The latest version of iPhone activation, jailbreaking and unlocking tool, ZiPhone, has been released. The tool promises full access to Apple’s handset in under five minutes.…

iPhone jailbreak tools updated to open firmware 1.1.4 (The Register)

ZiPhone, iNdependence tweaked The latest version of iPhone activation, jailbreaking and unlocking tool, ZiPhone, has been released. The tool promises full access to Apple’s handset in under five minutes.…

Source: Apple may not restrict free iPhone apps (MacNN)

In spite of fears that Apple may impose tight restrictions on third-party iPhone applications developed with its upcoming SDK, the company may loosen those restrictions for free programs, Electronista has learned. Connected to the same sources which reported early access for select developers — sources which have since been confirmed as accurate …

Nokia Retains Lead as Mobile-Phone Sales Soar (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Worldwide sales of mobile phones skyrocketed to 1.5 billion in 2007, according to research firm Gartner, a 16 percent increase from 2006 sales of 990.9 million. Sales at the end of the year matched a trend that has demand spiking in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter sales reached 330 million.

Task Force Will Seek Tools to Protect Children Online (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - A new Internet Safety Technical Task Force will be led by the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The task force includes Internet businesses, identity-authentication experts, nonprofit organizations, academics and technology companies. Among the members are AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), Second Life’s Linden Lab, Microsoft, Symantec, Verizon and Yahoo.

Task Force Will Seek Tools to Protect Children Online (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - A new Internet Safety Technical Task Force will be led by the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The task force includes Internet businesses, identity-authentication experts, nonprofit organizations, academics and technology companies. Among the members are AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), Second Life’s Linden Lab, Microsoft, Symantec, Verizon and Yahoo.

Civil rights groups: FCC should allow network management (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should allow broadband providers to manage their networks and slow “bandwidth hogs,” despite concerns that such practices arbitrarily target some customers, said a coalition of seven civil rights groups.

LinkedIn down an hour after big upgrade (AP)

AP - The online networking site LinkedIn was inaccessible for about an hour Friday just a day after a major update with new features and a special message from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates.

Tellme's tale as Microsoft subsidiary (AP)

Tellme general manager and founder Mike McCue poses with active phones at company headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. McCue spent eight years building Tellme, a voice-automation service that he never expected to sell, especially to Microsoft, which antagonized and eventually annihilated his previous employer, Netscape Communications. But McCue's feelings changed after he met with Microsoft's boisterous chief executive, Steve Ballmer, and the two men quickly agreed on an $800 million deal that represents Microsoft's biggest Silicon Valley acquisition so far.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Mike McCue hasn’t talked to Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang since Microsoft Corp. ambushed the Internet pioneer with an unsolicited takeover bid a month ago.

Nokia Retains Lead as Mobile-Phone Sales Soar (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Worldwide sales of mobile phones skyrocketed to 1.5 billion in 2007, according to research firm Gartner, a 16 percent increase from 2006 sales of 990.9 million. Sales at the end of the year matched a trend that has demand spiking in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter sales reached 330 million.

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