Yesterday january 14th, 2008 Steve Jobs sent an eMail to his employees explaining that his health-related issues seem to be more complex than expected last week. He will take a medical leave of absence until the end of June. In the meantime Tim Cook will be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations.
Stock exchanges suspended trading Apple shares after they went down 10%.
» Read Apple’s Media Advisory here…
There seems to be a new kid on the block called Jailbird. Jailbird is an independent implementation of exploits the iPhone Dev Team found in order to
As WinPwn has not been updated for a while this is amazing news for the Windows users among us.
See Jailbird’s Website for further information…
As recently reported the iPhone Dev Team held a lecture about the security systems in both the iPhone 2G and the new iPhone 3G here in Berlin at the Chaos Communication Congress 2008.
The lecture is very interesting and comprises known and some unknown facts about vulnerabilities of the iPhone.
Downloads:
» Video for iPhone…
» Video for all other devices…
In case the download is too slow. You may pick your own mirror from this list.
As of january 4th, 2008 Parallels released Parallels Desktop 4.0 . It now comes with a bunch of new functions like:
Parallels Desktop also includes Parallels Internet Security (which is in fact Kaspersky Internet Security) and Acronis True Image Home – both for Microsoft Windows.
Steve just released an open letter, describing he’s healthy as ever. His loss of weigth is caused by a hormon imbalance that is currently getting treatment. He will regain his original weight at the end of spring.
Apple shares increased 3%.
P.S. All the best for you Steve. Just continue with your major lifework called Apple. You’re doing almost everything right. But please would you just lower the prices of the Mac Pro’s to the half ;-)
… by the iPhone Dev Team. You guys really rock. The unlock tool requires a jailbroken iPhone 3G and either Cydia or the Installer installed to download the unlock program called “yellowsn0w” from the Dev Team’s repository.
The tool gets distributed for free. Anyway some code-thieves are obviously already selling it by saying it is their work. Find further information about yellowsn0w on the Dev Team’s blog.
And yes: happy new year guys. We’re back from vacation and Berlin is full of “white snow” :-))