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How to Jailbreak your iPod Touch 2G or iPhone 3G iOS 4.0 with redsn0w

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Today, 40Tech is pleased to present a guest post by Tony Hue from LonePlacebo.  Tony's post is especially timely, in light of the U.S. Library's of Congress ruling that jailbreaking an iPhone does NOT violate copyright.  Apple, of course, says that jailbreaking does void your warranty, and that it can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably, so proceed at your own risk.

Since this article was published, our guest author, Tony, has sent us this link to a video that shows a new two step method for jailbreaking your iPhone.  Here it is, embedded:

Jailbreaking is the process of reconfiguring the restrictions Apple places on the iPod Touch and iPhone firmware to allow you to gain access to any code on your device. One familiar case is with Apple's App Store. We all know that all apps must undergo an approval process before it is available to download at the App Store. The applications that are not approved, however, sometimes end up at third-party application installers like Cydia.

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Apple to the Core

Today, 40Tech is pleased to present a guest post by Kosmo from The Soap Boxers.

Oregon Trail sign with Apple logo The game of Oregon Trail is a major reason why I have been an avid user of Apple products for a quarter of a century.

When I was in elementary, the school received its very first computers.  The computers were Apple IIe, and they were most commonly used to play Oregon Trail.  A bug in the game is what originally stoked my interest in programming.  It was possible to turn the trading post into your personal ATM by selling more items than you actually possessed.  For example, if you had 3 spare wagon wheels, you could sell 10 wagon wheels to the trading post – an obvious flaw in the logic.  Even “better” was the fact that your inventory would be reduced to 0 and not to 7 … meaning that you could immediately buy 3 wagon wheels to return your inventory to its original level. Read more