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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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Get Your Current eBook Library On Your iBooks Bookshelf with Calibre

Get Your Current eBook Library On Your iBooks Bookshelf with Calibre | 40Tech

One of the most annoying things about eReader apps on the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (that have their own dedicated stores) is their proprietary nature — namely, they generally only read books you have purchased from their respective companies, regardless of the library you already own. This can be a pain, as it leads to both multiple eReader apps on your phone and several books inevitably left twisting in the proverbial wind. You can use Stanza for iPhone to solve this problem, but why not put all of your books on that pretty iBooks bookshelf? As of version 0.7, Calibre lets you do just that!

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Windows Live Messenger for iPhone Shows Promise But Has a Ways To Go

Windows Live Messenger for iPhone | 40Tech

If you are a dedicated Windows Live Messenger user and own an iPhone, you may want to take a gander at the official, recently released (and free) iPhone app for the longstanding IM service. The new Live Messenger app is fairly slick and easy to navigate, has push notifications, displays updates from many of the services you can integrate with in your Windows Live account — including Facebook — and handles the job of basic messaging very well. That said, there are a few obvious gaps and design flaws that have made the experience a bit frustrating for some.

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3 Fantastic and Mostly Free Toddler Games for the iPhone

3 Fantastic Free Toddler Games for iPhone | 40Tech

All but the last are free!

If you have kids from one to four and have an iPhone, you will want to take a look at the games below. They are great for simple play, as well as educational tools to help stimulate your child’s development in everything from numbers, letters, and shapes, to critical thinking, motor skills, reading, and imagination. Your curious child will gain some serious satisfaction from being able to play with mommy or daddy’s toy, either alone or with you, and you will be able to instill in them an early respect for your expensive technology (of which we all find more of in our lives these days). Except the last one, all of the iPhone toddler games in the list are free, and offer hours of educational entertainment for your budding baby!

Hit the jump for some great (mostly free) toddler games for the iPhone!

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Did You Get Your Mom an iPad or Are You Waiting for Version 2?

Mom's Love the iPad | 40Tech

So far, we’ve been avoiding all of the iPad chatter here at 40Tech, choosing not to get involved in the sweeping web-wide hype that it’s generated. Admittedly, some of that avoidance is fuelled by the fact that we don’t own a single iPad between us – but we hear good things. Personally, the slowly withering anti-Apple in me is inclined to wait until version two of the iPad is released, hoping for an even better experience (and a self-facing camera for video chats), but this new piece of tech/giant iPod Touch (or iPhone) has taken the worlds of techies and reg’lar folk by storm. I know this because both my mother and my wife (mother of my child) have expressed an interest in getting one. So this begs the question: Did you get your mom an iPad for Mother’s Day?

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