I’ve been asked several times in the past why I choose to use Linux over Windows in my day to day computing.  I always answer with the same, response because I can.  Usually the asker doesn’t press on to get my reasoning, however every now and then someone will ask me for my reasons behind using Linux. I use Linux, or more specifically Ubuntu, because for one it’s free, and almost all of the software for it, is also...

My Current Ubuntu desktop setup.  It’s running the Linux Mint menu, as well as the Elegant Gnome theme set, though not visual I also have working iPhone...

Comex has brought back the userland jailbreaks for iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1.  This jailbreak is completely doable from your ipod touch or iPhone and supports the iPhone 4.  However, DO NOT upgrade past 4.0.1 or you will no longer be able to use the jailbreak.  successfully ran the jailbreak from an iPhone 3G @ 4.0.1 which I had previously jailbroken on 4.0 with Redsn0w.  As I started jailbreaking with Quickpwn, a userland jailbreak is new to...

The Congress has come to the decision that jailbreaking is allowed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  This is good news for, well just about everyone.  Now this doesn’t just cover jailbreaking, it also covers rooting your phone (Android and WebOS users).  Unfortunately, jailbreaking will still void your warranty.  Ehh, for those of you like me who jailbreak for the fun of it and don’t care about the...

Jay Freeman, best known as Saurik among memebers of the jailbreak community, was pleased to show off his jailbroken iPhone 4 during an interview with the folks at Make it Work Media, where he revealed that fellow members MuscleNerd and Planetbeing were working hard to get a stable jailbreak tool into the hands of iPhone users worldwide. Although Saurik has not been acquainted with all of the members of the iPhone Dev Team, he was able to...

Ever get jealous of android users because you either don’t have a smart phone, or you are a Winmo or iOS user?  Well this past March, Dani Eichhorn released a x86 (the type of CPU in most computers) version of Android 1.6.  This can be installed onto your hard drive, ran off of a live CD (burn the ISO to a cd with IMGburn) or run it through VMware or VIrtual box.   Now because Android is open source, there are no legal issues...