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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/11/09

    In reply to Run Palm OS Garnet VM On Your Nokia N900
    Totally cool for those five folks with an n900 who miss the glory days of the Garnet OS.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    apple releases the kernel sources, it doesn't do the same for itunes, as long as apple does that the atom will always work.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    Technically you can't break support of something when it was never listed in the spec requirements or even installed on said hardware officially to begin with :P

    That's like saying an iTunes update broke support of the Palm Pre.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/20/09 1:29 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of natelock natelock
    11/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You can support something unintentionally. And just with most unintentional supports they are likely to break. Apple just took a hammer to it. By Steve-thars hammer, by the suns of Woz, you shall be avenged!
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment natelock was starred natelock was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    @natelock: Great Lisa's ghost! Perhaps you're right.
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    Image of Deaf Mute Deaf Mute
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    I don't know why Apple bothers, it isn't like they exactly lose money when people privately make their own hackintoshes. Especially if people go through the effort to legitimately buy their discs.
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    Deaf Mute was starred Deaf Mute was unstarred
    Image of Isaac Isaac
    11/20/09

    @Deaf Mute: No. Apple does lose money. Lots of people who make hackintoshs would have bought macbooks if they couldn't get OS X any other way.
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    AkkiRonin promoted this comment Isaac was starred Isaac was unstarred
    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/20/09

    @Isaac: I don't thing "lots" would. But, Apple get $30 from a hackintosh and $1000 from a MacBook. So if better then 1 in 30 do they are ahead.
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/10/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Um, that looks like 6 mini-displayports, plus one full-sized, next to the HDMI. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/10/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Is it sad that my house is littered in those old wood chests? Without the leather of course, that would be weird. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/10/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    As a bicyclist myself I've got to ask: Where the hell is that guy locking up that bike? Baghdad?

    Thats a bit overkill if he's just running into the store or stopping for a bite (which is the only time I ever chain up to a street sign or the like). Kinda defeats the purpose of having two spots to chain to when one guy runs two different locks through the whole thing. #gizmodoremainders
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/10/09

    @tande04: I run a very tin cable through my front tire for longer events, but that thing is just overkill. Also the bikes are meant to be secured with one on each side, so this setup still works. #gizmodoremainders
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    tande04 promoted this comment Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of SophT SophT
    11/10/09

    @tande04: China. You can still get a bike stolen here in the time it takes to visit an ATM - even with it chained to a pole and a wheel lock. #gizmodoremainders
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    tande04 promoted this comment SophT was starred SophT was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/10/09

    @Toastie: Yeah it still works, just not as well as it could have.

    You can get two bikes on a sign too, one on each side, but then you end up fumbling around the other guy's stuff, getting stuff looped, and maybe tangled. None of its a big deal, it can just get to be a hassle. A hassle that could be avoided had jackass not locked his bike down like fort knox when he's just getting a pack of gum. #gizmodoremainders
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    11/10/09

    @SophT: Alright then, now I know. Guess I'll skip the bicycle trip through China. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of ojh ojh
    11/03/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    Link to instructions for changing your SSH password: [www.the-iblog.com]
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    AkkiRonin approved this comment ojh was starred ojh was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    I don't know whether to laugh, or not.. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of smurf_mania smurf_mania
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    Anyone else notice TMobile as the provider?
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    tande04 approved this comment smurf_mania was starred smurf_mania was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @smurf_mania: Yeah, T-mobile is the Netherlands's iPhone carrier.

    Even it it was a US phone its not that big of a deal since you can quite easily do it. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Image of biggerx biggerx
    11/02/09

    @tande04: Not 3G though. Different frequency. EDGE works quite nicely I must say ;)
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    tande04 promoted this comment Edited by biggerx at 11/02/09 10:16 PM biggerx was starred biggerx was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @biggerx: No, not here, but netherlands yes. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Image of yogibimbi yogibimbi
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    hmm, doesn't jailbreaking an iPhone imply that you have at least the knowledge of how to change the root password on it and use SSH? I thought all jailbreakers were haxorz? #iphonejailbreakhack
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    tande04 promoted this comment yogibimbi was starred yogibimbi was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @yogibimbi: Not really. Jailbreaking is pretty simple. I didn't have to break the baseband myself.

    I'm not to proud to admit that I had no idea that you could change the root password. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of USB_Humping_Dog USB_Humping_Dog
    11/02/09

    @yogibimbi: Nope. With the simple-to-use tools the Dev Team (bless their furry souls) makes, you can jailbreak as long as you can follow simple instructions.

    @tande04: You never SSHed into your device, then? #iphonejailbreakhack
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    tande04 promoted this comment USB_Humping_Dog was starred USB_Humping_Dog was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @USB_Humping_Dog: Yeah but I never even thought about changing the password for it.

    I never even really thought about it I guess. I assumed it was hard coded with that password but I guess that doesn't really make much sense now that I think about it. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of USB_Humping_Dog USB_Humping_Dog
    11/03/09

    @tande04: Ah. When I was doing my research before SSHing, all the places that told me the standard password also told me to change it from the standard password. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    USB_Humping_Dog was starred USB_Humping_Dog was unstarred
    Image of CutePuppyz CutePuppyz
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    and how can we change the root password? that would be helpful info right? #iphonejailbreakhack
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    jayhawk11 promoted this comment CutePuppyz was starred CutePuppyz was unstarred
    Image of dark42 dark42
    11/02/09

    @CutePuppyz: Install MobileTerminal, use these commands:

    su
    (default password is "alpine")
    passwd root
    (enter new root password twice)
    passwd mobile
    (enter new password twice. "mobile" is the user account, better secure this too while you're at it)
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    jayhawk11 promoted this comment Edited by dark42 at 11/02/09 9:26 PM dark42 was starred dark42 was unstarred
    Image of jayhawk11 owns property now!!! jayhawk11 owns property now!!!
    11/02/09

    @dark42: Good info for people who don't know. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    jayhawk11 owns property now!!! was starred jayhawk11 owns property now!!! was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/02/09

    @jayhawk11: I'm not sure there are very many who don't... #iphonejailbreakhack
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    tande04 promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Really? I had no idea. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Image of vapour vapour
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    He is effectively making you pony up 5 pounds to secure your personal information. This guy is a criminal in my mind.

    Its like saying this:

    "I can get into your house, but I swear I wont do it if you pay me $10 right ow" #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Image of Skyman747 Skyman747
    11/02/09

    @vapour: It would be more like saying:
    "You leave your windows unlocked. Give me $10. If you don't pay me it's fine. I have no intention of robbing you, but some people do." #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Skyman747 was starred Skyman747 was unstarred
    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/02/09

    @Skyman747: Yep he simply did a service to everyone by showing them there is a security hole and asking for donations for his work. It's actually respectable, it's like the people who make shareware that fully works already and ask for an optional donation.

    The title of this article is a bit misleading...
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by Norbs at 11/02/09 9:06 PM Norbs was starred Norbs was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @Norbs: Well, you're stuck with his friendly message unless you pony up the fiver or know how to remove it on your own.

    (Granted now he's posted free removal instructions anyway, so that's moot.) #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Ah OK, I miss-understood but honestly he is the friendliest hacker I ever seen. So much worse could have been done. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @Norbs: Definitely. The show of remorse by posting the instructions in the end seals that. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of vapour vapour
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan:

    is see, thats ore reputable. Gizmodo should re-post that just to be clear #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment vapour was starred vapour was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @vapour: His instructions, you mean? They are linked in the "Update" part of the post. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of geekymitch geekymitch
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    Meh, at least SBS makes disabling SSH easy.

    Honestly once you jailbreak, there's really no going back. It's worth it if only for the 5 columns/5 dock icons, and the calendar on my lock screen :p #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment geekymitch was starred geekymitch was unstarred
    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    11/02/09

    In reply to Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability
    Hackers like this make me proud. This guy isn't really damaging anything permanently, he's simply showing a security loophole in which he doesn't plan to exploit for financial reasons.

    Always makes me grin when I see this type of things... Reminds me of my high school days... But we won't get into that :-) #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @SJRNWT: Well, technically he's potentially gaining €5 per phone... #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of appletoad appletoad
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Is he changing their root passwords? Only because if not, these people can secure their phones for free if they do a quick google search. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Meh, €5 is peanuts compared to how much he could have raised it if he was an asshole...

    PS: Rosa, is there any way you can check if I'm on the banned/probation list? Some of my comments are still in the red-- it might just be on Kotaku but I'm not too sure. Thanks. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @appletoad: Based on what I'm reading, he's not. So, a factory restore should get rid of the annoying message if I'm not mistaken.

    After that one could take all the steps to secure the phone. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/02/09

    @SJRNWT: Based on what I'm seeing, you're an approved commenter on Gizmodo and Lifehacker. Other Gawker sites you're still auditioning for. #iphonejailbreakhack
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Thanks #iphonejailbreakhack
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    SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of cpostier cpostier
    11/02/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Yeah, but he said it's optional... I love this guy too, what a Good idea to let people know about unsecured phones and pocket some cash... I hope people respectfully even pay a little more... #iphonejailbreakhack
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