Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Teen hacker re-unlocks Apple's iPhone
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Last year, 17-year-old Geohot was among the first group of hackers to break
>| Apple's iron-fisted grasp on the iPhone, a coup that won him a Nissan 350Z
>| and 3 8GB iPhones. Apple promptly responded by issuing updated firmware that
>| stymied such efforts. Not only did the updates disable modified phones,
>| effectively turning them into $400 bricks, they also prevented unlocking
>| software from working in many cases. The arms race has persisted ever since.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/11/latest_iphone_hack/
>
Apple must /really/ hate their customers...
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