iPhone jailbreak, 1Gbps Google internet connection plus more on the Weekly Wrapup
On this week's edition of the Weekly Wrapup, we cover the iPhone 3.1.3 jailbreak, Google Buzz, YouTube Safety Mode and more hot tech stories from the week.
Verizon Wireless censors 4chan: TechVi Now Morning Edition
Users of Verizon Wireless cannot reach 4chan, the iPhone's latest OS is now jailbreak-friendly, Google explains why they ran a Super Bowl ad, and more on TechVi Now.
First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbreakers
The first worm to affect Apple's iPhone has been detected in Australia. The worm, which only affects jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches with SSH installed, changes the device's wallpaper to a photo of 80s singer Rick Astley with the words "ikee is never going to give you up", then tries to enter other jailbroken devices on the network.
iPhone 3GS jailbreak released
George Hotz, better known as GeoHot, has released the first publicly available jailbreak application for the iPhone 3GS. Although it doesn't directly provide freedom from AT&T, "purplera1n" allows applications not approved by Apple to run on that company's latest handset, including the Dev-Team's ultrasn0w carrier unlock app.
Jailbreak iPhone app puts MMS on original iPhone
An application for jailbroken iPhones running 3.0 firmware, Activate MMS2G, seems to enable the use of multimedia messaging on the original iPhone. This flies in the face of previous statements from Apple which claimed that the original iPhone’s cellular radio wasn’t capable of MMS. The MMS functionality is still limited to carriers that support MMS for iPhones, which isn't AT&T.