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iPad 2, iPhone 4S finally jail-broken

The Apple iPad 2 and iPhone 4S have finally fallen to jail-breakers.

The move allows the more adventurous to install any app of their choosing, not just those approved by Apple to appear on the App Store. For the technically minded the development opens up the possibility of examining the device’s filesystem or installing services such as a secure remote login server (sshd).

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IPhone Scarcity During Chinese New Year May Benefit Samsung

Apple Inc. is missing out on Chinese New Year sales and giving competitors a potential boost after pulling all iPhones from company stores during the nation’s most important gift-giving season.

Apple stopped selling all handsets at its five China outlets on Jan. 13 after customers pelted the flagship store in Beijing with eggs because it wouldn’t open on the first day of sales for the iPhone 4S. The online store in China also sold out of the device.

The one-week holiday, which begins Jan. 23, generated $64 billion in retail sales last year, according to government statistics. Clearing iPhones from shelves in the 10 days leading into the Year of the Dragon may help Samsung Electronics Co. and other competitors using Google Inc.’s Android software increase their footholds in the world’s largest mobile-phone market.

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