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AT&T will continue to unlock customers' smartphones

AT&T will continue to unlock customers
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • AT&T has promised to continue to unlock customers’ handsets despite a revision to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that went into effect back in January to ban the process. The issue gained plenty of media attention last month when a…

AT&T allowing customers to unlock their iPhone for international use

AT&T allowing customers to unlock their iPhone for international use
  • Posted April 9, 2012, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • AT&T is now allowing users to unlock their iPhones through iTunes. Those wanting to unlock their iPhone through a legitimate process must first meet a number of requirements from the service provider.

Apple applies for 'security magnet' patent to unlock future devices

Apple applies for
  • Posted January 30, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
  • A patent filed by Apple late last week regarding the potential use of coded magnets to secure and grant access to a device or data set could eventually show up in a consumer product at some point. The process sounds…

Chile requires all cell phones to be unlocked as of this week

Chile requires all cell phones to be unlocked as of this week
  • Posted January 5, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • The Republic of Chile has joined a handful of nations in forcing cell phone companies to sell unlocked devices. As of this past Monday, January 2, the sale of carrier-locked handsets is forbidden, according to a Twitter announcement by Chile's…

iPad 2 Smart Cover security flaw detailed

iPad 2 Smart Cover security flaw detailed
  • Posted October 21, 2011, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, IT Security With Video
  • A security flaw on the iPad 2 allows you to circumvent the passcode and access the last open app on Apple’s tablet. The hack requires iOS 5, an iPad 2 Smart Cover and a certain sequence of events to perform.

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