Absinthe 2.0 - iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak Confirmed to Release May 25th

Organizers of the Hack in the Box Security Conference just announced 1-day passes for May 25th for the HitBSecConf 2012, currently being held at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam. It has been announced that pod2g and the Chronic Dev Team will be releasing Absinthe 2.0, the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 at the event.

This was confirmed with the following tweet by the organizers of the HitBSecConf 2012:

SPECIAL @chronicdevteam 1-day passes for #HITB2012AMS @ EUR699! Come see @pod2g @p0sixninja @planetbeing @nikiasJAILBREAK LIVE

For those of you who didn’t already know about it, the HitBSecConf series takes place in Amsterdam, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia. It is an important event that is attended by security professionals from all around the world.

As reported previously, members of the jailbreak “dream team” such as pod2g, MuscleNerd, planetbeing, p0sixninja, and nikias were supposed to be attending the event. The iOS hacker, pod2g, previously said that the release of the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV was almost ready and set to release in just “a matter of days.” He seemed to have tested and confirmed that his iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak works with most devices except for the Apple TV 3G.

Samsung Galaxy Note Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India

Samsung has started rolling out Premium Suite upgrade for GALAXY Note users in India. They announced the update in March and the update started rolling out in other countries few weeks back. This brings Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and some extra multimedia features and a range of new S Pen optimized applications such as S Note and S Memo.

The Premium Suite offers new features and applications exclusive to GALAXY Note and its innovative S Pen such as S Note app, which was introduced with GALAXY Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress 2012.

This update is about 319MB and is available OTA (Over the Air) and via Samsung Kies. You can also update the phone from select Samsung Service centers and Factory Service Centers (FSC) in India.

If you are facing any trouble updating the phone OTA, check our step-by-step tutorial to update your Galaxy Note to ICS via Kies.

Samsung Galaxy S3 gets priced at Online Retailer Saholic

The price of Samsung Galaxy S3 has been revealed for India on Saholic. Samsung started pre-bookings for the Galaxy S3 last week on their eStore but they didn’t reveal the price. It was also spotted on eBayearlier this week. The Galaxy S3 is listed on Saholic at Rs. 39,990. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3 earlier this month at an Event in London and there were reports that the global Pre-orders crossed 9 million units globally.

The Galaxy S3 packs in 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, Zero Shutter and 1.9MP front camera with HD recording at 30fps.

You can’t pre-order the Galaxy S3 from Saholic yet, but it is expected to be available by 8th June. They also promise free accessories Worth Rs.500 for the first 25 customers.

Hacker’s joy as Samsung Galaxy Note ICS code made available

The Samsung Galaxy Note has proven to be quite a successful handset for the company, and is only really rivalled by its smaller sibling the Galaxy S2 and the upcoming S3, but today we have news that Samsung has released the Android ICS 4.0 source code for the device.

Samsung recently completed the process of updating much of its Galaxy S2 handset range although variants of the device are still waiting for the new operating system over in the US, and earlier this month the company started the process of updating the Galaxy Note to Android IceCream Sandwich with the international version of the handset.

iPhone Siri banned by IBM

Well now, it appears if you happen to work for IBM and own an iPhone, don’t expect to be able to use the Siri voice assistant on your iOS smartphone when at work, because the word is IBM has now banned the use of Siri on their internal networks.

According to the guys over at Wired, the reason IBM has taken to banning Siri from their networks is because the iPhone 4S voice assistant sends everything that is said to it back to a large data centre in Maiden, North Carolina.

Apparently Jeanette Horan, the CIO of IBM spoke to Technology Review, stating that the company this week has banned Siri outright because IBM worries that the spoken queries with Siri might be stored somewhere. But it isn’t just Siri that IBM has put a block on as the company has also banned such apps as public file transfer service Dropbox.
According to Wired, Horan is right to worry about Siri, as Apple’s iPhoneSoftware License Agreement states that when a user uses Siri or dictation, what you say is recorded and sent to Apple to convert what you say into text, and apparently Apple also says that Siri also collects unspecified user data and names in a users address book to help Siri perform better.

Copy Files and Folders to CD

To copy files and folders to a CD

•Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.

•Open My Computer.

•Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.

•If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.

•In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.

•In My Computer, double–click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.

•Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.


Notes:

•Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High–capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.

•Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high–capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.

•After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics. 
To stop the CD recorder from automatically ejecting the CD

•Open My Computer.


•Right–click the CD recording drive, and then click Properties.

•On the Recording tab, clear the Automatically eject the CD after writing check box.

Watch "starwars" Movie In Command Prompt

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When will your HTC device receive an ICS update? Full list inside!

HTC have just updated their blog by adding a list of devices with a schedule of when they are expected to get the Ice Cream Sandwich update. Check the full list after the break.

HTC noted that all devices with 512MB RAM or less will not be upgraded to Android 4.0, including: the HTC ChaCha, HTC Salsa, HTC Wildfire S, HTC Explorer, and others. Also, none of the HTC tablets, including the HTC Flyer, HTC EVO View 4G, and HTC Jetstream will be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich and will remain on their current Android version – Honeycomb.

Download and install the Galaxy S3 TouchWiz launcher

Everything has been leaked from the Samsung Galaxy S3 and now people starting porting the apps and launcher on other Android devices. Unfortunately it only works on Samsung based ROMs for the moment, so you cannot flash it on AOSP, AOKP or CM9, though developers are currently working on it and soon you will be able to install it on virtually any Android device.

We’ve tried it on a Samsung Galaxy S2 and it works flawlessly, without any bugs. The Touchwiz 4 launcher is also very fast and can be flashed on your device pretty easy, but you need root access and ClockworkMod recovery running on it.

Remember that before you flash anything you should backup your device, but this can also be done pretty easy using this apps and methods: AppBack to backup and restore applications | SMS backup & restore | Call Logs backup & restore.

First head on to XDA Developers and download the latest TouchWiz UI launcher. Copy the file to your device and then turn it off. Now boot your device in recovery mode by pressing home key + volume up + power buttons simultaneously.

Now go to Install zip from sd card > choose zip from sd card > select the TouchWiz file > Yes. Wait until it finishes flashing the launcher, then reboot your device.

Once your device boots, you can switch to the Galaxy S3 TouchWiz 4 launcher and enjoy it.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Already Available For Purchase In Dubai

The gap between the release date rumors and the actual official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been very long and tiring. There were a lot of rumors which made the potential customers to wonder how the device would look like and what specs it would have. Finally, on May 3 Samsung presented its device at an event which took place in London. Everybody was relieved as the information about the smartphone was public, from design to pecs and accessory details.

Now, the rumors are all about shipping dates andhands-on videos. It’s clear and confirmed that the release date of the international version of the Galaxy S3 May 29 in Germany. Other markets will have to wait a little  bit longer. The US customers have to be tolerant because the US version of the SamsungGalaxy S3 needs a new CPU in order to be able to use the LTE service and the shipment will be delayed. There is also good news, Samsung’s smartphone will be sold by all 4 major carrier in the US meaning Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Premium Suite For Samsung Galaxy Note Now Available In South Korea

After the Europeans have received the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Samsung Galaxy Note, now it’s time for the South Korean market to get the new firmware update, along with the Premium Suite application package. The Premium Suit for Galaxy Note is available via Kies and brings a package of S Pen-specific applications.

S Note is one of the apps available in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Premium Suite for Samsung Galaxy Note, allowing the users to combine drawings with pictures, handwriting and text to create complex notes.

S Note also features a number of templates for different types of activities, from shopping lists to diaries. The same app also comes with Shape Match and Formula Match, which corrects geometric shapes and solves the equations you draw with the S Pen.

Try Android apps before you buy via mobile devices

With the number of mobile applications available on the Androidplatform sometimes you may purchase one only to be left disappointed by it, but now you can try Android apps before you buy via mobile devices.

It has been announced that you no longer need a PC browser to taste apps via Amazon’s Appstore for Android, and according to PCWorld the new beta feature is again being called Test Drive for Android. To make use of the feature you will need a compatible device and the Amazon Appstore fro Android app version 2.6.52 that can be found here.

Internal peek at the HTC One S: video

If you happen to own or contemplating picking up the HTC One S smartphone, and would like to know what the handset looks like inside then you might enjoy the video footage we have for your viewing consideration below, as it is a teardown video of the HTC One S.

The HTC One S video footage comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Engadget and by way of DirectFix, and is the first time we get an internal peek at the Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone as DirectFix shows you how to replace the HTC One S screen.

Apparently the tools required to get into your HTC One S include a Torx T5 and Phillips precision screwdriver, a nylon spudger, and a hair dryer if the displays adhesive is troublesome, and of course very steady hands, and one must also realise that doing such would naturally void any warranty.

Once inside you’ll see the battery pack dominates, along with a blue coloured shield that protects the main board and includes the lens cover, along with numerous fragile components that have to be removed before gaining access to the display so you can separate it from the device.

I’m quite sure you don’t really want me to go through all the shenanigans, and would much rather simply head on down to hit that play button so you can check out getting into the HTC One S for yourself, so I’ll leave it right there and let you get to it…enjoy.

Prepare Your iPhone, iPad and iPod To Jailbreak 5.1.1

Many of us are waiting for the latest 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak which hopefully be released with 1-2 days from now.  If you want  to upgrade your iOS from existing one to iOS 5.1.1 and you need an unlock in future, remember to NOT update through iTunes and direct from your device because it will definitely update the baseband of your device and later if you need you would not be able to unlock.

Instead you should use RedSnow to preserve baseband and create custom IPSW and then use that saved ipsw to restore through iTunes. But if you got factory unlocked iPhone you never need to go through this procedure you can just update normally.

Here is how you preserve baseband:

• Download 5.1.1 IPSW for your device from Here and download RedSnow from the This page.
• Run Redsn0w as administrator => Go to Extras => Custom IPSW
• In a new window select IPSW file which you have downloaded for iOS 5.1.1 => Click Open
• It will take some time and Redsn0w will build custom IPSW file for 5.1.1 which will be saved at the same location where your IPSW file was downloaded, the new file name will be starting with NO_BB.
• To put your device in DFU mode: Connect your iPhone with computer and start Redsn0w go to = Extras => Pwned DFU => Follow the instructions on the screen to put your device in DFU mode
• Restore in iTunes: Open up iTunes and it will automatically detect your iPhone in recovery mode
• Now Hold SHIFT (Alt for Mac) button and Click Restore Button in iTunes main window.
• Now browse and select the custom IPSW file  that was created at Step 4 = > Click open.
• iTunes will now automatically restore your device to iOS 5.1.1 and your baseband will not be updated.

Nokia 808 PureView creation video

If you are a Nokia fan that likes to know all about how the Finnish company goes about creating a smartphone, you might like the video footage we have for your viewing pleasure below, because the video is the making of the Nokia 808 PureView, Nokia latest big megapixel camera smartphone.

The Nokia 808 PureView: 5 years in the making video comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Ubergizmo and by way of Nokia Conversations and shows the story behind the making of the Nokia 808 PureView, along with how the smartphones’ camera managed to achieve great shots.

HTC Sync Manager for HTC One series launched

HTC has released HTC Sync Manger software for HTC Ones series of smartphones finally. This has new UI that is completely different from the HTC Sync software that is available for all the HTC phones. The new software also lets you rip music from audio CDs that is powered by Nero.

Features of HTC Sync Manager for HTC One

• Sync all of your media including contacts, calendar events, bookmarks, and documents to and from your computer with your HTC phone
• Organize your photos and personal videos into albums and also edit the images
• Create playlists or Import iTunes or Windows Media Player music library and playlists
• Auto sync feature lets you automatically sync your personal info such as contacts, calendar, and bookmarks between your computer and phone
• Rip audio CDs using the software and sync the music to your phone
• Playback audio and video files using the HTC Sync Manager

You can download HTC Sync Manager for HTC One series devices from the HTC Site.