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Tuesday, 28th December 2010

6th Generation iPod Nano Hacked, Will Jailbreak Follow Soon?

The sixth-generation iPod nano has been hacked. The latest nano, released this fall, touts an iOS-like UI, and now that very interface has been peeled back to reveal the nano's inner workings, thanks to developer James Whelton's new hack. Whelton announced yesterday that he has managed to bypass the device's cache comparison and install a…

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Protecting Your Online Anonymity with Tor

Although it's hardly a new technology, recent cyber-skirmishes and demands for better privacy online have put the anonymizing network the Tor Project in the spotlight, including a story earlier this month in The New York Times Magazine, a harbinger perhaps of mainstream adoption. Tor has been around for almost a decade, originally developed by…

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Report: Top 10 App Trends of 2011

Mobclix, an iPhone analytics firm and mobile ad exchange network, has released a year-end report which examines the top application trends from 2010. The report, called the "2010 App Game Changers," neatly summarizes what have been some of the most notable developments in mobile over the course of the year.

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How to Hire Coders

One of the most common questions I get asked is "How can I find technical employees?" The market for good programmers is extremely tight, and traditional techniques like job-board or craigslist postings won't produce results. Even the best network of contacts probably won't uncover candidates willing to reach out to you. So, what can you…

Hack Pete Warden comments

Hacker Poll: Do You Plan to Learn Any New Programming Languages in 2011?

Do you plan to pick up any new languages next year? Or do you think your time would be better spent honing the skills you already have? JavaScript guru Douglas Crockford said during the Future of Programming Languages panel at the Strange Loop Conference that we've entered an experimental era of programming in which many new programming languages…

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