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As expected whizkid GeoHot's iPhone carrier unlock for baseband 05.11.07 dubbed blacksn0w is live now and user can now safely upgrade to the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 having baseband 05.11.07 via iTunes and still get the carrier-unlock using blacksn0w and jailbreak through Blackra1n RC3 utility.

The latest Blackra1n release is available for both Windows and Mac getting the job done in just 15 seconds, it now also supports Hacktivation which means now you don't need the official SIM to activate your iPhone using iTunes.

GeoHot has once again proved that he is the numero-uno iPhone hacker out there with his recent success in unlocking iPhone Baseband 05.11.07, moments ago GeoHot posted the video proof of world's first 05.11.07 Baseband unlocked iPhone - the unlock dubbed blacksn0w will be capable of unlocking both iPhone 3G and 3GS allowing users to unlock their phones for use with any carrier.

We had shared tips on how to reset forgotten iPod screen-lock code and iPod volume lock PIN, if you are facing the same problem with your iPhone or iPod Touch until recently you were out of luck as the only option was to do a fresh restore but now new utility RMPassword lets you reset your iPhone lock passcode easily on a MAC OS X.

To get your iPhone lock code resetted follow the simple hack as described next, for this to work your iPhone must be jailbroken with Wi-Fi connectivity and should have OpenSSH installed.

Many phones appeared claiming to be the next iPhone Killer but none was able to put even a small dent on iPhone's armor; recently Verizon and Motorola started the offensive Droid Does viral advertising campaign against Apple iPhone showing what iPhone is not-capable of doing for promoting there upcoming Android based iPhone Killer phone.

This viral advertisement war has now get excited with Apple's amusing counter campaign iDon't Care, you can enjoy all the three ad-war videos below (after the jump).

If you keep up with latest tech-news you must have heard about the Palm Pre and Apple tussle regarding support for non-apple devices in iTunes, If you are also looking for an iTunes replacement for syncing your music collection with non-apple devices or simply don't like using iTunes we had shared free iTunes alternatives which got the job done easily like WinAmp iPod Plugin and iTunes Agent; but all new utility DoubleTwist takes this to a whole new level by providing syncing support for wider range of devices and comes equipped with music purchasing facility via Amazon® MP3 Store (coming soon) posing a direct competition to Apple iTunes music store.

DoubleTwist supports both Windows and MAC platforms letting users choose and sync pictures, videos, music or iTunes playlists with hundreds of devices like Apple iPhone, iPod, Palm Pre, Android phones, BlackBerry, Sony PSP, Archos 605, Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cybershot phones, Nokia N & E Series phones, Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0 platform devices, LG's Viewty and Shine, Motorola (V9 and V3xx)/most Razr phones, Amazon Kindle, Nintendo DSi, most digital cameras and flash-memory-based camcorders.

iPhone Dev Team's latest PwnageTool v 3.1.4 for Mac OS X is now available for download adding jailbreak support for newest iPhone OS 3.1.2 on iPhone 3G/3G(S) and iPod Touch 1G/2G, sadly, similar to the previous PwnageTool release this version is also MAC only for now, however Windows users need not to worry as they can jailbreak their iDevices using recently launched Blackra1n.

Users having jailbroken devices need not to enter the DFU mode and simply need to create a custom IPSW file using PwnageTool v 3.1.4 and restore it from iTunes, this will update the device to latest firmware version keeping the Baseband unlockable so you can enjoy your device freely.

GeoHot's much awaited one tool to rule them all Blackra1n seems to be releasing soon is now released (see full post for Blackra1n direct download links) hours after GeoHot made GUI and icon screenshot's public on twitter, however, things are getting quite exciting as a better more advanced one-click jailbreaking utility for all versions and generations of iPhone/iPod Touch is coming our way today dubbed appuloha1l, the author's claim appuloha1l to be more advanced then blackra1n as its capable of jailbreaking untethered iPod Touch 3rd generation and is seven seconds faster then blackra1n for jailbreaking (blackra1n takes 30 seconds to jailbreak, while appuloha1l takes 23 seconds to jailbreak).

A minor-update to Apple iPhone Software 3.1 is now available for download, the new iPhone OS 3.1.2 is a bug-fix release addressing flaws from previous version - the new OS update fixes Wake-Up from Sleep, Streaming Video Crash, Lost Network Acces and other annoyances from 3.1 release.

If you have a jailbroken device the iPhone Dev Team has advised not to upgrade as PwnageTool and redsn0w are not yet compatible with 3.1.2 and there is no estimated release time for compatible tools, however, Chronic Dev advised its safe to upgrade as 3.1.2 is just an RR update fixing some bugs and nothing is different at all in iBoot or any other firmware files, adding greenpois0n exploit works just fine with the latest update.

iPhone jailbreak scene is getting very exciting with new emerging software tools promising easier and safe jailbreaking experience, after announcement of Sn0wBreeze from iH8sn0w famous iPhone hacker GeoHot has now announced a single jailbreaking utility for all Apple iPhone range of devices from iPod Touch to iPhone 3G/3GS; dubbed blackra1n the jailbreaking utility is expected to get launched soon and official domain blackra1n.com is already online showing the teaser image below.

With the release of iPhone Dev Team's PwnageTool 3.1 Mac users were able to create custom IPSW files allowing them to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1, sadly for Windows users there is no choice but to download and use pre-made custom jailbroken IPSW files - but not anymore as another popular iPhone hacker iH8sn0w is soon releasing there own Windows PwnageTool dubbed Sn0wBreeze.

iH8sn0w teamed up with DarkMalloc giving birth to "Sn0wBreeze" the new PwnageTool for windows which is currently under beta-testing and is soon coming our way, do check the teaser video after the jump.