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Apple opens Macbook front in iPhone jailbreak war

 
OK, we're baffled Apple appears to have taken its campaign against iPhone modders to a baffling new level, tweaking its new MacBooks and MacBook Pros to disable a popular software tool used to jailbreak the handset.… (link)

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