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Redsn0w 0.9.10b3 fixes issues with MobileSubstrate-based apps.

A YouTube video allegedly posted by Anonymous to announce that its next big target would be Facebook and that the social networking site would be brought down on January 28 is a hoax, the hacktivist group has said.

Apple is also facing lawsuits of its own. HTC has filed 2 lawsuits against the company both of which are awaiting decisions in March and April 2013. Apple had lost a major lawsuit in 2011 to Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia over patent infringement of Nokia technologies.

Jailbreak for Linux has also been released.

In the wake of the shutdown of file sharing Web site Megaupload and the arrest of its founder Kim Dotcom, a second site offering a similar service - FileSonic - appears to have been somewhat unnerved and cut down on the circulation of pirated Hollywood content.

Payment processor Euronet Worldwide Inc said a small portion of its European business was the target of a criminal security breach late last year, sending its shares down as much 6 percent.

Software maker VMware Inc reported profit ahead of Wall Street expectations and released an outlook ahead of some forecasts, raising hopes that technology spending will grow this year, even as some warn that the economic outlook is grim.

Facebook, one of the many companies that opposed the SOPA bill, contributed $1.35 million to lobbyists last year. The sum pails in comparison to Google, which spent $9.98 million, and Microsoft, which spent $7.34 million over the course of the year.

Texas Instruments Inc on Monday reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue as demand for its chips improved more quickly than it had forecast.

InterDigital Inc said it is looking to sell its patent portfolio and enter into licensing partnerships as part of its strategic alternatives plan.

Apple Inc has been in many ways an unstoppable stock, and that has been even more the case after earnings. Going back eight years, on the day after the release of results, its shares have risen 70 percent of the time.

Yahoo, now under new management, is scheduled to report mediocre fourth-quarter results Tuesday, with flat earnings around $24 cents a share, with about a 1 percent revenue dip to $1.19 billion.

Diamondback Capital Management will pay more than $9 million to settle allegations of insider trading at the Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund.

Apple's iBooks 2 for iPad has been downloaded 350,000 times in its first 3 days. There's a reason why users are downloading this app at such a high rate: The education industry has been needed this app for a long time.

Apple, which reported its first $100 billion year for the period ended in September, is expected to report its most profitable-ever first quarter Tuesday. Consumers rushed to the company's 361 stores, as well as wireless carriers, for the new iPhone 4S.

Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender, admitted to killing Texan dancer Laura Garza after he met her at a Manhattan nightclub three years ago. A judge agreed to sentence him to 23 year on manslaughter charges and 16 months to four years on evidence tampering.

Starbucks will be extending its beer and wine offerings to even more markets, launching stores in Atlanta, Southern California and Chicago by the end of 2012.

While the FCC and Department of Justice haven't indicated opposition or concern, some people point to the wireless carrier's ability to roll out its 4G wireless network as reason that it doesn't need more spectrum.

While New York technology jobs increase in 2012, America's middle class will be shrinking.

The number of people in the United States who own tablets, e-readers, or both nearly doubled following the holiday season, according to a report released Monday.

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion dropped another 7 percent in Monday trading despite replacing its co-founding CEOs, bringing in a new chairman and promising change.

The New York-based company will report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.

Highly restrictive abortion laws do not deter women from undergoing the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which found the rate of unsafe abortions has increased in recent years.

A result of flagging sales and optimism, Research in Motion (RIM) decided to replace its two co-CEOs with Thorsten Heins, RIM's former COO of product engineering. But who is the new leader of BlackBerry?

When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a high-cost drug, how much are you willing to pay for the care you believe you need?

Germany's ThyssenKrupp and Finland's Outokumpu are in early talks over a stainless steel tie-up, moving towards the long-awaited consolidation of a sector that has struggled to battle overcapacity and cheap Chinese imports.

Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) said its Co-Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down. They have been succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins, as President, CEO and Director of the company, effective immediately.

Research In Motion's Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have bowed to investor pressure and resigned as co-CEOs, handing the top job to an insider with four years at the struggling BlackBerry maker.

U.S. gas producer Apache (APA.N) is to buy privately owned oil and gas company Cordillera Energy Partners III in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.85 billion to expand its acreage of oil and petroleum liquid fields.