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There is good news for Apple device users, with Dev Team member MuscleNerd having announced the release of RedSn0w 0.0.0b9, a tethered jailbreak.

Apple is offering free next-day shipping on the majority of its popular gadgets, including the iPhone and iPad, leading up to Christmas.

No doubt 2011 was a major year for technology in part because it touched everyone differently. Following are some of the highlights and lowlights of the year:

While police say they are no closer in finding out what happened to Aisha Khan, the 19-year-old college student who went missing on Friday while studying, new clues come from a disturbing voicemail she left after an altercation with an intoxicated man.

French hacker pod2g had been working on iOS 5 untethered jailbreak for A5 devices for several weeks and finally, on Tuesday morning, after around a hundred tests, pod2gmade a breakthrough by resolving the A5 cache issue.

Impacted users haven't been able to update existing iPhone or iPod Touch apps or download new ones since a December 16 software update was issued by Apple. The problem is that Apple support has told users to update their operating system to iOS 4 or iOS 5.

There is progress in untethered jailbreak on iPhone 4S according to the lastest blog from Pod2g.

Siri is a fun and useful tool on the iPhone 4S, but Apple has plans for it to become a centerpiece in all its devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

The family of missing college student Aisha Khan believes the 19-year-old was abducted by a drunken man who allegedly harassed her while she was studying at a college in Kansas.

iPhone Dev-team member MuscleNerd updated his Twitter page to provide information on Redsn0w's latest update, offering users the freedom to use many exciting applications offered by Cydia.

Statistics compiled by AppData reveals an average of 58.8 million users who view Facebook on Android, as compared to 57.6 million users who use the iPhone app daily, as of Dec. 18, 2011.

Jailbreaking news has been a hot topic recently, as iOS hackers are updating their progresses on untethering.

Jailbreaking, of course, is the process of removing limitations imposed by Apple to gain core access to the operating system of their device so they can get applications and more than aren't licensed by Apple.

It began in November with a tweet from pod2g, right after Apple released iOS 5. Hey jailbreaking friends, I've found a bug that can untether iOS 5. Don't expect a release soon, but I'm gonna work hard in it.

Just like the software Apple makes for its many computing devices, Steve Jobs, the bestselling autobiography of Apple's co-founder and cultural icon is ready for an update.

There is more good news for those awaiting an untethered jailbreak with Pod2g announcing in his blog that it is tested on iPhone3GS successfully.

As the most valuable technology company in the world, Apple really has a powerful influence. Any product from Apple stable sells like hot cakes, such as iPad, iPod, iPhone and MacBook Air. Apple is also known for implementing cutting-edge design on its lifestyle products and envied by others for the same reason.

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the most beautiful and intense series of shooting stars in the year, with 120 meteors sighted per hour during its peak. Before the 2011 shower ends, take advantage of our ten tips for watching tonight's star show, from how to find the best spot (and block the moon) to taking pictures of the meteors.

Apple will open a research and development center in Israel that will focus on semiconductors, the Globes business daily reported on Thursday.

Apple will open a research and development centre in Israel that will focus on semiconductors, the Globes business daily reported on Thursday.

The iconic blue hedgehog of the early 90's is all set for a comeback, following video game developers SEGA's announcement that Sonic CD - a critically acclaimed platform game - would venture into mobile and console territory.