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The tech giant Apple will reportedly hold an event that's important but not large-scale in the Big Apple (New York) at the end of January.

Jailbreak fans has received iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 iDevices as new year's gift. The iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team released Corona 5.0.1 and Redsn0w 0.9.10b3, respectively, based on the work of the French hacker pod2g.Among the jailbreakers, there are two outstanding hackers, MuscleNerd and pod2g, but pod2g is the first to release the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. And now the hacker has also released the details on Corona.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Imperial Sugar, RAM Energy Resources, Rambus, Logitech International, Micron Technology, Melco Crown Entertainment, Research In Motion and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Zions Bancorp. and Key Technology.

The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3, which is expected to unveil at the World Mobile Congress in February, could launch an entry- level cheaper model, according to a report obtained by Planet Insane.

Ever since it has been reported that Apple will hold an important media event in New York City later this month, tech geeks have been wondering what the company is going to announce at the event.

Other than the newly released iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 devices, another issue that is creating much buzz around the tech world these days is Apple's next generation iPad aka iPad 3. The device, which is highly expected to launch towards the end of this month, is rumored to arrive in two sizes and have a set of enhanced features.

The A4 device exclusive exploit has already been made public, but very few are aware about what really goes behind the entire process. In a blog post, Pod2g revealed key details related to the development of the untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak and Corona.

A recent rumor has surfaced on the Internet that states Apple's iTV is on track to be released by the end of 2012. Apparently Samsung has begun making chips and Sharp the displays.

A toy company has launched figurines, capturing, in quite some detail, the appearance of Steve Jobs, the now legendary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc., complete with his signature black turtle neck, blue jeans and rimless circular glasses.

Apple iPhone 5 rumors have been continuously circulating on the Internet, with the most recent one, from Barclays Capital, stating the iPhone is Apple's largest and most profitable product line.

So far Apple has declined to comment as per the report. But with lack of hard facts and a brand new year kicking off, the tech giant may have anything up its sleeve. However confirmations on long-running speculations will have to wait until Apple finally breaks its wall of silence.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has rung in the New Year with a new Twitter account that includes praise for Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and opinions on President Barack Obama's policies and the Steve Jobs biography.

According to the iPhone Dev Team, it has incorporated work by Pod2g in creating the first widely and freely available untethered jailbreak for devices powered by iOS 5.0.1 devices using Apple’s A4 processor.

After the holiday party comes the hangover for retailers: handling millions of returns this week.

Apple's $99 set-top box, the Apple TV, has been coaxed into running full screen iOS apps by an enterprising hacker named Steve Troughton-Smith.

Apple Inc. has more than $81 billion of cash on its books with about one-third held in the U.S. This is because of its continuing success of products like iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac. So what will Apple do with all the cash hoard?

Barclays Capital believes Apple Inc. may launch two iPads in 2012 - one with better cameras, higher resolution display, an A5 processor and Siri in March and another, coming later in the year, perhaps incorporating a faster processor and 4G LTE.

The Android-powered tablet is not a bad device though. The 9.4 inch device runs on the Honeycomb operating system and packs a dual-core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. The tablet also sports a 5 megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel camera up front.

The developers of the Apple TV MobileX project have just released a new, longer, more in-depth video explaining a jailbroken Apple TV running iOS apps running at 720p resolution.

Today is a huge shopping day, as you can tell by the throngs at Walmarts, Sam's, Costco, Macy's, Target and the like. Even considering that the Mayans say the world is supposed to end on Dec. 21, 2012, I still need the perfect day-planner.

Speculations are rife that Apple is likely to launch its next generation iPad - aka iPad 3 - with A6 processors onboard, later this month. In addition, rumors about the Apple iPhone 5 (or whatever the company decides to call it), are also gathering momentum indicating a launch later this year.

Happy New Year! 2012 is almost upon us and we can only hope it will be as interesting and eventful as was 2011. There were several major events that happened in news, entertainment and technology throughout 2011. The U.S. captured and killed Osama Bin Laden, the iPhone 4S was released, Apple Inc. lost its CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs and the Iraq War ended.

Jonathan Ive, Apple's design chief who holds more then 400 patents, has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, 85, an iPod user.

If you can't make it to New York for New Year's Eve 2012, here's where to find live streaming of the event of your computer, when to catch Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on TV, and even how to download an app that gives you commercial-less live feed and photos. If you're determined to see the Times Square Ball Drop in person, meanwhile, here are the entrance points around the city.

T-Mobile missed out on the iPhone, but they do have the HTC Amaze 4G, and it promises to take the Android vs Apple fight to another level. That's because it is one loaded smartphone, and the $200 on contract price backs that up nicely.

Even as the world is getting ready to welcome 2012, the rumor mills are keeping themselves busy with trying to to figure out what features and release date of the next generation iPad - and the latest rumor is that the new iPad, dubbed iPad 3, will be thinner thanits predecessor because of IGZO panels.

The wave of rumors about Apple's next generation (and yet to debut) iPad seem endless. The latest rumor is that the new iPad, dubbed iPad 3, An unconfirmed photo from a Korean forum suggests that iPad 3 will boast of a better display panel than the current one.

Siri, the voice-controlled, intelligent, personal assistant that has become the most popular feature of iPhone 4S, is useful and will try to answer all your questions. But don't push it too far or else, it might hurl curses at you, as a 10-year-old British kid found out, to the dismay of his parents.

As 2011 counts down to its last few hours, there will be a number of people working on Apple's forthcoming mobile operating system - the company themselves, the product users and, obviously, iOS hackers.