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Apple's TV ad depicting Santa's interaction with Siri on his iPhone 4S has been acknowledged as the most effective TV commercial of the holiday season, according to the analysis firm, Ace Metrix.

As people await the untethered jailbreak, they must be hoping it comes in 2011. If it does, and there are still six days to go, then Pod2g and his new jailbreak will definitely be remembered as Jailbreaker and Jailbreak of the Year.

Since Apple released its new operating system -- iOS 5 -- in October, the technology world has witnessed a series of jailbreaks.

Apple, to solve battery issues related iPhone 4S running on iOS 5, will be releasing new updates of the operating software which can carry a patch for the new jailbreak.

Here is an easy nine step guide to make your jailbreaking experience smoother...

When Steve Jobs, one of the greatest tech innovators in the world, went to start Apple in 1976, a Silicon Valley advertising executive criticized him as a joker.

Toshiba Thrive is not the sexiest 10-inch tablet out there, but it's got a few things the iPad doesn't. It's about $100 cheaper than iPad at Best Buy, and you get 16 gigabytes of on-board storage with it. iPad 2 starts at $500 for the 16 gigabyte version, and it's about twice as thin as the Thrive, though the screen is slightly smaller

As far as iPhone 5 rumors go, the release date is expected to be some time around the summer of 2012, but new reports indicate that the date could be pushed back to October in commemoration of Steve Jobs' death.

Via Motors spokesman David West offers a bold comparison for his company's latest line of electric vehicles: the iPhone.

It's almost Christmas 2011, but for many holiday shoppers, there are still a lot of last-minute gifts to buy. Before you grab a bunch of gift cards from Walmart, take a breath and check out our list of last-minute, affordable gifts for friends, family, kids and co-workers. From presents for dad to a cool gift for your 16-year-old cousin, these last-minute presents are easy to find and afford.

Experts discuss if crime will increase in 2012 for the third straight year.

Mike Bell likens his new job at Intel Corp to piloting a glider.

Digital goods are the fastest-growing category online this holiday, led by e-books, suggesting Amazon.com Inc's strategy of blanketing the world with cheap e-readers and tablet computers may be producing some early gains.

The iPhone is Apple Inc.'s largest and most profitable product line. Analysts are expecting Apple Inc. to unveil the next-generation 4G LTE iPhone 5 in the second half of 2012.

With less than two weeks left in 2011, investors are looking at challenges and opportunities ahead to better position themselves for the coming year.

The French hacker is reluctant from releasing the jailbreak so that Apple does not prevent the new jailbreak in iOS 5.1.

Apple has bought Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology based in Israel, for up to $500 million according to a report in the Calcalist financial daily .

The New York City Police Department has been targeting electronic thefts on the subway. Pickpockets are no longer stealing wallets, cash or credit cards. Now, it appears that iPhones are worth more than currency.

First it was a bronze statue in Hungary. Now it's a Grammy.

Best Buy has notified some online customers that it cannot complete their online orders, just three days before Christmas and already into the Hanukkah season. Some of the orders were placed in November.

For those who are still waiting for the iOS 5/5.0.1 untethered jailbreak, there are two good news. The French hacker pod2g posted an article on his blog, saying that he gave all the details about A4 jailbreak to Chronic Dev-team which will be released ASAP, and he will focus on the A5.

Patent firm IPCom has sued German retailers for patent infringement for continuing to sell phones made by HTC, the No. 4 smartphone maker globally.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, known for reliable insight on Apple, said in a note to investors this week with predictions for Apple in 2012 that the company will release a redesigned version of the iPhone 5 in mid-summer 2012.

Apple won a new patent for switching applications during calls, which will give Android developers a big obstacle to work around. Steve Jobs would be proud.

Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime may be the best Android Tablet out there, but it's not so good people who want an iPad 2 are going to change their mind. Unless they are very open minded and have done more research than most, they may not even hear about the Transformer Prime.

The iPhone Dev-team member MuscleNerd has tweeted that the 3GS users need to use the latest version redsn0w 0.9.9b9d before installing ultrasn0w compatibility update. According to reports, ultrasn0w 1.2.5 is available on Cydia. iDevices users require a jailbroken device to utilize ultrasn0w 1.2.5.

It took seven months, but Research In Motion has finally delivered on a promise made by co-founder Mike Lazaridis. Angry Birds is available on RIM's PlayBook tablet.

If you have trouble putting a name to a face, or remembering where you ate that delicious morsel of food you are craving - and you have an iPhone -- help is now at hand.

Weakening economies and falling prices of rival smartphones are hurting sales of Apple iPhones across Europe, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Thursday.