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Since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004, the social network has become one of the most important centerpieces in society, especially as it becomes increasingly digital and mobile. Yet, the value of Facebook has not yet translated to revenue dollars. That may change, however, if Facebook decides to build its first-ever piece of hardware: A Facebook smartphone.

Jailbreakers were warned to stay away from the new iOS 5.1.1 9B208 build for the fear of losing the current jailbreak. But that threat no longer exists now as both the Chronic Dev Team and iOS hacker iH8Sn0w have come up for rescue by releasing Absinthe 2.0.2 and Sn0wbreeze 2.9.5 respectively that add iOS 5.1.1 9B208 support for iPhone 4 GSM.

Google is not the only software company trying to get into the hardware arena. If ongoing rumors are to be believed, Facebook too wants its own smartphone. Reports said that it hopes to release its own smartphone next year and has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers.

A new version of the tool used to unlock iPhones and iPads hit the Internet this week, giving daring users the ability to unlock their devices, even if they run Apple's latest iOS 5.1.1 operating system.

Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether? Cydia Tweak is now available to convert iOS 5.1.1 tethered jailbreak to Untethered jailbreak on All devices except Apple TV3.

All those users of an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad running on Apple's iOS 5.1.1 firmware are now able to break the technical shackles on their devices, thanks to Absinthe 2.0. The latest untethered jailbreak tool covers the majority of iOS devices, except for the third generation Apple TV.

It seemed like a move in the right direction for Yahoo back in November, when the company announced a family of new mobile products that would enrich the way users see and understand their news and entertainment content. But just shy of seven months after outburst of mobile and social applications and tools, Yahoo has decided to call it quits on arguably the biggest piece of that mobile package, a personalized magazine app called Livestand.

The Cisco Cius, we hardly knew ye. Less than a year after the Cius hit shelves on July 31, Cisco announced on Friday (via company blog) that it will discontinue all investments being poured into its tablet designed for business and enterprise professionals. The price may have been the Cius' ultimate killer, but the lack of entertaining features made this tablet all work, and no play.

Absinthe 2.0, the latest tool to jailbreak Apple iOS 5.1.1 devices, was released on Friday at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam and is now available, thanks to the Jailbreak Dream Team. It is available for download for both Windows and Mac at Greenpois0n.com along with instructions for how to use the new jailbreak tool.

Apple quietly tweaked its App Store platform for Mac computers and iOS devices, rebranding a few categories and adding new features. But while most users may not notice these subtle changes, it's possible that these moves are in fact a precursor to a larger, more wholesale redesign of the App Stores.

Six days after the company's IPO and two months after it acquired photo-sharing app company Instagram for $1 billion, Facebook debuted a photo app of its own on Thursday, called Facebook Camera. Here, we'll break down Facebook Camera, and evaluate whether or not the new app has added value over Instagram.

Apple's senior VP of industrial design Jonathan Jony Ive, who was also Apple founder Steve Jobs' closest friend and confidant, was asked by The Telegraph what project he would like to be remembered by. Even though Ive is behind some of Apple's most courageous product designs, the design guru actually said Apple's current project could be his finest hour.

Yahoo Axis is on a mission to redefine the way users search for information. Offered by a free download, Yahoo Axis takes four major Web browsers - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari - and alters them to display search results in a more convenient and visual format.

On Thursday, pod2g announced the inclusion of the iPad 3,3 to the list of supported devices. With the new iPad now fully supported by the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak, the only device left to be tested is iPad 2 Wi-Fi, R2 (iPad 2,4).

Oh, the horror!

Shares of Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, rose nearly 2 percent Tuesday, in advance of the company?s report of first-quarter results.

iPhone 5 rumors are heating up if Apple hopes to release the smartphone between June and October. The latest report comes from 9 to 5 Mac, which says it has independently heard that Apple is testing multiple versions of its sixth-generation iPhone, but the displays are not only bigger, but sharper, too.

The Lotus F1 Team made one of its weirder announcements for the Formula 1 season on Monday when it said that it had teamed up with the slightly whiny and outdated emo rock band Linkin Park to create an iPad App for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.

On Monday, Apple invested another $210 million to help Foxconn, the company's largest manufacturing partner in Asia, build out a new production line for unspecified components. The plant will hire roughly 35,800 new employees to help assemble components for the company's line of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, or possibly new computing devices.

Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after being convicted of criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.The sentencing comes two months after Ravi was convicted of crimes that provoked the suicide of his Rutgers University roommate Tyler Clementi.

Just six months after Google Chrome eclipsed Mozilla's Firefox to become the world's second most popular Web browser, Chrome has also surpassed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the most-used Web browser in the world, according to Statcounter.