Unlocking your iPhone – Beware

Apple officials on Monday said that that the damage that can occur while unlocking your iPhone with the circulating unlock hacs wont be covered by Apple even if your phone is under warranty.

The company said that unlocking an iPhone may render an iPhone useless after applying future software updates : “Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed.”

“Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones,” Apple said in a statement. “Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty.”
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Yahoo to come out with a new social networking site.

If you could not get enough of Orkut, Hi5, Facebook,MySpace etc , then get ready for another social networking site. Internet giant Yahoo is developing a social networking service to rival Facebook and MySpace. And they have named it YahooMash.

Make more new friends through YahoooMash.

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Apple iPhone cheaper by $200.

San Francisco: Apple Inc.’s price cut of its iPhone and new lineup of iPod players are expected to ring in healthy holiday sales, but Wall Street investors accustomed to Apple’s meaty profit margins appear a bit disappointed.

Apple stock dropped more than 5 percent after the price cut was announced Wednesday, closing at $136.76, down $7.40. In extended trading, the share price fell another $1.01.

Meanwhile, gadget enthusiasts who snapped up the ballyhooed iPhone before Wednesday are coping with a bitter aftertaste now that it is $200 cheaper within 10 weeks of its introduction.

The price cut, from $599 to $399 for the 8-gigabyte iPhone, immediately set off a debate on online tech forums between early adopters, who said paying a premium price came with the territory, and those who said they felt burned.

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