Last week saw the release of ChevronWP7, a tool to allow development and installation of Windows Phone 7 applications on any phone, without having to go through the Microsoft approval process. The ...

So far, Microsoft hasn't been supremely successful with its Surface RT tablet. The Windows RT running ARM-powered tablet has sold slowly with Microsoft blaming much of the poor sales on the fact that ...

Thanks to a new tool, it takes only 20 seconds to jailbreak Windows RT. In other Microsoft news: Samsung says no to making a Windows RT device. Teens say Apple is done, Surface and Galaxy are cool.

Redsn0w is a popular jailbreaking and unlocking alternative to blackra1n for both Windows and Mac. It can jailbreak and unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2 and 3.0 All iPhones and iPod touch are supported except ...

The much awaited Sn0wbreeze 2.0 has been released by iH8Sn0w. Sn0wbreeze 2.0 for Windows can jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3GS, 3G & iPod Touch 2G, 1G. The good thing about Sn0wbreeze 2 is that it uses ...

Following its release on Mac OS X late last week, the Absinthe untethered jailbreak tool for owners of A5-powered devices is now available on Windows as well. Users with an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 ...

The creators of smartphone platforms have to perform an unusual balancing act. Every platform now has a first-party application store of some kind. But each platform makes its own set of particular ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The first official jailbreak for Windows Phone 7, ChevronWP7, has “sold ...