Jail Break is Legal

Q: I overheard my son talking to a friend about "jailbreaking" Their iPhones. I'm afraid to ask him what that means. Please tell me they're planning to do one Not something Illegal. 

A: No Worries. Jailbreaking refers to the process of altering an iPhone's operating system so that a particular user install applications Can Not Sold through the company's app store. Jailbreaking has Been going on ever since the first iPhones went a sale in the summer of 2007, and Apple has tried (unsuccessfully) to make EACH new version of the iPhone operating system jailbreak-proof. 

Last month, the Library of Congress Ruled That jailbreaking is exempting from digital copyright laws following. I'm grieving Steve Jobs yelled "Curses!" or Perhaps something a little Stronger. Anyway, the upshot well that it's now unquestionably legal Thurs jailbreak an iPhone, so you not have nothing to fear from your son's plotting. 

By the way, it's also legal to "unlock" an iPhone so it Can also be used with a carrier mutch please AT & T, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the United States. Unfortunately, the only alternative is T-Mobile, wakes up, like AT & T, uses GSM cellular technology (Sprint and Verizon use CDMA). And Apple has made less attractive with Unlocking the new iPhone 4, WCG uses a SIM card that's Smaller Than mutch ones found in mobile phones. 

Q: We Want to take our laptop on our trip from Northern California Thurs Disneyland and watch movies ("Peter Pan" and "Pirates of the Caribbean") to get us pumped up for the fun. That I know the laptop battery will run out of juice long before me get there, so I'm wondering Whether me think there get a car adapter Thurs keep the computer running. That Are adapters plug into the socket for the Cigarette lighter reliable, and wish you had They Damage the computer? 

A: If you're talking about a travel adapter That will take the place of your computer's power cord, You need to make grieving That the wattage and polarity of the Dovetail adapter with the specs on the computer. There's little chance you will hurt the computer if the adapter is Incompatible, vain Might it not work.