Seas0nPass, the popular jailbreak tool for the 2010 Apple TV (720p) has just received an update that will allow it to jailbreak the latest Apple TV software. Apple has just released the Apple TV software update taking it to version 5.0.1; it is actually version 5.1.1 inline with other iOS devices but Apple still files the version numbers differently for whatever reason. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/OYpXG9MRqpY/story01.htm Maria Menounos Maria Sharapova Mariah Carey

The developer of iCab Mobile, a feature-rich alternative to the Safari Web browser on iPad and iPhone, has been ordered by Apple to remove its ability to download and install JavaScript modules. Presumably it’s not the fact that iCab can execute JavaScript that’s causing Apple to apoplectically puff and splutter, but rather its ability to download modules. Both Apple and Google frown upon apps that contain market-like functionality, and someone at Apple probably thought that [...]

Ford has announced that the upcoming 2013 Fusion will offer an available suite of driver assistance technology, like adaptive cruise control, active park assist and collision warning. While active safety features have increasingly been offered on luxury cars over the past five years, the Fusion marks the first time such systems have been available in [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/05/ford-fusion-to-bring-active-safety-technology-to-the-masses/ Poppy Montgomery Portia de Rossi Rachael Leigh Cook

The Dragon Grip from Dragon Grip Interactive is not a gaming controller.  This hand-held, special-effects toy is a Kickstarter project, and it is “based on a character from a creative world called Legend City.”  It “allows the user to make sound effects styled from 70′s Kung Fu movies in a choreographed sequence by the users [...] Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/05/11/dragon-grip-sound-effects-toy/ Nicollette Sheridan Nikki Cox Nikki Reed

For Europeans, going on vacation with a smartphone can be an expensive time. Currently, networks are allowed to charge what they like for calls, texts and data when roaming in another country. Packages are available, but often these are as almost as expensive as paying by the MB. An example — my trip to BlackBerry Devcon Europe in February cost me £20 for just 20MB of data. Times are to begin to change though, as [...]

A new study shows that more Americans want presidential candidates to talk about computer security than terrorism. Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/cyberarmegeddon-terrorism/ Noureen DeWulf Olivia Munn Olivia Wilde

You’ve never heard of scopolamine. It’s synthesized from plants, like cocaine. It even looks exactly like cocaine. But unlike coke, it’ll turn you into an insane zombie and probably kill you. There’s a reason they call it “the Devil’s Breath.” More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/O93OZCpyxAo/the-most-terrifying-drug-in-the-world Paige Butcher Pamela Anderson Paris Hilton

From Ben Hur to Raiders to Cowboys & Aliens, feats of cinematic derring-do all lead back to Yakima Canutt. Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/pl_prototype_canutt/ Malin Akerman Mandy Moore Maria Bello

So why exactly did CERN spend billions and billions of dollars building the Large Hadron Collider when Ikea sells a perfectly good alternative, the Hädrönn Cjölidder, for considerably less cash? Sure, its Compact Muon Solenoid is made from ugly particle board, but think of the money you’ll save by building it yourself. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/NvQ7V4Hx9k4/a-large-hadron-collider-would-be-easy-to-build-if-ikea-made-it Sunny Mabrey Susan Ward Susie Castillo

Employing the A/B testing methodology, gaming site IGN is constantly modifying its site looking for those small changes in wording, placement, even color and form that will yield huge increases in click-through rates. Here are seven tweaks IGN made to its homepage. Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/05/the-ab-test-results-are-in/ Padma Lakshmi Paige Butcher Pamela Anderson