Every three years the Library of Congress rules on exemptions from a 1998 law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures like copy-protection on electronic devices that they own. This year they ruled that Jailbreaking your iPhone was perfectly legal because you own the device.

This does not mean apple will suddenly stop making it hard to jailbreak iPhones. The opposite is true actually, as Apple will continually make it as hard as they can to jailbreak. But trust me when I say various iPhone repair companies are licking their chops at a service they can now perform legally. This is a landmark decision in the history of the iPhone Jailbreak.

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Politics of E-Waste still disturbing

by: timmermans

Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 22:27:19 PM MDT

In case did not know, ewaste is the electronic junk that is piling up in our local dumps. Most of it though is shipped overseas to less stringent standards and higher profits. It is a 'export your harm' approach and the Basel Action Network (BAN) is doing what they can to stop it.

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The Green Building Economy Plan

by: timmermans

Mon Dec 07, 2009 at 17:19:55 PM MST

In a recent article published by Reuters, the green building movement has been steadily increasing. However, home owners feeling the financial crunch have been un-decided about going green because of fiscal reasons:

"The green movement is growing in the real estate world, but not without some growing pains caused by the credit crunch and the recession. The nation has a good opportunity to excel in this, said Vincent Cozzolino, of The Solar Energy Consortium, because it has the chance to build a new industry without repeating the mistakes of earlier players in Germany and China, for example."

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