Those of you worried about the discontinuation of Nullriver's Installer.app, have no fear. Despite the opening of the new App Store, there will always be a couple of third-party applications that will never make it to the online download store for one reason or another. Find out what the developer had to say about the upcoming Installer 4 in our full article.

With the recent release of the new iPhone firmware 2.0, it didn't take very long for the iphone-dev team to come up with a new jailbreaking tool for the new update. Entitled "PwnageTool 2.0", the new application will be a windfall for those users who enjoy installing third party applications into their Apple gadgets. More details and a video of PwnageTool in action can be found in our full article after the jump.

Here are some good news for you: one is the iPhone firmware 2.0 is released one day earlier, and that it's already jailbroken. You can rejoice right now, but it's not yet advisable for you to upgrade. Read the reasons why in the full article.

Mac users beware - the first ever ARDAgent-based Trojan malware was recently identified by SecureMac, compromising the security of the normally airtight Mac OS X system. Known as "AppleScript.THT", the Trojan exploits a vulnerability in the Apple Remote Desktop Agent and allows malicious users complete access to the system. More details about the Trojan can be found in our full article.

Whispers went round since Steve Jobs unveiled the 3G iPhone that Apple had a new version of the iPhone firmware cooking in the kitchen. These whispers soon escalated to rumors that the alleged iPhone v2.0 firmware was to release before the 3G revision of Apple's revered touch phone was ready for retail. We expect that the homebrew community was looking forward to promising leads that might hint an unlockable option for the 3G iPhone, so perhaps this news bit would brighten their day: a future ZiPhone jailbreak release could do just that.

Have you had an iPhone for months and never thought of hacking it? Have you taken a new unit just recently and you want to open it up to homebrew right away? If the answer is yes to both, this is your chance to find out how exactly to become part of the Apple homebrew community. We've prepared a series of guides that will have you primed and ready for this wonderful craft. Read on and get started by Jailbreaking your handset!

Upon hearing about Apple planning to update the iPhone firmware once again in the near future, the iPhone DevTeam has reportedly started working on its iPhone unlocking and hacking tool Pwnage. Will the third party developers prevail in their fight for the homebrew and third party development scene? More details in the full article.

Previously, the iPhone Dev Team was able to boot the iPhone on two separate firmwares. Now, they have found a way to let you load any firmware you want, even unsigned ones, with the iPhone Pwnage Tool. More details over at the full article.

If you put pit laptops running on the Mac OS, Windows Vista, and Linux against hackers, which OS do you think would last the longest? Apparently, it's Linux. In this year's PWN 2 OWN contest, no one was able to hack the laptop running on the Linux OS. Which of the other two went down first? Better read the full article to find out.

Here's a new jailbreaking program courtesy of developer Saduger: the iLiberty homebrew app for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. It comes in two distinct flavors - iLibertyX for OS X and iLiberty+ for Windows. For more information regarding this program, check out our full article after the jump.

Download: iLiberty+ (Windows)
Download: iLibertyX (OS X)