iOS 7 jailbreak developed

A jailbreak has been developed for Apple's latest mobile operating system, but there are a few issues that need ironing out 

Hackers have released a jailbreak for Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, allowing iPhone and iPad users to download apps, extensions and themes that are not available through the official Apple App Store.

The evasi0n7 jailbreak, developed by a group known as evad3rs, claims to work on an iPhone, iPad or iPod running iOS 7.0 through to 7.0.4. It takes 5 minutes to install via a USB cable connecting the user's device to a computer running Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.

However, the software has already struck some hurdles, including incompatibility with some software offered in Cydia, the preferred app store for jailbroken phones.

"Please always backup your phone before installing new tweaks from Cydia as your iPhone could be stuck in the boot process," warned evad3rs. "The situation will improve as developers will update their software."

The evad3rs have also been criticised for entering into a commercial partnership with the Chinese app store Taig. As part of the agreement, Taig comes bundled with the evasi0n7 jailbreak software for people who download it in China – in a similar way that Cydia is bundled with the jailbreak elsewhere in the world.

 

Five things Britney Spears wants you to know about herself

Just who is Britney Spears? She's the pop superstar whose shiny, sexy image cracked and fell away before our very eyes and was replaced with a disheveled tabloid casualty. But then she pieced herself back together as a devoted mother of two, just as fabulous as ever.
New eighth studio album Britney Jean, which aimed to show fans her personal side, has underperformed with critics and in sales. Perhaps her two-hour E! documentary, I Am Britney Jean, which began airing Sunday night and covers the months leading up to her two-year Las Vegas residency, will heat things back up. Her Piece of Me gig kicks off Friday at Planet Hollywood.
Here are five things Britney wants you to know about Britney Jean.

1. Watermelon is her favorite bubblegum flavor. So when you see Britney smacking away in the documentary, that's what she's most likely got in her mouth.
2. She's actually a very shy person. Don't let the revealing attire fool you. "I'm not built for this industry because I am so shy."
3. In her home in Louisiana, she has a plaque on the wall that says "Go beyond reason to love for it's the only safety there is." Loose translation: Love is why we're here.
4. Her sister, Jamie Lynn, can kick her butt. "Jamie Lynn's surprisingly strong. She nails me to the ground every time."
5. Britney and her father, Jamie, are a lot alike. When they're nervous, they both make corny jokes and press their hands together in the same teepee shape. "We've got the same mannerisms when we've got something on the brain." Her father also says they don't travel anywhere without duct tape, in case something needs fixing. A wise precaution, it turns out. When shooting the Work Bitch video in Las Vegas, there was no air conditioning in her makeup trailer. So her father "rednecked it" by taping a tube that blew cold air to the vent, turning the swampy digs into a cool one.

BONUS: She loves sex. "I think it's great. But I feel a little bit differently about it now than I used to. Sometimes I feel like I'm 20 and sometimes I feel like I'm 50," says the 32-year-old.