The Library of Congress has announced exemptions to the (in)famous Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that allow iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners to legally jailbreak their devices.

• The Library of Congress Statement
• USA Today: Library of Congress authorizes a jailbreak for iPhone and cell phone users
• Yahoo News: New gov’t rules allow unapproved iPhone apps
• ars technica: Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are “fair use”
• It’s legal to jailbreak iPhone, but it voids warranty

Other exemptions involving fair use of DVD content, video games and hardware “dongles” are also included. Understand that while this means it is legally permissible to jailbreak one of your devices that does not mean that Apple has to condone or support it. In other words, don’t expect your warranty to survive your jailbreak efforts.

A Taiwanese News program presents quite possibly the best overall explanation of the iPhone 4 issues you’ll find anywhere:

• Reality distortion field remains strong with Steve Jobs after antennagate

There are no subtitles but I think the animations speak quite clearly for themselves.

Bonus points to the first person who spots the Monty Python reference.

Apple has released minor updates for the current iPhone, iPod touch and iPad OS releases. After installing these updates iOS 4.0 becomes version 4.0.1 and iPad OS 3.2 becomes version 3.2.1.

iOS version 4.0.1 contains “bug fixes and improvements including the following: Improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display.”

The iPad OS 3.2.1 includes: “Improved wi-fi connectivity; Fixed an issue that could prevent copy and paste of single page PDF attachments in Mail; Addresses an issue that could cause video playback to freeze; Improved reliability of video-out when using iPad Dock connector to VGA Adapter; Added Bing as an option for Safari’s search field.”

The updates are installed via iTunes. Connect the device to be updated, launch iTunes, select the device in the left column, then click the Update button on the Summary page. It’s probably also a good idea to perform a Sync before applying the update.

Topic

ACAMUG Wi-fi Picnic

When

Friday July 9th 2010, 7:30pm – 10pm

Where

Carolyn’s House

Our traditional Summer opportunity to get out of the ACCC classroom and just eat, browse and chat. No specific agenda just bring a covered dish or other suitable munchie (leave a comment on this post so we know who’s bring what), an Airport equipped laptop, iPhone, iPod touch or iPad if you have one and spend the evening chatting and relaxing.

Carolyn has once again volunteered to host the party at her home on the condition that volunteers help with the setup and clean up. Leave a comment if you’re willing to lend a hand with either or both.

Directions will be emailed to members or you can request copy from president or webmaster at acamug.org

Current list of foods and contributed items:

Rich & Bonnie      Plates and Cups
Dennis             Forks, Spoons and Napkins
Judy               Potato Salad
Steve              Deviled Eggs
Phyllis            Meatballs, Sausage & Rolls
Linda              Cole Slaw, Potato Salad
Sonny              Tomato Pie from Formica's Bakery
Mike               Chicken Tenders
Stu                Fruit
Dave               Drunken Hot Dogs

Set Up & Takedown Volunteers:

Judy, Steve, Phyllis, Linda, Mike, Stu

Carolyn will open the door and turn on the Wi-Fi.

If you wish to add a food item or join the list of volunteers please post a comment or send an email to Dennis at president AT acamug DOT org.

Adobe recently released version 10.1 of their Flash player plug-in for web browsers. You can get it here:

• Get the Adobe Flash Player

In addition to security fixes it also boasts some significant performance improvements for Mac users.