First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS

The first jailbreak application for Apple's new iPhone 3GS has been made available just two weeks after the iPhone debuted. George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google employee originally from New Jersey, created the application.

Jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS allows a user to install any programs directly onto the iPhone, including applications that are not from Apple.

Hotz, at the age of 16, was credited with being part of the team that unlocked the first-generation iPhone. The unlock, announced in a blog post, allowed users to operate the first-generation iPhone with any SIM card. Hotz traded his unlocked iPhone for three regular iPhones and a Nissan 350Z.

"Normally I don't make tools for the general public, and would rather wait for the development team to do it. But guys, what's up with waiting until 3.1? That isn't how the game is played," Hotz wrote in his blog Friday. "We release, Apple fixes, and we find new holes."

In his blog post, Hotz provides a step-by-step explanation of what users need to do to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS and teases that a jailbreak for the Mac OS is coming soon.

Jailbreak Preparation

Before jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS, Hotz warns users to be prepared by having Windows (not Windows 7) installed on a PC, the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. He also warns potential jailbreakers to first back up all their files and programs.

Once the preparations are complete, Hotz urges those interested in completing the break to go to purplera1n.com.

Once at the Web site, Hotz instructs users to click "make it ra1n" and wait. On bootup users need to run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app.

"Hopefully you'll figure out what to do from there," Hotz wrote. If not, users are instructed to e-mail purplera1n support or call a support hotline.

Purplera1n is small enough, Hotz wrote, that there's no need for a 20MB file to be torrented. "This is how jailbreak should be," Hotz wrote.

Roger Federer wins Wimbledon after epic Andy Roddick battle

Federer celebrates with his trophy after beating Roddick.

Roger Federer secured a record-breaking 15th grand slam after he finally overcame Andy Roddick in a tense and gruelling five-set men's singles final at Wimbledon today.

The Swiss player's sixth Wimbledon title takes his overall tally of grand slam wins to 15, putting him ahead of Pete Sampras, who was present on Centre Court to watch Federer's gruelling 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 victory in what became the longest ever men's singles final at the All England club.

But Federer, who will reclaim the world No1 ranking with this victory, had to dig deep as Roddick secured the only two breaks of serve in the first four sets to take the match into what became a marathon fifth set. The decider went with serve all the way until the 30th game, Roddick having spurned two break points for a 9-8 lead. The American then began to flag and eventually succumbed after more than four and a quarter hours on his own serve.

It was Roddick's third Wimbledon final defeat, the American having also lost to Federer in 2004 and 2005 and probably the closest he will ever come to winning at the All England Club and adding to his solitary grand slam title, the US Open six years ago.

The American took the first set after Federer had looked in control in the early stages. However, Roddick saved four break points in the 11th game – Federer making several unsuccessful challenges on close line calls – before then breaking Federer's serve in the next game to snatch the set 7-5.

That was only the second set Federer had lost in the championships this year and also gave Roddick the advantage of serving first again in the next.

The second set followed a similar pattern to the first, with the serving dominant but this time Federer managed to force a tie-break.

Roddick, who had won 26 of his previous 30 tie-breaks this year, looked likely to win another when he took a 6-2 lead, earning the 26-year-old four set points.

The first was on his serve but Federer saved it with a backhand winner, and then took the next two on his own serve to make it 6-5. Roddick had one last chance but swatted a high backhand volley well wide, and Federer pounced to take the next two points – making it six in a row – to secure the tie-break 8-6 and level the match.

There were few opportunities for service breaks in the fourth set – Roddick saved its only break point – but Federer began to look stronger and edged the tie-break 7-5.

However, Roddick steeled himself once more and broke Federer's serve in the fourth game of the following set, clinching it with a superb backhand down the line. The rest of the set then went with serve as Roddick took it 6-3 to take the match into a nailbiting fifth set that lasted well over an hour.