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"I spent a lot of time on the polish, " Allegra says with a hint of pride.
Apple didn't respond to requests for comment, but it's certainly not happy about Allegra's work.
Just after his note on Twitter about leaving Apple, Allegra referenced another possible target.
' (nyse: AVE - news - people ) Allegra, as first-line treatment for allergies.
To the public Allegra has been known only by the handle "Comex" and keeps a low profile.
Allegra admits that, technically, there's little difference between jailbreaking phones and hacking them for more malicious ends.
Costa Allegra, built in 1992 by Mariotti shipyards in Genoa, is 28, 597 tons, and 188 meters long.
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Allegra taught himself to program in Visual Basic at the age of 9, gleaning tricks from Web forums.
At Apple, apparently, offer letters are taken rather seriously, and Allegra soon learned that his had been rescinded.
Allegra has become such a thorn in Apple's side that its stores now block JailbreakMe.com on in-store Wi-Fi networks.
The sales force that has been selling allergy pill Allegra to primary-care doctors could start pitching Ambien as well.
Allegra isn't after profit: His site is free, though it does accept donations.
Aventis has been riding the success of blockbuster drugs like allergy treatment Allegra.
The closest vessel to the ship is likely to reach the Allegra at around 2300 GMT, according to Agence France-Presse.
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This ap was developed by Allegra Fisher, Megann Mielke, John Marc Imbrecia, Andrew Hill at the New York hackathon site.
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Ms. ALLEGRA PADILLA: I think the momentum is taking a different form right now, because people marched and then they voted.
That left Aventis as a pure-play drugmaker whose products include Allegra, a blockbuster antihistamine, and Lantus, a long-acting form of insulin.
Costa said the Allegra had been due in Port Victoria on Tuesday.
But Aventis researchers tweaked Seldane to get rid of its big liability it caused irregular heart beats and Allegra was born.
The cruise ship company said the change was done for safety and logistical reasons, and that the Allegra would reach Mahe early Thursday.
On the departure side, my colleague Andy Greenberg talked with Nicholas Allegra, the Brown University student also known as the legendary iPhone hacker Comex.
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This work led to Allegra, an antihistamine that is a blockbuster for Strasbourg, France-based Aventis (nyse: AVE - news - people ).
Allegra argues, with some support, that his jailbreaking work is legal.
For example, in some patients the allergy medicine Allegra, made by Sanofi-Aventis (nyse: SNY - news - people ), can cause back pain.
Jennifer Jason Leigh, in one of her more somnambulant moods, plays an interactive-game designer named Allegra, who is attacked while showing off her new creation, eXistenZ.
Mr. Moretti said 15 Costa engineers, technicians and other officials were flying to Mahe in hope of reaching the Allegra by air to repair its generators.
In JailbreakMe 3 Allegra used a bug in how Apple handles PDF fonts that allows him to both locate and repurpose the hidden commands on iPads and iPhones.
In hearings right after the Allegra incident, Rockefeller was very curious as to why cruise lines can use the resources of forty U.S. agencies without paying U.S. taxes.
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