Apple is putting the clamps on self-repair according to one popular tech blog and making it harder to open up the iPhone 4. Popular blog, iFixit, which says it takes apart tech gadgets in order to ...

I’ve taken apart (and put back together) a few Apple laptops in my time, and contending with the numerous tiny screws is always a pain. As reported by iFixIt, a new policy rumored to be implemented by ...

I'm a big fan of high quality tools. I like to spend more for expensive tools that last a long time than junk that breaks. When I go on Amazon to look for a Pentalobe screwdriver for my Mac Book Air ...

Consumerist tells us that Apple is switching to a special new screw called by some a Pentalobe, by iFixit an “Evil Proprietary Tamper Proof Five Point Screw” (or the EPTP5PS). It is designed to make ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

There’s a post on the iFixit blog railing against a five-point “pentalobe” screw that Apple has started using on their Macbook Air and is swapping into the iPhone during repair, presumably meaning it ...

Apple is making it more difficult for iPhone 4 owners to perform simple DIY repairs by replacing common Phillps head screws with a rare “pentalobe” screws. While newer iPhone 4s have included the ...

Many many years ago, back when Cable TV was still young, a friend of mine who liked to tinker with electronics (we'd call him a hacker today) figured out a way to get inside the cable box and unlock ...

These days, the premium look and quality of flagship smartphones usually come at a price. The first to go are removable batteries, followed usually by hardened silos that are tough to get into. So ...

Inspired by Independence Day in the US, tech repairs website iFixit has set upon a mission to liberate all iPhones from their tricky pentalobe screws, which make them impossible to open without ...

Consumerist tells us that Apple is switching to a special new screw called by some a Pentalobe; or by iFixit, an "Evil Proprietary Tamper Proof Five Point Screw" (or the EPTP5PS). It is designed to ...