The Surface 2 running Windows RT was never as good as the more modern versions of the Surface running the full version of Windows and was extremely limited, in fact the moment I was able to get my ...

The jailbreak exploit works on Windows RT, the tablet version of Windows 8 found in the Surface and set for a range of tablets from (a small number of) other manufacturers. RT is designed for the ...

The Surface RT was one of these: while the hardware was at least as good if not better than Apple’s iPad, its ARM CPU and an ill-advised signed-apps-only policy meant the tablet couldn’t ...

Earlier this week a security researcher revealed how it’s possible to jailbreak the Windows RT operating system that powers Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet. Using a method to exploit a setting ...

In order for apps to run on a jailbroken Microsoft Surface RT computer, users must first run the Windows RT jailbreak tool, which takes advantage of an exploit discovered by C.L. Rokr ().The ...

However, the automated jailbreak tool from netham45 makes the process into something that the average user with a Surface RT tablet that feels like running unsigned software can take advantage of.

The vulnerability in RT resides in its kernel, Roker explained in his “On the Surface of Security” blog. RT’s code, which is designed to run with ARM processors, is based on Windows 8 ...

Jailbreak RT takes advantage of a hack that was published just a few days prior by someone by the name of C.L. Rokr. Though Microsoft didn't pay much attention to the original hack, this new batch ...

Programmer Steve Troughton-Smith found a way to get an early version of Mac OS running on Microsoft’s Surface tablet, reports the The Verge.. The hack, which builds on a jailbreak tool released ...

Now that hackers have sunk their teeth well and truly into the Microsoft Surface RT, loads of things are being probed, including lag. Apparently, with a tiny registry edit, you can speed up the ...

Ever since my 64GB Surface 2 somehow became my main computer (which happened imperceptibly but now I only switch on a 'full' PC about twice a month), my Surface hack has been seeing more usage ...