Famous iPhone hacker George Hotz (better known as GeoHot) claims to be working on a tool that might revolutionize the current jailbreak scenario! Called blackra1n, the tool promises to jailbreak all existing iPhone and iPod Touch devices with 3.1.2 installed in just a matter of seconds, according to GeoHot. However, it will...Black is the New Purple: Geohot’s Blackra1n to Jailbreak All 3.1.2 Devices
Famous iPhone hacker George Hotz (better known as GeoHot) claims to be working on a tool that might revolutionize the current jailbreak scenario! Called blackra1n, the tool promises to jailbreak all existing iPhone and iPod Touch devices with 3.1.2 installed in just a matter of seconds, according to GeoHot. However, it will...Replace Your 13-Inch Glossy MacBook Screen With a Matte Display
For many, the gloss finish on a MacBook Pro’s screen can become irritating. Although Apple stepped in to allow MacBook owners with 15.4-inch screens to swap out for $50 the displays for a matte finish, that option wasn’t available for owners of the 13-inch Macs – until now. TechRestore will “repair”...
Photoshop Arrives On iPhone
Adobe has announced the release of Photoshop for your iPhone or iPod touch – although the software is closely tied to Adobe’s Photoshop.com photo hosting and sharing service.
The snappily-named “Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone” is free to download. It offers the kind of images editing controls you’d expect to see in an...Gadget: StorCenter ix2-200 NAS Does Torrents and Time Machine
Iomega has released the StorCenter ix2-200, a squat-looking NAS that includes built-in remote torrent transfers and support for Apple’s Time Machine. The $270 (1T) product also lets you download data to any Bluetooth phone – along with a number of “green” features.
“Based on EMC’s world class enterprise storage and security technologies...
Report: Microsoft “Pink” Phones Near Collapse
Microsoft’s “Pink” phones, a Zune-like response to Apple’s iPhone, is on the verge of collapse, as the company ignores advice coming from the increasingly disgruntled team of Danger employees. The key mistake, according to leaks is the software giant’s demanding a firewall between the Pink program (also known as the Zune...Microsoft Considers Zune On the Mac and Apple Should Offer iTunes Subscriptions
Mary Jo Foley reports on her ZDnet blog that Microsoft is seriously considering making Zune services, such as the subscription-based Zune Pass, available to other platforms — and that includes Apple’s very own Mac OS X.
It’s early days though, as Foley admits, “There’s no guarantee that the Redmondians will end up doing this — or...
iPhone Flashlight App a Bright Spot on CSI
If you’ve ever wondered what the point of those flashlight apps are, wonder no more: they are kick-butt investigation tools.
The next time you need to crawl down a 150-foot electrical conduit and don’t have a flashlight -- your iPhone can light the way, a recent episode of CSI reminds us.
In a cheesy bit of iProduct...
Man & Machine Wins Mighty Mouse Moniker
Earlier this week, while Apple was distracted with its objections over supermarket chain Woolworths new logo, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was busy awarding the name “Mighty Mouse” to peripheral manufacturer Man & Machine.
According to TechCrunch, Man & Machine was finally granted the trademark on Tuesday, after five years of using the name...
NVIDIA Halts Chipset Development Until 2010