September 2007
32 posts
Unbricked iPhones Now Fully Working, Calls... →
Today we have discovered that you can send and receive calls, SMS and mails too, as well as surf the Web with it.
Rails Rumble: 92 Web Apps Created in 48 Hours →
On September 8th and 9th, over 100 teams of between 1 and 4 programmers and designers got together to compete in a 48 hour programming competition called the Rails Rumble. The idea was to create the best web application possible in just 48 hours, start to finish….
iPhone Downgrade Baby! Go from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2! →
Just what the title says. Looks like all that complaining might be for nothing! Take that Apple!
How to Unbrick a Bricked Unlocked iPhone: the... →
Here’s a very easy method to defeat Apple and bring your bricked unlocked iPhone back from death. If you have an unlocked iPhone and you updated to firmware 1.1.1, you now can revive and bring all your third-party applications back by following these steps to restore firmware 1.0.2. This has been confirmed by the Dev Team, we are testing now live.
Man has iMac replaced three times, emails Steve... →
He had his iMac replaced 2 and had a problem with the third. He decided to email Steve Jobs because of this and he gets a free iPod.
Amazon recommends WHAT? [PIC] →
Let me be honest, I don’t think you should listen to what Amazon has to say anymore after this one…
First reports of iPhone VoIP application surface →
It’s not the first time we’ve heard the idea (SoonR Talk), but it does look like a true, calls-over-WiFi VoIP client for the iPhone could be just around the corner. Over at Blognation they’ve had a demo of one such solution from TruPhone.
Apple (AAPL) Hits 52 Week High →
Closing today at over $153.00 Apple has hit it’s 52 week high - all for no reason. Performing at over 74.8% year to date could the next stop be $200?
Leopard In Release Cantidate Cycle →
With only two known issues remaining, MacRumors sources are indicating that Leopard is in the release candidate stage of development. Release Candidates are typically chosen amongst builds that have no known major issues and little to no known minor issues.
Pixelmator (Mac OS X image editor) Now Available! →
Pixelmator is a new image editor with a stunning UI for Mac OS X. Pixelmator is now available (Sept. 25) for $59USD.
Critical Excel 2007 bug cripples users →
What is 850 x 77.1 ? a calculator will tell you it’s 65535, but a critical flaw in Microsoft’s Excel 2007 causes it return 100000 as the answer to this, and any other calculation for which the result is 65535.
Linux File System Layout [PIC] →
the complete Linux File System Layout represented in an image, quite helpful to remember files locations
1GB 20 years ago and 1GB now!!! [PIC] →
It’s amazing how quickly technology advances these days…
Watch HDTV on your Mac →
Using a few simple tools provided free by Apple, a Firewire cable and your HD-capable set-top cable or satellite box, anyone with a Mac can watch beautiful HDTV (and standard def, too) on your stunning Apple display. No adapters or extra money is required, just use the free devel kit and VLC. Start streaming HDTV to your Mac right now. Here’s how.
7 Reasons I Switched Back to PHP After 2 Years on... →
“Back in January 2005, I announced on the O’Reilly blog that I was going to completely scrap over 100,000 lines of messy PHP code in my existing CD Baby (cdbaby.com) website, and rewrite the entire thing in Rails, from scratch.”Great article.
Plan Your Own Ergonomic Workstation →
Everybody dreams of a workstation that feels like a Thai massage. Now, with this little tool you can have a workstation that won’t make you feel like grandpa.
Describe What You Did Before You Saw This Error... →
This guy took his error report quite literally.
Revision3's CEO talks TEKZILLA! →
Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback offered Wired News a few more details.Tekzilla will be “a more approachable show” for folks who, say, want an iPhone, but don’t want to hack an iPhone. It will be your standard variety show, with how-to segments, call in questions, product reviews, and interviews. The hosts are Patrick Norton and Jessica Corbin.
"We Sort Of Made Up That Figure" →
Mounties Admit: “Piracy Costs Of $30 Billion A Year” is totally fictitious.
Some People Have Terrible Taste In Costumes // pic →
I guarantee this is the most horrifying/disgusting (Halloween?) costume on the face of the earth. If you’ve seen worse, post a link? Maybe not…
iPhone Dev Team announces free GUI iPhone Unlock... →
The iPhone Dev Team has released a simple-to-use GUI tool that allows you to unlock your iPhone for use with any SIM. The tool, which is based on their previous command-line work, provides one-touch speedy unlocking. This is a big improvement on the first generation release. It no longer requires you to use special files or to dump nor data.
Dear Apple: Why does iTunes library management... →
Ok, this is itunes version 7. Not 0.9. Could an intelligent Apple engineer explain to me why it is so hard to implement these seemingly straightforward features…
Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With... →
Free and low-cost enterprise wiki tools and open-source content management systems are plentiful. Here’s a quick guide to the available options.
iPhoneSIMfree goes retail →
let the unlocking begin
Steve Jobs Offers Early Lisa Adopters Store Credit →
Early adopters of the iPhone weren’t the only ones receiving in-store credit from Steve Jobs. In an overlooked announcement, Jobs said that early adopters of the Apple Lisa would be receiving a $7000 in-store credit.
iTunes, 1425x1425 Album Artwork →
Use http://www.thejosher.net/iTunes/. Type in the artist and album and get the big album artwork from apple.
(PIC) Genius Advertisement for European Nicotine... →
brilliant ad design using the exhaust of a bus to illustrate a point
Engadget live-blog from Apple... →
Digg away, friends. Digg away.
What If the AppleTV became a DVR to spite NBC? →
I mean, $300 for an Apple TV is cheaper than buying 3 seasons worth of any NBC show at the $4.99 they wanted to charge per episode this fall…right?
New version of Miro! (awesome open-source video... →
Miro Public Preview 2 (0.9.9) was released this morning. New features include OPML import / export and interface polish as well as lots of tweaks and bug fixes. Best version yet by far. And it’s getting close to the big 1.0.
Fake mac ad - Vista capable →
This is hilarious!