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5 Must Have Rooted Android Apps

Frank — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:45:45 +0000

If you rock and Android device then you already know about the multitude of apps that are at your finger tips. For the sake of keeping you safe, manufacturers ship Android locked up without access to the full potential of the device. By throwing caution to the wind and rooting your device you open up a whole new world of apps, apps that can take your phone from a surfing and messaging device to a computer in your pocket.

Go ahead, unlock the full potential of your phone the install these 10 apps then you will quickly wonder why you haven’t done it sooner.

Titanium Backup Pro – This is hands down the most complete backup solution for your Android device. It allows you to easily backup and restore all of your apps, system settings, Market downloads, contacts, SMS/MMS text messages, and more. It has built in scheduling so you can schedule your backups and can even sync those vary same backups to Dropbox. If you want a powerful “set it and forget it” backup solution then this is the only way to go.

Root Explorer – This is the ultimate file manager. Just like the name says, you can explore, edit, mount, delete, and do everything else to your filesystem. If you have been looking for a way to get rid of that bloatware on your phone then look no further. Remember, this is a very powerful app and can cause some serious damage so be careful with it.

Widget Locker – This is a lock screen replacement that gives you control. Widget Locker allows for multiple sliders that can be customized to launch directly into an app like the Messaging or Dialler App. You can also add Widgets or app shortcuts directly to the lock screen bringing the power of your phone directly to your lock screen.

Tasker – Tasker allows you to perform sets of actions based on contexts like events or gestures. You can have your phone do all sorts of things based on conditions. For example, you can have a menu of your favourite media apps pop up when you plug in your headphones or you could set your phone to silence every time you have a calendar event. Its like a powerful scripting language for your phone. Although you don’t need root access to run Tasker, its probably one of the most versatile and powerful applications in the market.

Rom Manager – If you flash custom ROMs on your rooted device then Rom Manager is a must have. You can make NAND backups of your device, manage your collection of ROMs, receive notifications of ROM updates and more. There is no glitz and flash in this app, just ease of use and power.

These are only a few of the great apps for rooted Android devices. Let us know in the comments what your favourites are.

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A Look At Android 3.0 – Honeycomb

Frank — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:17:27 +0000

Google gave everyone a sneak peak of the next version of Android (Honeycomb) at CES earlier this year. Today they released the SDK for the upcoming tablet geared OS. Here’s a look at what we all can expect from Honeycomb.

The biggest change is the UI. Older versions of Android weren’t geared towards tablets, Honeycomb changes all of that. You will now have more space on your home screen to accommodate more widgets and icons. As you can see from the image above, you will be able to fit all sorts of things on your home screen(s)

Home Screen(s)

The layout of the screens look much like older versions. There is a new 3D look to all of it that might cause problems with older hardware, the new Tegra 2′s should be able to handle it without much effort.

Notification Bar

The notification bar has been moved to the bottom ala Windows and they have added some new buttons that work like the capacitive hardware buttons on most Android devices. They have also added a recent apps button that will show you the current state of apps running the background.

Keyboard

The new keyboard is a great improvement over the older iteration with larger reshaped keys. They also include keys like “Tab” which should make the transition for desktop users easier. Copy and Paste has also seen some change. Much like iOS, a long press will select a word and you can drag the selector to choose more text.

Over all it looks like a great improvement, especially if you are running 2.2 on a tablet currently (like I am). A welcome upgrade if I ever saw one.

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XBMC Launches On Apple TV 2 & iOS

Frank — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:26:26 +0000

The second generation Apple TV suddenly looks a lot better as a home theater PC. XBMC, the open-source media center software that is the driving force behind projects like Boxee and Plex has just launched for jailbroken second generation Apple TVs.

The Apple TV iOS port uses Apple’s “VideoToolBox” private acceleration API. This gives XBMC access to the built-in hardware video acceleration included in Apple’s A4 chip, allowing for non-Apple approved HD video playback. You heard me correct, full 1080p video playback on the tiny $99 box. Video playback isn’t the only thing you get, most of the core apps that are in the Desktop or Xbox versions are there as well.

Since the second generation Apple TV runs iOS, developers didn’t stop there. They added an iPhone and iPod touch port which can be installed on jailbroken devices via Cydia. Not a remote application, a full blown XBMC system on your iPhone or iPad. The iPad version tends to be less frustrating to use than the iPhone version, but I’m sure they will work on that.

I hope Apple can see the benefit of XBMC on their devices, it would be an instant hit if it ever hits the App store.

[Link to XBMC for iOS]

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iDos Returns To The App Store

Frank — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:36:25 +0000

If you have been holding on to the original iDos app that was released last year before being yanked from the App Store you can breath a little easier now that it’s back.

The new version has been updated and simplified and comes with some freeware classics like Wolfenstein 3D and the original Duke Nukem (the awesome 2D version). Adding additional software isn’t as easy as before, but you can still move stuff into the /Apps/iDos/documents folder and run them from there.

Maybe it’s time to dust off the old floppies and find my copy of Renegade BBS. The first BBS completely self contained in a mobile phone, how cool would that be.

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Sony Could Remotely Disable PS3s

Frank — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:30:24 +0000

Now that the PS3′s key have been leaked, its open territory for homebrew and hacking. Many people have been wondering what type of action Sony will be taking to combat this so called “piracy”. We have seen how ruthless they are with the PS3′s little brother the PSP and it’s no doubt that they will be just as ruthless with the PS3.

Digital Foundry claims that Sony can take some drastic measures including remotely disabling a jailbroken or hacked PS3. Even if you have never signed up for a PSN account, the PS3 communicates with the Sony mother-ship each time it’s turned on. The initial boot-up call back is used to upload error logs and download updates to the “What’s New” modules. It also sends a list of recently run apps.

Just that capability alone gives Sony a lot of power. Will they remotely disable systems? Who knows, but if they start to do that they open the door for some serious legal action. You know when the first PS3 that someone paid hundreds of dollars for gets killed and their unit is clean, Sony will be in a PR nightmare.

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Oxygen Audio’s iPhone Car Deck

Frank — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:57:36 +0000

If your car doesn’t come with some sort of built in iPhone control then you know your limited to bluetooth or cable hook-up to enjoy the tunes on your phone. If you want to eliminate the need for all those wires then the O Car stereo deck from Oxygen Audio might be something to consider.

The unit turns your iPhone itself into your car stereo by allowing users to control of the stereo functions right from their iPhone; Internet radio stations, GPS navigation, Google maps and pretty much anything your iPhone can play or do. Your iPhone docks right into the head unit and melds right into your car’s dashboard.

For US$349, the O Car has pre-amp outs, 4×55 watts of power, FM/AM presets and supports the iPhone 3G/3GS/4. The price seems a little steep, but if you want to enjoy streaming apps like Pandora and don’t want all of the clutter on your front seat it’s one of you’re only choices.

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Apple Removes VLC From App Store

Frank — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:24:25 +0000

Apple has removed the video player VLC from it’s App Store, so if you don’t already have it installed on your iPad or iPhone you’re out of luck.

Before you decided to send hate mail to Steve Jobs, you should know that Apple didn’t want to remove it. Rather, it’s a result of a single man’s crusade who coincidentally works for Apple’s competitor, Nokia.

Rémi Denis-Courmont (who is a lead contributor to the VLC project) launched a one man campaigned based on Apple adding DRM to their applications and thus violating the GPL’ed code VLC is released under. It’s important to know that Rémi acted alone and that VideoLAN, the group that’s responsible for the desktop version of VLC, had nothing to do with having Applidium’s VLC port for iOS removed. As as lead developer, Rémi was within the legal right to pursue the removal himself.

Denis-Courmont’s response to the removal of VLC from the App Store comes across quite snarky.

“At last, Apple has removed VLC media player from its application store. Thus the incompatibility between the GNU General Public License and the AppStore terms of use is resolved – the hard way. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone, given the precedents.”

Thanks a lot for sticking to your principles, it sure out-weighs all the people who could have enjoyed the FREE app on their iPhone or iPad. Well done

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iPod Nano Hack

Frank — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:47:50 +0000

By booting up his iPod Nano with a modified SpringBoard.plist file hacker James Whelton was able to remove an app from his screen and replace it with a blank space (Video after the break).

Now this isn’t quite a jailbreak like hack, but it is a small start in the right direction. Today we can remove an app, tomorrow we might be able to add a new one and a week from now we might be able to write our own iPod Nano apps and cause Apple to open a whole new app store dedicated to the nano. Alright so maybe that’s pushing it a bit far, but just think if we could modify the sleep settings of the unit. Yes, we could finally have that iPod Nano watch we have all been waiting for.

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NoseDial App

Frank — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:39:37 +0000

We have all done it. Drive down the highway with a coffee in hand, the other hand fumbling with the iPhone trying to call someone. Alas, we are now saved by a simple $0.99 app that will let us make that call with our nose!

NoseDial is easily is the weirdest iPhone app I have ever come across. For less than a buck this app will create some big icons on your screen of contact and allow you to use your nose to select them. I know that there are people out there that have a limited ability of use with their hands, but to dial with their nose?

You will still have to unlock your phone with your fingers and actually tap the icon of the app to load it, but I guess it’s a step in the right direction.

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Exchange To Google Apps

Frank — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:04:09 +0000

Microsoft slaves rejoice, you can now migrate your entire company’s database of contact, emails and calendars from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The tool, which is a small download from Google, works with both Exchange 2003 and 2007.

You do need to be a Google Apps Premier or Education Edition customer, but other than that it’s free and easy to use.

Microsoft’s set of web apps are just around the corner, I wonder if Google rushed this out the door in order to start putting a dent in the Microsoft corporate armour.

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In Case You Missed It: Week 44 Round Up

Frank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:22:01 +0000

Another week another bunch of stuff that we posted. In case you missed any of it we have everything from Videogame Alarm Clocks to Secret Knock Door Openers. Enjoy.

Gadgets

A Cell Phone For Grama
USB Boobie Warmers
Fuel Cell Charger
Batteries For The Web 2.0 Generation

Gaming

Videogame Alarm Clocks

Hacking and Security

DIY: Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator
Turn A Dead 360 Into A PC
DIY: Auto Tracking Sentry Gun
DIY: Arduino AppleTV Remote
Secret Knock Door Lock
DIY: Digital Mixtape
Build A Real Working Tricorder, Sort Of
Build An Annoying Beeping Thing

Mac

MacHeist Nano Bundle: $154 In Apps 4 Free
Hacker Hacks Jailbroken iPhone
10.6.2 Kills Off Atom CPU Support
iPhone Safari Bug Could Cost You Cash

Tech News

Google Voice Invites
Woops: 10.6.2 Doesn’t Kill Atom Support

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MacHeist Nano Bundle: $154 In Apps 4 Free

Frank — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:53:34 +0000

The guys behind MacHeist are at it again. This time they are offering $154 in apps for free. Yes I said for free as in speech and beer.

I’m not sure how the developers or the guys at MacHeist are making any money from this since it’s all free, maybe they are building up their mailing list or creating some hype for the next bundle they release. Who knows, but what we do you is you get the following 6 apps for free:

ShoveBox
WriteRoom
Twitterrific
TinyGrab
Hordes of Orcs
Mariner Write (only unlock after 500,000 people)

All you have to do is head on over to MacHeist.com, login or signup, and you’ll get your six free apps. The offer is only valid for the next 6 days, so hurry your ass over.

[Link to MacHeist nanoBundle]

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iPhone Safari Bug Could Cost You Cash

Frank — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:25:23 +0000

Here’s one thing you don’t hear of too often, a serious bug in Apple’s iPhone version of Safari that could end up cost you, the user, some serious cash.

Although it’s not a very common bug but thanks to someone who probably spend countless hours trying to poke a hole in Apple’s mobile device, all iPhone users might avoid being hit with extra operator costs.

Estonian Apple site AppleSpot discovered the bug in question. If an iPhone user visits a site which uses Motion-JPEG (usually found on websites that show live feeds of web cams) in Safari, Safari will continue to use up bandwidth even after it’s closed. Safari is one of the few apps on the iPhone that is allowed to run in the background. So let’s say you have a web page up that uses Motion-JPEG streams and even if that site is in another tab or worse yet, Safari has been closed, the stream will continue and if your on a mobile carriers network then bandwidth will continue to rack up.

Now just imagine you were traveling outside your home country where you would be nailed with international data roaming charges and you decided to visit that ~~sexy nurse pay live stream~~ nature wildlife live cam, you could easily rack up some serious charges. The guys at AppleSpot have claimed to rack up over 740 MB in silently streamed bandwidth in one hour of testing. That would cost something like $3,000 in international roaming charges. Yikes!

[Link to AppleSpot]

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In Case You Missed It: Week 43 Round Up

Frank — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:35:51 +0000

In case you missed anything last week; we have everything from Metallica on your iPhone right through to a $1200 Mouse. Enjoy

Gadgets

Remote Controlled Tissue Box
Electronic Guitar Shirt
Sucker Alert: $1200 Mouse
Sucker Alert: Wattgate 381 “Audio Grade” Socket

Gaming

Nokia Kills The N-Gage – Are You Shocked?
Nintendo DSi Get’s Bigger
Quickdev16: SNES Developers Cart
Soccer Hero

Hacking and Security

Use Your iPhone To Control Your Car
Mr. Wake – The Uncatchable Alarm Clock
Crush Your Cans With Electricity
3D Video With One Camera
DIY: Tesla “Spooky Spirit” Radio
Phaser Boasts 300mW Laser
iPhone App To Crack Combination Locks

Mac

Tap Tap Revenge Metallica For The iPhone

Tech News

XBMC on ARM
Install 59 Apps Quickly And Easily
Water Drops At 2000 FPS

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Use Your iPhone To Control Your Car

Frank — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:11:47 +0000

You knew it was bound to happen. With the iPhone already having apps to control everything from your iTunes to a remote computer you knew that someone would come up with an app to control a car.

The Spirit of Berlin team have developed an iPhone app that remotely controls a minivan. They developed the app for the 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge, so the likelihood of you getting the app from the app store is slim to none.

The iPhone connects with the driving circuitry via WiFi and offers a button for gas and brake as well as a wheel to turn the vehicle. The camera mounted on the front of the minivan transmits video to the iPhone in real-time.

In the video below you can see the operator in the camera’s view on the iPhone. It seems that the top speed of the van is limited (thank God!). This is every big kids dream, a real live RC of an actual car, problem is that this can be extremely dangerous. Plus, WiFi? I hope that their is some sort of kill switch if the van goes out of range or else there can be some serious consequences. Check out the video after the break.

[Link to iPhone RC]

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Install 59 Apps Quickly And Easily

Frank — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:15 +0000

With the recent release of Windows 7, many people have to slug their way through installing their applications. This can easily be a tedious and time consuming adventure. Thankfully Ninite does a lot of the heavy lifting for you.

Ninite allows you to install up to 59 different pieces of software for you, with little or no interaction from you. All you have to do is head on over to the Ninite website, select which programs you want and download the installer. It’ll start the process of loading your machine up with the software. Best of all, it will automatically say “No” to installing any extra toolbars or annoying add-on programs.

[Link to Ninite]

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Skype And Chrome Go Portable

Frank — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:13:34 +0000

The guys over at PortableApps.com have been turning out great portable apps for years now. Apps that you can easily put on a USB flash drive and run from any machine. All of the software that they offer is open source, until now that is.

PortableApps has decided to add a handful of closed source apps like Skype and Chrome to their list of offerings. Project lead John T. Haller offered a number of reasons for the move, ending with “it’s the right thing to do. Keeping an open platform and allowing all software to compete on a level playing field just makes sense.”

Besides fan favorites Chrome and Skype, Free Commander, SpyDLLRemover and 2x Terminal were added. IcoFX, XMPlay and a few others are expected soon.

[link to PortableApps.com]

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Microsoft’s App Lab

Frank — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:01:04 +0000

I’ll give Microsoft credit, when they want to be funny they are funny. The Windows Mobile Dev team released this video giving everyone a sneak peak from their super secret application development lab of the upcoming apps that will be released on the new Windows Marketplace.

I love the under-tone of poking fun at Apple’s ridiculous app approval process. They talk about some of the apps that have been rejected like the “You Are Here GPS App” and my personal favorite the virtual handsake app called the “Germaphobe”. I’d pay $0.99 for it.

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Apple Working On Radio App

Frank — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:31:56 +0000

Rumour has it that Apple is working on a radio app for the iPhone and the Touch. The app will be similar to what they developed for the iPod Nano. That includes the ability to pause like streams and to fast forward when you decide to resume.

Radio apps for the iPhone are nothing new. Wunder Radio is probably the one single app I use the most. It gives you the ability to listen to 10,000+ radio stations from around the world. I’m sure Apple will build in some sort of revenue model into this. Something like the ability to click on a song your listening to and it will then give you the option to purchase it from the iTunes store.

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Cocaine Dealers iPhone App

Frank — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:24:13 +0000

Okay so there really isn’t a specific app on the iPhone for your cocaine dealers out there (although i can imagine how any one of the million converter apps could come in handy). But there is this cleaver fake looking iPhone spotted in the Netherlands which is really a digital scale.

Now I have seem my fair share of fake looking iPhones but this one takes the ~~coke~~ cake. All jokes aside, and I have been waiting to make that one since I first laid eyes on this picture, drugs are bad. Stay away from them.

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iPhone Backgrounder – Multitasking For Your iPhone

Frank — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:43:56 +0000

Here’s a great app if you current run a jailbroken iPhone of iPod Touch. iPhone Backgrounder brings some much needed functionality that Apple doesn’t want to allow; the ability to run processes in the background.

After installing the App, hold down the home button on the app you want to preserve and it will keep running in the background until you tell it to stop with another home button press. You can also add some XML code and have an application run in the background by default, a neat trick for keeping IM apps open while you do something else.

There are some bugs in the app that still need to be worked out, but if you are willing to put up with them then you can grab the app via Cydia.

[Link to iPhone Backgrounder]

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Portable Apps For Your Mac

Frank — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:01:38 +0000

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For the longest time we have seen portable apps for Windows. You know; the kind of applications you can drag onto a USB stick and have them run directly from the stick and never, and I mean ever, have to install anything on any machine that you may run them on. Now with U3 technology (sorry kids, it’s only available for Windows) installing and creating portable apps has even become easier.

I did a segment on the Lab With Leo show earlier this year on just that, portable apps for your Mac.

Freesmug have an awesome list of great OS X apps like Word Processor, FTP clients, IRC clients, and more. They also have a few paid versions of portable Mac exclusive apps like Mail.app, Ical, and Addressbook so that you can keep all of your setting in synch.

theplaceforitall.com – This has two of the greatest portable apps that I use all of the time, versions of the popular web browser Firefox and the email client Thunderbird. Both of these are compiled for both the Mac and Windows, so it doesn’t matter what OS your on, you can run them both and you will maintain all your settings across both platforms.

Because of the complex way that some settings are stored in the Mac operating system it’s hard to come by or even create portable apps, but I’m sure it won’t be too long before that wall comes tumbling down.

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XBMC App For Your iPhone

Frank — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:41:12 +0000

One of the coolest apps that ever rolled out of the iTunes app store was the Apple Remote app that allowed you to control your iTunes or Apple TV via your iPhone or iPod Touch. This has come in quite handy when I can’t find the remote for my Appple TV.

Now you can have that same fun and functionality with your XBMC (Xbox Media Center). The remote application (iTunes Link) allows you to control your XBMC with your iPhone or iPod Touch. You will clearly need an instance of XBMC (They just release a new multi-platform beta) running somewhere. Features include:

Play, queue and shuffle the media on XBMC
View cover art for albums, TV Shows and movies
View artist and album reviews and information
‘Standard’ remote mode. Control XBMC with standard remote buttons

You can pickup XBMC from iTunes for $4.99.

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PwnageTool And QuickPwn For 2.1

Frank — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:43:20 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team strikes again. If you really want to run jail-broken apps on your 2.1 iPhone or iPod touch, the iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 devices.

The Dev Team has worked around iTunes 8 without having to patch the program, so jail-breakers can try the new tool without any fear of having to alter iTunes in any way.

The is one caveat: this does NOT work with the new iPod Touch 2g, it will only work with iPhone and first gen iPod Touches only. Maybe in the coming future the Dev Team will have a fix for you Touch 2g owners. Why not, they have been able to do everything else already.

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OpenClip Is No More

Frank — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:29:46 +0000

Remember OpenClip? It was supposed to be an open framework for implementing copy and paste functionality to the iPhone. If Apple wanted to implement copy and paste they would have done so already or they will do it soon, OpenClip was a notable effort to work around the limitation or the forgetfulness of Apple.

OpenClip used a loophole that made it possible for apps to peek into each others home folders, thereby creating a temporary area for copy and paste data. The only problem is that the 2.1 firmware will no longer allow apps to do that.

Apps that use OpenClip will no longer be able to copy and paste between applications. However, applications can still utilize a persistent way to store data inside the application, meaning that copy and paste within the app will still work fine. And on top of that, apps that utilize only one form (either copy or paste) can disable interface elements when Apple axes OpenClip.

Goodbye great idea, we barely knew thee. I hope that Apple finally opens their eyes to the need for some sort of copy and paste on the iPhone/touch.

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MacBundleBox: 15 Apps, $50

Frank — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:11:14 +0000

It’s time for another Mac bundle deal, this time MacBundleBox is offering 15 Mac apps for $49.95. That’s an 85% discount overall. The apps included in the package are:

Headline – A full-featured RSS/ATOM feed reader with an ultra-minimal UI.
Mac Pilot 3 – A system optimization and customization utility.
iConquer – A game not unlike Risk.
Mahjong Forests – A traditional mahjong game.
Shoebox Express – A solution for organizing all your photos by content.
Caboodle – A way to collect random snippets of text or images on your machine.
Narrator – A program that will read out stories in multiple voices.
WriteRoom – A distraction-free word-processor, and possibly the most popular app in the bundle.
Scribbles – A simple drawing utility.
Money – An accounting app.
Operation – A simple project management application.
Aurora – An iTunes-integrated alarm clock.
Compositor – A CoreGraphics-based image editor.
Sofa Control – Allows you to control your applications remotely, using an Apple Remote.

You can head on over to their website to pickup the package if anything tickles your fancy.

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World Racing For Your iPhone

Frank — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:35:39 +0000

According to TouchArcade, GTS World Racing is the most realistic racing game for the iPhone/iPod touch. Check out the video after the break for some breath-taking graphics and gameplay. I’m sure we will be seeing more and more games via the AppStore for iPhone’s that will rival some of the dedicated handheld gaming units now that developers have started to push the iPhones abilities. Just imagine a MMORPG like warcraft in your pocket.

You can pickup GTS World Racing through the AppStore for $7.99

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Pwnage 2.0.2 Jailbreaks iPhone 2.0.1

Frank — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:01:38 +0000

The iPhone dev team has just release a new version of their PwnageTool to jailbreak iPhone 3Gs, first gen iPhones and iPod touches that are running the 2.0.1 firmware. Developers recommend upgrading via the original PwnageTool’s built-in update system. This won’t unlock your iPhone 3G, but it will allow you to put on unapproved apps like an NES emulator or give you the ability to ssh into your phone and copy over media or download voicemail messages. Lifehacker has a great step-by-step on jailbreaking your device with PwnageTool.

Link to PwangeTool

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Apple Can Remotely Remove Apps

Frank — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:15:32 +0000

Big brother really is watching. Not only can Apple remove app’s from the App Store (I Am Rich was removed yesterday shortly after we posted our article), but it has now surfaced that Apple can also remotely disable applications from individual phones as well. Apple will only do this to malicious apps so that it can wipe them out from your phone before they cause too much trouble.

If Apple sticks to only wiping our Apps that are malicious then things may be okay, but this is one serious invasion of privacy in my opinion. We all know that the Feds are already listening to our phone conversation and reading our email, but you can now add your apps to the list as well.

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Some Actually Purchased The $999 App

Frank — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:48:18 +0000

Remember the $999 i Am Rich app that was pulled from the App Store? Well looks like someone actually purchased it.

Someone took a screen cap of the review section of the App and someone clicked on Purchase as a joke not remembering that they had 1click purchase enabled in iTunes. I wonder if this was what caused Apple to pull the app off of the store.

Once again I wonder, how the hell did an app like this make it through Apple’s screening process. Isn’t all of the hoops you have to jump through made to prevent apps like this one?

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GIFAR Image Vulnerability

Frank — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:33:01 +0000

Researchers at NGS Software have developed a method to embed malicious code into a picture. When the picture is viewed, the malicious code embed in the picture could send the attacker the credentials of the viewer. Social sites like Facebook, Myspace, or Digg are particularly at risk, but the researches say that any site which includes log ins and user uploaded pictures could be vulnerable.

The attack is a simple mashup of a GIF picture and a JAR. The code in the JAR is compiled and then combined with the info from the GIF. The GIF fools the browser into opening the image as a picture but the Java VM recognizes the JAR part of the file and runs the code.

The researches claim that there are multiple ways to deal with this hole. Web apps could continuously check for hybrid files and filter them, but they say that this really needs to be dealt with at the browser level. This could not only put images at risk, but nearly all browser content.

More details on the GIFARs will be presented at Black Hat this week in Las Vegas.

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IPhone-Dev Team Update

Frank — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:05:04 +0000

It looks like the iPhone dev team hasn’t been resting much since releasing the iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 a few weeks ago. The team has decided to update their progress. Even with the iPhone 2.0 jailbroken, there still isn’t anyway to unlock a 3G iPhone. They have managed to do other things like downgrade a 3G to an older baseband firmware, which shows you that they have the ability to bypass security checks and run un-signed coded.

One of the nice things about the downgrade is that they have ben able to perfect the precautions they take to prevent bricking. On a side note, the RiP Dev team has been doing some great work on Installer 4 which will help everyone instal software on their iPhones/touches that isn’t from the AppStore.

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3G, GPS, MobileMe, Oh My

Frank — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:30:22 +0000

After all of the rumours (what else is new) the 3G iPhone is finally here.

Hits the shelves on July 11th (in Canada too!)
$199 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB
Black, with a white 16GB model
GPS

In a clear action of trying to play catch up to Google, Apple also announced a suite of software that will be revolutionary. (If they decided to roll it out in 2002). MobileMe is a much needed update to the .Mac system. MobileMe will let users log into a website using a billion dollar url; me.com, to access their email, address book, and calendar for a mere $99 a year, you know, much better than Google’s $0 a year charge.

On the plus side it will now be compatible with Windows, errr, oh yeah, Google’s bee there and done that too. Sounds like it should me meh.com and not me.com

For all of you hardcore, here’s the official Apple press release …

SAN FRANCISCOâ€”June 9, 2008â€”AppleÂ® today introduced the new iPhoneâ„¢ 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. In the US the new iPhone 3G is priced at a stunning $199 for the 8GB model, and just $299 for the 16GB model.** iPhone 3G will be available in more than 70 countries later this year, beginning with customer availability in 22 countriesâ€”Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USâ€”on July 11.

â€œJust one year after launching the iPhone, weâ€™re launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price,â€ said Steve Jobs, Appleâ€™s CEO. â€œ iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year.â€

iPhone 3G gives users ever faster access to the Internet and email over their cellular network with quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA for voice and data connectivity around the world. iPhone 3G supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks and automatically switches between them to ensure the fastest possible download speeds. The new iPhone 3G also makes it easier to multi-task with simultaneous voice and data communications, so with iPhone 3G you can browse the web, get map directions, or check your email while you are on a call.
iPhone 3G includes the new iPhone 2.0 software with both the iPhone SDK and key enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide over-the-air push email, contact and calendar syncing as well as remote wipe and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to corporate networks. The iPhone SDK allows developers to create amazing applications that leverage the iPhoneâ€™s groundbreaking Multi-Touchâ„¢ user interface, animation technology, accelerometer and GPS technology on the worldâ€™s most advanced mobile platform.

iPhone 3G includes the new App Store, providing iPhone users with native applications in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so you can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Some applications are even free and the App Store notifies you when application updates are available. The App Store will be available in 62 countries at launch.
Additional features available with the iPhone 2.0 software include the ability to do real-time mapping and track your progress with GPS technology, mass move and delete multiple email messages, search for contacts, access a new scientific calculator, turn on parental control restrictions for specified content, save images directly from a web page or email them to your iPhone and easily transfer them back to your photo library on your MacÂ® or PC. iPhone 3G delivers an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback.

iPhone 3G takes advantage of MobileMeâ„¢, a new Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online â€œcloudâ€ to native applications on iPhone, iPodÂ® touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.
iPhone 3G will be available in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model and $299 (US) for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&Tâ€™s retail stores and requires a new two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunesÂ® 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers. For further information about iPhone 3G pricing and availability in the US and internationally, visit www.apple.com/iphone.

*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.
**Based on iPhone 3G (8GB) and first generation iPhone (8GB) purchases. Requires new two year AT&T rate plan, sold separately.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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Run Linux Apps In Windows

Frank — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:05:29 +0000

If your a Linux geek but are stuck using Windows for your day to day job this might just be the perfect compromise.

While you can run Linux within Windows using a number of virtualization products, andLinux takes it one step further and installs Linux on top of Windows, allowing the two to exist with one and other. Essentially allowing you to run Windows and Linux apps at the same time.

andLinux comes in two flavours; One comes with a full KDE system and the other with an XFCE based system.

Since andLinux installs a full operating system, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got quite a bit of free space on your hard drive. The KDE version eats up more than 4GB of space while the XFCE version takes about 2GB

andLInux

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iPhone Coverflow For Your Apps

Frank — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:10:26 +0000

As if the iPhoneâ€™s interface wasnâ€™t sweet enough. Another crafty homebrewer has created a hack that takes the slick iTunes coverflow interface (you know, the one that comes up when your listening to music and spin your iPhone sideways) and lets you use it with other applications.

Kevin Brosius created an application which provides the the coverflow interface to be used in other apps. Only hours later Layton Duncan leveraged the code so that it skims through your iPhone directories and generates an application menu using coverflow.

All of these advancements have come without an official SDK. Just imagine what cool goodies we will have once people get their hands on one.

Grab Kevinâ€™s UICoverFlowLayer code here or Laytonâ€™s application menu binary here

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Jailbroken iPhones Might Not Work With SDK

Frank — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:59:41 +0000

If you rushed into jailbreaking your 1.1.3 firmware you might be in for a bit of a surprise. The guys over at iPhone Atlas have made a good point in one of their blog posts, namely that people who rushed into jailbreaking 1.1.3 might just be screwing themselves up later. The jailbreaking process disables a relevant parts of the devices’ OS called Nikita, which helps with future third part apps.

While itâ€™s not yet confirmed if jailbreaking legit third-party apps from installing or running, it is something to definitely consider when deciding to jailbreak or not.

[Via CrunchGear]

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Macworld Keynote

Frank — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:59:46 +0000

Just like was expected the blog-o-sphere went crazy over the Macworld keynote by Steve Jobs. Almost every blog was live-blogging the event, live-blogging the live blogs, and live blogging the live blogging of the live blogging (you get the idea).

This is why I wanted to wait until all of the mass hysteria over the keynote was done and over with before I weighed in on what happened. Unfortunately the iPhone coming to Canada didn’t happen as I thought it would. I guess the whole ComWave Apple trademark dispute still hasn’t been resolved. Apple has a lot of money, and money can always buy you what you want.

Here’s my lonely take on the 4 things SJ talked about.

Time Capsule: A brilliant idea in my opinion. Time Machine has become the single feature of Leopard that made the upgrade worth-while. A built in backup solution that just works and works well, is something that every major operating system was lacking. Time Capsule takes it one step further. You no longer need to have a dedicated drive connected to each of your machines to preform backups, with the Time Capsule (essentially a airport extreme with a built in hard drive) backups can now be done over the network. With a 500gb and 1tb model set to ship, you should be able to backup all of your macs without a problem. I wonder how long it’s going to take some crafty hackers to create an open source version of this so that we don’t have to be limited to the dedicated unit.

iPhone and iPod Touch: Nice features but in my opinion stuff that should have been there from the beginning. An SDK was long over due, and the basic iPhone apps like Mail should have been on the iPod touch right out of the gate. Plus, what the hell is the deal with the $20 charge for the touch features? Just because they can call anyone they are being penalized. I really thought the Canadian thing would go through, but I’m sure they still have a stickler with ComWave which has been using the name iPhone here well before Apple introduced the product.

AppleTV and Movies: This was probably the single rumour that had been floating around that was correct. We all knew that Apple was planning on getting it the Movie rental business. Revamped AppleTV’s and free firmware upgrades for current AppleTV owners will bring Movie rentals right to your TV without the need of a computer. The AppleTV upgrade will allow you to purchase or rent movies directly from it’s interface without having to use iTunes on a separate computer. You can also subscribe to podcasts and videocast right on the unit. Fox also announced that they will be shipping DVD’s with embedded digital copies of the movie so you no longer need to rip em to watch them on your iPod.

Macbook Air: I want one, i want one, and i want one. Now that i got that out of the way. The worlds lightest laptop. I don’t know how that justify doubling the price when you move to a solid state drive, but it’s one hell of a jump from $1700 to $3000 based on a hard drive choice. I wonder how many will flock to purchase these units.

I was expecting something completely out of left field, which we didn’t get. Call me crazy but I think this was one of the most over hyped Macworld keynotes I have ever seen. Yes the Air is nice toy but it’s still just a notebook.

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MacHeist – 12 Days Left

Frank — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:56:56 +0000

The uber-ly popular MacHeist is back, and you only have 12 days left. For those of you who don’t know what MacHeist is, it’s a way to purcahse a bunch of apps together at one low price.

Based on the number of packages that are purchased more applications are unlocked for your loving. For example once they hit 5,000 bundles sold they will unlock CSSEdit. As for Snapz Pro and Pixelmator we will only know the number of bundles require after the 5,000 for CSSEdit has been hit.

Confused yet? I was, but if you stroll on over to macheist.com you’ll get a better flavour for how all of this works. It has been greatly successful in the past and you get some awesome software for $49. At the time of this release here are the packages that are already available.

1password – Password Manager
Coversutra – iTunes Controller
Cha-Ching – Money Management
iStop Motion – Stop Motion Video
Awaken – Alarm Clock for your Mac
Speed Download+ – Download Manager
AppZapper – App Uninstaller
TaskPaper – Task Management
CSSEdit (5,000 buys) – CSS Editor
Snapz Pro (Locked) – Screen Capture
Pixelmator (Locked) – Image Editor

If you haven’t jumped on this great bundle of software then do it now. I want my Pixelmator.

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PSP To Get A Keyboard

Frank — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:55:15 +0000

Sony is just on a roll, First the announce Skype for the PSP then a GPS unit and now a Keyboard. We’ve all seen third party keyboards for the PSP, but it now appears that Sony is crafting their own first-party keyboard. Gamespot reports that the design hasn’t been finalized yet (the image above is a well crafted fake), but that the keyboard should arrive in the middle of 2009.

This is great news for the hombrew community since creating homebrew apps that require input was painful since you were required to use the onscreen keyboard with the keypad and buttons. We might very well see an IRC client for the PSP that is actually usable.

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Quickly Install Open Source Software

Frank — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:30:28 +0000

Here is two great pieces of software to make sure that you are getting the best open source replacement software you can get your hands on. WinLibre (for Windows) and MacLibre (for the Mac) allow you to install and update some of the best open source software available for the two platforms. This is great if you are setting up a fresh system and want to grab all of the cool apps that you need like Firefox or Thunderbird. You can also run the application periodically to check for any updates or to install newer versions of the software you already have installed.

Both applications are free and available for their respective operating systems.

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Archos SSH Access

Frank — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:51:40 +0000

UPDATE: My bad on the whole touch screen issue, what I was thinking was keyboard, but it came out as touch screen Â

Seems like some crafty hackers have found an exploit on the Archos 605. GFT, which stands for Go Fighting Tabby, will gain you root access on your Archos 605, 705, or 604. By using the GFT technique you can install ARCwelder which will allow you to ssh into the Archos and run unix commands from a shell.

So far the exploit only work with the 1.7.13 firmware, but I’m sure now that root access has been achieved on the unit, and since it’s Linux based, it will only be a matter of time before homebrew apps are running on this nifty unit. If only it had a touchscreen

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Apple learning from Sony – iPhone 1.1.3

Frank — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:58:21 +0000

Looks like Steve Jobs is taking lessons from Sony when it comes to thwarting hackers. The 1.1.3 firmware has now been confirmed to be right around the corner and Unlockers and 3rd party Apps peeps aren’t going to be too happy since both of these will be broken once again as they did with 1.1.2.

On a good note, rumour has it that we will be seeing a few new tweaks that might make life a lot easier:

- The ability to send SMS messages to multiple people

- Google maps can now triangulate your position using cell towers

- Drag and drop App icons

- Pagination on the home screen

There are a few screen shots of the new Firmware upgrade over at GearLive

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Installer.app for the iPhone: Install iPhone apps via Wi-Fi

Frank — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Getting homebrew applications on your iPhone, while possible, can be a tad tricky. Fear not, now there is installer.app that makes installing homebrew apps on your iPhone a snap. Much like the ATV Loader for the AppleTV Installer.app lets you update or install a variety of iPhone homebrew applications like the NES emulator or iPhoneDoom.

All you will need is a command line tool for the iPhone like iPHUC or something similar to get installer.app onto your phone. After that it as easy as pie to install or update homebrew apps without ever having to fiddle around with command line utilities.

Maybe Apple will finally see that opening up a development platform for the iPhone can only bring them more profit. Don’t take a page out of Sony’s book and stifle growth on such a wonderful product like was done to the PSP. Just my two cents.

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New iPod won’t work with Linux

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Seems like the kids at Infinite Loop have decided to stomp out any third party applications messing with the iPod, including Linux. The iTunes DB now contains a couple of encrypted hashes that validate the information in the music list; this essentially fingerprints the iPod/iTunes pairing and prevents apps from modifying the DB without access to the hash key, any software that attempts access will now show up with 0 songs.

This is truly unfortunate for the people out there that prefer to manage their music collections with something like Winamp on a PC or with libgpod on Linux. Maybe it’s time to hold back on any upgrades until the software catches up!

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Software awards scam

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

UK based professional and shareware author Andy Brice was surprised at how well shareware sites were rating one of his apps and some of the apps that were in the same class so he ran an experiment.

He wrote a text file and turned it into an .exe file, which of course would never run. He then wrote a PAD file (similar to a read me file) that said this file doesn’t do anything at all.

He then just waited to see how many awards he would garner for this masterpiece and then he posted the results on his blog. The results were quite surprising. 16 awards in total for a file that did absolutely nothing, nadda, zip, zilch.

Link to article [Via Robert Clark]

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Built for Blackberry Software

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’m a pretty serious Blackberry junkie. When I roll out of bed the first thing I do is pick up my 8830 to check my day, email, and the website, hell I’ve even posted to tech.nocr.at from my little beauty. Email, contacts, and calendar isn’t the only thing available to us power users though, RIM has launched Built for Blackberry where you can find all sorts of helpful and time wasting apps to help you along your day. It’s very well organized so you won’t waste any time digging through all the apps that are available. If you own a Blackberry, this one’s for you!

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