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iPhone Dev Team jailbreak tool still due “soon”...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-18 10:38:57
The release date for the iPhone Dev Team’s “PwnageTool” inches ever closer as some “final bugs” get fixed, bringing happiness to the waiting crowds but enraging others who think a few days to wait is a few days too long.


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ZiPhone Zibri speaks on iPhone 3G jailbreak, unlock
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-16 22:12:07
Zibri claims upcoming unlocking tool for all iPhones and iPods will be a “nice proof of concept” and “very good team work”. He explains how he sees a “real hack” working, while defending himself against claims he “stole” other people’s work.


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Unlock Wars : A new hope for an iPhone 3G unlock soon?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-16 01:11:13
Not so very long ago, in a Galaxy so close that we’re actually in it, the iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2.0 weren’t hacked yet. Sure, there were videos promising the unlock and jailbreak would come soon, but users are still waiting. And while Geohot’s countdown to release the YiPhone OS 2.0 unlock came and went with no unlock forthcoming, the world is still waiting for someone, anyone to deliver a mighty blow to the Galactic Apple iEmpire with a free unlock tool!


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1m iPhone 3Gs sold, 10 million apps and millions of frustrated customers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-14 11:29:09
So, the iPhone 3G sold 1 million units by Sunday US time after launching in 21 countries, and 10 million apps via the App Store, but iTunes activation, MobileMe and firmware update snafus left millions of customers fuming, too.


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Geohot says “no unlock” for iPhone 3G, only for iPhone 2G on OS 2.0
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-13 13:18:53
The iPhone Dev Team says the iPhone OS 2.0 software can be jailbroken and unlocked, and have videos to prove it. But original iPhone hacker Geohot says that while jailbreaking is easy and original iPhones with older basebands can be unlocked, the iPhone 3G is a different story and will take much longer. What’s going on?!


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iPhone OS 2.0 unlocked but tool not yet available
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-12 02:09:33
The iPhone Dev Team, which had previously unlocked beta versions of the iPhone OS 2.0 software, has claimed that it unlocked the officially released 2.0 software even before it became officially available to download – but the world will have to wait until next week to get it.


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Rumour: PS3 to get in-game video chat
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2008-07-10 20:35:57
One of the disappointments of the recently [bungled] 2.40 PS3 firmware release was the non inclusion of any type of in-game chat facility.  Rumour has it, that the delay is due to Sony going one step further than voice, instead aiming for in-game video chat.


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PS3 2.41 update arrives early as Microsoft calls Wii “novelty”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-07-08 10:48:34
Although said to arrive on Wednesday, for many the PS3 2.41 firmware update became available on Tuesday, wiping out the frustration of waiting for a pulled 2.40 update that had caused some users to experience the pain of a “bricked” PS3.


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Yikes! PS3 2.40 firmware yanked off air
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2008-07-03 06:10:18
After just on an hour of availability, Sony has taken the latest 2.40 firmware upgrade for PlayStation 3 off the download servers.  It needs a bit of work.


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Sony playing catch up with PS3 Trophies
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-06-30 18:17:27
The 2.40 firmware upgrade for PlayStation 3 has been revealed, welcome to 2007 Sony.
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Long awaited PS3 firmware brings in-game XMB and trophies
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2008-06-30 16:57:11
The wait for in-game access to the PlayStation 3's XMB is almost over. Version 2.40 firmware for the PS3 arriving on July 2 will also handle trophies awarded in online games.


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TiVo landing in Australia July 15 2008, in time for Olympics
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-06-23 03:29:22
The TiVo PVR revolution has taken years to come to Australia, but two online reports say it’s coming next month at last, for AUD $700 and with no monthly subscription fees.


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3G iPhone pics dubbed REAL by TUAW
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-04 19:25:52
Those unofficial Apple weblog scallywags have thrown the real cat among the fake pigeons to declare Engadget’s 3G iPhone pic “real”, while still hiding behind the rumour tag. And could there be an iPhone 2.0 firmware delay?!


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Lifehacker’s 13 iPhone/iPod Touch apps worth “jailbreaking” for
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-03 22:46:56
Hey, Apple’s App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch are due in 6 days, but who knows what apps will be available on day one? After all, Apple will be very strict, but why wait, when you can jailbreak now and have some pre-app store fun?


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Zibri says 3G iPhone has no copy/paste and no MMS
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-04 09:09:45
Zibri, the Italian programmer of the now famous ZiPhone unlocking tool for the existing 2G iPhone, has promised an unlock for the iPhone 2.0 firmware while explaining that the new firmware leaves out some much requested features.


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Sony PS3 firmware 2.20 converts Blu-ray movies to PSP
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-24 06:49:28
Previewed at CES in Las Vegas is the ability for the PS3 to take Blu-ray movies, convert them to standard definition and let PSP owners watch them on-the-go, in a function known as ‘Portable Copy’.


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iPhone 1.1.4 firmware solved my 1.1.3 Safari problems
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-03-09 01:45:18
I’d only just updated my iPhone to 1.1.3 and unlocked it using Zibri’s ZiPhone software when the 1.1.4 firmware seemed to come out of left field. But now that ZiPhone unlocks iPhone’s 1.1.4 firmware too, it’s well worth the upgrade, which fixed some annoying 1.1.3 Safari problems I was experiencing.


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iPhone SDK: the WOW starts all over again!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-03-06 20:53:51
Steve Jobs can sometimes disappoint, but when he wants to turn on the wow, he sure knows how, as the iPhone SDK seems to tick all the right boxes and deliver cool surprises.


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Next-gen Blu-ray "mindblowing" says Gosling
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-03-06 00:51:57
Forthcoming third-generation improvements to the Blu-ray specification are "going to be just mindblowing," according to James Gosling, vice president and fellow at Sun.


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Apple’s iPhone SDK: curiouser and curiouser
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-03-01 06:03:48
Early reports that Apple would seek to exert quality control over paid third-party apps to be distributed through iTunes appear to be true, although other reports suggest such strict scrutiny will not apply to free apps – with all to be revealed on March 6.

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