Sunday, August 5, 2007
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Hackers Extract Main Key to iPhone Unlocking, Freedom Closer than Ever
8:57PM Seamus Byrne | After uncovering its communications core’s secrets, today hackers have reached a big milestone towards freeing the iPhone from the AT&T network: they extracted the full content of the radio memory. In other words: now they have the plans for the fucking Death Star —”the main key to achieve true unlock.” Want to help the iPhone Dev Team but you are no expert? Keep reading. More »
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Old Mac Keyboards No Longer Shipping, New iMacs Probably Coming
8:46PM Seamus Byrne | The plot is thickening: it has yet to be confirmed, but it seems that Apple and Best Buy stores are no longer going to receive old Apple keyboards shipments. What could this mean? More »
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Jazzmutant Rambles Like A Lunatic About Multi-touch Tablet PC
11:00AM Seamus Byrne | The SIGGRAPH convention is looming and with it comes the promise of unprecedented advancements in technology input and the like. Bearing that in mind, Jazzmutant has been self-promoting their role in the show. According to their website, they have been selected by the SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies Committee to demonstrate something a little special they have been working on, concerning multi-touch technology. Hit the jump for the official blurb. More »
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B&W Tube Clock Gets You Laid
10:15AM Seamus Byrne | Did you ever want to be Marty McFly so you could get your hands on the flux capacitor, not for time travel, but instead so you could use it as décor for your abode? Well friends rejoice, B&W has released the Tube Clock. The set up consists of six smoke domes encasing red LEDs, all mounted on a stainless steel and wood base. Although it is unlikely it will take you back to 1985, it will make you look like a stylised don that should be wearing an Armani suit. More »
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EVERLED, LED “Fluorescent” Tubes
9:30AM Seamus Byrne | While fluorescent tubes are energy efficient, their materials are crappy for the environment. But under current infrastructure (schools, city buildings, etc), replacing fluorescence with another technology would take uncountable amounts of moolah. That’s why we’re so excited about EVERLED, which fits in a standard fluorescent socket. But that’s not the only benefit. More »
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Kohjinsha Adds SSD to UMPC, Still Lame
8:45AM Seamus Byrne | Kohjinsha have updated their UMPC product line with the introduction of the SH6KPS3ABX model. The new addition to the family brings a welcome progression, a 32GB SSD.galleryPost('Kohjinsha', 3, 'Kohjinsha'); More »
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AMD: Intel Made $60 Billion in “Monopoly Profits”
8:00AM Seamus Byrne | AMD has a new presser out declaring that between 1996 and 2006, Intel socked away over $60 billion of “monopoly profits” into its “monopoly coffers.” It also claims that if there was “full competition” in the processor market, we would save over $81 billion, which sounds awesome. More »
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NBC’s DefCon Mole – The Walk of Shame
7:15AM Seamus Byrne | Reading the story about NBC’s undercover reporter getting ousted from hacker convention DefCon was enjoyable. Watching the video… that’s something really special. Here’s the whole story, from beginning to end. More »
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In-Network Calling Destroying Very Fabric of Society
6:30AM Seamus Byrne | “It’s not you, it’s me. Well, really it’s my cell carrier. Actually, no, it’s your carrier.” The Times’ latest tech trend piece details the newest technological threat to our social lives—in-network calling plans, which “divide the world into in-network and outside.” You see, calling someone in-network is free; out-of-network, not so much. Result? You stop talking to your iPhone-wielding friends on AT&T and cozy up to whoever else is on your network, even if you hate their guts because it’s cheaper than talking to your girlfriend. AU: We all have our in-network deals here in Australia too, but I can’t say that stops me calling other people. Maybe the Americans don’t have capped plan options like we do, which makes calling anyone, anytime a much more casual idea. -SB More »
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