Thursday, January 1, 2009

Software

iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available

11:30PM Jesus Diaz | The iPhone 3G unlock is now available. The unlocking software is called yellowsn0w, runs as an invisible application in your iPhone, and it’s very easy to install. Here’s how. [Updating as we try it] More »
Announcements

Gizmodo US’s Most Popular Hits of 2008

10:30PM Jesus Diaz | What a year, roller coaster from beginning to end, and tons of amazing stories. In case you missed any, here they are: The most popular stories for 2008, plus the monthly top 10s. AU:Once again, these are just US figures… I’ll do a best of 2008 for Giz AU a bit later today.
Toys

The Best Lego Stories of 2008

4:00PM Jesus Diaz | Bricks! Minifigs! Spaceships! Star Wars! Airplanes! Robots! Sex! Secret Vaults! Our exclusive trip to the Lego mothership! More than six million read the best Lego stories of 2008. Check the Top 10 and my favorites.
Online

Georgia Sex Offenders Have to Give Internet Passwords to Authorities

10:15AM Matt Buchanan | A Georgia law going into effect tomorrow will require that all sex offenders not simply turn over their email addresses and screen names to authorities—which goes back to 2006—but all their passwords as well. More »
Computers

New Mac Mini at Macworld, Will Look Like iMac + Time Capsule

9:30AM Matt Buchanan | TUAW has the most complete description yet of the new Mac mini widely rumoured/expected to launch at Macworld. It’ll be topped with iMac-esque black plastic instead of white, and have a lip like Time Capsule. More »
Software

Rumour: Apple iWork Going to the Cloud?

9:05AM Brian Lam | 9 to 5’s latest Apple rumour is that the iWork suite, Apple’s Office competitor, is going to the cloud. More »
Announcements

Happy New Year From Giz AU

9:00AM Nick Broughall | Hope you all don’t have that sore a head today… Unfortunately I do, so I’ll be spending today relaxing instead of covering the latest tech news. But all will be back to normal tomorrow! Enjoy the public holiday! More »
Gadgets

Casio Robo-Watch Superheroes Celebrate G-Shock Anniversary

8:45AM Sean Fallon | Casio’s 25 years of G-Shock celebration continues with a new set of characters designed by Shiro Nakano. Normally we don’t pander to marketing gimmicks, but these toys might be cooler than the watches themselves. More »
Music

Official Fix for the Zune 30 Fail

8:29AM Brian Lam | Microsoft’s responded to the Zune 30GB failure, blaming a leap-year handling bug. And they’ve provided a fix. Which is to wait til New Years, when the bug will go away by itself. Huh. More »