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  • iOS 4 gold works with any compatible iPhone / iPod touch via iTunes 9.2, jailbreak also updated

    iOS 4 gold works with any compatible iPhone / iPod touch via iTunes 9.2, jailbreak also updated

    Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Want to get your hands on an iOS 4-equipped device now without being a registered Apple developer? As a number of readers have pointed out, it seems yesterday's gold build release works on any applicable iPhone / iPod touch whether or not its UDID has been sent to the dev center. Now that the previous restraint has been lifted, the only requirement now is a copy of iTunes 9.2 -- currently for Macs only and still blocked by the developer gate, but once you manage to obtain the appropriate files, the only thing in your path is time itself. Sure enough, we just got through installing the build on an unregistered iPhone without a hitch. Details available via Gumball Tech, and please, don't forget to back up your data ahead of time.

    In less rule-abiding news, the not-quite-surgical hand of the jailbreak community has taken a gander at the gold. A developer known as msft.guy, whose previous credentials includes recently-released binary "which enabled blacksn0w unlock port for iPhone 3GS on iOS 4 Beta 4" according to Redmond Pie, has updated PwnageTool for yesterday's update. As always, proceed with that one at your own risk, and if you're curious but hesitant, the ever-reliable iPhone Dev Team promise a full jailbreak / unlock suite later this month. Either way, video proof is available after the break.

    Update: Just to clarify, iOS 4 now works with any iPhone / iPod touch that's already been proven compatible -- the trick here is that you now don't need to register with Apple before trying.

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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  • Mobile Devs: Get 20% off the Uplinq Conference

    Mobile Devs: Get 20% off the Uplinq Conference

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Qualcomm, makers of just about every comm chip in existence, are holding their annual Uplinq conference in San Diego this year and would like to invite you folks to roll on down for a bit of mobile fun in the sun. Check out their site and if you think the event is for you hit [...]

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  • Sony Japan teases “VAIO New Ultra Mobile”

    Sony Japan teases “VAIO New Ultra Mobile”

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember Sony Japan's unusual promotion campaign for an 8-inch netbook (or ultra-mobile PC, as the Japanese like to call these devices) from December 2008? The target group was amused with the campaign. And it appears the marketing coup helped Sony actually sell the Vaio P, as the company today updated its Japanese site with yet another teaser for yet another "mysterious" netbook.

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  • Sony Ericsson Q1 Results Are In, Back In The Black

    Sony Ericsson Q1 Results Are In, Back In The Black

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony Ericsson today posted their Q1 results for 2010, and the results are... good! Despite most analysts predicting a net loss (a recent Reuters poll of analysts showed an average estimated loss of €157m), Sony Ericsson have gone and surprised everyone by turning a €18m profit. This time last year they posted a €370m loss, and have posted losses for the last 7 quarters. Needless to say, this is a great turn-around for the company.

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  • The iTable continues to develop and show gaming potential

    The iTable continues to develop and show gaming potential

    Posted on March 10, 2010 | No Comments
    We've told you about the iTable before, and PQ Labs. They showed off their latest stage in the development process at CeBIT this year, by installing the screen into a coffee table. The newest version can register up to 32 touch points and actually determine the shape of the object being placed on the screen.

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  • AppMakr Transforms App Store Landscape, Enables Anyone To Make Their Own iPhone App

    AppMakr Transforms App Store Landscape, Enables Anyone To Make Their Own iPhone App

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Every once in a while, a startup comes around with a product that we not only cover, but actually want to use ourselves. PointAbout, a Washington, DC-based self-funded startup, has done just that. AppMakr is absolutely ridonkculous. Basically, AppMakr allows you to create your own iPhone app – for $199. You can include feeds from [...]

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  • Lockface: USB drive that uses face recognition to verify users

    Lockface: USB drive that uses face recognition to verify users

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    A Japanese company called Futen (they don't have a website) is selling a USB flash drive that uses face recognition technology to check the identity of users. Needless to say, the so-called Lockface only works with your computer's web cam.

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  • DECAF, the anti-Microsoft COFEE, now available

    DECAF, the anti-Microsoft COFEE, now available

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    You sorta knew this was going to happen. Microsoft COFEE, a highly secretive forensics tool used by law enforcement, leaked onto the Internet several weeks ago. People far smarter than I got a hold of it, and have created what has been dubbed DECAF, an anti-COFEE set of tools that you can install to block the effects of COFEE.

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  • American Express to offer 50 $200 rebates on Best Buy purchases of $500 or more

    American Express to offer 50 $200 rebates on Best Buy purchases of $500 or more

    Posted on November 13, 2009 | No Comments
    I’m apprehensive to even post this since I, myself, have an American Express card and will absolutely be fighting against the rest of you barbarians for this very deal, but my commitment to reporting the news is just barely stronger than the urge to get $200 back on a $500 electronics purchase. Just barely. So the [...]

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  • HTC Hero coming to Sprint

    HTC Hero coming to Sprint

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Phandroid just found a mention on the Sprint Android Dev Network for the HTC Hero, everyone's favorite Android phone. Don't get that excited just yet. The phone won't be officially on the network until late October and probably won't be for sale until December.
    Announcing the HTC Hero, which will be the first Android device running on the Sprint network. By the end of September, the Sprint developer program will deploy an Android development section that will highlight some resources, value added services applicable to all android developers. FYI, you start developing now by downloading the Android 1.5 SDK Register to attend our upcoming 2009 Open Developer Conference, where Sprint and our ecosystem partners including HTC will be talking Android: - Technical overview sessions on Oct 26 - Android hands on coding labs the evening of Oct 26 Oh, BTW we have some BIG announcements coming by the end of the month that will be of great interest to all android developers…we promise it won’t disappoint.

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  • For whatever reason, the knives are out for HP

    For whatever reason, the knives are out for HP

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    It looks like the cool thing to do now is bash HP over its environmental record. Yesterday's Greepeace action was a huge story for several minutes, drawing attention, apparently, to the company's rubbish record with respect to various chemicals in its products. And today The Register has photos of shipping containers, used to ship things.

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  • Paparazzi beware! Flash purse stalks the stalkers

    Paparazzi beware! Flash purse stalks the stalkers

    Posted on July 2, 2009 | No Comments
    This crazy purse concept is essentially an LED flash built-into a clutch purse. When it senses a flash it will send out a brighter flash to blind the camera - and, presumably, the cameraman - and prevent the picture from coming out. The result? A ghostly halo around the subject but no facial features. Although [...]

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  • How about a blue Wii Remote and nunchuck?

    How about a blue Wii Remote and nunchuck?

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh how it must be wonderful to live in Japan. Not only do they get to worship a life size stature of Gundam, but Club Nintendo members will soon get a chance to win blue Wii Remotes and Nunchuks. And all we have over here are dingy white ones we had to pay for. Blah.

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