Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Latest iPhone firmware unlocked

The latest firmware 1.1.3 has fallen to hackers in less then a week after its release.
This is the result of two hackers working separately. One of the hacks needs hardware modifications so it’s not so good for all of you. The second hack was made by Jonathan Zdziarski, developer of NES emulator for iPhone.
Those hacks of version 1.1.3 firmware are sligtly complicated so it’s posible that a much easier hack will emarge.

Change the firmware - Rock Box

Rock Box it’s an Open Source OS, Linux based for mp3 players, very easy to use and customizable.

It works on iPod( 1st through 5.5th generation, iPod Mini 1st and 2nd generation and 1st generation of iPod Nano), Archos (Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder , Ondio and Recorder V2 ), Cowon ( iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M5 and M5L ), iRiver ( H100, H300 and H10 series ), SanDinsk ( Sansa c200, e200 and e200R series ), Toshiba ( Gigabeat X and F series )and other popular mp3 players.

It puts a boot loader so you can chose what SO to use when you start you’re player. Remember it dosen’t erase the original firmware, you have the ability to switch between.

The main futures beside the ones in the standard OS from the producer are:
- create custom playlists directly from the player, On-The-Go playlist creation;
- Text editor (novel), Calculator, games like Dune, Black Jack, Bubbles and many more, a lot more then the standard games and as a Linux based open source it’s very extendable you can install other apps;
- it supports 15 formats of audio codecs;
- very complex audio settings ( 5-band fully-parametric equalizer, and crossfeed );
- Last FM support ;
- MPEG video support;

To install it simply go to www.rockbox.org and download the installer, you have a manual and a forum for support.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Google Earth Weather

Tired of using different programs or searching the web for the weather in different places ? Maybe if you want to go in a holiday or you are simply curious about the weather. Well here is the answer.. download and install Google Earth. Now go to www.googleearthhacks.com. In the weather section you can find a lot of programs like Weather Forecast, Temperature Overlay, Global Cloud Map. It’s better to use one or two of this options. Now select the desired country and click Submit. Next select the overlay you want to use and click Download. After the file was saved open Google Earth and go to File/Open, navigate to the desired overlay and click Open.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

iPhone Tips and Tricks

This is an article for the new users of the iPhone:
1. Games. What can you do better then this If you get borred ? Besides music you would like to play on you're iPhone here is a tip, navigate to a dedicated games site for iPhone like the producer's site, and download free games like Assasin, Solitaire or Bejeweld. Have fun !
2. Web Apps. With the incorporated Hi-Fi and the big touch screen, iPhone is one of the best mobile phones on the market, use this advantage and browse the web for iPhone Applications. The best place to start is apple.com/webapps .
3. Use iPhone as a flash drive. 8 GB it's a lot of space for a mobile phone, to use it as a flash driver just download and install this aplication: iPhonelist from this adress: iphonelist.google.com/files/iPhoneList.0.9.1.40-Setup.exe .This powerful program supports Drag and drop to iPhone, as well as file-management functions for the iPhone itself.
4. Instant messaging. iPhone dosen't have a messenger, but you can find a very good one at this address: mundu.com/im/iphone/.

ASHAMPOO OFFICE 2006 - Free Office Suite

From my first encounter with the Office suite from Microsoft I thought it’s to expensive, and I started to search for an alternative, and here it is: Ashampoo Office 2006.

If you want a free Office to manage Word and Excel documents this one of the best choices. Here you will see how easy it’s to obtain a free copy:

  1. Download Ashampoo Offiice 2006 from the producer home page or from any site like download.com or softpedia.com.
  2. Activation. For installing the program you need a key. For this press the ‘ Get free key ‘ button witch will direct you to the Ashampoo website. Once you have the key, you must write it in the dedicated field and press ‘ Check key ‘ for validation.
  3. Open a document. After you installed the program, open the application TextMaker, witch can bee find at Start/All Programs/Ashampoo/Ashampoo Offiice 2006. Open a document with Open or drag and drop in the window.

That’s about it, I will let you discover the great options of the Office suite from Ashampoo.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Microsoft Will Not Make an iPhone Rival


In an interview with German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates said that the company does not have plans to launch a handset that will compete directly with Apple's iPhone.


Gates cited the company's partnerships with various handset manufacturers and said that within the smartphone market, Microsoft is committed to working solely on its Windows Mobile platform

Skype on PSP


With the next upcoming firmware update,lately this mounth users of the latest version of PSP (they are still working at the firmware for the original verion) will be able to download and install a completely functional version of Skype for the PSP. In addition to making phone calls to existing Skype users, PSP owners will be able to manage their contacts list, see who's online and who's not, make and calls to/from actual telephone numbers, and have complete access to Skype account settings.



A Skype icon will be added to the "Network" category of the PSP's Xross Media Bar. Users will also be able to create a Skype account directly from the portable system. Users will need a Memory Stick to install and access the program .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700


NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing technologies, conntinues to have the lead in productivity for computer-aided design (CAD) and digital content creators with the announcement of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700.

It is said it has double the power of the previous generation of product.
The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board comes with 112 parallel processors, 512 MB and a 256-bit memory interface, the card easily manages the large models and complex, real-time shaders that dominate the CAD and digital content creation markets.

The board also offers SLI technology to dynamically scale graphics performance, enhance image quality, and expand display real estate and PCI-Express 2.0 support doubling the data transfer rate between the GPU and the Gen 2.0 chipsets to 16 Gbps. Also, being Energy Star 4.0 compliant, the Quadro FX 3700 graphics board consumes less than 80 watts of power for improved energy management.
The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board has an MSRP of $1599 (US).

Friday, January 4, 2008

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