New iPhone in June?

In today’s Business 24-7 article, it stated that a new iPhone would be due out in June. It also stated that the current iPhone 3G will be available in UAE on February 15, as we covered here

June does seem like a logical time for the next iPhone, since Apple usually releases a new iPhone every year.

The latest 3G model will become available on February 15 according to Dow Jones, and etisalat will be targeting private and business users. Both post-paid and prepaid subscribers will be able to use the product and voice, data and SMS services will be available. And the next version of the device, which is due out in June, will be launched in the UAE at the same time.

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Polka Delivers User-Empowered Healthcare Apps

The Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego today announced that Polka is the first company created within the school's Lab to Market course to receive funding and it is making major inroads in the technology and healthcare industries. Polka is the first and only secure mobile aggregation and collaboration service to help users manage their health - anytime, anywhere, all the time.

Several companies have been formed out of Lab to Market projects, but the first to be funded is Polka. Mike Kirkwood (Rady MBA '08) launched the company two years ago, filed patents for core technology and started marketing the product as part of his Lab to Market course at the Rady School. He has since received a significant investment from private investors. Apple's App Store now carries four Polka applications designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. Polka has realized more than 250,000 installs of its applications from the App Store in the past five months alone.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Polka is the first and only secure mobile aggregation and collaboration service to help users manage their health -- anytime, anywhere, all the time. They provide the tools for consumers to create and manage complex personal health information with ease and the support of their health team. Polka's personal healthcare management solution is backed by a patent-pending Me Server (TM) technology, and delivers secure identity management, real-time collaboration and synchronization and sharing on an open standards record format.

Polka keeps users' important health information up-to-date and available anytime, anywhere, all the time. The company offers an integrated solution of Apple iPhone applications and a web portal, charging for the service of synchronizing data and collaborating with a user's team. Polka is the only company to provide a dynamic communication and collaboration tool that empowers users to keep personal logs and share real-time information with their medical team. Polka's key applications now include My Health on the Web, My Health for the iPhone, If Found for the iPhone, Close Call for the iPhone and My Emergency Info for the iPhone.

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My Health for the iPhone - $2.99If Found for the iPhone - FreeClose Call for the iPhone - FreeMy Emergency Info for the iPhone - $2.99

Google Earth 5 (Beta) Now Available

Google has released Earth 5 (Beta), the most recent update to their highly successful satellite mapping technology.

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

Google Earth 5 (Beta) allows users to take placemarks a step further and record a free-form tour in Google Earth. Simply turn on the touring feature, press record, and see the world. You can even add a soundtrack or narration to personalize the journey.

Google Earth 5 (Beta) New Features:
- Dive beneath the surface and visit the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench
- Explore the ocean with top marine experts including National Geographic and BBC
- Learn about ocean observations, climate change, and endangered species
- Discover new places including surf, dive, and travel hot spots and shipwrecks


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TalkingPics Micro 1.3 for iPhone

Big Stone Phone has announced immediate and free availability of a free version of its popular program TalkingPics, the audio recorder/picture taking field data gathering tool that lets you make slideshows named TalkingPics micro (µ) V1.3.

Key features in the free version of TalkingPics micro:
* Make audio recordings of any length
* Attach notes and a photo to each recording
* Attach map of current location to recording
* Run slideshows on the iPhone

"In order to let iPhone and Touch 2 users experience the power of TalkingPics, we decided to deliver a lite version for free so people could decide at no cost if TalkingPics was the solution for them. We are committed to the highest quality products" said TalkingPics Project Leader Jeff Biggus (hyperjeff.net) of Big Stone Phone.

TalkingPics micro v1.3 features significant improvements to speed and stability of taking photos. In addition, the image format has been switched to high quality JPEG, saving space without sacrificing picture quality. As well, all entries show file size as well as audio recording length in the project overview, handy for managing project information.

Other improvements include a spruced up look to the project presentation slideshow.

TalkingPics remains the leading iPhone program for recording audio, taking photos and jotting down notes. Big Stone Phone is proud to provide high quality support to their products for all users.

TalkingPics µ is available for download and use today directly from your iPhone or computer at the AppStore.

TalkingPics µ is 100% free - TalkingPics Pro is just $6.99 at the AppStore.

Additional features in TalkingPics Pro:
* Organize entries into multiple projects
* Unlimited number of entries per project
* Upload projects to Desktop (Mac or PC)
* High resolution photos option
* Autosave snapshots to your Photos Library

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FlightTrack Pro Now Available in Apple App Store

Appropos Mobile has released FlightTrack Pro, their popular iPhone and iPod Touch flight tracker. FlightTrack Pro is great for busy travelers and casual vacationers alike. Just forward your airline confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com, and convenient TripIt flight itineraries will appear automatically on your iPhone or iPod touch.

FlightTrack Pro syncs upcoming flights from Tripit automatically, so that whenever you change, add, or delete a flight plan, FlightTrack Pro can give you up=to-date info on cancellations, delays, gate changes, and more.

FlightTrack Pro is available now on the iPhone App Store.

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Sector3 Announces Circuit Defenders

Sector3 has announced that Circuit Defenders is available on the iTunes App Store today for iPhone and iPod touch. Circuit Defenders is Sector3's original take on Tower Defence style games in which the action is set inside your computer.

An attacking virus army has infiltrated your computer via your communication ports and is trying to take over your main CPU. Only you stand between them and complete shutdown. Can you erect and maintain enough towers to keep your systems safe?

Using the unique touch interface on the iPhone and iPod Touch, drag and drop towers on to your circuit boards. As the armies increase in power and numbers, you'll have to manage your funds for upgrades and maintenance.

Circuit Defenders includes some amazing towers for use in your defence strategy. From artillery to flame throwers, you will find enough variation to support any strategic defence plan.

Feature Highlights:
* 10 fun and challenging levels
* Great assortment of tower types
* Comprehensive tower upgrade attributes
* Fast and intuitive controls
* Pinch/Pull for zoom in and out
* Game state saved between sessions and interruptions
* Global Online High Scores

Planned for future versions:
* More exciting levels
* New Towers and Enemies
* Challenge games
* Light version with limited levels and towers to try before you buy

Pricing and Availability:
Circuit Defenders for iPhone is only $2.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple's App Store.

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iPod Touch 2G Tethered Jailbreak Released

The iPhone Dev Team have released a tethered jailbreak for the iPod Touch 2G named "redsn0w lite."

Unfortunately, this is a tethered jailbreak, meaning each time you turn your iPod Touch on, you must connect it to your computer, and do some steps over again. The Dev-Team is still trying to find out a way to have an untethered jailbreak.

Redsn0w Read Me

Redsn0w Lite

Adobe and Apple Collaborating on Flash for iPhone

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Adobe's CEO indicated that Apple and Adobe are collaborating on Flash for the iPhone.

Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe faces challenges in developing Flash for the iPhone.

“It’s a hard technical challenge, and that’s part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating,” Narayen said today in a Bloomberg Television interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs had previously commented that Flash runs too slowly for the iPhone, and a slimmed-down version, called Flash Lite, “isn’t capable enough to be used with the Web.”

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Windows QuickPwn for 2.2.1 firmware is Now Available

QuickPwn for Windows (version 2.2.5-2) has been updated to work with the latest 2.2.1 firmware.

You can download the official torrent here.

It offers support for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, and the iPod Touch 1G.

I will update our tutorials shortly.

Add Light to Your iPhone Photos

Digital Film Tools has released Light 1.2, an iPhone application that can add realistic lighting and shadow to photos.

Light and shadow is introduced using digital versions of the gobo library created by Gamproducts. Gobos (patterns) are widely used by lighting designers in theatre, film/TV and photography to enhance the visual impact of their lighting. Normally used in front of lights during photography, gobos can be applied to the entire image or inside a selected area using Light. Gobos from the Gamproducts collection are arranged into the following categories: Breakups, Foliage, Lights, Sky and Windows.

Features:
- Control light brightness, blurring, and displacement for light wrapping effects
- Adjust light position, rotation and size with on-screen controls
- Isolate light using the selection screen
- Position slider determines where to put the light
- Range slider selects the amount of light
- Lum (Luminance), Hue, or Sat (Saturation) buttons change the selection method
- Shake on the Gobo screens to choose a random gobo
- Shake on the image editing screen to reset controls
- Edit in portrait or landscape mode

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Obvious Matter Releases DiskLibrary 1.9

Obvious Matter has announced DiskLibrary 1.9, their fun and easy to use disk cataloging application for Mac OS X. DiskLibrary is indispensable if you have a lot of media to keep track of. DiskLibrary catalogs not just your complete file structure, it also creates thumbnails, and stores metadata, for most popular media formats.

Where most cataloging applications stop DiskLibrary continues. Create beautiful thumbnails for your media files. Most popular image and movie formats are supported including leading RAW, EPS, HTML, Flash, and Photoshop formats. DiskLibrary also catalogs the album art stored inside your MP3 or AAC files. View the title page of your PDF files as a thumbnail. Indexing within archives (ZIP, RAR) is also supported.

DiskLibrary is capable of importing export formats from CDFinder, FileFinder, Disk Catalog Maker X, WhereIsIt and DiskTracker.

What's new:
* Improved startup and search performance
* Quick Look support for files on mounted volumes (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
* Catalogs can now also be deleted with the forward-delete key.
* Made Smart catalog/find panel more keyboard friendly
* Improved WhereIsIt import
* Migrated thumbnail files to new locations (subfolders)
* Added catalog column to file list view
* Fixed bug with smart catalogs in 10.5.6
* Rewritten FileFinder import
* Fixed Issues with DiskCatalogMaker X import
* Fixed other minor issues.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel

Pricing and Availability:
DiskLibrary 1.9 is available to order for $39 (USD). The DiskLibrary demo version is available as a free download from the Obvious Matter website.


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How to Unlock the iPhone 3G - Mac and Windows

These are instructions on how to software unlock the iPhone 3G for use with any GSM cellphone carrier.

**Before you can follow these instructions you must have a jailbroken iPhone and you must be on the 02.28.00 baseband(modem firmware). This means that you must be running the 2.2 firmware. If you used PwnageTool to update to 2.2 from 2.1 you will have to rejailbreak using a QuickPwn jailbreak tutorial for the time being. **

To find your firmware and modem firmware(baseband) versions you can follow the following steps:
Step One
Press to launch Settings from your Springboard.
Step Two
Press to select General from the Settings Menu.
Step Three
Press to select About from the General Settings Menu.
Step Four
From the about screen you can find your firmware version under the Version label. Scroll down and you can find your baseband version under the Modem Firmware label.

If you are not on firmware version 2.2 and baseband version 02.28.00 then you need to follow one of these tutorials before unlocking: Mac, Windows

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Now, Lets Begin With the 3G Unlock:

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Step One
Press to launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.

Step Two
Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.

Step Three
Press to select the large Sources button

Step Four
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.

Step Five
Press the Add button at the top left of the screen.

Step Six
Enter http://apt9.yellowsn0w.com/ as the source url and press the Add Source button.

Step Seven
Once the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Eight
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.

Step Nine
Press to select apt9.yellowsn0w.com from the list of user entered sources.

Step Ten

Press to select yellowsn0w from the list of packages

Step Eleven
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Twelve
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.

Step Thirteen
After installation completes successfully press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Fourteen
Now press the Home button then power off and power on the iPhone. You do this by holding down the power button for 3 seconds then moving the power slider that appears to the right. Press the power button again to turn on the phone.

Step Fifteen
You should now be able to insert the SIM of your choice!

***HINTS: It seems that getting your iPhone to pick up your new carrier can be helped by turning off 3G and perhaps toggling the Airplane Mode switch on and off. If you are still having problems try removing and reinserting the SIM or booting with the new SIM already inside. Finally, you can also try to Reset Network Settings from the Settings:General:Reset Menu.

***IMPORTANT: For those having trouble. The yellowsn0w application can simply be uninstalled. If you have tried all the hints and suggestions and still have problems just use Cydia to remove the package and then reboot. You will then have service with your locked carrier as always.

***THANKS: A big thank you to all the members of the iPhone Dev-Team for all their hard work! It is much appreciated by all.

***UPDATES: The Dev-Team has made the following updates...
1. Soon you’ll see yellowsn0w 0.9.1 in the repos. It uses a much longer delay to let your SIM card initialize. If you have problems with 0.9.0, try this one and wait a full minute after you see homescreen, then reinsert sim card. We need both success and failure reports to tune this across the world, so please be patient (but please also report result!)
2. If you are in the U.S. and are trying this with T-Mobile, you must turn off the 3G switch in Settings. Also if you are good with the command line, you can make it much easier by adding the line -q right after the /usr/bin/yellowsn0w line in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.iphone-dev.yellowsn0w.plist (that’s and advanced tip, hopefully someone will make a boosprefs type of tool for it)
3. No PIN support yet. Remember how we said this was beta? Well we’re still working out the flow for SIMs with PINs enabled. Please disable any PIN you may have on that SIM before trying yellowsn0w, for now..

Keynote Remote for iPhone Now Available

Apple has made their Keynote Remote application for iPhone / iPod touch available from the App Store.

With Keynote Remote, you can control your Keynote slide presentation on your computer from your iPod touch or iPhone.

Swipe to advance or return to the previous slide. In portrait mode, see your presenter notes on your iPod touch or iPhone. In landscape mode, preview your next slide.

Keynote Remote works with your Wi-Fi network, so you can control slide playback from anywhere in the room.

Features:
- Control your Keynote presentation
- Swipe to advance or return to the previous slide
- See presenter notes on your iPhone or iPod touch
- Preview your next slide in landscape mode
- Pair your iPhone or iPod touch to any Mac with Keynote '09
- $0.99

NOTE: Keynote Remote requires Keynote '09, part of the iWork '09 suite. You will need a working Wi-Fi connection between your iPhone/iPod touch and your Mac.

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iPhone Dev-Team Summarizes Where They're At

The iPhone Dev-Team has summarized where they are at with the unlock: Past, Present and Future.

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Past
- As predicted in our beta release post, expanding yellowsn0w from dev team testing to worldwide usage revealed some unexpected situations.
- Thanks to specific feedback from you on our reporting page, we’ve been able to tweak the method by which yellowsn0w injects the unlocking payload. We believe we’re converging on a method that works for most cases.

Present
- The current beta version of yellowsn0w is 0.9.6, available via Cydia. Please refer to our beta release post for more technical info about how to install and use it.
- Although ultimately the payload is the same as in the very first beta, we’ve changed the way that it’s injected into the baseband.
- Although some of you have invested time and energy in coming up with a very specific flow that works for you, the best way to first try 0.9.6 is as-provided, straight out of the box with no special usage around it.
- Please continue to provide feedback on our reporting page so that we can iron out wrinkles.

Future
- One major feature we have left to provide support for is PIN locking. We have dabbled in this a bit and think we have a solution, but want to make that a separate effort from making yellowsn0w work with as many SIMs as possible.
- At that point, we can probably declare yellowsn0w out of “beta” status.
- The “permanent” unlock is still the ultimate goal for some of us. We’d like to break the chain of trust a bit earlier in the boot process (if only for the fun in trying).
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iPhone Dev-Team Releases yellowsn0w v0.9.6

The iPhone Dev-Team has released yellowsn0w v0.9.6 which should fix 'EVEN MORE' problems that users may have experienced when unlocking their iPhone 3G. This new version is said to eliminate the need for switching AirPlane mode on and off to find service.

The iPhone Dev-Team is also using http://report.yellowsn0w.com/ to track the success rate of the iPhone unlock. You can submit your own unlock experience at http://report.yellowsn0w.com/submit.php to help them update and improve the yellowsn0w application for other users.

ChronoSync 4.0 and ChronoAgent 1.0 for Mac

Econ Technologies today updated ChronoSync, the automated synchronization and backup application for Mac OS X, to version 4.0 and released a new companion product ChronoAgent for Mac version 1.0. ChronoSync 4.0 adds many new features, most notably bootable backups, full Admin access, and speedier synchronizations. ChronoAgent for Mac is a brand new utility that runs on the destination Mac and communicates directly with ChronoSync, giving you full root access to the destination Mac.

ChronoSync and ChronoAgent for Mac will run natively on both Power PC and Intel-based Macintosh(R) computers running Panther, Tiger or Leopard. Download and try the demos, or purchase ChronoSync for $40 (USD) and ChronoAgent for Mac for $10 (USD). As always, all existing ChronoSync users update for free by obtaining a new ChronoSync 4 license from their website.



ChronoSync now offers bootable backups. Create a complete copy of your hard drive and boot directly into the backup. Additionally ChronoSync 4 gives you full access to the entire hard drive so any files can be copied. Nothing is off limits. ChronoSync also features a modified "Sync Engine" logic to use less memory and scan files faster, resulting in speedier synchronizations in most cases.

ChronoAgent for Mac is a brand new utility that runs on a destination Mac and communicates directly with ChronoSync. Normally, when you synchronize or back up to another Mac you mount it using file sharing. However, you only have the same access to that Mac as the user you mount as. Thus other user accounts and system files are off limits. ChronoAgent bypasses file sharing, giving you full access to the destination Mac and eliminating the need to mount via AFP, SMB or other protocols.

ChronoAgent can even match Users and Groups of files between two different Macs giving you full preservation of file ownership and permissions. ChronoAgent runs in the background as an invisible application and is controlled in the System Preferences of your Mac. ChronoAgent only communicates with ChronoSync, meaning you need to have ChronoSync 4 in order to communicate with ChronoAgent. ChronoAgent for Mac is a separate purchase and sells for $10. For all the details please visit the ChronoAgent for Mac overview page.

"ChronoAgent is not needed by everyone. Most users can simply activate file sharing on another Mac, mount, and then sync. But if you are having permission problems with your destination Mac or server then ChronoAgent can solve that. If you need to match Users and Groups between two different Macs then ChronoAgent can solve that. You can even create remote bootable backups," said Joe Japes, Marketing Director of Econ Technologies.

Additionally ChronoSync 4 now offers numerous other enhancements. Templates provide the ability to create Synchronizer and Container documents with customized settings. The Options panel as been redesigned with new features and a new layout. The Setup panel contains a Readiness status which displays any issues between the two Targets being synchronized. The Archive feature now supports file compression saving you disk space. For a complete list of features and fixes read the release notes available online at the econtechnologies website.

ChronoSync is the easy way to synchronize or backup files and folders. Synchronize between folders on your Mac, other Macs, PCs, external drives or anything you can mount on your Mac. Set up a Synchronizer document to schedule and automatically mount volumes so your syncs and backups are never missed. Archive your data and go back in time to restore and view older files. With ChronoSync, you can do a lot more than just copy data, you can manage data, too. Exclude files and folders, check the current sync status of files, even run trial synchronizations to see what will happen before it happens. ChronoSync will run natively on both Power PC (G3, G4, G5) and Intel Macintosh computers running Panther, Tiger or Leopard.

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iPhoto and iMovie Guided Tours

Apple has posted guided video tours of the new iPhoto and iMovie applications. Click the screenshot below to view the video.

iPhoto 09


iMovie 09

Werck BV Releases Checkout 2.3

Werck BV today released Checkout Server, a dedicated server application for Checkout, their Point of Sale software for Mac OS X, at the Macworld Conference and Expo. Additionally, Werck released Checkout 2.3, an update which includes German, French and Dutch localizations and a new API to create custom reports.

Checkout Server
Many Checkout users asked for a way to keep their valuable store data on a dedicated computer. Checkout Server allows just that, with more simultaneous connections, better performance and improved security.

With Checkout Server, up to forty computers can be connected to a store database at once. Users can schedule automatic store backups with Checkout Server that can run without interruption any time of day, even while employees are logged in to the store. Checkout Server can be administered with both a System Preferences pane and a command-line interface.

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Live Demo of the iPhone 3G Unlock! [Updated With Video]

Today, at 3PM EST, MuscleNerd, will show a live demo of the iPhone 3G unlock from the Qik application on the iPhone.

It will be broadcasted from a 2G iPhone, showing the soft-unlock of the iPhone 3G. The actual URL will be tweeted via MuscleNerd’s twitter account once it starts.

This week’s DevTeam Funday features a live demo of yellowsn0w!

MuscleNerd will use Qik to broadcast a live video and audio stream (from an iPhone 2G) of an iPhone 3G being soft-unlocked with yellowsn0w. He’s in Florida for the holidays so there won’t actually be any snow in the live demo (although strangely enough if he were back home in Los Angeles he’d be very close to snow this week!).

Qik creates a chatroom for its videos but it may not be feasible to field questions live from the chatroom. So if you have a question that hasn’t already been answered in our previous blog posts, please tweet them in advance to Musclenerd.

We’re aiming to do the live demo in about 12 hours, or 3PM EST. The actual URL will be tweeted via MuscleNerd’s twitter account just as it starts.

Hope to see you there!

UPDATE - 1.45PM EST/7.45 CET

Here is a short video from MuscleNerd’s Qik account that has some preliminary information that relates to his AT&T SIM card. This also demonstrates the video and sound quality that you should expect during the demonstration. We plan to capture the VNC session that you can see in the background so that we can post a more detailed video later.

UPDATE - 2.52PM EST/8.52 CET

Get your popcorn and soda ready for the main feature, there may be a little delay while MuscleNerd aligns his camera and inserts his cables , look out for the stream URL on MuscleNerd’s twitter

UPDATE - 3.13PM EST/9.13 CET
MuscleNerd is demoing it live!


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YouTube Rolls Out Hi-Definition

YouTube has announced the expansion of their HD player and a test of three new landing pages designed to help you better find news, music and movies.

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HD on YouTube
Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen – so you can find out where the hell Matt is in glorious HD, if you so wish. As part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can browse videos uploaded in the HD format. In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center. Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but feel free to post follow-up questions to the YouTube Community Help Forums.

New Video Landing Pages
News, music and movies are huge categories on YouTube and as a result it can sometimes be tough to find exactly what you're hoping to watch. In a bid to smooth your path to the perfect video, we are testing three new video landing pages: youtube.com/news, youtube.com/music, and youtube.com/movies. The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
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iPhone Thief Caught by MobileMe

An iPhone owner who had his phone stolen was able to catch the thief with the help of MobileMe, according to a TUAW report.

While at the dry cleaner one day, Rob's iPhone was stolen. He immediately chalked it up as gone forever, and proceeded to purchase a brand new one that same evening. It was the next day when unfamiliar contacts began to appear on the new phone. The (not-too-bright) thief was unwittingly supplying him with names and phone numbers of his or her closest friends, via the magic of MobileMe synchronization from the stolen phone to the cloud and eventually to his new phone. "It didn't take long for me to realize that MobileMe was leading me right to the thief!" wrote Rob.

Rob provided the list of contacts to the police and they recovered his phone that same evening.

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X-Plane Airliner and X-Plane Helicopter for iPhone

X-Plane has released two cheaper versions of its iPhone application for Helicopters and Airliners.

X-Plane-Airliner
A new version of X-Plane for the iPhone that simulates Airliners and the relatively long-range, instrument-capable flying that they do.

X-Plane-Airliner comes with the Boeing 777, the Boeing 747, the Airbus A-380, and the Boeing 787. It costs $4.99 and is available in the App Store via the link below.

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Personal Radar Arrives for iPhone

An iPhone download that promises to revolutionize the way people interact with the world around them is now available on the Apple iTunes Store.

Earthcomber's patented system automatically scans the surroundings for people, places or things that match the user's unique tastes and interests.

"It's astounding to see so many opportunities around you at any time," said Earthcomber inventor and president, Jim Brady. "You can now set your phone on 'surprise me.'"

Users tag interests from extensive lists - for example, Greek cuisine, historic buildings, hot chai tea, or free WiFi access. They can also add their own items, and invite friends so they can spot them, too.

Then, all they have to do is walk, ride or drive.

Earthcomber constantly scans their area for any matches, using the iPhone's GPS. Any place that has anything of interest is announced by an optional chime.

Results are displayed according to what is closest. One tap surfaces in-depth information about each location, with integrated maps and directions. Earthcomber boasts an extensive collection of restaurants, nightlife, movies, concerts, historic sites, business essentials and more. The people-networking offers numerous privacy and security features.

Earthcomber, a free download, is one of many applications Apple offers to showcase the iPhone's advanced features, such as GPS, data networking, multimedia and mapping.

Earthcomber is different, according to Brady, because it orchestrates multiple technologies so that the iPhone user doesn't have to jump from one application to the next to accomplish related tasks.

"That's the whole point," Brady said. "We don't have to turn off our eyes to start up our ears, and we sure don't have to fill out a search box for our brains to work. Earthcomber uses mobile technology as a powerful extension of our natural abilities, so that we can be constantly aware of what's right around us."

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Makayama Software announces Television for iPhone

Makayama Software today has released new software for the iPhone called 'Television'. The name says it all - this app lets you watch TV on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Watch 50 shows from 30 channels on demand. It's not live TV, but the best pre-recorded content from the USA, UK, France and Germany. Get the latest news, sports and entertainment on your iPhone. Television allows you to watch TV whenever and wherever you like, with the touch of a finger, instantly and on-demand via WiFi.

The software includes 20 English language channels, such as CNN, NBC, CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and many more. British TV from the BBC, ITV and SKY. Australian, French and German channels are also included. We've picked the best available content from around the web and put it in an easy to use iPhone app. With daily updated content, Television keeps you informed when on the go. Get the latest headlines on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Works over WiFi only, not via 3G.

Full channel and programmes overview:

USA:
CNN - Now in the News, In Case You Missed
CBS - Eye to Eye, Face the Nation
NBC - Nightly News, Meet the Press
CNBC - Fast Money
Comedy Central - Standup Highlights
VH1 - Celebrity Rehab, The Pickup Artists
Onion Networkk - All videos
College Humor TV - All videos
Digg - Diggnation
CNET - First Look, Buzz Report
Discovery Channel - Highlights
National Geographic - Highlights
MTV - MTV News, music videos
NBA - News and match highlights

United Kingdom:
BBC - Highlights from Top Gear, Torchwood, Goodness Gracious, QI
SKY - Sky News
ITN - News and Showbizz
Megawhat - Tech News

France:
TF1 - Le Journal, Meteo
M6 - Six Minutes
BFM - Première Edition
iTele - iTele News

Germany:
RTL - News, Aktuell, Wetter, Exclusiv
ARD - Tagesschau, Das Wetter
NDR - Ratgeber Technik
WDR - Die Sendung mit der Maus, Käptn Blaubär
ZDF - Heute, Wetten Dass Backstage, Aktuelle Sportstudio

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Drync Announces Drync-Wine for iPhone

Premier provider of mobile "lifestyle"" solutions, Drync, LLC today announced the release of Drync-Wine, simplifying the way people research, remember, share, and purchase wine using their mobile device. Built initially for the iPhone, Drync-Wine is the only mobile wine application that scours multiple databases of nearly a million wine listings in real time to identify the exact wine a user is drinking. Perfect for the wine novice and connoisseur alike, Drync-Wine delivers expert reviews, ratings, descriptions, and pricing. Users may snap a photo of the label, save the wine to their own virtual wine cellar, add their own tasting notes, and even purchase the wine all from their mobile phone.

Targeting the $330B wine market and the over 70M tech savvy "Millenials" the fastest growing segment of the wine industry, Drync's first product is ideally positioned to capitalize on the growing mobile phone application market. Superior user interface and federated search technology, along with community features such as recommendations and geotagging differentiate Drync in the marketplace.

Drync will be releasing enhanced community features, a blackberry version as well as other mobile platforms over the next few months. In addition to feature and platform expansion, other growth areas include other specialty product categories such as beer, scotch, tequila, and cheese.

"We're very excited to be bringing a superior mobile wine solution to the marketplace. Through our proprietary federated search technology, Drync-Wine is the only mobile wine app that scours the web to deliver the exact wine you are drinking, in real time." Said Brad Rosen, co-founder and CEO of Drync, LLC. "Drync-Wine ensures you'll never forget another wine again."

Priced at $4.99 (USD) in the iPhone app store, Drync will also be providing free version upgrades in the upcoming weeks. These upgrades will include enhanced community features such as twitter integration, enhanced sort and filtering of cellar data and wine recommendations.
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Shiny Development Announces Charades for iPhone

Shiny Development Ltd. announce Charades 1.0 for the iPhone, a fun application for the holiday season that brings iPhone gaming into the living room for everyone to enjoy. Charades for iPhone is a digital assistant for the popular family game, instead of struggling to think of a film, play, book, song or musical to mime out - simply push the lever, a drumroll begins and the curtain is raised on a new Charades challenge.

A timeless game for all ages, the game generates new challenges from a pool of over 1000 individual charades so you will never run out of ideas. The setting for the game is a beautifully drawn theater which has been smoothly animated to bring it to life. Each charade comes with a link to its full Wikipedia article - perfect for resolving those arguments about who made it, starred in it or sang it first.

Cheaper and more convenient than taking a pack of charades cards, with Charades for iPhone you can be ready to mime at a moments notice. Bring out your inner Marcel Marceau this year and have fun with your family and friends.

Since its launch in 2007, The iPhone has proved to be a breakthrough device in terms of bringing mobile apps and gaming to a whole new group of people. Charades for iPhone continues this trend bringing the classic parlour game into the 21st century. With its easy to use interface it provides a real world mobile gaming experience accessible to all ages. Who would have thought Grandma or Grandpa would be playing an iPhone game this Holiday season!

Pricing and Availability:
Charades for iPhone is available now through the iTunes Application Store for only $1.99 (USD).

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Refurbished iPhones Available from AT&T

AT&T has started offering refurbished iPhones for discounted prices through their website.

The 8GB Black iPhone is available for $149 ($50 off) while the 16GB (White and Black) are available for $249 ($50 off). You can purchase these refurbs from the AT&T website linked below. Please note a 2 year contract is still required.

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Ergonis Software Announces Typinator 3.3

Ergonis Software today announced the release of Typinator 3.3, the latest version of its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos. The new version adds predefined sets with subscript and superscript characters and separate auto-correction dictionaries for US and British English. It thus comes with a total of 10 predefined abbreviation sets for system-wide auto-correction for three languages, HTML coding, FileMaker development, and more.

Availability and Pricing:
Typinator can be purchased securely on the Ergonis Software website. The upgrade to Typinator 3.3 is free for all customers who purchased Typinator in the last 2 years. For information about purchases, including enterprise licenses, volume discounts, and upgrade pricing offers, see the company's web site.

Instead of purchasing Typinator by itself, customers can get the Macility Productivity Bundle that also contains two of the company's other productivity tools, PopChar X and KeyCue. The pricing of the Productivity Bundle represents a saving of more than 35% over the separate purchase of its components.

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Apple Expo Paris Cancelled

Following the recent announcement that Apple will no longer be attending MacWorld Expo, Reed Exhibitions has canceled Apple Expo Paris

In 2005 Apple canceled Steve Job's keynote at the Paris Expo. Jobs instead held a Q & A.

In 2008 Apple did not attend the Apple Expo Paris at all, saying they were participating in fewer trade shows.

It remains to be seen if MacWorld Expo San Francisco will survive or end up falling to the same fate as Apple Expo Paris

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SimCity for iPhone Released

Electronic Arts has released SimCity re-created for the iPhone to provide the most realistic SimCity experience possible.

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Maneuver through lush cityscapes with a mere flick of your finger. Zoom in and out of detailed, bright and vibrant 2D isometric landscapes with a mere pinch Plan, build, and manage your thriving new metropolis - wherever and whenever you want! Helpful tutorials are also available to guide you through your first SimCity adventure.

What kind of city will you build? What dangers lurk just around the corner? Tornados? Fires? aliens? In SimCity for iPhone, you're more than a gamer, you're both a creator and a destroyer. Feel the power!
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iPhone/iPod touch Exclusive Features:
- Intuitive Touch Controls
- Tutorial to ease you into developing your first city
- Starter Cities start you indifferent types of cities.
- Manage all aspects of a thriving city, including the budget
- Destroy it all with 5 Disasters - UFO, Fire, Tornado, Earthquake, Toxic Cloud
- Place Parks, Landmarks, public works and various different special buildings
- Public and private transportation with roads and rail
- Public works management: Water, Power, Garbage and Recycling
- Place 6 Zone types
- Enact Ordinances to satisfy petitioners
- Never play the same game twice
- 3 Difficulty Settings
- Small, Medium and Large Cities
- Customizable Procedural Terrain Generation
- Complex simulations that adapt to your every move

SimCity for iPhone costs $9.99 via the Apple App Store

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First iPhone Spy Application Released

Retina-X Studios announced today the immediate availability of Mobile Spy for the Apple iPhone. Using this groundbreaking iPhone spy technology, users can silently monitor incoming and outgoing text messages (SMS) and call information of children or employees - even if activity logs are erased. Mobile Spy had already been available for Windows Mobile and Symbian OS smartphones. The new version for the iPhone is now on the market.

Mobile Spy runs in total stealth mode and no mentions of the program are shown inside the iPhone. After the software is setup on the phone, it silently records the entire text of all SMS text messages along with the associated phone number. The software also records inbound and outbound call information with duration of the call. Immediately after activities are logged, they are silently uploaded to the user's private online account. Accounts can be checked online from any web browser without needing further access to the phone.

"Mobile Spy is a priceless piece of software. After having some doubts about honesty, this really helped set the record straight and confirmed my suspicions." says Derrick, a Mobile Spy user. Retina-X Studios CEO James Johns states "The iPhone has quickly become the most dominant smartphone all over the world. Before now there was no method to monitor activities of children or employees on the iPhone. Being the first to develop this technology, we will continue expanding with new features for this tool."

This exclusive system helps businesses enforce their Acceptable Use Policy on company provided phones. The software can also monitor teen or family phones. It gives a parent the ability to remotely monitor their child's texting activities by logging into a website from any web browser. Another common use is to backup a user's own cell activity as a record of all important text conversations.

Mobile Spy runs on iPhone 3G and smartphones running the Windows Mobile or Symbian OS operating system. This includes Windows Mobile 2003, 2003 SE, 5.0 and 6.0 and Symbian OS 8.x and 9.x which are available from most major mobile carriers.

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Kodak Gallery iPhone App

KODAK Gallery today announced the launch of their Kodak Gallery iPhone App. Available on the Apple App Store and specifically designed for iPhone, the KODAK Gallery iPhone App gives people easy access to their Gallery pictures, anytime, anywhere so they can share them with friends and family members. Users can also upload new pictures taken with iPhone to their KODAK Gallery online photo albums.

"There are millions of iPhone users out there and we are thrilled to offer an easy and convenient way for them to upload new pictures, show off their existing Gallery pictures and relive their favorite moments on the go," said Victor Cho, General Manager of KODAK Gallery. "Consumers are taking pictures with a multitude of devices and up until now, those pictures have been scattered in many different locations. With KODAK Gallery, pictures are stored in one central location so people can easily share them and create photo keepsakes with lasting value."

Features of the KODAK Gallery iPhone App include:
-- Browsing your entire KODAK Gallery collection right from iPhone, view
pictures in slideshow or shake it up mode
-- Easy uploading of new shots direct from iPhone to a KODAK Gallery
account for safekeeping in secure online albums
-- Simple sharing of Gallery pictures with people on your iPhone contact
list
-- Takes advantage of popular iPhone features like opening albums by
tapping the photo, zoom and tilt to view photos in landscape or
portrait

Existing KODAK Gallery members simply download the KODAK Gallery App and follow the instructions to access their account. New users who download the application can join the KODAK Gallery free of charge right from their iPhone. Once pictures are online at KODAK Gallery, consumers can order high quality KODAK prints, share photos with friends and family members, create one-of-a-kind designer holiday photo cards and make amazing photo keepsakes.

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Apple Ordered to End Exclusive Deal With Orange

The French Competition Counsel has ordered Apple to immediately end its exclusive relationship with France Telecom's Orange and allow other local carriers to offer the iPhone to their subscribers, according to an AppleInsider report.

On September 18th, France's third largest mobile operator Bouygues Telecom filed a complaint with the regulator, arguing the deal between Apple and its larger rival violates local freedom of competition and pricing laws.

The ruling handed down this week is reportedly a temporary and precautionary measure while the counsel continues to investigate the merits of Bouygues' claims.

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Perian Updated to 1.1.3

Perian, a free open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats has been updated to v1.1.3

Improvements in 1.1.3:
- Enabled Indeo 2/3 decodecs
- Added external idx/sub (VobSub) support
- Added support for H.264 and H.263 in FLV containers
- Apple's decoder now handles Baseline/Main Profile H.264
- Fix inconsistent importing for multi-channel audio
- Reduced memory usage for packed streams
- Added sanity checks on all preferences
- Enabled hack to show subtitles in Front Row
- Fixed negative values in SSA \frz tag
- Fixed VSFilter bug-compatibility for \an

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Sleepers.net Launches New Cydia Repository

Sleepers.net has launched their new Cydia repository and has opened developer registration.

You can find the new Sleepers repository at http://repo.sleepers.net/cydia

Sleepers.net has also posted some information for developers...

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We have seen many things since we have been hosting iPhone applications, one of the things that we felt the community needed was a automated process to handle the building of the actual packages for Cydia. Well it is DONE!!!

As a registerd developer you can simply upload your zip file with all of your screen shots, binary file, description and be walked through the automated package creation process. Once you submit your application one of our staff members will install it and make sure the package has been created successfully!

As we said in our previous post, you, as a developer gain access to many new tools that we have built for you, we feel the automated package creation tool is the biggest one, but we feel the second biggest one is giving you the ability to add your own ad code to the system to generate revenue.

We also do a few other checks to make sure the package is what you say it is and it does not install malicious code etc. If this is the case you will be banned from our network, so please do not attempt to submit packages that are malicious in nature!

To get started as a developer simply register with the system: http://repo.sleepers.net/register.php
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Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld

Apple today announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple’s last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009.

Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways.

Apple has been steadily scaling back on trade shows in recent years, including NAB, Macworld New York, Macworld Tokyo and Apple Expo in Paris.”

Houdah Software Announces ACTCurrency 2.0

Houdah Software has announced the immediate availability of ACTCurrency 2.0. This is a major - yet free - update to Houdah Software's universal currency converter for the iPhone and iPod Touch. ACTCurrency 2.0 features an all new UI design and expands the automatic download of exchange rates to support 190 world currencies.

ACTCurrency is a universal currency converter. It is your ultimate travel companion. ACTCurrency automatically retrieves daily exchange rates for 190+ world currencies. You may add more currencies as needed. For these you will need to manually enter exchange rates.

Features:
* Calculates as you type
* Converts both ways on the fly
* Fast: minimized number of taps
* Automatic exchange rate updates for 190+ currencies
* Universal: add or update exchange rates as you travel

ACTCurrency always performs currency conversion both ways. It answers both questions you may ask when faced with a price in a foreign currency:

"How much is this in my home currency?"
"How does the price back home convert to the foreign currency?"

Want to know how much 45 EUR is in USD? Just tap 4 and then 5. There is no step 3: ACTCurrency calculates the converted value as you type. How about 45 USD in EUR? It's the very same 2 taps. Indeed ACTCurrency always performs the conversion both ways.

Pricing and Availability:
ACTCurrency is priced at $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple's App Store. The update is free for existing customers.

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AIM 1.0 for Mac OS X Released

The AOL Mac team has announced the release of AIM for Mac 1.0.

Highlights of the new software include:
- True AIM Experience: AIM for Mac will allow you to select your own Buddy sounds, wallpaper and animated Buddy Icons from the AIM Expressions library.
- Fast, reliable File Transfers: This is the Real AIM, not just an AIM-compatible IM client so file transfers are fast and efficient. Send files, folders and pictures to all your Buddies.
- Tabbed IMs for Tiger Users: AIM for Mac works with Both Tiger and Leopard - Mac OS X 10.4.8 (and above) and Mac OS X 10.5.3 (and above). Same features, same great user interface.
- Accessible: AIM for Mac was designed to work with Apple's VoiceOver on both Tiger and Leopard. You can navigate, review IM conversations and get your Buddy's status. On Mac OS X Leopard, we support the new natural-sounding voice – Alex.

AIM for Mac 1.0 is a great complement to our AIM for iPhone. Send and receive messages over WiFi, EDGE, or 3G networks while connecting to anyone on the AIM network worldwide, whether they're on AOL®, AIM®, ICQ®, .Mac or MobileMe. You can even send IMs and SMS text messages – even from an iPod touch (iPod touch only supports WiFi, SMS text messaging not available in all countries).

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MoGeneration Announces Moo Shake! for iPhone

MoGeneration announces Moo Shake!, their animal mix and match game for iPhone and iPod Touch. Kids from three to ten can now enjoy a fun, educational game on an iPhone or iPod Touch. Moo Shake! is an interactive version of the animal mix and match books that many of us had as kids. Moo Shake! takes the idea into the 21st century by adding sound, movement and a competitive element.

"Within five seconds of the Moo Shake! most kids know what to do thanks to a 'seeing is doing' animated introduction" says MoGeneration CEO Keith Ahern, "players move animal heads, bodies and feet until you complete an animal, all accompanied by appropriate animal sounds. Shake the iPhone and the animals shuffle around while barking, mooing and meowing."

The illustrations were created by an award winning children's book illustrator. Players can also play against the clock when they are confident completing animals. This holiday season record sales are expected for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Moo Shake! is a perfect first application for kids to learn how to use the device, as well as giving parents a few minutes of well earned rest.

"MoGeneration normally create media and enterprise applications for other companies like News Corp but we could only watch so many kids pick up iPhones and master the user interface before we decided create some fun but educational games for them." Moo Shake! is the first of many kids games from MoGeneration which will be marketed under the Shake and Play brand.

Pricing and Availability:
Moo Shake! is available worldwide at the iPhone App Store at a price of $0.99 USD ($1.19 AUD). Evaluation copies available on request.

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iAPPSnow Announces Will It Blend? for iPhone

iAPPSnow, LLC has announced its newest iPhone and iPod Touch App called Will It Blend?. You Tube sensation Will It Blend? has been downloaded over 100,000,000 times. These videos were catapulted to superstardom when millions watched Tom Dickson put his iPhone in a blender. Fittingly, these fun and entertaining videos are now featured in their very own iPhone App. The 20 most popular blends are included in higher quality than ever seen before including: iPhone 3G, iPod, Glow Sticks, Marbles, and Chuck Norris. Share with others even when no internet connection is available.

What makes this app unique is that it contains original footage of Will It Blend? videos in a higher resolution that has ever been released before. The iPhone's stunning screen is the perfect platform to see details of the blends that have gone unnoticed till now. The iPhone 3G blend was filmed using a state of the art Red Camera at 1000 frames per second. Best of all, since the videos are stored natively on the iPhone, there is no waiting for a download or wondering how good the connection is.

Features:
* Scrollable Picker for choosing video
* Mystery button that pulls regularly updated new releases
* Coming Soon - Ability to blend anything in Photo Library
* Link to all Will It Blend? videos in one location
* More info button

Pricing and Availability:
Will It Blend? for iPhone is only $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple's App Store.

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Agile Web Announces 1Password 1.4 for iPhone

Agile Web Solutions today announced the release of 1Password 1.4 for iPhone, which greatly improves stability, adds full support for landscape mode and new Password Generator. 1Password for iPhone is a free for a limited time and can sync with 1Password for Mac.

What is 1Password?
* The most popular password manager for Mac OS X and iPhone (according to MacUpdate, VersionTracker and iUseThis ratings).
* Makes your Mac passwords available on iPhone/iPod touch.
* Secure database with 2-tier encryption to keep track of logins, secure notes, identities, credit cards, bank accounts, and software registration information.

Detailed Changelog:
* NEW: Added Password Generator and Password tab.
* NEW: Added support for landscape mode in most views, including web view.
* CHANGED: Improved overall stability of the application, especially in the web browser.
* CHANGED: Improved adding of the new items.
* CHANGED: Now displaying error message when iPhone master password entered incorrectly on Request Sync.
* CHANGED: Improved Wallet Item detail view.
* FIXED: Fixed several problems that could cause a crash during sync.
* FIXED: Fixed problem when iPhone could stop going to sleep after the sync.
* FIXED: Fixed a sync problem that could happen when current time on iPhone is different from time on Mac (requires 1Password for Mac version 2.9.5).

Pricing and Availability:
For a limited time 1Password for iPhone is available for free. A Single User License of 1Password for Mac is available for $39.95 (USD) and a five user Family License for $59.95 (USD).

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RiP Dev Releases PseudoSubstrate 1.0

PseudoSubstrate, a replacement for MobileSubstrate (available in Cydia) is now available for the Installer.app, allowing to host and use the packages that use MobileSubstrate.

RiP Dev has posted a detailed explanation of why they believe PseudoSubstrate improves on MobileSubstrate and we have reprinted it below... For more information please use the Read More link below to visit the RiP Dev site.

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iPhone 3G Unlock Coming New Years Eve!

The iPhone Dev-Team plans to release the 3G unlock (codenamed yellowsn0w) for the 02.11.07 baseband on New Years Eve, according to a post on their blog.

They have also provided information on the DFU mode problem with Mac OS X 10.5.6.

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We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter.

* The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008.
* This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you.
* The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone.

DFU Problems
Lots of users have been experiencing problems with the use of DFU mode after applying yesterday’s 10.5.6 system update.

We believe this behavior is due to a kernel bug not a specific countermeasure by Apple. Possible fixes are (try at your own risk!) -

1. Replace the following plugin kexts from within IOUSBFamily.kext with the ones from 10.5.5 and then rebuild kextcache (if you don’t understand this, then you shouldn’t attempt it!)

/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBHub.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBCompositeDriver.kext

2. Use a USB hub in-between the DFU device and the Mac and insert/reinsert the iPhone’s USB cable.

3. Use a PwnageTool created .ipsw on Windows! Oh the irony!
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In the same post the Dev-Team addresses the 2nd generation iPod touch saying that they will commence work on it some time in the new year.

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