Archive for March, 2008
iPhone’s latest Firmware 2.0 build has Safari plugin for YouTube
Poring through the latest iPhone 2.0 firmware that Apple has distributed to developers, The Boy Genius spotted that a new YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app has been added. At present, video embedded into webpages won’t display in the iPhone’s browser, and only YouTube substance is vis…
Gold & leather-clad luxury iPhone
Goldstriker, the UK firm that specialises in adding additional luxury (and exclusivity) to personal electronics, have unveiled their latest 24ct tweak to the iPhone range: a leather and gold re-trim of the Apple handset. Adding the sort of hide you’d usually find cladding the seats of a Ferr…
Colombian Spy Had Chips Embedded In Breast, Jaw
The New York Times reports today that computers belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) contain data that a spy working for the Colombian government was found by FARC to have TWO MICROCHIPS EMBEDDED IN HER BODY — one under a breast and another under her jaw. The chips would m…
Columbian Spy Had Chips Embedded In Breast, Jaw
The New York Times reports today that computers belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) contain data that a spy working for the Colombian government was found by FARC to have TWO MICROCHIPS EMBEDDED IN HER BODY — one under a breast and another under her jaw. The chips would m…
iPhone PWNED
The iPhone Dev Team strikes Apple’s core with the Pwnage tool. The PWN, which is publicaly available later today, Sunday March 30th, allows you to flash custom unsigned firmware onto the iPhone or iPod touch. Not only will PWN properly hack the iPhone and iPod touch, the iPhone Dev Team clai…
iPhone rumor: Hon Hai contracted to build “more advanced iPhone”
CNN Money has reported that some person familiar with the situation, told Dow Jones Newswire that Hon Hai will be the folks assembling what they’re referring to as a more advanced version of the first-gen iPhone. The unnamed source stated Hon Hai scored the exclusive contract from Apple. Unf…
iPhone SDK background processes: are Apple lazy, greedy or stubborn?
Apple’s decision to refuse third-party developers from using background processes on the iPhone has been a regular sore-point in discussion of whether the handset is a “true smartphone”, and at first glance Rupert Goodwin’s article on the subject comes across as just more b…
