It’s New Year’s eve and soon the beginning of another year in technology. At this point, I’m somewhat dislocated from the river of blogs and news. I’ve spent some of the holiday time observing eagles as they float above the river and feast on spawning salmon. But my attention is gradually turning to the tech […]
One of the pied-pipers of social networking is making some predictions about where the most talked about technology of 2007 is heading in the new year. In his blog post, Marc Canter proclaimed, “All software is about people and now all software will have social features in it.”
His company, Broadband Mechanics, has been a pioneer […]
A video of the iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 was recently leaked into the internet. While some may dismiss this as a hoax, website Gizmodo and other members of the community have confirmed that this video is indeed legitimate.
Natetrue, the creator of the iBrickr iPhone app, spoke about this saying that “if it is a hoax, they did a buttload of work.” He pointed out that the program used the Apple encryption key to install the update, something that hasn’t been obtained by the rest of the iPhone hacking community yet:
It installs on the phone no-questions-asked and for that you need to have Apple’s private key, which i can confirm that the iPhone hacker community does not have - as much as we would love to have it.
Much like the previous firmware update, this relocks any iPhone. However, it prevents future unlocks using AnySim and also patches some of the vulnerabilities that 3rd party hackers have been using to run applications.
Theoretically speaking though, other solutions to such as iPhone Sim Free and hardware solutions such as TurboSim should still work just fine. However, the act of jailbreaking and activating units is still impossible as of this article’s writing.
Before we go, we’re pretty sure that you want to know what new features that iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 has. So here are the different functions that have been confirmed:
That said here’s the video of the firmware in action. Enjoy.
Dennis Howlett comments that Twitter gain business cred after the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He notes that when Katrina struck, blogs sprung into action spreading the news, but Twitter has proven far faster at relaying reaction.
Blogs and Twitter have a lot in common:
As JP Rangaswami notes, Twitter is a pub-sub platform and so […]
With macworld closing in, you can almost taste that new iPhone firmware update. Gearlive claims to have gotten their hands on a copy of version 1.1.3. They describe their alleged experience, and also attest to several new features. According to Andru Edwards, they “were able to get a look at it,” although how is a mystery. Among the features they claim are included in 1.1.3 are the ability to receive an SMS message, hybrid view and cell tower triangulation (a substitute for GPSfor Google Maps, dragging and dropping of apps and pagination on the home screen, and the addition of bookmarks to the home screen.
via http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q407-iphone-113-firmware-feature-gallery/
One of the most commonly requested features not available by default on the iPhone is the ability to send text messages (SMS) to multiple recipients. Thanks to a new third-party native application created by Shawn Chain, you can now do just that. Dubbed iSMS, the new application also allows you to view messages by category (Inbox, Sent, Draft) and search text messages directly on the iPhone.
Here’s how to use this beefed-up SMS application:
iSMS boasts some other great capabilities not included in Apple’s iPhone SMS application:
via http://www.iphoneatlas.com/
Here’s something for iPod owners who carry a good bulk of images in their choice player. Findley Designs has just announced the availability of version 1.3 of its iPod Access Photo for the Mac OS X and Windows Vista/XP/2000.
This application will ease up the process of viewing and retrieving photos in your iPod player, and carries these specifics features (we’ll highlight the new ones that came with version 1.3)
Those interested in giving this application a shot will want to visit the Findley Designs site via the source link provided. Just be sure to check if you’re grabbing the Mac OS X or the Windows version.
Something’s brewing for your iPhone, and you can get it in decaf. According to a patent filed by Apple, your iPhone may soon become a way for you to skip all the hassle of falling in line to order your favorite cup of coffee in Starbucks.
The patent describes a way for you to use a device - an iPhone is likely for this task - to bypass an “annoying wait in the queue” and not knowing when your order’s ready, which sometimes results in “tepid” coffee.
Essentially you’ll get to order your drink with the device and when the drink is ready, the device will also let you know if the order’s been prepared so you can pick it up as soon as it’s up on the counter. The system will also allow computers in stores to record their customers’ favorite orders.
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As the year winds down, bloggers around the world are looking back on the year in technology and making some predictions about what’s around the corner. ZDNet bloggers are applying the wisdom of the readers, discussing the most popular posts of the year. In broad strokes, the big will continue to get bigger in […]
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Jason O’Grady: Coming soon: iTunes movie rentals
A report in the Financial Times says that Apple and Twentieth Century Fox have reached a deal to provide movie rentals on the iTunes Store. Disney currently sells their full line of films on iTunes while Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate sell older library titles. Movie rental, perhaps for […]
Here are our most discussed posts for 2007 based on number of Talkbacks. It’s clear what the hot buttons are for the ZDNet’s talkers–Apple and Microsoft. No matter whether your are a CIO, IT manager or you are sitting on the sidelines, the tech sporting events–Apple vs. Microsoft, Apple vs. the music industry, the EU […]
It seems like everyone is just dying to add social features to their online tools these days. One example: Google recent move to expose your “shared” items from Google Reader to your Gmail contacts. Actually, I don’t think that this is such a bad idea, but there are other opinions about that. […]
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The subprime mortgage meltdown has triggered a global investment tsunami, with foreign governments and equity firms rushing to bail out U.S. financial institutions. Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. acquired $4.4 billion in Merrill Lynch stock and took an option to buy an additional $600 million in stock by March 2008. The China Investment […]
Here are the most popular Between the Lines posts based on traffic.
Come and get it: Fedora laptop for $150
Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next update
Busy weekend: Kindle and Facebook beatings
Nokia recalls batteries; at risk to explode
The iPhone launch report card
Time to boycott Sprint over its customer treatment
U.S. healthcare industry: […]
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George Ou: How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio score
Google NORAD Santa tracker
Robin Harris: Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime time
Larry Dignan: Can an airline exec run Red Hat? You’d be surprised
Marc Andreessen: When non-technologists write about technology
Dan Farber: Mozilla floats Weave as Web platform
Mozilla Labs: Mozilla […]
