Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Nokia showed a bunch of other goodies today to adorn that special handset in your life, too. First up, the LD-4W GPS Module adds a little style -- "Nseries style," sez Nokia -- to the previously released LD-3W, offering 10 hours of operation on a single charge; it'll be available ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Sure, you've played "keep it up" with big rubber ball or half-helium balloon at a rave or concert before, but you've probably never had the pleasure of smacking around a one-and-a-half-meter sphere that responds to your whacks with multi-colored blinks. Enter the Zygote: the "interactive" party ball. Yes, now you ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
$100,000 in cold hard cash...!!! for the right to freely distribute the iPhone unlocking software onto the Nets. No details as to who is financial backing the offer or how payments will be made, only a single email address posted for discussing the details. Hear that UniquePhones and IPhoneSIMfree, here's ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Three hackers named Dubbi, Ofir and Eli claim to have unlocked the iPhone independently in Israel. If confirmed, this would be the fifth time that someone has unlocked the iPhone with a different method. The three also say they hacked the iPhone's user interface.
While there are no details except that ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
The release of remote Software unlock for the iPhone is on hold after the company received a telephone call from a Menlo Park, California, saying they were phoning on behalf of AT&T, the law firm presented issues such as copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination. And today they have announced ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Oki Electric announced the development of iris recognition technology for camera-equipped mobile phones. Unlike Oki’s previous iris recognition technology that relies on infrared cameras for the iris scan, the new technology uses ordinary cellphone cameras.
With plans to make the technology commercially available in 2007, Oki hopes to boost the security ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Hitachi announced the development of a biometric cardless credit payment system, called “finger vein money,” which allows shoppers to pay for purchases using only their fingertips. The company plans to begin field testing the finger vein money in September.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
The iPhone which was used in the live demo of "unlocking" is available in eBay.
It includes:
The 4GB iPhone, signed by geohot, with no damage at all
The world first serial dock, the one the serial interface was discovered on
And the official unlock switch from his blog.
The initial bid was US$ 540 ...
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Thanks to Geohot.
You may brick your iPhone using this tutorial. YOU ARE WARNED.
Here we go.
Step 1
Remove the black part, the three screws, and the aluminum case. Disconnect the wire connecting the phone to the case. Do not remove anything else.
Step 2
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced the development of new volume optical storage technology that can provide terabyte-level storage capacity in a compact device. Relying on unique nanoimprint technology, the company has succeeded in reducing the thickness of DVDs to 0.092 mm (92 micrometers) — which is 1/13th the thickness of current ...
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