New Xbox 360 Update Preview Program Begins, All Testers Will Get Free Halo: Reach Copy – Sign Up Now!

When Microsoft is getting ready to push a new Dashboard update out to our beloved Xbox 360s, the Redmond outfit likes to have a few guinea pigs. You know, a few people to test the new software out in the wild before we get our greasy mits on it. Today they launched a new preview program and you can sign up right now.Before you all rush on over to the sign-up page, beware there are a couple of caveats: you need to be a US resident, and you need to have an Xbox 360 (well, duh!).Microsoft mouth-piece...

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With +1, Google Search Goes Truly Social — As Do Google Ads

Back in early December of last year, we first reported that Google was toying around with the name “+1″ for an upcoming social product. At the time, we were told it was sort of like Google’s version of the “like” or “retweet” button. Today it officially launches as a way to share Google Search results that you like with your friends — and also Google Ads.To be clear, the version of +1 which is beginning to roll out today is not the toolbar version that we first got a glimpse of in December, that’s...

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Watch, Shoot, and Edit Videos with Vimeo's (New Free iPhone App)

The video-sharing website Vimeo has finally released an iPhone app (iTunes link). And it's totally worth the wait. The new app doesn't just allow you to watch videos on your iPhone and share them to various social networks, but lets you actually edit the video as well.The app is well-designed and easy-to-use. It includes a video recording interface that should make your mobile videos better, letting you capture video with focus control and grid alignment. Then, once recorded, you can edit and trim...

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Guy builds Airplay 1080p

AirPlay, a technology from Apple for wireless streaming of media from iOS devices to the Apple TV, would be awesome if it wasn’t for one huge drawback: it’s only 720p. That didn’t stop enthusiasts Eric Govoruhk and Kelly McAteer to develop a full HD 1080p video mirroring for iPad 2 by using a wireless HDMI transmitter and a USB battery pack.Check out the awesomeness in the above video. First OEM to do this gets a post here. Eric explained how they pulled it off over at the MacRumors forums:Basically,...

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Twitter 3.2.2 brings Support for Photo / Video Capture on iPad 2

Last Friday, Twitter's version got updated to 3.3.2 for the newly introduced iPad2 and has now came up to the front with some new features involving the fixing of some bugs getting rid of some crashes that were reported of. Along this the new version has a support for photo and video capture using the iPad 2′s new front and rear-facing cameras.To sum up these in a row:What’s new in version 3.3.2:- Photo/Video capture support for iPad 2- Disabled significant location change monitoring that was causing...

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How to Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on iPhone 4, 3Gs, iPod touch 4G, 3G & iPad Sn0wbreeze 2.4b1 [Guide]

iH8sn0w has released sn0breeze 2.4b1 to jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G and iPad. You can follow the below video guide to jailbreak your iDevice on iOS 4.3.1.Important Notes:Sn0wbreeze 2.4 supports Ultrasn0w unlock for basebands (01.59.00, 04.26.08 , 05.11.07 , 05.12.01, 05.13.04 and 06.15.00) ONLY.iPhone 3GS users can upgrade to 06.15.00 baseband now under Unlocks section in Expert but you should know that you may loss your GPS.Sn0wbreeze is a tethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak...

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Obama's got an iPad, and he tethers too !!

Despite calling Apple's iPad, among other modern-day entertainment gadgets, a conduit for distraction less than a year ago, U.S. President Barack Obama has been outed as an iPad owner himself.As The Wall Street Journal reports, Obama detailed that fact during a town hall meeting with Spanish-language network Univision, which took place earlier today.During an interview with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, Obama said he does in fact have an iPad, and even tethers it to his high-security BlackBerry...

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Apple Patches iPad 2 Jailbreak Exploit by Comex !

Comex has just confirmed via a series of tweets that his userland jailbreak he already showed off few days ago has already been patched by Apple in the newly released iOS 4.3.1. Well, hackers lose the war against Apple again.Comex on his Twitter account:yeah, uh. I can find kernel exploits, but this is ridiculous.As noticed by @0naj, my kernel exploit was fixed in 4.3.1.I try not to be paranoid, but it is really hard to explain this as anything but a leak.It stayed there from...

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iPhone 4 NCK unlock progress [Update]

It looks like the iPhone Dev-Team successfully dumped the seczone to do the brute force NCK cracking offline. It also looks like they were able to capture the official NCK key from their carrier which they needed to “decode” the encryption algorithms that are used to generate the NCK key. That way, in combination with the NORID and CHIPID (and likely some additional information from the baseband), they will be able to generate the the NCK for every unique device out there.deviceKey = SHA1_hash(norID+chipID)nckKey...

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Angry Birds Movie Trailer Released [Video]

When the games are turned into movies usually the results are not always so amazing and ultimately there is nothing to talk about Angry Bids and the amazing success it has. Have you ever tried to think of this title as a real movie?The entire trailer features a live action setting; in fact, besides the Angry Birds themselves, everything is real, including those filthy pigs…Would you pay to see an Angry Birds movie?????RELATED:Angry Birds coming to FacebookApp Store copy protection: 9 hours later,...

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Save iOS 4.3.1 SHSH with TinyUmbrella 4.30.05 - iPhone / iPod / iPad

Notcom -TinyUmbrella developer- has released TinyUmbrella 4.30.05 for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G, iPad 2 and iPad 1 to support iOS 4.3.1. TinyUmbrella doesn't support Verizon iPhone 4 as iOS 4.3.1 still not available for it.TinyUmbrella now supports 4.3.1 for the relevant devices. Currently only iPhone 4 for verizon does not have 4.3.1 support (as there is no 4.3.1 available for the verizon iphone). Enjoy! Using TinyUmbrella 4.30.05 you can save iOS 4.3.1 SHSH blobs for iPhone 4, 3GS,...

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How to Jailbreak 4.3.1 itouch 4G, 3G PwnageTool [Guide]

PwnageTool bundle has been released to jailbreak iPod touch 4G running the newly iOS 4.3.1, You can use this bundle with PwnageTool 4.2 to create custom jailbroken 4.3 firmware file for your iPod touch 4G. But you have to know that it's still tethered jailbreak which means you will need to restart your iPod touch in a tethered-jailbroken mode on every reboot using tetheredboot utility.You can follow the guide HERE  (iPhone 4 jailbreak guide) to jailbreak your iPod touch 4G / 3G but with...

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iTunes 10.2.1 Download Available with Bugs Fix iOS 4.3 support!

Apple has released iTunes 10.2.1 for Windows and Mac OS X. This version enables you to Sync your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with iOS 4.3 and adds some improvements and bug fixes.What’s new in iTunes 10.2.1- Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3.- Improved Home Sharing. Browse and play from your iTunes libraries with Home Sharing on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3.MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has confirmed few hours ago that the new version of iTunes is safe for...

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Apple uses stronger glass in iPad 2

If you were wondering just how strong the screen components are in the iPad 2, we now know thanks to some tests that the iPhone repair experts over at iFixYouri have done comparing the flexibility of the glass screen parts from both devices.As has already been reported, the iPad's 2 screen (that includes the LCD) is thinner than the one found in the original iPad, which helped Apple make the iPad 2 lighter. Some wondered whether the thinner glass might be more fragile, but from this video, anyway,...

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Users report improved battery life with iOS 4.3.1

It’s no secret that iOS 4.3 hurt battery life for some iOS device users and with Apple issuing a bug fix-filled iOS update today, many have speculated that the release will include battery life improvements. Now that users have had some time to play around with iOS 4.3.1, readers have written in to report that their battery life issues appear to be resolved. One reader let us know that iOS 4.3.1 “significantly” improved his iPad 2′s battery life performance.I have noticed significant improvement...

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Blio e-reading software still alive, will come preloaded on T-Mobile Android devices

Blio: Yes, our memories of this colorful ebook-reading software are starting to fade too, but now T-Mobile's about ready to yank it from the shadows of obscurity with a newly announced partnership.Content provider Baker & Taylor will be responsible for installing the Blio Android app on "select future products from T-Mobile USA" and populating it with compelling content. The Blio store has grown to now encompass a healthy three million titles, both free and paid, and should you have the Windows...

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Steve Jobs To Tawkon: “No Interest” In Your Phone Radiation Measurement App

I see you driving ’round town with an app that measures cellular radiation, and I’m like, “no interest”.Apple head honcho Steve Jobs has made it abundantly clear that Tawkon‘s phone radiation measurement application is not welcome on its official App Store, pushing the startup to make it available for free (for jailbroken iPhones) through Cydia instead.Tawkon sent a courteous email to Jobs in the hopes of gaining approval for distribution of the application through Apple’s App Store, only to receive...

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Photo-Sharing Network Color Now Available for Android

Shortly after its initial launch on the iPhone, photo-sharing social network Color is now available for Android devices as well.Well funded and ambitious , Color is already making big waves in the social networking world. Its premise is simple and could perhaps be described as “Twitter for photos,” but Color adds a little structure to the chaos: it knows your location and shows you pictures from people in your vicinity.You can also share text and videos, but there’s a catch: everything on Color...

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iPhone 5 All Rumors [INFOGRAPHIC]

The guys over NoWhereelse else have prepared an amazing infographic which illustrates all the rumors around the upcoming iPhone 5.Anyway, we will hear more and more speculations about iPhone 5 until its will officially release on the WWCD 2011 on June. Stay Tu...

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OS X 10.6.7 update causing problems with 3D acceleration for Quadro 4000 users

Users of NVIDIA's Quadro 4000 workstation graphics card may have a problem with 3D acceleration when updating to OS X 10.6.7. Apparently NVIDIA's display driver was incompatible with OS X 10.6.7 and during the installation process the updater simply removes it. Without having the right driver the system can't take advantage of all the Quadro's features, and you may end up wondering why some things aren't working.The good news is that there's an easy fix. Earlier today NVIDIA released a new version...

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Send Free SMS from iPhone with TextFreek

Do you want to send SMS for free  from your iPhone? Well, new app released on the App Store calledTextFreek, which will allow you to send free SMS from your iPhone. After you have installed this app on your iPhone you will be able to text anyone, anytime, anywhere for free of cost. TextFreek is very fast and easy to use app. TextFreek uses Apple push technology to send text messages between devices for free of cost. TextFreekalso includes contact pics, and...

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Fix Mobile Substrate in Cydia After iOS 4.3 Jailbreak

Once a user jailbreaks the iOS 4.3, he manages to force the ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) feature which was implemented in the new iOS 4.3, to break the Mobile Substrate in Cydia, which is needed by many other tweaks and add-ons available in Cydia.It is because of this update, that you will now be able to install and use all of the jailbroken apps and tweaks on the iOS 4.3 without any error or bug.What You Need:Jailbroken iOS device on iOS 4.3Basic knowledge of jailbreakingInstructions:Now,...

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How to Recover iPhone Passcode

When you forget the password of your email, facebook or Twitter account you simply click "Forget my Password". But what about your iPhone? What if you set a ‘Restrictions Passcode’ a long time ago and now you can’t remember the digits?You’ve got a couple of options. For starters, you could restore your iPhone as a new device through iTunes. You can’t restore from a previous backup, because your passcode is saved in that fileYour other option isn’t quite so painful. All you need is about 5 minutes...

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