Technology

Andrew Goldschmidt on September 14th, 2010

Just how much time and money one is going to waste quickly becomes apparent when one receives an SMS text message on one’s cellphone similar to the following text message, which I received at 5:21pm on the 30th August 2010 from the following cellphone number: +27 (82) 0048440. The text message reads as follows: “Welcome [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on September 9th, 2009

Well, we start off this morning with some quotes from the Monopoly City Streets official blog: “Starting today, you’ll be able to play MONOPOLY as it’s never been played before: The whole world will be up for sale. Anyone, anywhere will be able to own real streets and build their own online city.” “For everyone [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on September 8th, 2009

What is Trapster? Simply put, Trapster is an application for getting speed trap alerts on your Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia, Android, Garmin, or TomTom device. How does Trapster work? When you see a trap, report it by pressing a button on your phone, or calling a toll free number. Other user’s phones will alert them as [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on September 4th, 2009

My new iPhone theme – looks just like the HTC Hero Sense UI – except that it’s an Apple iPhone! We know that HTC Magic owners out there are pretty psyched at the news that the HTC Sense UI is available for their Android phone. However, based on this latest news, it appears that iPhone [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 21st, 2008

Here is the updated QuickPwn for Windows, wrapped by Poorlad’s GUI. It contains our new bundles for the latest Apple iPhone v2.0.2 firmware, and we’ve added support for version 2.0 devices which means you can QuickPwn and jailbreak the device if it is running 2.0, 2.0.1 or 2.0.2. Remember this is still beta software, so usual [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 11th, 2008

Problem: You have an Apple iPhone, and after you have done a Restore on your iPhone – probably because you have just upgraded to the latest v2.0.1 Apple firmware – you now notice that when you attempt to open your MobileMail.app application (Mail) the application is “empty”, and simply closes, crashing back to the main [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 9th, 2008

For all you you Windows users, you know that you can’t use the PwnageTool, but don’t worry too much, since cwn has brought you the WinPwn v2.0.0.4 tool to use! WinPwn 2.0.0.4 has been released for the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware and it includes Installer 4 beta support. Download link: Winpwn_2.0.0.4_Setup.zip Release Notes – Support for [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 9th, 2008

This is a turorial on how to use PwnageTool 2.0.2 and update your iPhone to 2.0.1. For Mac only! Step 1. Download PwnageTool 2.0.2 here. Step 2. Backup your iPhone to iTunes Step 3. Open iTunes, and from the iPhone -> Summary tab, download (do not update) the latest iPhone firmware 2.0.1 (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw). Step 4. [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 7th, 2008

Well, a BIG Congrats goes out to CNET TV for hosting on their website a video tutorial in which the presenter demostrates exactly how to use the PwnageTool to Jailbreak your new iPhone 3G (or iPhone 2G) using the new v2.0 firmware release by Apple a few weeks ago! Link: Jailbreak the new 2.0 iPhone [...]

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Andrew Goldschmidt on August 5th, 2008

Apple has posted the 2.0.1 iPhone firmware update tonight. What’s new with this firmware? Apple only lists “Bug Fixes” amongst the changes. Early claims: – Backup process for the iPhone is much faster. – Netshare still works – SMS typing faster Various reports are coming in…

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