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Was lonely without a phone for a few days since I sold my iPhone 3G on Ebay. But its been worth it. =)

The iPhone Dev-Team has released the PwnageTool 3.0 jailbreak tool for Mac. QuickPwn for Mac and Windows will follow soon.

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1. GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w and rely on yellowsn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should NOT use PwnageTool right now. UltraSn0w is not included with this release and therefore your baseband will be locked and unable to use an operator other than the official one it was bought for. UltraSn0w will be release via APT (cydia and icy) soon. If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.0 unlock works with this PwnageTool release.

2. Yellowsn0w in its current form will NOT work with the baseband version that is present in the 3.0 update, you will need Ultrasn0w, which will be released sometime soon, Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G models (but not 3GS), even ones that were previously unlockable, Ultrasn0w (when available) will be released via APT (this means you can get it via Cydia or Icy).

3. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.

4. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.

5. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the 3.0 capable version of PwnageTool.

6. This app is suitable for the recent 3.0 release.

7. PwnageTool will NOT work for the iPhone 3GS.

8. PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), Original iPod touch (1st Generation) and the iPhone 3G.
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Currently only the first iPod touch is supported at this time…

We will be posting a tutorial on how to use this tool very shortly. Please stay tuned!

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via. iClarified.com

A behind-the-scenes look at iPhone 3G S devices being packaged for shipment at an AT&T Distribution Center in Ft. Worth, Texas.

MacRumors forum user bndoarn has organized a massive list of hidden 3.0 features. The list is over 96 individual features so far. Some are more significant than others, of course. Here are a few interesting highlights:

- There is no limit to the number of apps that can be installed (beside storage space). Once you reach the home screen limit, Apps installed after that are installed without an icon but can be accessed in Spotlight. You can also use this to hide any apple application (i.e. weather and stocks)
- In the Settings -> General -> Home Button you can now set the double click to the new search feature or the camera
- Notes now has data detectors. Links are clickable, phone numbers are callable, email address are emailable, and address are locatable (using Maps)
- When a phone call interrupts you, after the phone call you are taken back to the app you were in before you were interrupted
- You can now have 11 home screen pages instead of nine
- Now there is a different way to force quit apps. now you have to hold the sleep/wake button until the red slider appears, then you press and hold down the home button to quit the app

The first on the list is perhaps most notable, allowing you to use Spotlight as an application launcher to avoid swiping through pages and pages of apps and also installing more than the allotted number.

via. MacRumors.com

At the nVidia Analysts’ day yesterday nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang talked up the advantages of GPU computing. This is nothing big as it has been something the nVidia has been talking about for the last couple of years.

After AMD was first to demo this technology nVidia leapt ahead of AMD and has been spearheading the GP-GPU. Huang claims that Apple is an indicator of the future with Apple’s new support for OpenCL in Snow Leopard offloading some computing functions to the GPU.

But while this is nothing new what was interesting is the comment by Huang that Tegra (nVidia’s ARM based SoC) could become half of the company’s business. This comment would seem to indicate that nVidia is moving away from being a graphics company.

nVidia recently scored a rather big win by getting Tegra into the upcoming Zune HD.

Read more here.

Huang also addressed its Tegra chip, which is an ARM-based design that integrates an Nvidia GeForce processor. Tegra is targeted at smartphones and Netbooks. Responding to a question from an analyst, he said that in a few years Tegra may represent half of its business, with the rest divided up between the professional (Tesla, Quadro) and the consumer GeForce markets.

Huang also repeated his assertion that Intel is using pricing–what he called “subsidies”–and “MDF” (market development funds) to prevent Nvidia from selling more of it Ion processors to customers. He claimed the success of the Ion processor would be two to three times greater without Intel interference.

via. TweakTown.com

ASRock has a new netbook out that features not only ION but a Dual Core Atom 330. The new G22 is a 12.1 inch device, putting it right on the edge between a netbook and a thin and light. The big difference being the Atom CPU.

The G22 will not have a DVD-drive, but will support multi-touch, b,g, and n wireless, gigabit Ethernet and a few other very nice features.

There is no word on pricing or availability yet but this one bears watching if you are looking for an above average netbook to tote around.

Read more here.

With an atom 330 dual core at 1.6 GHz and a set of component ION machine looks like a large NETBOOK survitaminé. The elements have been created for the mobile market lowcost. The version of Asrtock simply been seen to increase in carrying a slab larger 12 “and 1366 x 768, a bit more memory than that required Microsoft netBook and a comfortable drive of 320 GB against the party machine is liçvrée system without which no longer seems to be a big handicap in 2009 to sell …

With type of Wifi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and Gigabit Ethernet equipment displays characteristics rather complete. His connections are also very efficient since most of the usual ports (3 USB 2.0, 1 VGA, 1 card reader 10 in 1, the audio jacks and Ethernet) equipment displays RJ11 modem and an HDMI output for enjoying HD capabilities of the equipment.

via. TweakTown.com

Inno3d has announced their entry into the line of single-PCB GTX 295 cards. Unlike most companies, Inno3D has changed the cooler up a little bit.

The GTX 295 Platinum Edition deviates from NVIDIA’s reference cooler design and moves the fan to the middle of the card, venting heat out the back of the case and back into the case. While this is sure to negatively affect the internal temps of your case, it shouldn’t be much and might just add some overclocking potential for the card.

It is a shame that Inno3D is shipping the card with the reference clock speeds of 576/1242/2000MHz. This would really help the card stand out amongst the rest of GTX 295 options consumers have to choose from.

via. TweakTown.com

Microsoft seems to think that there are a lot of people that are going to be resistant to Windows 7 for one reason or another and have extended the availability of XP downgrades.

Originally, Microsoft was only planning on XP downgrades for six months following the launch of Windows 7. This has now been extended out to 18 months or the release of Windows 7’s first service pack. Given the success of Windows 7 so far and the increase in quality that has been seen in the beta and RC versions, it should be quite some time before we see SP1 for Windows 7.

Why Microsoft has extended the availability of the downgrades isn’t for certain. One thing that we can be certain of however is that this will continue to hurt the push towards native 64-bit applications. While the hardware base is out there, unless we can get to an overwhelming install base for 64-bit OS’s, many application dev’s aren’t going to feel the need to develop 64-bit apps as much as they would without XP around.

ECS is said to be working on a new GTS 250 card and when it hits the shelves it will be the fastest GTS 250 on the market.

The card in question is the ECS GTS 250 Black Edition and it will be available in both 1GB and 2GB flavors. As of right now the shader clock is unknown on the card but the core will be clocked at 815MHz and the memory will run at 2200MHz.

The pictures show the two cards coming with different cooling solutions and the 2GB model will feature the dual fans. ECS has done away with the dual 6-pin power connectors that most overclocked GTS 250s utilize in favor of a single 8-pin. Rumor has it that ECS will also be swapping out the blue PCB for a black one once the card goes into production and it would make a lot of sense to do so.

via. TweakTown.com