A ten-year-old artist, athlete, girl scout and now “hacker” nicknamed CyFi has figured out a way to speed through time-based iPhone and Android games and showed it off on Sunday at DefCon Kids, part of the hacking-oriented DefCon 19 conference. While simple in its nature, this exploit works with many mobile games.
Apple has today quietly released a new addition to the iMac line, with the aim of the game clearly to bring an affordable iMac to the table - a table that you must be in education in order to sit at.
Android users and mobile enthusiasts alike have likely been aware of the Samsung Hercules, a mysterious new Android-based handset that was first revealed back in May. While neither Samsung nor T-Mobile have commented on it, leaked pictures now indicate that this phone will actually be a slight variant of the best-selling Samsung Galaxy S II.
From attempting to form gold from lesser metals to transforming Ubuntu to look like Windows/OS X, transforming one item to make it look like another is something humans have been doing for centuries by now.
Once you stumble upon a gem from Apple's App Store, it is extremely easy to share the app with your buddies. Send over a URL and the job is done, and they too can enjoy your wondrous discovery. Be it an addictive game or a great reference app, there are fast approaching half a million to choose from, so recommendations are a good way of cutting corners.
Google recently introduced video and voice chat on their Google Talk app for Android. While, officially, this is specific to Android 2.3.4 only, we’ve gained information regarding how you can video/voice chat using Google Talk on phones which aren’t on Android 2.3.4. Follow the guide after the break!
As many in the tech world have been expecting, iOS 5 Beta 5 has just been released to registered Apple developers. While we haven’t yet been able to test out the new build, it’s expected to include minor enhancements to Apple’s next-generation mobile operating system as it gets closer and closer to its September release.
With 25GB of free online storage, Windows Live SkyDrive is one of the most powerful online file hosting services available today. A recently released app which goes by the name of SkyAmp lets you utilize all that free space to stream music uploaded on SkyDrive on your Android smartphone.
If you’ve been in touch with what’s been happening in the world of technology, you’re probably aware of Windows 8, the next version of Windows, currently in early development stages. Among many of the new features is a new tile-based look, and if you want to get some aspects of that interface today on your computer running Windows 7, then you can do so using third-party tools.
Smartphones are getting ridiculously powerful, folks. The smartphones we carry today in our pockets are more powerful than the computers used to launch the first spaceship back in the 1960s, this, is while these smartphones are mostly being used to launch pissed off birds at evil pigs.
