One of the many people who worked actively on bringing Yellow Dog Linux back to the PS3 after Sony removed the option to install it under firmware v3.21, graf_chokolo, is now out of money to fight for his case in court and will probably end up in jail.
As we reported yesterday, a new build of Windows 8, build 7989, has surfaced. Slowly but surely, it's finding its way onto file sharing sites, and some Windows enthusiasts have already dug deep into it. Among the new features found, there's a new virtual keyboard, per-feature licensing and SMS support.
Apple has just released a new TV advertisement for the iPad 2. The new ad, which is titled “Now” showcases how the iPad is changing the way people interact with different forms of media.
The famous iPhone developer and hacker Steven, who is more popularly known as @ih8sn0w on Twitter, has just released an updated version of Sn0wbreeze 2.8 for iOS 5 beta 1 jailbreak. This new version of Sn0wbreeze adds support for untethered iOS 5 jailbreak on iPhone 3GS, sporting old bootrom.
The ChevronWP7 Windows Phone 7 unlocking team have announced a new, low cost way for developers to unlock devices in an attempt to remove one of the barriers to entry for independent devs.
With steadily increasing sales, Apple now has enough cash to buy the entire mobile phone industry, except for Samsung, at least if this estimate is to be trusted.
We talked about Real Racing 2 HD’s AirPlay-based wireless mirroring feature for iPad 2 on iOS 5 at great length a few days ago. Today, the folks over at Engadget got hold of the latest version of RR2HD and tested in on iPad 2 with iOS 5 Beta 1.
ThinkGeek, maker of several other geek toys of varied usefulness, has released a new attachable joystick for the iPad or Android tablets. By attaching to the glass, it will work with any game with any graphical control pad (such as many of the iOS versions of Pac-Man that are out there).
Last week, we showcased a method that allows anyone without an Apple developer account to run iOS 5 beta on iPhone, by bypassing Apple's activation wizard. For one of our readers, known as @sunflash93 on Twitter, this method wasn't working on his iPod touch (because of no emergency call functionality like iPhone 4), so he was kind enough to tell us about a new one. This has been tested on the iPod touch, although the tipper informed us it might work on the iPad just as well.
Ever wished you could download online videos from your iOS device? With Tube Downloader, this $1.99-App, you can browse videos from major video sites and download them on the fly. Despite its name, this app offers no support for YouTube, since downloading videos is against the site's terms of service, but it works fine with other video sites such as Vimeo or MetaCafe.
