Will the ‘smartbook’ be a better Netbook?
The “smartbook” aspires to put the smartphone into the laptop. Will it be able to elevate an Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid-like experience to a larger device, or is it just more marketing mumbo-jumbo? Two companies are hoping that the smartbook will turn out to be more than just another quickly-forgotten device sales pitch. Qualcomm [...]
Apple’s 2009 Black Friday deals: All MacBook Pro models $101 off
Update 2: Apple’s U.S. Black Friday sale is up, and while not spectacular, there are some rare discounts to be found. To go back to the same examples we used for the U.K. and Australian Apple stores, the base model 13-inch MacBook Pro is $1,098, down from $1,199. In fact, it looks like all MacBook [...]
Gameloft’s iPhone games on sale for 99 cents
Real Tennis 2009 is one of eight games now on sale for 99 cents. (Credit: Gameloft) Remember a few weeks back when Konami cut its iPhone/iPod Touch game prices to 99 cents? (They’re still available, FYI.) Now Gameloft has followed suit, offering some (but not all) of its game titles for the appetizing price of [...]
iFotoGuide nature photography guides for the iPhone
iFotoGuide has released its digital guide to on-location nature photography, a nature guide to select national parks. The first in a planned series to be released is iFotoGuide: Arches, about Arches National Park. The iFotoGuide app allows you to look up travel information like hotels and weather, and park information like wildflower blooms and entrance [...]
Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious
Another iPhone worm has been spotted in the wild. Unlike the previous exploitation, which merely changed a jailbroken iPhone’s wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley of “Rickrolling” fame, this new threat allows hackers to steal sensitive information. According to security firm Sophos, which wrote about the exploitation after a Dutch ISP spotted it late [...]
Secure your jailbroken iPhone against worm
If your iPhone was recently “Rickrolled” by a worm that targets jailbroken iPhones, the following six steps will show you how to change the root password–used to connect to your device via a Unix software secure shell–to protect yourself in the future. Before starting, you will need to have MobileTerminal installed from the Cydia store. [...]
Sony Dream Machine (ICF-CL75iP)
Is it a bird, is it a plane? Certain sections of technology lend themselves to the concept of convergence, where the mad scientists in the world’s biggest tech manufacturer mix together the coolest gadgets to make even cooler gadgets — think smartphones. But what would happen if you mixed together three seemingly boring gadgets, say [...]
Logitech Rechargeable Speaker S315i
Logitech is no stranger to the world of iPod speakers, churning out both desktop and portable units since shortly after the time of the player’s inception. The company hasn’t varied sharply from its formula over the years, mainly making evolutionary changes to up the quality and functionality of the devices. The latest portable speaker, the [...]