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  • blkhockeypro19
    Thanks to the hard work of comex, a new jailbreak is available for iDevices running 3.2.1, 4.0, and 4.0.1. This jailbreak requires you to visit http://jailbreakme.modmyi.com/faq.html. Visiting that page will initialize the jailbreak process, and soon enough you will be downloading all your favorite 3rd party apps and themes from cydia! If you're ready to enter the jailbreak scene on your 3.2.1+ iDevice, head on over to the website.
     

  • Alessandro17
    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/20...re-fair-use.ars

    "Jailbreaking

      The most surprising ruling was on "jailbreaking" one's phone (exemption number two), replacing the company-provided operating system with a hacked version that has fewer limitations. Make no mistake: this was all about Apple. And Apple lost.

      The Electronic Frontier Foundation argued that jailbreaking one's iPhone should be allowed, even though it required one to bypass some DRM and then to reuse a small bit of Apple's copyright firmware code. Apple showed up at the hearings to say, in numerous ways, that the idea was terrible, ridiculous, and illegal. In large part, that was because the limit on jailbreaking was needed to preserve Apple's controlled ecosystem, which the company said was of great value to consumers.

      That might be true, the Register agreed, but what did it have to do with copyright?

      "Apple is not concerned that the practice of jailbreaking will displace sales of its firmware or of iPhones," wrote the Register, explaining her thinking by running through the "four factors" of the fair use test. "Indeed, since one cannot engage in that practice unless one has acquired an iPhone, it would be difficult to make that argument. Rather, the harm that Apple fears is harm to its reputation. Apple is concerned that jailbreaking will breach the integrity of the iPhone's ecosystem. The Register concludes that such alleged adverse effects are not in the nature of the harm that the fourth fair use factor is intended to address."

      And the Register concluded that a jailbroken phone used "fewer than 50 bytes of code out of more than 8 million bytes, or approximately 1/160,000 of the copyrighted work as a whole. Where the alleged infringement consists of the making of an unauthorized derivative work, and the only modifications are so de minimis, the fact that iPhone users are using almost the entire iPhone firmware for the purpose for which it was provided to them by Apple undermines the significance" of Apple's argument.

      The conclusion is sure to irritate Steve Jobs: "On balance, the Register concludes that when one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses."

  • Ed
    As has been rumoured for some time, Apple has today announced a slew of product updates and entirely new products.
     
    Updated iMacs featuring new Intel Core i3, i5 & i7 processors
     
    The iMacs received an update, with overall cosmetics remaining unchanged, but under the hood are a new range of Intel processors from the entry-level Core i3 right up to a newer Core i7 with Hyper Threading. New graphics processors are also present in the form of the ATI Radeon HD 4670 (21.5" only) and 5670 (21.5" & 27") with 256MB GDDR3 and 512MB GDDR5 memory respectively. The top-end quad-core specification 27" iMac is configured with an ATI Radeon HD 5750 with 1GB GDDR5. Like the Mac Pro, SSD drives are now also available as a CTO option.
     
    12-core Mac Pro with 2TB SSD drives CTO option
     
    Apple's Mac Pro powerhouse computers had been starved of an update, but finally got a healthy refresh with new processor configurations including the new "Westmere" Intel Xeon processors, running at up to 2.93GHz in a dual processor configuration with 6 cores each, deliver up to 12 cores.
     
    Hard drive options now include, for the first in an Apple desktop, SSD drives, with configuration options allowing up to four 512GB SSD drives. Apple has posted test results showing SSD's outperforming 7200RPM HDD's by up to twice the speed, although it hasn't posted any comparable results against 15,400RPM SAS HDD's.
     
    27" LED-backlit Cinema Display
     
    Based on the same IPS panel as used in the current generation iMac, a new 27" Cinema Display has been announced for a September shipping date, and features the same style housing as the existing 24" LED Cinema Display. With a 2560x1600 resolution which almost matches the 30" Cinema Display, the new 27" Cinema Display is Apple's first standalone monitor to feature a 16:9 aspect ratio, compared to the previous 16:10 offerings.
     
    Like the 24" Cinema Display, the new 27" monitor also features built-in iSight camera, microphone, speakers including subwoofer, and utilises the industry-standard Mini DisplayPort. The connections also include a MagSafe adaptor for charging Macbook models via the monitor's power source.
     
    Magic Trackpad
     
    Another entirely new product, the Magic Trackpad is Apple's offering to desktop users of a trackpad, just like the ones found on Macbook models, so that desktop warriors can take advantage of multi-touch gestures too, like their mobile-using counterparts.
     
    The new Magic Trackpad is 80% larger than standard trackpads found on Macbooks, and the whole pad area acts as a mouse button click too. The design is based on the same structure as the Apple Bluetooth keyboard.
     
    Combined with useful 3rd party tools such as BetterTouchTool (based on the MultiClutch project), the Magic Trackpad could add a nice new 'touch' to desktop Macs... pun intended. Sorry.
  • blkhockeypro19
    FakeSMC (the open source SMC emulator written by Netkas) has been given many new features, thanks to the hard work of "Slice" on the Project OSX forums. By using the source code provided by Netkas for FakeSMC 2.5, Slice was able to add a pluggin system. This allows for new extensions to be paired with FakeSMC, creating the possibility for new features. Here are the pluggins that are included with Slice's FakeSMC:
     
    IntelThermal - Intel CPU temperature monitoring.
    LPCMonitor - temperatures and fans from ITE, Winbond and Fintek controllers. - now replaced by SuperIO plugin
    TZplugin - temperature from ACPI device "Thermal Zone" - now excluded by ACPI monitor replacement
    NVidia GPU temperature and FAN
    Intel X3100 temperature
    ACPI monitor - temperatures, fans, voltage, current - all that you can find in your DSDT. Manual DSDT modifying required.
     
    These pluggins make it possible for programs like iStat to properly display more system temperatures, something that was not possible with the original FakeSMC 2.5.
     
    I would also like to note that the source for Slice's work, along with the pre compiled driver and some more information, can be found here.
  • blkhockeypro19
    FakeSMC (the open source SMC emulator written by Netkas) has been given many new features, thanks to the hard work of "Slice" on the Project OSX forums. By using the source code provided by Netkas for FakeSMC 2.5, Slice was able to add a pluggin system. This allows for new extensions to be paired with FakeSMC, creating the possibility for new features. Here are the pluggins that are included with Slice's FakeSMC:
     
    IntelThermal - Intel CPU temperature monitoring.
    LPCMonitor - temperatures and fans from ITE, Winbond and Fintek controllers. - now replaced by SuperIO plugin
    TZplugin - temperature from ACPI device "Thermal Zone" - now excluded by ACPI monitor replacement
    NVidia GPU temperature and FAN
    Intel X3100 temperature
    ACPI monitor - temperatures, fans, voltage, current - all that you can find in your DSDT. Manual DSDT modifying required.
     
    These pluggins make it possible for programs like iStat to properly display more system temperatures, something that was not possible with the original FakeSMC 2.5.
     
    I would also like to note that the source for Slice's work, along with the pre compiled driver and some more information, can be found here.
  • Ed
    FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary, has launched a mobile version of its software for the iPad and iPhone for interacting with it popular database format.
     
    The FileMaker Go client allows users of iPads and iPhones to browse, search and update FileMaker databases that have been created on Mac or Windows. Although databases can't be created on the iPhone or iPad, files can be copied to the mobile device for updating on the go, or they can connect to a FileMaker server via Wi-Fi or 3G.
     
    FileMaker Go is available on the App Store now for $39.99 for iPad, and $19.99 for iPhone.
  • Ed
    BMW has announced that it is to utilise the new iPod Out feature of the recently released iOS4 in its new cars, starting next year in 2011. They have produced a video (below) giving details and a sneak peak into how the iPod Out interface would look within BMW's existing iDrive system. Very cool!
    BMW has announced that it is to utilise the new iPod Out feature of the recently released iOS4 in its new cars, starting next year.

    BMW were one of the first manufacturers to announce iPod integration with their vehicles, and now they look set to be one of the first manufacturers to take iPhone/iPod integration to the next level in 2011. The iPod Out integration provides an Apple-designed interface on the BMW's built-in screen, and is a very iPod/Front Row style navigation system complete with album cover artwork and Genius Mixes.

    They have produced a video (below) giving details and a sneak peak into how the iPod Out interface would look within BMW's existing iDrive system. Very cool!



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