When the iPhone OS 3.1 update rolled through town, it brought with it a handful of new features - but it also killed off one, not-so-official feature: unauthorized data tethering on AT&T. Early this morning, the endlessly ingenious iPhone hacking community released Blacksn0w, a carrier unlock for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Even if you have no need to plug in a different SIM card than what was originally intended, however, Blacksn0w still has its perks. Namely, it brings the aforementioned unauthorized data tethering right on back. We've just walked through the process, and it went off without a hitch. Full story...
You might want to sit down for this one. Are you ready? Saving Private Ryan is coming to Blu-ray. Yep, the 1998 Academy award-winning movie is finally coming to Blu-ray on May 4th.
For quite a while now, I’ve been following the progress of the Pandora, an open-source handheld for music, movies, and games.
Got a Kindle? Get thee to the British Library! Not only are they giving away a ton of old 19th-century literature in e-book form, but they're a special "first edition" e-book with the original typeface and illustrations baked in.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this extensive HD video tour of International Space Station. You better enjoy the ISS while you can.
Beware the coming of the spider! This strange creature was seen in a back alley, eating cats, small dogs, and any memory chips it happens to find.
The Olympus E-PL1 budget micro four thirds camera launched last week but Amazon already has it available for pre-order.
Short Version: It’s an external USB hard drive for your Mac. It’s white.
Features
Pre-formatted in HFS+ for OS X
Time Machine compatible
Bus-powered
Color matches MacBooks
$139 MSRP
Pros
It’s white like your MacBook
Cons
Bigger and heavier than most other bus-powered 500GB external hard drives
Questionable build quality
Review
So this is just another external hard drive.
Nothing like a commemorative hard disk to remember one of the greatest pop stars of all time. At least, that’s exactly what Samsung was thinking when they thought up this one.
Oh, winter snowstorms. Your lion’s roar is but a cat’s meow provided you don’t knock out the power or prevent the UPS or FedEx trucks from completing their routes.
...vending machine.
And you thought our government was low-tech. Capital Hill staffers now have a huge iPad-like vending machine featuring a large touchscreen system that lets you choose your poison and then watch a little animation as it is vended.