Have a Happy and Safe Fourth of July Weekend!
Jul0
Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend from all of us at The Pok’Squid Project!
Person Shot at Arlington Apple Store
Jul1
Wow…
ARLINGTON, Va. – Police in Arlington are on the scene of a shooting at an Apple Store on Clarendon Boulevard.
It happened shortly after 10 a.m. at 2700 Clarendon Blvd. One person was shot and transported to a local hospital, police say.
No other injuries have been confirmed at this time. Police have set up a perimeter in the area as a search for the suspect is underway. No information about the suspect has been released at this time.
Airto’s Tribute to Michael Jackson
Jul0
Airto has got to be one of the most talented vocalists that I’ve ever heard. I’ve been a fan of his YouTube videos for a couple of years now. Here’s his tribute to MJ… I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Subscribe to Airto’s YouTube page here.
iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Released!
Jul4
GeoHot has released his version of the 3GS jailbreaking tool which he has named purplera1n. Head to his site and download it now! Now I waiting to see if Dev-Team’s ultrasn0w unlock will work…
GeoHot writes:
Connect your iPhone normally. Click “make it ra1n”. Wait. On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. Hopefully you’ll figure out what to do from there.
Note the binary size of purplera1n, it’s smaller than C++ hello world. No 20MB thing that needs to be torrented. And no IPSW to download. This is how jailbreak should be!
Looking forward to see what happens next…
3GS is Jailbroken and Unlocked!
Jul0
It won’t be released till after the 3.1 update but the unlock for the 3GS on 3.0 is here. Again… whatever you do… DO NOT UPDATE TO 3.1 IF YOU INTEND ON UNLOCKING ANYTIME SOON!
Apple Applies for “Warning System” Patent
Jul0
AppleInsider has some good news…
The patent describes a “battery force sensor” that would be able to detect battery problems. If triggered, the sensor could produce an “alarm and a graphical user interface,” the patent reads. Similar elements of such a sensor may already be implemented in the iPhone, which can inform the user that the phone “needs to cool down before you can use it.”
“Pressure can build up within a battery as the battery operates, for example, due to heat,” the application reads. “Pressure can also be applied to an external portion of a battery, such as by a physically adjacent object. These pressures generate forces that influence effects of the battery, such as the size and shape of the battery. Although some magnitudes of such forces can be normal, more intense forces may be indicative of an impending battery failure. Accordingly, what is needed are systems and methods for monitoring and responding to forces influencing a battery.”
I hope that the heat issue is resolved soon. I haven’t experienced it but I can imagine how upsetting it would be.
iPhone Attack Possible Through SMS
Jul0
According to an article published on iclarified.com Charlie Miller, a security researcher, has found a major vulnerability in how the iPhone handles SMS.
This flaw could “allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.”
Yup… the post goes on as follows:
“The SMS vulnerability allows an attacker to run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator’s network. The malicious code could include commands to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, turn on the phone’s microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a distributed denial of service attack or a botnet.”
According to HotHardware, Miller has made an arrangement with Apple giving them until the Black Hat USA expo in Las Vegas to fix the issue.
Apple says they will have a fix ready “later this month.”
A New Star Wars Series?
Jul0
I’ve got mixed feelings about this, but if Geek-Hottie Olivia Munn is interested then who am I to say that it’ll suck?
There’s a rumor that I hope is true. SciFiWire is saying that George Lucas is assembling a team of TV writers right now for a live action Star Wars series. OMG! Shut your mouth!!
SciFiWire writes, “The as-yet-untitled series is supposedly set to debut in 2010, though there has been no word of a distributor yet. The series will reportedly be set between the eras of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope and will not feature any major characters from the film series.”
It is rumored to shoot in Australia.
Source: oliviamunn.com
More Apple Bits
Jul0
Active Packaging?
Known for thinking outside the box, electronics maker Apple Inc. is now apparently working on an in-the-box concept that could provide power to iPods, iPhones and other electronics devices still inside their retail packaging, allowing them to display demo videos and receive firmware updates while hanging unopened on a shelf in a retail store.
Fingerprint Identification Could Come to iPhone
Newly published Apple patents suggest that Haptic Feedback and Fingerprint Identification may come to the iPhone.
More on all of this as it’s made available.
Apple Releases New iPhone 3GS Ad
Jul0
Apple has posted a new video ad of the iPhone 3GS video editing and sharing skateboard footage.