Apple’s released updates for iPhones, iPod touch models, and iPads that closes a nasty PDF-based exploit. That same exploit is what made one-click jailbreaking possible, of course, so upgrade if you’d like a sanctioned, secure, warranty-stable model, or hold off for future work-arounds. More »
Windows users have been enjoying hardware-accelerated video decoding since the Flash 10.1 Final release; now the latest Flash Player release for Macs (10.1.82.76) officially brings GPU decoding to OS X—in theory resulting in better video playback on your Mac. [Adobe via ByteArray.org] More »
If you're an iPhone 4 owner or 3G[S] user eager to upgrade your OS but you use your iPhone on a non-AT&T (GSM) carrier, good news: The iPhone Dev-Team just released the ultrasn0w 1.0-1 unlock for the iPhone 4 baseband and several of 3G and 3GS baseband versions. The video above walks through the relatively simple unlocking process. As always, proceed at your own risk. [Dev-Team Blog via Engadget] More »
We’ve always considered jailbreaking well within the bounds of legal iPhone use, but if you’ve ever been concerned that jailbreaking your iPhone wasn’t actually legit, the New York Times reports that The Library of Congress’ Copyright Office has officially deemed jailbreaking exempt “from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized uses.” More »
The Super User forums has a collection of tips and paste-able commands for Mac OS X’s Terminal that are, by turns, brilliant, funny, and obscure but great. Suggestions include quickly checking what apps are eating your memory (top -o vsize), run a Spotlight-style search from the command line (mdfind), and a clever little script that one user put together to trick his wife into thinking a MacBook has overheated and needs to be shut down—so he can grab it back. [Super User via Daring Fireball] More »
Are you the person to whom all the questions will fall when your friends and relatives upgrade to iOS 4? Turn them over to Apple, which has upgraded its manuals section to include the iOS 4 updates for iPhones and the iPod touch (both direct PDF links). They’re direct, (mostly) explanatory, and, best of all, can be searched for the answers to particular problems, giving your troubleshooting brain a little break. [Apple via TUAW] More »
IPhone – Apple – Hardware – Peripherals – Macintosh
Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.4 just over a week ago, and if you’ve been waiting to hear whether it works on systems built following our start-to-finish Hackintosh guide or the newer no-hacking-required guide, I’ve got good news: I finally got around to installing the update, and the Hackintosh upgraded without issue. More »
Apple – Mac OS X – Operating system – Mac OS – Macintosh
Chrome only: Up until now, closing the main Gmail or Google Apps mail tab in your browser would close down any connected windows you had open, too—compose windows, Gmail tasks, popped-out chats, and the like. Now Gmail's fixed that with a JavaScript tweak for Chrome, so you can keep working on the email, or keep a conversation running, after you’ve closed down your main inbox. [Official Gmail Blog] More »
Tasks – Google – Searching – Search Engines – Google Calendar
If you headed to Google.com today and found the Bing-like background image enabled by default, don't freak out—it's relatively easy to rid yourself of. More »
Google – Search Engine – Google search – Search – Google.com
Mac only: uTorrent, the most popular BitTorrent client on Windows, has moved from alpha to beta for OS X, boasting a completely native Mac client with a brand new interface. Most Mac users are probably happy with Transmission, but the lightweight uTorrent is definitely worth a look—not only is the new UI much better than the old one, it's much nicer than Transmission's if you download a lot of torrents at once. Furthermore, uTorrent can definitely compete with Transmission on lightness, while still having some of the more advanced features of something like Vuze (though Transmission continues to gain advanced features with each update). If you're a recent Mac convert looking for a more familiar torrent client, or just a heavy downloader unhappy with Transmission's more minimal UI, the new uTorrent beta is definitely worth a look. More »
BitTorrent – ?Torrent – Transmission – File sharing – Windows
