Hack Attack : Record Video on the iPhone
When the iPhone first came out, many people complained about the lack of Video recording capabilities in the iPhone. Many People including me thought it was pretty lame for Apple to release iPhone without the video editing features in it, because Apple touted the iPhone as a complete Multimedia device, and I haven’t really seen a Multimedia phone that comes without Video Recording. Heck even my Nokia 5300 does it pretty well.
Last.fm client for the iPhone/iPod Touch, at last
MobileScrobbler connects your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with the Last.fm social music website. As you listen to music on your device, MobileScrobbler sends the title, artist, and album to the Last.fm website. Last.fm uses this information to suggest new music, new friends, concerts, and events based on the music you listen to. If this is what you have been waiting to read ever since the day iPhone launched, then today is your day. MobileScrobbler allows you to scrobble your recently played tracks on the iPhone/iPod Touch, and it does... Read The Rest →
Get Rid of the Translucent Menu Bar in Leopard
One of the Chief complaints in the latest version of Apple’s famed Operating System, Leopard has been the 3D Dock and the Translucent Menu Bar . There have been hacks flying left and right and this is the latest one that gives you a Menu Bar similar to the one we saw in Tiger. Follow the instructions carefully or you could end up messing your Leopard install. Backup before you proceed.. Edit the following file:/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist Add an entry like this: <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE</key> <string>0.62</string> </dict> Save the file and... Read The Rest →
Apple Releases Mac OSX 10.5.1
Whoa! that was fast wasn’t it. Apple just released Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.1 for the general public that fixes a lot of nagging problems with the initial release of Leopard. Mac OSX 10.5.1 comes out after about 20 days since the official launch. Considering the time Apple had in developing this update, it looks like a rock solid upgrade and improves the stability of Leopard comprehensively. According to Apple, the update is recommended for all 10.5 users and the 110MB download includes “general operating system fixes that enhance the stability,... Read The Rest →
iPhone goes to China
The Apple iPhone is slowly spreading its wings all over. After the launch of iPhone in the US, UK and Germany its now time for China to get the iPhone or atleast IDG news thinks so. Ofcourse there have been rumors regarding the availability of iPhone’s in Canada as well. While Apple has already announced that it will sell iPhone’s in Asia starting mid 2008, no formalized partners or locations have been discussed. Here is what the article says : China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the... Read The Rest →
AFP for iPhone and iPod Touch
The Super iPhone Hacker Core has completed the implementation of AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The Advantage of this software lies in the fact that you can connect to your iPhone and it shows up as a disk with full read/write permissions. Installing AFP isn’t a straightforward method. It currently involves quite a bit of Manual setup because its not available yet on Installer.app. Well here is how you need to configure your iPhone to be AFP ready,
Apple Releases iPhone 1.1.2 Update
The Cat and Mouse game is on, and this time its Apple that’s got the upper hand over the Hackers. Apple has just released the firmware update to Apple iPhone. The latest firmware version is 1.1.2. The iPod hasn’t got a firmware update as yet, and it looks like Touch users will have to wait for some time. You can download the ipsw file directly from Apple or upgrade straight in iTunes. The documentation is available on the Apple Site here. Preliminary reports from people who have upgraded to the... Read The Rest →
Time Machine Bug – Run Apps that Have been Deleted
Well, A lot of people have been complaining about Small but important bugs in the latest version of the Mac Operating system from the Cupertino based company that is Apple. There have been reports of BSOD’s (Blue Screen of Death), Random Crashes etc.. and here is one more that you can add to this list that continues to grow everyday. Please note that this bug may not be a bug for most people, but it is a bug nonetheless. I’m not bashing away Apple here, but I’d have expected Apple... Read The Rest →
Apple Sells 2 Million Copies of Leopard in its first Week
Apple on Tuesday said that it has sold over 2 Million copies of Mac OSX Leopard in its first week since its launch worldwide on October 26th. The release of Leopard has outpaced not only Mac OSX Tiger which was best selling OS from Apple in its History, but has also outpaced Rival Windows Vista. Sales included the ones from Apple Retail Stores, Authorised Apple Resellers, copies that came bundled with new Macs. In comparison it took nearly 6 Weeks for Tiger to reach the same milestone. If Steve Jobs... Read The Rest →
Are you a Java Developer? Then Don't Use Leopard!
Mac OSX Leopard has definitely been one of the best OS launches we have seen in years, but surely it didn’t come without its share of problems. Leopard users have had one major problem of Blue Screens popping out for some users and now the Java developers are having troubles getting Java to work with Apple’s latest OS. Following the release of Leopard on Friday the 26th of October, early users of Leopard complained of problems with Java on the system. The problem apparently is with the code that’s been... Read The Rest →
