annual extensive rumour roundup ahead of the 2009 Macworld Expo, frankly it was a little premature as the last few days have presented themselves as very busy for rumours. The initial roundup article is worth reading as it is still reasonable accurate but here what’s new and what has changed in quick bullet form fashion. 9 to 5 Mac now believes that the 17-inch MacBook Pro will have a removable battery despite initially reporting that it wouldn’t. Although unsure whether it will arrive at Ma

Hello I have an iphone. its 3g w/ firmware 2.1. It is unlocked with a gevey sim adapter. It is also jailbroken with quickpwn. I have a toshiba laptop and i have tried the 3proxy/mobile terminal, pda net, and iphone modem methods to try and tether but they are not working. I believe it is the laptop because i create an ad-hoc network and i can see and connect to it on the iphone (only if it is open) but then on the laptop it just says waiting for someone to connect to your ad-hoc network or somet

Scosche is gearing up to a bunch of new products at CES 2009 and they’ve giving us a sneak peek at what you can expect at the tech show. The new products cover the gamut of iPod and iPhone accessories. First up, are three new sets of stereo headphones including the IDR400M, which has noise canceling, 10mm drivers, and silicone inserts; the IDR600, which features 11mm drivers, a 24K gold-plated 3.5mm audio jack and a magnetic cable management system; and the HZ5 tuneSTREAM Bluetooth Headphon

The Apple iPhone 3G offers more new features including support for high-speed 3G networks, third-party applications, and expanded e-mail. Its call quality is improved and it continues to deliver an excellent music and video experience.The new phone is thinner at the edges than the earlier version and slightly thicker in the middle, other measurements remain the same although the 3G is 2grams lighter than its predecessor. If you want to Unlock iPhone 3G you need a iPhone Unlocking Software.The

Palm’s PDAs were once a tech accessory equivalent to wearing Jimmy Choo shoes. Having one made you appear important, rich, successful, or all three. The raging debate over who had the bestest PDA - Compaq/HP Pocket PCs or Palm’s wide range - was as intense and dorky as the iPhone fanboys versus CrackBerry addicts. I once witnessed two Circuit City salesmen argue over the best one to go with my new bluetooth-capable mobile phone. The advent of smartphones made carrying a phone AND a PDA a t

New data released today by comScore shows a 34% increase of online video consumption by U.S. Internet users versus year ago. A total of 12.7 billion online videos were viewed during November 2008. Not surprisingly, Google/YouTube held the top spot with a 40% share of videos viewed online. Also in the top five most visited video sites were Fox Interactive (3.5%), Viacom (2.6%), Yahoo! (2.4%) and Microsoft (2.3%). Other tidbits from the comScore report: 77 percent of the total U.S. Internet audi

This past year I logged a half-dozen international trips, mostly to Asia, and dozens of domestic trips, cross-country and up and down the West Coast. I'm always trying new gadgets and software applications that are designed to make my trips more productive. My measure of a useful travel product is one that I still use after three or four trips and one that brings a smile as I use it for its neat design or cleverness. So here's my top 10 favorites that I don't leave home without. Apple AirPo

Six new iPhone 3G case colors from Inspiretech iPhone accessories No Comments » Inspiretech recently their iPhone 3G “Slim Fit” and “Full Protector” protective case colors for the Apple iPhone 3G in six new colors: grey, white, purple, baby blue, pink and fuschia. Specifically designed to work with the iPhone 3G, the full polycarbonate case will enclose the entire iPhone touch while allowing full access to all ports, the camera and the iPhone’s “touch screen.” The Inspiretech iPhone 3G ca

This Christmas season I used the downtime supplied by most of my peers taking two weeks off of work (can you say downturn?) to get around to a number of highly geeky personal projects on my residence’s IT network.  Aided by the web (and knowing which instructions to safely ignore) I successfully completed all of the following: Upgraded the CPU on my Mac Mini from Core Solo 1.6GHz to Core2Duo 2.33GHz - (instructions & discussion) Results are amazing, and the bump in performance, even du

… by the iPhone Dev Team. You guys really rock. The unlock tool requires a jailbroken iPhone 3G and either Cydia or the Installer installed to download the unlock program called “yellowsn0w” from the Dev Team’s repository. The tool gets distributed for free. Anyway some code-thieves are obviously already selling it by saying it is their [...]