For iPhone and iPod Touch who jailbreak and use SSH to access their devices, the “Rickroll worm” or RickRoll SSH hack is something you definitely want to avoid if possible. The fact that attacks like these have been possible make you think that far more serious and malicious attacks can happen in the future. Check out the video below on how to take a few simple steps to protect your iPhone or iPod Touch from the RickRoll hack:
Right on time, if not earlier in fact. GeoHot has released Blacksn0w, unlocking tool for the iPhone 3G and 3GS running the newest iPhone OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07. By unlocking using this tool, your iPhone will be enabled for use on any network / carrier you prefer. Additionally, the new blacksn0w unlocking tool is, according to Hotz, faster by at least 15 seconds.
iPhone hacker / jailbreaker and now unlocker Geohot has posted on his blog that he has come up with a new tool that will unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2. Though limited info is available at this time, the tool will be called Blacksn0w and will unlock iPhones running OS version 3.1.2 on baseband 05.11.07. Blacksn0w will be out this Wednesday, November 4. If you use Blackra1n for jailbreaking the iPhone then you’ll be able to download the Blacksn0w unlock solution straight from it. Its not certain at this point how Blacksn0w will work and which OS it will support, but one thing is definitely, it will be free! We’ll post further updates as soon as it gets released.
Here’s a nice video of a car (minivan) recently developed to be completely autonomous, only to be controlled by the iPhone iDriver app it is connected to. The Spirit of Berlin team (Berlin Racing Team) developed the iPhone app and used the platform which was developed for the 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge.
How does it work? The iPhone connects with the driving circuitry via WiFi and as you will see in the video this offers a gas button, a brake button, and a steering button to enable the accelerometer for turning.
Launched just over the summer, TomTom has not had the best of start with their new iPhone turn by turn satellite navigation app. With an overall rating on the App Store of just three stars and CoPilot sitting above them on top of the league in Navigations apps, its hefty £59.99 pricetag (and £99 in-car kit) doesn’t help either.
Despite a large amount of unimpressed users thus far, the TomTom app does have features which most users would expect to see from their sat nav, these include IQ Routes which helps you choose the most efficiency route to travel towards your destination, finding places of interest such as restaurants and safety camera and speed warnings.
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Adobe has released their new Photoshop app for the Apple iPhone. Those who enjoy using new ways to edit pictures directly on their iPhone prior to uploading to various social networking websites will definitely appreciate this new tool. Photoshop for iPhone will include features such as gesture-based editing tools–from the basic flip, rotate and crop to more subtle image editing such as tint control and filters and effects.
