A keen Mac fan decided to put his old Mac to good use for his cat, he equipped it with a ventilation system that’s triggered by a motion detector. Here’s the clever part, five minutes after the cat uses the ‘facility’, the fan switches on for fifteen minutes (as prompted by the Mac Mini home automation system that the litter box is connected to). That’s what I call geeky but genius! I wonder if the cat might just find the new loo a bit scary…
Gizmodo’s Matt has just tested out the EFiX USB dongle on his gaming pc and the results are smooth and incredible. I think the EFiX USB dongle would be a great addition especially to those PC users who have never tried out a Mac before (and there are lots out there), using the dongle would make such a big step a much easier one.
No messing about with OS installation, no time wasted, simply install the EFiX dongle and boot up and you will automatically be brought into Leopard OS by default. I did find a video on YouTube but its not in any great detail, so I suggest you go and visit the video review by Matt using our source link below.
Hey folks! Just abit over two weeks after our last roundup for jailbreaking the iPhone firmware 2.0.2, we now have another updated roundup for the latest and just recently released iPhone firmware version 2.1. In this latest roundup, as before, we will try to summarise the most popular methods that the iPhone community and also the iPhone Dev Team have come up with for jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone 2.1.
The iPhone software or firmware 2.1 which was announced by Steve Jobs earlier this week has indeed addressed a number of issues, these include…
- Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
- Significantly better battery life for most users
- Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
- Faster installation of 3rd party applications
- Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
- Improved performance in text messaging
- Faster loading and searching of contacts
- Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
- Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
- Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
- Genius playlist creation
However, as you would expect if you’ve previously experienced some jailbreaking or unlock yourself, updating to the latest iPhone firmware always means paying a bigger price, getting your iPhone locked or ‘bricked’ again…
So we’ve seen accessories leaked regarding the next generation (fourth-gen) of iPod Nano and now another picture has been leaked, could this be just a mock up or could it be the real thing?
It’s been rumored for a long time now that the next gen iPod Nano will have nice smooth rounded corners and a better screen, could this actually be the one? It would be great if there were more info available before Steve Jobs makes his announcement on Tuesday…
Looks like the iPod Nano silicone cases which we featured last week were actually telling us a message, that the next iPod Nano (4G) will feature a sporty, candy bar shaped design, so they weren’t telling a lie afterall! It so happened that the Hama iPod Nano 4G case were found by Engadget (esp) on the floor of IFA! It’s said that it was buried and unoticed amongst a pile of other iPod accessories as if it was really no big deal, well it is to us!
As you can see, just the case looks pretty sporty with it’s flashy plastic in black, but what everyone is focussing on at the moment is the smooth arc that it’s got, much like the silicone ones that were leaked last week…
Smooth glossy jet black with rounded corners and the words MacBook Pro in white in the centre, wouldn’t you wish you actually saw this at PCWORLD? It turns out our friend Umpa who showed us his idea about a new possible iPod Nano design had more ideas in his mind, click to enlarge picture…
An even larger size is available over at Umpa’s Flickr Photostream…
Snapture is a great little app for bringing useful functions to the rather useless and basic iPhone camera, it’s nothing new and has been around for quite some time. Recently Snapture’s been updated, version 2.0, as always it will give your camera a great all-round functionality boost, such as digital zoom, delay timer, toggle auto rotation, burst mode, color modes, leveler, etc…
The latest version seems to be even better and works with iPhone firmware 2.x. As you know, Steve Jobs took no concern for an upgrade to a better camera in the latest iPhone 3G, so this latest update which will work in firmwares 2.x would help improve your all-round iPhone 3G digital photography experience! There is also a new QuickView system which allows users to view and delete recent pictures directly on the viewfinder. Bowei, the founder of Snapture claims that the feature would cut the average photo taking session in half!
