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July 31, 2007

News: Mix: Apple TV, iPhone apps, Ringtones, USA

A patch has been released that enables the Apple TV to boot from its internal drive, but use an external USB drive as primary storage. The hack requires a ssh-enabled Apple TV, an Intel-based Mac or Unix system, an installed version of Mac OS X 10.4 for Intel, an original, unmodified copy of the mach_kernel.prelink file from the Apple TV, and an external USB drive formatted using Journaled HFS+. A system preference file

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Posted by Ryan at 05:43 PM

iPod Access 4.1 Adds iPhone

Findley Designs has announced that it has added iPhone support to its iPod Access Software for both Windows and Mac. The application allows users to copy music from the iPod, and now the iPhone, back to their computer.

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Posted by Lorren at 05:15 PM

News: EA releases Sims Pool for 5G

Just released in the United States, and appearing in certain overseas iTunes Stores as well, Electronic Arts new The Sims Pool ($5) offers 9-ball, 8-ball, and trick-shot pool modes, in addition to character customization and currency systems inspired by the company s The Sims games. The game s designed to be played with a single thumb on the Click Wheel, and promises realistic physics, graphics and sound effects. Updated: A First

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Posted by Perry at 03:36 PM

Google Preps YouTube Copyright

Google may be ready to roll out its copyright protection technology for YouTube as early as September. The search giant and YouTube owner revealed the information on Friday during court proceedings in a copyright violation case Viacom brought against it.

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Posted by Bob at 03:11 PM

TwinMos: TwinMOS BooM1 iPod Speaker Dock Offers Big Boom, Takes Up Little Space

lovemacs_1958_333864491.jpegTwinMOS's BooM1 speaker dock is a solution for those who want a big sound that takes up little space. Powered by two 8-watt speakers and a 25-watt subwoofer that offer a little more power than comparable speaker docks. While the name and design are eyebrow raising, it is the $199.99 price tag that really has us wondering if the thing is extraterrestrial in origin. [Tech Digest]

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Posted by Peter at 12:53 PM

Bejeweled for Safari and iPhone

Popcap Games announced on Monday the release of Bejeweled for Safari and iPhone. The game is free for iPhone owners.

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Posted by Bob at 11:20 AM

iPhone Could Trigger Tax Changes in

A telecom expense management consultant firm in the UK, Aurora Kendrick James (AKJ), has warned that the arrival of the iPhone in the UK might trigger a long predicted tax change for approximately 3 million business mobile phone users.

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Posted by Russell at 09:56 AM

Adium, the Mac-based instant-messaging

Given all the great consumer-facing open-source software available, I figured that I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof. Adium is quite simply the best instant-messaging (IM) client available. Period. It has its flaws and is, in some ways, deficient compared to iChat, Apple's own IM client. But its strengths vastly outnumber its weaknesses. I've been using it for years. In some ways, it's very similar to Trillian on the Windows platform in that it allows you to combine nearly all of your IM services (Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Jabber, etc.) into one client. But Adium actually goes further and provides more. ...

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Posted by Joe at 09:34 AM