DOT.TUNES brings wifi streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch

DOT.TUNES has released two plugins that bring wifi (not EDGE) streaming to both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, respectively. DOT.TUNES basically turns your Mac into a web server for streaming iTunes content across your local network or across the internet. The two new plugins optimize the interface for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. With either you get access to your playlists, artists, albums, etc.

Of course any time you run your Mac as a server there are potential security concerns, but DOT.TUNES appears to be a great way to get iTunes content onto your iPhone or iPod Touch over the internet. They’ve even set up a demo server that will show you how it works (click here for the iPhone interface).

DOT.TUNES 4 itself is a free download, but the iPhone and iPod Touch plugins are $20 each.

iPhone Dev Team announces free unlock for 1.1.1

For all of you who have been holding off on paying iPhone SIM Free $60-$100, good news. The iPhone Dev Team has announced AnySIM 1.1. According to the announcement by netkas, the software has been tested with both 1.0.2 and 1.1.1. AnySIM offers a free unlocking solution for iPhone users and apparently, if I’m reading this correctly, does NOT fix baseband problems from earlier releases. This is meant for “virgin” locked phones only. Download your copy here. Be aware that as AnySIM works, it switches off your WiFi until you reboot. Also, this is NOT intended for phones that will be updated. Do not unlock 1.0.2 and then update to 1.1.1. Updating a locked 1.0.2 to 1.1.1 will relock your iPhone. The team is testing a 1.1.1 restore on 1.1.1 unlocks right now. Remember guys: although the software here has been tested to make sure it avoids corruption–it does not hurt NVRAM/seczone–it is very new and has not had a lot of field testing yet.

Source : TUAW

Apple lowering Track Prices ? ?

Looks like Apple is finally coming to terms with the new market situation ( Amazons launch of high quality (256 Kbps) tracks @ $ 0.99) , its reported that iTunes will reduce its track prices to $0.99 from $ 1.25.

Nokia’s new S60 Touch Interface announced

Nokia is showing off their new S60 Touch Interface at the Symbian Smartphone Show today. Unlike their last attempt, this effort was demonstrated on a more Nokia-like concept device. The touch-interface supports haptic feedback and accepts both finger and stylus inputs depending upon the display technology used. Feast your eyes on the video after the break until all the details become available.

It is reported that all the normal S60 applications would work just fine

Intel : New CPU Architecture for OLPC

Intel plans to develop new CPU architecture for ultra-low cost laptop computers because none of the current Intel processors fit the specifications for the one laptop per child notebook program (OLPC), so Intel is designing a new processor specifically for the ultra-low cost laptop category where the AMD 433MHz Geode LX-700 reigns king.

Intel said that they needed a new architecture instead of an establised old architecture besides having Celeron M series becauase of the small size, low cost and low power consumption required by the OLPC laptop .

Looks like Intel is going after AMD in this market segment too, there is nothin better than having a nice competition between AMD and Intel

iJailBreak free your iPod Touch

There have been two releases which makes the iPod JailBreak a lot easier, that is no more terminal and stuff

The releases :

iJailBreak : iJailBreak is an automated jailbreaker for your iPod Touch licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 written by 13-year-old AriX. The only user interaction required is for you to restart the iPod Touch. Works on Macintel OS X Tiger. PPC version is in the works.

TouchFree : JailBreak, with GUI for windows users 

WordPress plugin for iPhone users

And now, someone’s cooked up an iPhone version of that same plugin, where you simply install the WP plugin on your blog (for WordPress 2.2.1), and instantly you can see all your posts formatted specifically for the iPhone. Instead of creating a whole other, “mobile” version of your site, you can simply put in this plugin, and you can get a link that will reformat your content for the iPhone or iPod touch.
If you run a WordPress blog or site and were thinking about creating a version of it for the iPhone or iPod touch, your work is done. Download the iWPhone plugin from Content.Robot, install it, and you’re set.

FireFox coming for mobile now

The Mozilla Foundation unveiled plans to create a mobile version of Firefox that will be available to phone manufacturers sometime in 2008.

Among other things, mobile Firefox will be able to run extensions and experience tabbed Internet browsing similar to traditional desktop features users now enjoy. It remains unknown which mobile devices will feature Firefox in the future, but details will likely be released closer to a pending software launch date.

I dont think that they will be rolling out the plugins thingie on their launch, its gonna take
a lot more time to do that.

iPhoneSimFree Team Releases iPhone 1.1.1 Unlocker, Unbricker

The iphoneSimFree team released version 1.6 of its SimFree application, which not only unlocks the new 1.1.1 firmware, but claims to be able to “unbrick” phones rendered inoperable by the upgrade. On the iphoneSimFree website, the proud claim is made that “iphoneSimFree can FIX all phones that anySim and iUnlock bricked with the 1.1.1 update.”

The brick-fix requires users to downgrade their iPhone’s firmware to 1.0.2, and does require the user to pay the asking price of $100 for the software — a hefty price compared to anySIM’s cost of “free,” but still cheaper than a new iPhone. The iphoneSimFree team makes a point to thank the iPhone Dev Team on their page as well, so there seems to be no signs of animosity for their competition.

LiNk : iPhone SimFree

Nintendo Wii Fit for $75

Wii Fit should be out in december,but the product launch is currently scheduled for japan only . The kit features the Wii Balance Board which enables gamers to interactively head soccer balls and ski jump while partaking in other activities like yoga and aerobics typically thought to be cigarette-free.