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If you needed any more proof that Apple's lame cat-and-mouse game with the iPhone jailbreak community has only served to increase the scene's resourcefulness and creativity, look no further than the iDongle, a slick piece of hacker-made hardware that can jailbreak and activate an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch running OS 3.1.2 just by plugging it into the dock connector. What's more, it allows ... Full story

Naturally, we need to first disclaim this noise by saying that rumors of third-party multitasking capability in the iPhone are as old as the iPhone SDK itself. That said, it's hard to ignore a new reference to a "multitasking dialog box" buried deep within the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta that -- while not new to beta 4 specifically -- we're told didn't exist in ... Full story

Palm just showed us the Unreal Engine 3 running on webOS, which apparently took a couple weeks to port over to the platform using that fancy new PDK . It runs at a pretty smooth clip, with just a tiny bit of artifacting in our enemy's death animation. As an added bit of wow factor, Palm has it currently setup to demonstrate the game ... Full story

We already got a look at Microsoft's little XNA show-and-tell as relates to Windows Phone 7 Series, but our colleague Andrew Yoon over at Joystiq had a chance for longer sit-down with Xbox Live general manager Ron Pessner and XNA Game Studio manager Michael Klucher at GDC today, and he's been kind enough to share the interview with us. The main topic of conversation ... Full story

Were you up late at night trying to imagine what a Mobiado 712ZAF might look like were it covered in 8 microns of 18-karat gold? Well, an honest night of peaceful slumber might finally be within reach now that the Canadian company has answered the call with the 712GCB. The pricey candybar carries over everything you love (or hate) about the 712ZAF, including the ... Full story

Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what's actually going on at the cash registers. Motorola -- which has long since fallen off its high horse on the global stage -- still maintains a commanding presence in the American ... Full story

Even though Microsoft's big MIX event is still days away, the Windows Phone 7 Series development platform is already pretty well defined. It's also clear that Microsoft wants to keep things tidy for developers by requiring all WP7 phones to meet a certain base-level spec . Now, thanks to a post from Microsoft's Shawn Hargreaves, we know the display resolution for the first batch ... Full story

Back in January 2009, as Vodafone was preparing to close a Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones As far back as 2008, retailers were flirting with the idea of offering customers coupons via cell phones. It never really caught on, but, now, Target hopes to change that. According to a press release , the retailer began a program today that allows customers to receive digital coupons on their cell phones. Using a barcode on the screen, customers ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Forget thumbing through racks of paper greeting cards . Some card companies are now offering a video alternative on cell phones . According to The New York Times , American Greetings has taken the lead, and is now offering short video messages that are selected from a Web site and sent to a phone. Best of all, these e-cards are ... Full story

If you've been looking for an affordable alternative to Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro ($449 MSRP), look no further than PDF Suite. Priced from $39.95 ($59.95 for Professional version), this software enables you to "create PDFs from an existing document or start from a blank page; you'll be able to edit any PDF file by modifying the text or images, create and fill forms, apply ... Full story

Tecmo Bowl Throwback has been confirmed for release on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Due to EA's exclusive agreement with the NFL, this game will not have real players or teams, but rather gives players the option of customizing their characters. Click here to play the NES version of Tecmo Super Bowl online. Continue reading to see a crazy Tecmo Super Bowl ... Full story

Cutlery sets can be found at just about any department store, and even supermarkets, but here are five examples you don't see everyday. To start, we have the interesting Shape/Form set above. Continue reading to see them all. Full story

That's right, Google Maps now offers biking directions in the US. Just enter your destination, and you'll get step-by-step directions, complete with outlined trails, biking lanes, and bike-friendly roads. Video after the break. Full story

Finally, Capcom's Street Fighter 4 for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available, priced at $9.99. It offers 8 characters, head-to-head Bluetooth matches, various difficulty levels, and more. Video after the break. Click here to download now. Click here for first picture in gallery. Full story

The Periodic Table of Elements claimed its way to fame in classrooms and text books around the world, and now these science fans have taken it to a new level of creativity. Continue reading to see 5 of the geekiest examples ever. Full story

Amazon has the Panasonic HDC-HS250-K HD Camcorder for just $499 shipped, originally priced at $899.95. This camcorder "records high-definition AVCHD video to built-in 120GB hard disk drive or optional SD/SDHC memory cards." Product page . Video after the break. ...holds at least 15 hours of HD video at maximum quality * holds up to 50 hours of standard quality video * 3MOS System has ... Full story

There's been a lot of internet buzz lately about The Story of Stuff, an animated documentary on consumerist American society , so we've embedded the full video after the break. The 20-minute clip "divides up the materials economy into a system composed of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal." Full story

Musician Yoshi Akai wanted to combine his love of art and music, so he built an innovative music sequencer using the two. This creation "uses three-dimensional Lego structures to emulate a three-channel, eight-step sequencer, where each differently colored plastic brick produces a different sound." Video after the break. ...complex combinations (including tremolo and overdrive) are possible when the blocks are stacked. Akai tells us ... Full story

The Google Apps Marketplace has officially been launched. What does this marketplace offer? Well, it features "products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps." Continue reading for the entire Google Campfire One presentation. Full story

We hadn't heard that the Storm2's unique piezo-actuated touchscreen was acting up in any statistically significant way, but apparently, there'd been enough with dodgy lower left corners to prompt RIM to do something about it. BerryScoop and BlackBerry Leaks are reporting that Verizon stores have been ordered to return their existing stock in favor of new Storm2s with "silicone actuators" added to "to improve ... Full story

We know you've barely recovered from our Devour review , but Moto just threw another Blur-ified phone in our laps this afternoon - the CLIQ XT . We've been playing around with the Android 1.5-based, Flash Lite -supported, multitouch-capable handset for the last couple of hours -- but before we grace you with our first impressions, just a fair warning: we don't yet know ... Full story

It feels like the Brigade's been in the public conscience for forever and a day (and let's be honest, November is forever and a day ago by phone standards), but amazingly, Casio's latest rugged G'zOne for Verizon still isn't being offered -- at least, not in any official capacity. It seems some HowardForums posters have managed to order and receive their Brigades by calling ... Full story

Granted, they got off to a slow start -- but every since the Dream and Magic originally launched, Rogers has done a pretty commendable job of leading the Android charge north of the border. Latest in the line is Samsung's venerable i5700 Galaxy Spica , a phone that won't win any awards for running up-to-date firmware (it still rocks Cupcake ) nor any medals ... Full story

Whether you covet your Irish friends' ability to make in-flight cellphone calls or value your aerial naps too much to care either way, you must admit that the promise of in-flight SMS, MMS, voice messaging, and text email is tantalizing. To this end, the kids at Asiq have announced a little something called the Bluetooth Access Point. This device uses the aircraft's satellite link ... Full story

Guys, guys, look: unboxing is our job. We know it's fun and we know it brings eyeballs to your site, but we think your customers would be better served if you just concentrated on shipping the mighty X10 rather than teasing them with a product they can't yet have. Apparently, Sony Ericsson just took delivery of its first commercial samples of its inaugural Android ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , BlackBerry , iPhone Winter may be drawing to a painstakingly slow close, but the countless potholes it leaves in its wake can linger for much longer. Whereas most of us simply wait for the public works crew to get around to fixing the mini-craters in our streets, a new GPS-based Web site called SeeClickFix now gives citizens the ability ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones One day, Professor Tanja Shultz of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology grew annoyed at a fellow train passenger who was loudly squawking into their cell phone. "I thought 'I need to change this'," she recently told the BBC, after unveiling -- at the Cebit Electronics Fair in Germany -- a device that can essentially read lips. Called "silent communication," Shultz's ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones At an age when we were still playing with plastic toys, 10- and 11-year-old kids today are downloading games, sending text messages and surfing the Web with cell phones . After the communications fall-out of 9/11, many parents saw cell phone ownership as not just a priority, but a safety measure. Providers cashed in on family plans, and the nation ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Once a bastion of laziness, the office cubicle may no longer be safe from workers' oldest enemy: work. According to Asiajin , a team of researchers from KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's largest cell phone companies, recently developed a technology that would let your boss remotely monitor your every move. The cornerstone of the monitoring system is deceptively simple: a ... Full story