Oct 18, 2007 1 am
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Apple agrees to sell iPhones in France unlocked
The move comes after Apple met a roadblock when its international policy of banning unlocking was challenged by French law. A French telecommunications law, passed in 1998 states that manufacturers must offer to unlock consumers phones for a small fee for the first sixth months after release, and for free after that, as reported via French news site Les Echoes.
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Oct 18, 2007 1 am
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Outside developers will be allowed to create programs for the iPhone, changing a policy that had angered many.
Blocking outsiders from making programs that would run easily on the iPhone has been one of a series of restrictions that have annoyed users, even leading to some lawsuits.
Jobs, in comments on Apple’s Web site, said a kit for developers still will not be available until February, as the company works out how to open up the phone without exposing it to malicious programs.
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Oct 16, 2007 11 pm
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iPhone Dev Team releases AnySim 1.1 today, a free unlocking app that enables iPhones with both firmware version 1.02 and 1.1.1 to operate on any GSM network.
The hack only works with “virgin” iPhones right now, and unlocking a 1.0.2 phone and updating to 1.1.1 will result in a bricked device, but the team says they’ll be releasing a “revirginizer” for locked 1.1.1 phones soon. As always, hack at your own risk — and don’t expect future updates to go smoothly.
Instructions for applying this release are as follows:
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Oct 16, 2007 11 pm
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Olympus is making its mid-range E-3 DSLR official. Starting at $1,700
- 10 megapixel sensor
- 2.5-inch 230k pixel live view display
- “World’s fastest autofocus” with 11-point biaxial AF system
- Image stabilization, sonic dust cleaning on sensor, shoots up to ISO 3200
- 3/4 lens mount, takes CF and xD media
We haven’t heard when it’ll be available, but you can surely expected it in short order.
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Oct 10, 2007 6 pm
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Make your couch-bound web browsing experience a fair bit more enjoyable.
Nintendo already dipped its toes into USB keyboard support with a previous Wii update, but it now looks to have busted that functionality wide open with the just-released 3.1 system update, which also brings with it an enhanced “Everybody Votes” channel.
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Oct 5, 2007 6 pm
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A cut price PlayStation 3 (PS3) with a smaller hard drive and no backwards compatibility with previous consoles goes on sale later this month.
The £299 PS3 has a 40-gigabyte hard disk and will be released in Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Sony has also slashed the price of the 60GB model, from £425 to £350 as it hopes to ignite sales.
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Oct 3, 2007 3 pm
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The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is getting all the new Zune’s features
Sure, the new Zune is more of a half step forward than a completely new design. But Microsoft’s done something fantastic here by rewarding first gen buyers with cool new stuff that also happens to be free by software upgrade.
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Oct 3, 2007 2 pm
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Microsoft has launched three new models of its Zune digital media player in an effort to compete with Apple’s iPod.
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Oct 3, 2007 1 pm
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The Voyager, made by LG and offered exclusively by Verizon Wireless, has a large touch screen that slides open to reveal a full keypad.
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Oct 2, 2007 4 pm
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It turns out all iPhone applications run as root and any application vulnerability means winner takes all.
The iPhone has been turned into a “pocket-sized … network-enabled root shell,” said H.D. Moore, thanks to the well-known security researcher having published shell code and instructions for the smart phone on how to use it as a portable hacking platform.
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