iPhone firmware 1.1.3 officially released, works as rumored

iPhone users waiting patiently to get their hands on the latest firmware (1.1.3), your wait is at an end.
After connecting your iPhone to your computer, iTunes let you know that a new firmware is available and ask if you want to download and install it.
If you’ve used a jailbreak to load third-party apps onto [...]

Nokia to lay off 2,300 employees in Germany

Nokia announced that they will soon be closing their German factory in Bochum, leaving 2,300 people out of work.
The reason for the factory closure is “market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness.”
Negotiations with labor unions have already and Nokia plans to close the plant as soon as possible.
[Via Electronicsta]

The Macworld keynote is over, did you get what you wanted?

At 9:14am today Steven Jobs took the stage and the keynote officially began.
Lets run through what was announced:

Updated Airport Extreme Base Station with built-in hard drive (500GB version for $299 or 1TB version for $499) called “Time Capsule” for backing up from Leopard with Time Machine application.
iPhone SDK releasing in February.
iPhone 1.1.3 firmware released (see [...]

Macworld opens today, line for keynote started yesterday

For those anxiously awaiting the opening of Macworld 2008 and the Steve Jobs keynote, take a deep breath–today is the day.
The line for people to see the keynote address in person began yesterday, and by 10pm there were roughly 20 people in line (that’s the front of the line on the left snapped by Matthew [...]

Next Palm OS not coming until early 2009

According to Stephane Maes, VP of Smartphone Product Marketing for Palm, the next version of their Palm operating system won’t be released until early 2009.
So what will Palm be doing for the rest of the year?
More of the same, I imagine.
A new model number slapped onto more or less the same smartphone.
Palm stopped innovating long [...]

Share Flickr pictures with your friends online using Photophlow

If you’ve ever wanted to share a bunch of photos in your Flickr account with friends and family that are not in the same physical location, maybe you’ve thought about doing it via IM.
If you have and it sucked, or just thinking about it now it sounds like it would suck, check out Photophlow.
Photophlow is [...]

Make changes to Leopard without going to the terminal

If you’ve been curious about what sort of modifications you can make to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard but aren’t a fan of the terminal, LeopardMOD can help.
LeopardMOD is a visual tool that lets you easily do things like:

Change the menu bar from transparent to solid white or grey
Disable the Dashboard
Change the Dock from 3D to [...]

Watch as much as you want: Netflix removes restrictions for downloadable movies

When Netflix first added the “watch now” feature to allow users to download films over the Internet, subscribers were limited with how many hours of video they could view. Each dollar in their subscription price got them 1 hour of downloadable video, so an $18 per month plan could watch up to 18 hours of [...]

Griffin PowerDock charges 4 iPods/iPhones at once

If you have a lot of iPods and/or iPhones in your household, maybe you’ve found yourself fighting over a charger (maybe in a dorm situation?).
If this sounds like you or someone you know, Griffin is willing to trade you some money for their PowerDock iPod/iPhone charger.
The 4-slot version goes on sale in April for $70, [...]

Major Nelson silenced – no more Xbox Live status updates thanks to lawsuit

Major Nelson, the friendly front-end to the world of Microsoft Xbox and Xbox LIVE, has always come off as someone who cares about Xbox owners and LIVE subscribers (am I wrong?).
During Christmas when Xbox LIVE was up and down (still not 100% fixed), Major Nelson did his best to keep anyone who would check his [...]