I have been researching and starting to track an issue that has come to my attention regarding the replacement batteries that Powerbook G4 15″ users received after the Replacement Program went into effect. I have recently acquired a 2.5 year old Powerbook G4 15″ that has a replacement battery. The battery, received earlier this year [...]
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Tracking: PowerBook 15″ Recalled Battery Replacements Defective?




(No Ratings Yet)iPhone: New, easier release of 1.1.2 jailbreak application released




(No Ratings Yet)Conceited Software has released an updated version of their 1.1.2 Jailbreak application.
I have not personally tested this nor do I have an iPhone or iPhone Touch that I can test it on since my iPhone is already jailbroken using my instructions here, but I’m assuming from some commentary that I have read that it supposedly [...]
iPhone: Netflix queue management meets iPhone with iFlix




(No Ratings Yet)It has been a while since I found a really useful iPhone 3rd party application that I really liked. Today I was really pleasantly surprised when I discovered a new release called “iFlix” in my 3rd party application installer.
Created by Brent Jensen, iFlix does (almost) everything that I would want a Netflix queue manager to [...]
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 - This time it WORKED!




(No Ratings Yet)My previous post showed how I failed miserably with the Jailbreak process on 1.1.2. Now I have done some research and have tried it again…and it WORKED!!!
UPDATE on 11.13.07 @ 3:45pm - added some screenshots of the iNdependence MobileFramework stuff at the end of the post.
UPDATE #2 on 11.15.07 @ 10:30am - added instructions on [...]
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 iPhone firmware DID NOT WORK FOR ME!




(No Ratings Yet)What started out as what I had hoped to be a relatively pain-free process has made me wince with TONS of pain. Listed below is what I TRIED to do to get my iPhone jailbroken on 1.1.2. IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME! Others may have had success, I did not. It could have been [...]
ALERT: LogMeIn Phishing Scam claims New Encryption




(No Ratings Yet)I just received an email supposedly from “security@logmein.com” claiming that LogMeIn.com is moving to 1024 bit encryption from 128 bit. I am an avid user of LogMeIn and love their service. This seemed a bit odd to me so I decided to investigate this a bit further. As it turns out, it is a Phishing [...]
Anniversary: 2 years of Blogging!




(No Ratings Yet)I can’t believe that I have been blogging for (only) two years. Tomorrow will be the 2 year anniversary of this incredibly information-filled post. I think that I have progressed a lot with the quality of my posts. Blogging has really become a passion for me, as I tried to quickly articulate on Blog Action [...]
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