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Google pushes out update for Android, to fix jailbreak root access loophole

I just told you yesterday that Android is jailbreakable, which jailbreaker can easily get root access. But, Google team is kind of efficient and has pushed out a fix for it.

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Jailbreak the Android OS and the T-Mobile G1

Android powered handset will be the next one that hackers are eyeing on after the iPhone. They will try to find all possible ways to jailbreak it. Especially, the recently released T-Mobile G1, it will be the main target to get it jailbroken.

Since Android is an open source OS, and many would wanna try out 3rd party software apps on it. But ironically, it doesn’t allow 3rd party software to access its file system. In order to install the third party applications on Android handset, you have to jailbreak it, similar to what has been done on the iPhone.

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Smule Ocarina transforms iPhone into an expressive musical wind instrument

It’s Smule again, which has great app for the iPhone. This time, it’s an app that transforms your iPhone into a flute-like wind instrument, Ocarina.

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Epocrates Rx – a drug information databank for your iPhone

If you’re a pharmacist, a doctor or someone who needs to frequently access to information on drugs, and you’re also an iPhone user, you can then download the Epocrates Rx software onto your iPhone to give you a helpful databank of those drugs and pills.

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Google Earth for the iPhone

Just in case your haven’t heard of – Yeah, the Google Earth has been released for the iPhone and also iPod Touch. Now even on your iPhone, you can use Google Earth to zoom down to see your house. Using the Google Earth on iPhone, you might be able to catch the guy next door peeing on your lovely plants in your garden.

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Sonic Boom explodes inside your iPhone

It’s Smule again, which created the Sonic Lighter, has now created another interesting application for the iPhone. This time it’s a sonic boom which explodes inside the iPhone.

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Sonic Vox – a real-time iPhone voice changer

Sonic Vox is an application for the iPhone which turns iPhone into a real-time voice changer. Using this app on your iPhone, you can make yourself to sound like any character.

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Google Gears Geolocation can now tell precisely your laptop’s location using WiFi

Google Gears – the browser’s plugin which allows a web app to work offline and store data offline, has just been released with the new Geolocation API, allows location-enabled web sites to securely locate where a laptop user is, using WiFi.

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AppLoop – an iPhone application generator

AppLoop is a great tool being developed by a new venture by Eric Kerr and Ashwani Kumar. The tool allows a novice to start developing applications for iPhone in just minutes.

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Dubreq iStylophone turns iPhone into an organ

Various applications have been made for the iPhone which turn it into a great musical instrument. We’ve seen piano, guitar, drum and now we have a Stylophone here.

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