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Submission + - iPhone 3G Jailbreak Released, Open Source Coming

Submitted by PainMeds on Sunday July 20, 2008 @10:19AM

PainMeds writes: iPhone Atlas is reporting that the first jailbreak for the iPhone 3G has been released, and includes the popular Cydia community installer for distributing free games and applications. Since Apple's SDK was released, web sites have criticized Apple for the restrictions placed on both what developers could write and what APIs they were allowed to use. Others have noted the SDK's incompatibility with the GPL. The Cydia installer has provided a distribution channel for both open source software and software that would otherwise be impossible to build using the restricted SDK. A few applications are already out, including MobileTerminal and NES.app, a Nintendo game console emulator. In just over a week, open development is finally here for the iPhone 3G!

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Comment Re:There already is a Java port to the iPhone (Score 1) 275

by saurik on Saturday March 08, 2008 @05:42PM (#22688784) Attached to: Sun Is Porting Java To the iPhone

I got that working ;P. It's JamVM with a custom connector from Java to Objective-C that works like PyObjC, allowing access to all of the frameworks on the device. It's actually been around for _months_ now, but I have been quite busy and have been unable to really market it well enough. If anyone wants more information, please e-mail me: saurik@saurik.com. My website is http://www.saurik.com/, and I've had a bunch of time in the last couple days to actually write articles for my site, and JocStrap/iPhone/Java is next ;P.

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Feed Science Daily: Cell That Triggers Symptoms In Allergy Attacks Can Also Limit Damage, Scientists (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Sunday September 02, 2007 @08:12PM

A blood cell known as a troublemaker for triggering the itch and inflammation in allergy attacks, the mast cell, can also calm down the flare-ups, researchers have found. The findings reveal that, in mice, mast cells help decrease skin damage over time from sun exposure or from poison oak.

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Quick and Dirty Penryn Benchmarks 90

Posted by kdawson on Saturday August 25, 2007 @08:04AM from the they-don't-remember-quick-they-just-remembr-dirty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "So Intel has their quad-core Penryn processors all set and ready to launch in November. There are benchmarks for the dual-core Wolfdale all over the place, but this seems to be the first article to put the quad-core Yorkfield to the test. It looks like the Yorkfield is only about 7-8% faster than the Kentsfield with similar clock speeds and front-side bus."

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Submission + - Is There a Secret Sauce for a Hit Social Network? (socialcomputingmagazine.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19, 2007 @04:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: People hungry for social interaction on the web currently have a near boundless choice for their communal appetites, but this article in Social Computing Magazine notes that is increasingly difficult to launch a new one and achieve any real traction with it. The article chooses Virb as an example of one that's waned after a momentary spike, while Facebook continues its meteoric rise, causing recent speculation that it may even replace email. What makes FB a potential killer app and Virb an also-ran – what's the present consensus on the secret sauce for a globally successful social network?

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Feed Science Daily: Threats To Hope: Desperation Affects Reasoning About Product Information (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Sunday July 15, 2007 @12:12AM

When our hopes are threatened, we often turn to the marketplace for help. Can't fit into the gorgeous outfit you bought for your high school reunion? Trying to get pregnant? Want a bigger house but afraid you can't afford it? A new study argues that in situations like these, consumers are susceptible to "motivated reasoning." We believe what we want to believe about products that promise to help --- even if the arguments don't come from credible sources.

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Submission + - Message in a Bottle

Submitted by

theodp

on Saturday July 14, 2007 @11:58PM

theodp writes: "At the Peninsula hotel in Beverly Hills, where rooms start at $500, the minibar in all 196 rooms contains six bottles of Fiji Water. Back in Fiji, where a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market, more than half the people do not have safe, reliable drinking water. Fast Company takes a look at the economics and psychology of America's $15 billion-a-year bottled water business, and what it says about our culture of indulgence. Perhaps you'd enjoy a $55 bottle of Bling H2O while you read it."

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