24kt gold and sapphire Macbook Air

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Design, Mods / Hacks, PC / Laptop,

The fine folks over at Computer Choppers have decided it best to take an average, everyday Macbook Air and deck it out in 24 karat gold. As if that wasn’t enough, they also covered the Apple logo in multi-colored sapphires, which we actually think looks kind of mint. To complete the whole package, they’ve even gone ahead and gold-plated the MacBook Air SuperDrive as well. After all, you don’t wanna be rocking the iced out computer, only to have to break out the old and busted optical drive, do you? Didn’t think so.

Check out the 24k MacBook Air gallery for more images.

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iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks and unlocks iPhone 2.0

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Mods / Hacks, Software,

In an absurd turn of events, the iPhone Dev Team has announced that they’ve completely unlocked the upcoming iPhone 2.0 software that we are all waiting to get access to come this June. Even better, it is a full unlock as opposed to a simple jailbreak. Custom hacked firmware, ready to run and install any application, whether is is unsigned or “Apple Approved.” Better still, the Dev Team believes that this is a hole that Apple is going to have a very difficult time closing. I guess I should have known when my pal Nate True informed me a while back that, until Apple releases new iPhone hardware, the method used for breaking in will continue to work, regardless of any changes made to the software. This is all part of the Pwnage Project.

We love it.

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Morph: Future of Technology?

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Design, Mods / Hacks, Science,

Nokia’s researchers and the University of Cambridge have come up with the “Morph.” On display at MoMA this month through mid-May, the concept is meant to display the flexibility of future mobile devices. Morph’s technology is pliable, self-cleaning, and transparent, and can be ergonomically rearranged. For example, a folded design would fit in a pocket or on a wrist, while an unfolded one could become a handset. In addition, Morphing will less expensive, take up less space on the planet, and be eco-friendly. We are all for any idea that we can wear instead of forget when we are in a rush.

Read More | Nokia

This Elmo Doesn’t Want to be Tickled

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Mods / Hacks, Toys, Videos,

We thought that the new Elmo Live was a bit eerie, but it turns out that an “Elmo Knows Your Name” really did get spooky after 2 year-old James’ mom changed the batteries. Although the toy is programmed to say over 100 phrases, we don’t believe that “Kill James” is one of them. Fisher Price has offered to replace the child’s companion, but we are thinking if mom is smart, she should hang on to it and pass it on to someone who could figure out why Elmo has such rage. Then again, she could probably make a killing on eBay.

Read More | RealTechNews

iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak app for OS X now available

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Mods / Hacks, Portable Audio / Video, Software,

Here’s a quick update for you iPhone owners running OS X who want to get in on the 1.1.3 jailbreaking fun. We told you that Nate was working on a solution for Mac users, and he just published it. It isn’t as pretty as iBrickr is on the Windows side of things, but it works. Click below to download the DMG file, which will launch Terminal. Follow the instructions in the Terminal window, and you are good to go.

We will have video tutorials available soon over at Bleeding Edge TV. For more info on the OS X download, hit the 1.1.3 jailbreak page.

UPDATE: Here is a video tutorial showing you how to jailbreak your 1.1.3 iPhone on OS X!

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iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak released

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Mods / Hacks, Portable Audio / Video,

We told you earlier that the iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak was coming soon, and now it’s here. See, that wasn’t too long a wait, right? Now you can get your web clip on, enjoy the Maps location features, and SMS 20 friends at once all while pimping your favorite third-party apps as well. Click through over to my pal Nate’s page for the easy way to do it on the WIndows platform using his iBrickr software.

UPDATE: We’ve got the details on the 1.1.3 jailbreak method for OS X.

Read More | Cre.ations.net

iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak coming today

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Mods / Hacks, Software,

Alright guys, we know you’ve been waiting for the official jailbreak method ever since the iPhone 1.1.3 firmware went live last week. Fret no more, as that day has finally come. While it isn’t released just yet, we can confirm that the iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak method will be available later today. In fact, it may be out in as little as an hour or two. As you can see in our image above, we have our web clips and Installer.app running on our 1.1.3 iPhone. Even better, if you are uncomfortable with all the command line typing that it takes to jailbreak your phone, you will be happy to know that a new Special Edition version of iBrickr will be available later today as well, and it will be fully capable of jailbreaking your iPhone running the 1.1.3 firmware.

EDIT: Oh yeah, for all you iPhone owners running OS X rather than Windows, a version of iBrickr for OS X is definitely in the works!

EDIT #2: Here are the goods. The iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak software for Windows and for OS X.

2007’s Ten Most Popular Episodes of Bleeding Edge TV

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, CES, CES 2007, Features, Handhelds, Mods / Hacks, PC / Laptop, Product Reviews, Software, Transportation, Video Games, Videos, Wireless / WiFi,

We know we are a couple days late, but being the extreme hardcore rockers that we are, we weren’t coherent enough to push out our top 10 most popular episodes of Bleeding Edge TV, Gear Live’s technology video show. Or something like that. Anyhoo, click through to check out the ten videos that were viewed the most in 2007. If we’ve learned anything from compiling the list, it’s that you guys love yourselves some iPhone, Bluetooth, AMD, and video games. Exclusives also seem to strike your fancy.

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Update tabbed browsing on the iPhone/iPod touch with Tabulate

Posted by Sparky Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Internet, Mods / Hacks, Software,

News in brief: Inventivelabs has released a JavaScript based hack for the iPhone and iPod touch, which gives users far more control of their tabbed browsing experience. By simply adding their JavaScript bookmarklet to your computer and syncing it over to the iPhone you can quickly and easily open links in a page in a new tab, save links for later reviews, and manage tabs all in a surprisingly slick manner. It’s not a perfect solution being based in a bookmarklet, but adding this critical piece of functionality makes mobile Safari a far nicer experience.

Read More | Inventive Labs

SuTree: Online community learning

Posted by Sparky Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, Mods / Hacks, Science, Videos,

SuTree is a new community based education site aimed at bringing together e-learning content creators and their community. Much like a video oriented Instructables, SuTree allows users to create and share videos helping users learn anything from how to make cheesecake, to how to speak a foreign language. The recent boom of online knowledge silos is a fantastic boon for the entire world - sites like SuTree, Wikipedia, MAKE, and Etsy are helping everyone learn new things and share their knowledge using the power of the internet with the power of user-created content.

Go internet!