How to change your SSH password on the iphone November 8, 2009 | perivision | 2 Comments There are more reports of hackers mucking around with jailbroken iphone where SSH is on and the password has not been changed. So again, for all you jailbroken iPhone users out there, change your password, or as I do, keep SSH off. Here are the instructions. If you want to thank me, a Guinness would… Read More
Wanna buy 87 iphone apps, and the company that goes with it? Ebay baby! November 6, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I get some odd press releases now and again, but this one was interting. Seems that Brice Milliorn has had enough with his little iphone app making enterprise and wants to sell it off. Fair enough. The twist here? EBay! Normally, I’m shopping for Christmas gifts, or used computer stuff, or oddities here and there. … Read More
Blackra1n RC3 has unlock as well as jailbreak for iphone 3g and 3gs November 5, 2009 | perivision | 1 Comment Its still RC keep in mind, but according to the site, unlock is in place. I have been holding off on upgrading from 3.0 till I was sure I could unlock. Now I have no plans to unlock from AT&T, but I always want to be sure I CAN if I need to. So it… Read More
A new Blog with a list of iPhone press releases November 3, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment As well as having my own blog here, I also write for iphoneLife magazine. As such, I get quite a few press released that are iphone related. Most of the time, I delete them unless there is something that catches my fancy. But then I thought, I should post these for other people. So I… Read More
Blackra1n returns tethering for iphone jailbreakers November 3, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I use PDANet so I’m unaffected by all this, but I saw this on TC’s mobile crunch and felt compelled to share. 🙂 Now again, as I remind my readers every time, there is a difference between jailbreaking and unlocking. {UPDATE: the newest version RC3 now has unlock as well as jailbreak. I have not… Read More
Hackers breaking into a jailbroken iphones and how to stop them November 3, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Saw this story via CNET. I was a bit concerned till I read how the hack was done. A bit of background information though, seems a hacker got in to a few jailbroken iphone running T-Mobile in the Netherlands. Basically, it puts a message on your phone saying you have been hacked and to learn… Read More
Top versions of ‘Still Alive’ from the ending credits of the game, Portal November 1, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I stumbled across a cool animation of ‘Still Alive’ song from the end credits of Portal. So I did a quick search and posted them here. Please suggest more and I’ll update this page. Be patient, all these Youtube objects take a long time to load. I like this one, but the sound was poorly… Read More
Turn by Turn Nav on your Mobile via Google. GPS device stocks plunge October 29, 2009 | perivision | 1 Comment Now unless you have been living under a rock, or you are a rock, in which you are fully excuse from knowing about this game changer. Google is now providing turn by turn navigation on enabled mobile devices for free. That means any smart phone that has GPS and Interwebs connection will most likely be… Read More
Full Color Beautiful Comics on the Apple and other Tablets October 28, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I did not even think about this till I saw the article in Gizmodo. The Kindle was a device I was never really convinced about and when the tablet war started, I know they all be winners on the ebook front. Well, think about this. Full color comics! yea, just like in the newspapers and… Read More
Single page for reinstalling your web apps, useful for windows 7 reinstalls October 26, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Like most people who had any choice, I avoided installing MS Vista. I did download Windows 7 (build 7100 and RC) and have been quite impressed. So in addition to dropping my hard drives and installing SSD’s (which I also recommend) I’m beginning a computer by computer reinstall to Windows 7 (except for my Mac… Read More
XKCD Says goodbye to GeoCities October 26, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment XKCD is full of win! And I remember when the web used to look like this. Yes, its true kiddies! You have no idea how good you have it now… spoiled brats! 🙂 And here is your screenShot…… Read More
Cool Geekness with new NASA iphone app October 23, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment As an ex-NASA guy (seems way back to me now) I had to check this out when I saw the write up on CNET. Its pretty cool! Well designed and laid out, not trying to do too much but doing a good job with what it does do. The app give you updates on various… Read More
iphone app from Oracle that looks like its from a startup. October 21, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Oracle has a new iphone app that looks ok. In the promotional animation, a business man is flying to Paris, France to give a presentation. Great. Often, and I can attest to this, you have to use cash for things because your card is not always accepted. So, this application called ‘iReceipts’ seems like any… Read More
A firefox browser in iphone? Perhaps not, but what if… October 18, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Om Malik from GigaOm started a rumor (and I only say rumor to be safe) that Mozilla is planning something for the iphone. Now the first thought is; “Hey! Firefox on the iphone! ” Yeah. As sweet as that would be, and you bet it would be sweet because the browsing experience on the iphone… Read More
What is Augmented Reality on mobile devices? October 16, 2009 | perivision | 7 Comments I wrote this as a companion piece for an article that may show up in the next issue of iphoneLife, but I thought I would include it here and now since AR is getting more relevant. Also, one of the things I said NEEDS to part of the AR toolkit for iphone (mobile) got a… Read More
Text message (SMS) to voice on the iphone October 16, 2009 | perivision | 9 Comments My nephew Jared turned me on to this app. DriveSafe.ly is still in Alpha and only on jailbreak at the moment. At some point they will release it via the app store, but without backgrounder, I’m not sure how useful it is. The app is simple enough; every 5sec or 1min it checks for new… Read More
Augmented Reality app Layar is finally on the iPhone! October 14, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Just saw this via a tweet. I’m going to load it play with it later, but here is the link. http://layar.com/layar-is-in-the-iphone-app-store/… Read More
New iPhones have current jailbreak exploit blocked October 14, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment So what does that mean? Well in short, the exploit that has been used in the rain series is now closed. Basically the new crop of iphones you get off the shelf cannot be jailbroken. This includes BlackRa1n if I understand the TechCrunch article correctly. (I still need to research this a bit more). If… Read More
Realtime collaboration on the iphone? Enter Adobe Connect mobile. October 12, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment This is great news, and WAY faster then I expected it. Right now, there is not a solution for real time collaboration for mobile devices, and given limitations of screen real estate , memory and CPU power, its not surprising. The great part about flash, is how easy it is to build modules and swap… Read More
Google search options spotted on the iphone October 12, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Just showed up today, at least I noticed it today. When you do a google search on the iphone, you now get options like on the desktop. Its not full featured, meaning we still do not have an advanced option, but still, bit by bit, google is providing a rich experience through the mobile web… Read More