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iPhone News: iOS 4.02 and Ultrasn0w 1.1.1 Released

Apple has just released iOS 4.02 for the iPhone which fixes the PDF security flaw that allowed the jailbreakme.com web site to function. As most good jailbreakers now now, do NOT upgrade to this version of the software as it is currently un-jailbreakable.

In other news, Ultrasn0w 1.1.1 has been released (the tool you need to unlock your iPhone). This new release has been tweaked and should improve standby battery performance.

I’m currently waiting on my new factory unlocked iPhone 4 which is coming from the UK. My friend, who waited for about an hour at the new Covent Garden Apple Store to pick one up, tells me that the line for the unlocked iPhone was about 100 people when he got there and 300 people when he left. There was no line at all for iPhones with a service contract.

He also says that a lot of the people in the line were foreigners wanting to get one. The Apple employee told him that they were moving around 3,000 iPhones a day from that location alone. They had gotten a new shipment the previous night and expected to be sold out by that afternoon.

- via iPhone Hacks

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August 12, 2010

Craigslist Updates Its Look

Wow. After years and years of keeping the same old design, Craigslist has actually started to tweak its look. Yes, these design changes are minimal, but it has made the site look a lot “cleaner.” They’ve even added some JavaScript menu navigation on the sides.

Like I said, nothing revolutionary, but a huge change for a site that has resisted making any changes over the years.

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August 12, 2010

Cool Sites: Take.fm – Slick Movie Torrent Indexer

This community driven site is well designed and polished showing you what movies are the most popular, recent, and highest rated. It’s a great way to find out about some new flicks.

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August 11, 2010

Best resignation ever.

This girl quits her job by sending 33 photos on a dry erase board to her entire office. Hilarious…

Check out the rest of the photos at The Chive.

UPDATE: Turns out it was all a hoax. People believed it because I think everyone at some point would have wanted to quit this way.

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August 10, 2010

Great day to download some new music…

Somehow I missed all this great new music until today (or maybe I just finally had some free time to actually look around):

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack: crappy vampire movie, but great alternative soundtrack featuring Metric, Muse, The Bravery, Vampire Weekend and a lot more.
The National – High Violet: this album leaked early, but I finally downloaded it now. They’re a great Brooklyn-based indie band.
Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You: I played her first album to death after discovering her long before she made it to the States (I actually saw her first NYC show that she had to play for free after failing to get a work visa), but so far this one has not impressed me as much. I’m going to have to give it a few more listens.
Kele – The Boxer: solo album from the lead singer of Bloc Party. The singles are pretty good, but I still have to get through the rest of the album. I was disappointed in Bloc Party’s last album, so hopefully this one is better.
Interpol: two tracks (Lights and Barricade) from their September 7 self-titled album have been released, and they’re both classic Interpol. Lights is in my “heavy rotation.”

Here’s some of the YouTube videos of the above artists. Definitely worth checking out!