Stories by Gary Ng

If you're one to celebrate Christmas, then some of you could be last minute shoppers like myself. I'm talking Christmas Eve one hour before malls and stores close. Pressure shopping is where it's at. You just grab whatever you see fit and throw it into the cart. They don't like your gift? Hey, that's what...

Remember when Rogers "eliminated" their System Access Fee, only to replace it with the Government Regulated Recovery Fee (GRRF), which has nothing to do with the government whatsoever? Well, today Virgin Mobile's Chairman, Sir Richard Branson pulled out his guns to attack Rogers over this questionable and unjustified fee. I think he hit the nail...

We've heard a lot lately about Verizon's Motorola Android handset, Droid in the news. This latest device is on an all out assault on the iPhone and what it can't do. Well what we have here is a comparison of pictures taken by the Droid camera and that of an iPhone 3GS. The Droid sports...

Thanks to the efforts of Geohot, blacksn0w did trend as a topic on twitter and subsequently was released in full force to the internets! What makes this latest unlock impressive is that both PC and Mac users can use blackra1n to jailbreak immediately. No more waiting! blacksn0w Download Now Live and Ready to Unlock Your...

Remember when Geohot posted about unlocking the latest 05.11.07 iPhone baseband? Well, he succeeded in doing so and demonstrated to the world in a short videoclip. He announced the release was going to be on November 4th, but it looks like blacksn0w is going to be available TODAY! blacksn0w Download Will Be Available At Noon...

More carriers of the iPhone are a good thing for Canadians. Yet, looking at our exclusive leaked Bell and Telus iPhone plans, one might think otherwise. Yesterday Bell issued a press release confirming their scheduled November 4th debut of their highly anticipated HSPA+ GSM network. The following excerpts are from their press release: "In two...

Geohot recently turned down a $10,000 offer to buy his 05.11.07 iPhone unlock. Why? Well, that's because iPhone jailbreak and unlock tools should always be free! There are a lot of evil people out there repackaging the hard work of the iPhone Dev Team and Geohot as their own, and selling it as a service....

Yesterday we posted about Geohot and his attempts to the unlock the latest 05.11.07 baseband. Well, it looks like Geohot has been successful in his efforts! Today he posted a video showing proof that he has indeed unlocked an iPhone on the 05.11.07 baseband. Here is the video: blacksn0w Scheduled to Be Released November 4th...

Just a short tidbit for all you iPhone unlockers out there. Earlier this week, revered iPhone hacker, Geohot (maker of the blackra1n jailbreak utility) announced on twitter that he was going to start searching for an exploit for the 05.11.07 baseband (the current iPhone baseband firmware; use PwnageTool 3.1.4 to preserve your baseband!). blacksn0w: The...

Are you an avid blogger? Well, if you are and you have a Wordpress blog, you'll be happy to know that Wordpress 2 is now available in the App Store for download. This second revision is much improved over the original version, which quite frankly wasn't the best to use. Here are some highlights from...

Well, do you? If you do, you're probably in the same boat as hundreds of thousands, if not millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users that take their devices with them into the washroom. Remember the days of grabbing that Archie book with you to "drop the kids off at the pool", but now that...

You going to any Halloween parties this week? Are you a huge Apple "fanboy" that's tired of dressing up as Steve Jobs, yet again (black turtleneck, blue jeans, New Balance shoes, water bottle with sport top)? Well, if you haven't seen the following video yet, this is by far the most amazing iPhone Halloween costume--ever....