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There's been a lot of hoopla lately about the latest "iPhone worm" that apparently will Rickroll your iPhone. The worm makes its way to your iPhone through SSH, since the default password is "alpine" for every single install of OpenSSH. Now, before you get freaked out, you don't have much to worry about if your...

Hello. RoryPiper here again. This week I've got a "how-to" Winterboard theme, that will allow you to set anything you want as your 3G logo. This will work on Mac or Windows. All you really need is some kind of image editing software, that will allow you to create and export a PNG file, with...

One of the main reasons people jailbreak their iPhones, is to get the ability to customize the iPhone OS with different themes that can be downloaded from Cydia or, if you have the capability, create yourself. A "revolution" - ary new theme that was released a few weeks ago, by Justin Williams, in the Cydia...

I came across a few posts today discussing a newly revised app called PhoneView, brought to us by a company called ECAMM. What i found interesting about this app is the impressive list of features that it boasts, without the need to Jailbreak your iPhone. The main feature that caught my attention was the ability...

Remember when we posted about the Live Traffic feature in Google Maps going "live" in Canada? This feature is pretty darn awesome, and many people have been wondering how the service actually works to find all the busy hot spots. The answer is quite simple, according to the Official Google Blog. Google wrote about this...

Way back in 2004, I got an invite to setup my first Gmail account. At the time I was suffering with the abysmal interface and slowness of Windows Hotmail. Well, after fully making the switch to Gmail, my life has changed for the better. IMAP, Push, and cloud computing with all those Google services make...

I always get some interesting news and tips from the fantastic readership out there. These tips always lead to post ideas and today we're going to tackle how to change your iPhone's desktop/SMS background. It will require a jailbroken iPhone. Let's get started! How to Change your iPhone Desktop/SMS Backgroud: Use the Desktop/SMS Background App...

One of the silliest, but funnest apps I've used over the past week, has got to be "I Am T-Pain", by Smule. Smule are known for other great apps like "Ocarina" and "Leaf Trombone: World Stage". "I Am T-Pain", records your voice on it's own (Freestyle), or singing along to full on, karaoke-style tracks, and adds...

There have been a lot of innovative apps to come from the developers who host their stuff on Cydia, rather than the App Store. One such app, which I never really hear people talk about, is "Categories". It comes from BigBoss, and is a free download in Cydia. It's been around for a while, but...

If you're a heavy iPhone user, it's easy to fill up your homescreens with tonnes of apps. One major grip is moving an app from the last page to the main homescreen. You have to drag, drag, and drag again. It's very time consuming and painful. However, there is hope upon the horizon. It's in...

Hey, everyone. RoryPiper here. I've been away for a couple of weeks, but I'm back, with a quick, easy hack, that will change the "Slide to Unlock" text, on your lock screen. This will work on the iPhone or iPod Touch, but requires it to be jailbroken, with Winterboard installed. Basically, we are creating a...

Before I even begin this post, I want to make very clear that I know what I am about to talk about is old, old, old, old news. How do I know this? Because it has been around since June 17, 2009 and maybe even earlier. The reason I am posting this is because this...