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The iPhone world has been clamoring for this one for awhile. And what better way to start the new year then by playing around with the Dev Team's newest creation--an official unlock for the iPhone 3G. We'll run through the basics of this wonderful little tool and show you exactly how you can jailbreak and unlock your phone
Send article links and scans and afternoon tidbits and news to beckyfansofdavid@gmail.com. More pics from New Year’s Eve Julie sent use her vids and they’re really good. I know this post is about to make our site explode, but indulge me… Pics: Vids: A Little Too Not Over You Crush (partial…of the group singing with him and that COOLNESS ending) Countdown to midnight from a different angle Cynthia went to the NewPhoria New Year’s Eve party. Here are her pics and story! Th

With Chinese New Year around the corner, Play-asia.com is having a sale of their Games, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Nintendo DS, Wii are on sale! I saw prices of UMDs as low at USD $2.90 and what is more you qualify for the Chinese New Year lucky draw when you make a purchase of items what has a small image of a pig at the side. Almost 3000 items are on sale so take a look and make a purchase.

Notable offers:
Ridge Racer 6 (Xbox 360), USD $19.90
Sweet Paradise (PSP), USD $2.90
Donkey Kong : Jungle Beat (Gamecube), USD $6.90
Winning Eleven DS (NDS), USD $9.90

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It’s the new year and I believe there are some websites reporting about web 3.0. But I thought why not compile a list of web 2 applications that I have been using for 2006 and some web 2.0 applications that I might try in 2007.
Here’s the list of web 2 applications

Del.icio.us – Social bookmarking site, love it for making bookmarking so simple and easy. Plus I think the url is simply cool

Stumbleupon.com – A great tool to find new websites that you never imagine exists online. I found several get websites here.

Pageflakes.com – Allows users to customize their front page to pull in information from around the web. I didn’t really use this site, but I thought it might be good to mention.

Ajax13.com – Web Office application that I haven’t tried. But I tried Google SpreadSheets and Google Word (writely) they are ok for normal usage. Not sure about this Ajax13, might give it a shot in future.
Linkin.com – Professional Social Network, I feel this site has a big future. Linkin helps professionals socialize virtually and make new connections and business deals.?Ǭ† A tip for friendster would be to follow Linkin, after all the college students in friendster will have to come out to the workforce sooner or later.

It’s Christmas weekend, sorry I couldn’t update much news these few days so I thought I just do a quick and dirty summary of some interesting tech news that I thought would be fun to mention. So here we go…

Windows Vista Exploit code Proof of concept
A Russian hacker forum has posted a proof of concept exploit code on breaking into MS Windows Vista.

Playstation 3 sells 1 million sets
Here’s a game focus website that has reported that the number of Playstation 3 sold has hit the 1 million mark. You can see Wii and other consoles numbers here too.

Best Buy Gets Sued For Using Pirated Software
Hmm here’s a twist where Best Buy after breaking off a deal with a software company gets sued for not having enough licenses. I feel its the company’s way of getting back at BestBuy haha
Red Hat: Earnings up, customers in, competitors out
Hohoho
Red Hat has it’s earnings heading towards the sky cool eh. Now I wonder if Red Hat would be able to make head way in to the consumer market and erode MS market share? I need to get an alternative before I format my HDD :P
That’s all for now. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year all :)

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