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Officially Unlock AT&T iPhone, no Jailbreak required

Good news for AT&T iPhone owners. AT&T has officially announced that the company will finally allow its customers to unlock their iPhone. This will allow its customers to use other carriers' SIM cards in your device, which you own, No jailbreak required. The official date for unlocks to commence was yesterday, April 8. Here is the process get get your iPhone unlocked:- To unlock an AT&T iPhone, subscribers must have completed their service contracts and their accounts must be in good standing or pay an early termination fee. Previously, AT&T refused to unlock subscribers iPhones, though the company had no problem unlocking other phones. The unlock can be conducted in your local AT&T store, but that’s not the only way you get your smartphone unlocked. You can also hit the AT&T website and have your iPhone unlocked using the company’s online chat feature. Apparently, the process takes only a few minutes and the only information needed is your iPhone IMEI....

Adobe releases Free Photoshop CS6 beta with more content aware tools and 3D editing features

Adobe has released upcoming  Photoshop CS6 Beta, preview of the company’s  popular flagship digital imaging software , and bringing with it a range of new Content-Aware tools and  3D capabilities, which includes enhanced performance and the ability to change the position, color, material, shadow, and light source of a 3D image .  The most obvious change is the color scheme: Photoshop now has a dark color scheme made up of various shades of gray. It’s a more trendy look — Photoshop Elements already has it — and Adobe says that it helps the tools retreat into the background so you can concentrate on your image. Various elements such as dialog boxes, sliders and other controls are now more consistent, too.  The new Content-Aware Patch, for instance, can easily duplicate an area of an image elsewhere as a fill, while   Content Aware Move lets you drag objects or people around in a photo — and Photoshop automatically repairs the background. With the right...

Firefox 11 releases with 3D Debugging and Add-on sync

After some delay Mozilla has finally released Firefox 11 of its open source browser, with improved developer tools over the previous versions. The latest version takes us into some new territory - 3D.  The new "tilt" feature lets you view a 3D representation of pages in layers of related content. A new live Style Editor, meanwhile, lets them make changes to CSS style sheets and see the results instantly.. The depth of nesting of a page element is mapped to its depth in a 3D view. So. for example. a button nested in a set of divs would stand out higher than a button in the body of the page. Once you have the 3D page on the screen you can rotate it and zoom to see anything that takes your interest.You can also select any area and see the tag list that creates it just as you can in the standard 2D representation. Firefox 11 now adds the ability to sync add-ons, extensions, and browser customizations. Previously, Firefox users could sync bookmarks, passwords, preferences, hi...

Remove/Disable Facebook birthdays from Android calender

Android Phones have a great calendar app built in that can pull from your Google Calendar, Exchange, PC Sync, Facebook and more. I love having all my events from different calendar's combined into my phone's calendar, but if when you combine Facebook's calendar, then your phone gets flooded with birthdays, especially if you have many friends on Facebook you don't even know. Nearly every day in my calendar was flooded because of the birthdays and unable to distinguish my important events. If you are frustrated like me with these then, there's a way to fix this and it's actually fairly simple, just a couple of steps:- Go to Settings -> Accounts & sync Uncheck Facebook calendar (in my case it was Facebook inside Xperia). Then Open you Calendar app and go to Options -> More -> My Calendars Select synced, not visible Press Ok and all that junk is gone. Note:- You might need to delete all events in some Android Phones to delete...

Jailbreak Sn0wBreeze Adds Support For iOS 5.1 (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) devices enable Cydia

The new version of Sn0wBreeze offers a tethered solution, meaning jailbreakers will have to hook-up their iPhone to a computer if it powers down or reboots. This is a minor annoyance, but something the hardcore jailbreak fans out there will be willing to put up with in order to get Cydia back on their iOS devices. Using this application users can enjoy newly added support for iOS 5.1, for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, iOS devices. Besides support for iOS 5.1, iH8sn0w has made a number of bug fixes and performance improvements to the jailbreak tool. The new version of Sn0wBreeze offers a tethered solution, meaning jailbreakers will have to hook-up their iPhone to a computer if it powers down or reboots. This is a minor annoyance, but something the hardcore jailbreak fans out there will be willing to put up with in order to get Cydia back on their iOS devices. You can downloda latest version of Sn0wBreeze from here , for Mac and Windows. Get our regular updates in Google Curre...

Ubuntu Linux to run on Android Phones, A desktop on smartphone.

Have you ever wondered how powerful today's smartphones have become? If you ask Canonical the makers behind popular Ubuntu Linux, powerful enough to run full fledged desktop class OS with ease.  This could simply lead to a future where your mobile phone can double up as a portable desktop and a mobile. With Ubuntu for Android, which the company says launches a full desktop OS experience whenever you connect your phone to a computer screen and keyboard. With it, Canonical claims you’ll be able to use Android on the phone and Ubuntu as your desktop, both running simultaneously on the same device, with seamless sharing of contacts, messages and other common services. The company states that the phone experience will be pure Android–it’s a normal Android phone. When the device is connected to a computer screen, however, it launches a full Ubuntu desktop on the computer display. It’s exactly the same Ubuntu Unity desktop many are...

Siri alternative Evi available for iOS and Android devices

Are you waiting to try Siri (Apple's virtual voice based personal assistant), but don't wanna get locked by Apple walled garden or enjoy Android or have an iPhone older then 4S. Y ou can try hacking Siri onto another device, but Apple’s so-called “intelligent personal assistant” is only officially available for iPhone 4S only. Introducing,a new  voice activated personal assistant for smartphones that may give Apple's "Siri" a run for its money. So, if you’re looking for a straightforward, legal way to enjoy Siri-like functionality on Android hardware — or any Apple gear other than the fanciest of iPhones — you’ll have to enlist a Siri copycat app. The latest of the bunch, released Monday, is called Evi. According to the developer’s description, “Evi understands what you want to know and gives back exactly what you’re after.” Right now, She may not be Siri, but Evi is a useful AI tool for getting quick information on the go. “Evi knows about a billi...

Review : BlackBerry Curve 9380

RIM recently launched a new  device named Blackberry Curve 9380. RIM as of lately is trying to break away from  the image of a staid, business phone and this  device is being marketed as the first consumer oriented , mass market full touch Blackberry device.  The 9380 looks almost identical to the 9350 from the back with only difference being the placement of USB port.  The front of the Curve 9380 is dominated by a 3.2 inches (~188 ppi) TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 360x480. The touchscreen is generally bright and responsive.  The bottom of the device has four backlit buttons separated by an optical trackpad in the middle.  Smooth fingerprint-prone plastic is flanked by high quality matte black plastics on both sides.  The camera remains a 5MP unit with LED flash capable of  2592х1944 pixels still resolution and  VGA recording. The video quality disappointed us but it might be a limitation with 800Mhz si...

LAVA Mobiles launched LAVA A16 MTV Phone for Rs. 4000

Lava Mobile has launched a music phone with MTV India, called the Lava A16 MTV Phone  with a unique combination of style and superior value that is specially designed for MTV generation  . The device is available on retail shelves right now, priced between Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 4,500. The Lava A16 features  a fashionable Diamond cut back cover with soft contours for easy handling,  SRS WOW HD audio via its bundled earphones, which also has dedicated audio controls and has a Yamaha PA system for an enhanced loudspeaker experience. The device has a 2.6-inch IPS gorgeous display, a 3.2MP camera with "LOMO effects",     Privacy Protection and Facebook application,  and a 900 mAh battery. Also including auto call recording, video player, mobile tracker, live wallpapers, multiple themes, as well as SMS and image locks. The phone is built to withstand impacts of up to 120 kg making it very durable and solid.

Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” sets to dethrone Ubuntu as top opensource OS

In past few months, Linux Mint is on a road to surpass Ubuntu as the most popular Linux operating. According to an open source ranking website DistroWatch, Linux Mint has already topped Ubuntu as the top Linux distro. Why, ? The reason is because the Mint is giving users a choice between old and new interfaces. According to Clem(Maintainer of Linux Mint) Mint is one of the last distro to support Gnome 2.32 which has been abandoned by major top distros like Ubuntu, Fedora etc.. The new interfaces on those systems have mostly focused on mobile metaphor instead of the traditional desktop metaphor. The Ubuntu's answer is controversial Unity which has been rejected by most users as is the Gnome Shell which is used by other distros. Linux Mint here took a very unique turn, they have rejected implementing Unity and have focused on Gnome Shell and MATE. The Gnome Shell is modified by Mint developers with MGSE(Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) to make Gnome Shell lo...

Digital Camera Guide

Digital Camera Guide So, it's time for a digital camera huh? Well, buying one can be more than a little difficult. What types of features should you look for? Well, this guide will tell you that plus get you a little more familiar with what these cameras are capable of. Megapixels When it comes to megapixels, the more the better. I recommend a minimum of 2, but 3 or 4 is great. We did a test to see if a camera with 2.3 megapixels (actually 1.92 - 1600 x 1200) could produce a good quality 8x10. Turns out it can, if you have the right paper and printer. We used HP Premium Plus photo paper with an HP 970 series printer and made a fantastic 8 x 10. Remember, I was a professional photographer before I got into computing, so I know a good print when I see it :-) The resolution at 8x10 (we had to crop in to make the picture proportional to 8x10) was only 150 DPI. Most printers would not make a real good 8x10 at that resolution, but this one did. So, if you want to be sure you can...