CMOS News and updates

  Tic tac toe… … three in a row!  Apple released iOS 4.3.3 on Wednesday, and once again the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1 still works.  That makes it an unprecedented three firmwares where the same userland exploit works.  We’re not exactly sure why Apple hasn’t fixed the hole yet, but we’re

  This got a bit lost amid all the WWDC 2011 hubbub earlier this week, but Apple quietly delivered a bit of bad news to steadfast Windows XP users with its iCloud announcement.       Unlike its MobileMe service and recent versions of iTunes, which have somewhat surprisingly supported Windows XP all this time, use of

    NASA’s final shuttle mission will feature outer space’s first iPhone, tricked out with an app to measure spacecraft radiation levels, orbital location and altitude.     The iOS-based software, called SpaceLab, will come pre-loaded on two iPhone 4s. Testing the software isn’t mission-critical, but it may lead to terrestrial commercial devices being repurposed for

Wanting to stray as far from any Indiana Jones imagery as possible with Tomb Raider, video game developer Core Design originally chose a strong South American female as their lead character. Lead artist Toby Gard chose the name ‘Laura Cruz’, but, seeing as Core Design had recently been acquired by another British company, upper management

    This January, Sony debuted its new gaming handheld in Tokyo. The portable’s codename was introduced as NGP, or “Next Generation Portable”. Today, at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Sony revealed the handheld’s final name, PS Vita, as well as its pricing.     The portable has dual touch pads, dual cameras,

  On June 8, NASA joins organizations from across the globe to test out the next generation of the Internet, called Internet Protocol version six or IPv6. As more devices and people come online, the older Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) addresses — those sets of numbers that uniquely identify every device on the Internet

  The periodic table of the elements now officially has two new members, its heaviest ever. The new elements, 114 and 116 weigh 289 and 292 atomic mass units, respectively. By comparison, lead’s atomic weight is 207.2. These radioactive elements won’t remain that heavy for long: they exist for under a second before they lose their

      Okay, so antimatter’s nothing like lightning, really, but bottling it in a kind of containment field? Doesn’t sound like the safest gig. More like something you’d catch Geordi La Forge trying during some wild hair zero-sum Star Trek plotline involving aliens, the Holodeck, rerouting power from life support, and a self-destruct sequence.  

  Regular readers know that CMOS can’t get enough of huge explosions on the surface of the sun. That puts us in a pretty good place right now, considering the current solar cycle is moving into a period of increased explosive activity. For those who might not understand why we love solar explosions, this video

  Puyehue Volcano CLAUDIO SANTANA/AFP/Getty Images View Photo Gallery Volcanic eruptions are often an economic nuisance (remember Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull?) and sometimes burgeon into major natural disasters resulting in loss of life. But like many of the natural world’s most violent and disruptive events, they sure do make for some incredible photo ops. Chile’s Puyehue, which began erupting

          Why are we so attracted to prophecies of doom, from religious raptures to environmental collapse? It’s part of our psychology The latest incarnation of the destruction-redemption myth is brought to you by numerological number-cruncher and evangelical Christian radio host Harold Camping. Originally predicted to unfold on 21 May, the rapture

Cognitive scientist Deb Roy blew the curve for Flip cam-packing proud pops. Since he and his wife brought their son home from the hospital, Roy has captured his every movement and word with a series of fisheye-lens cameras installed in every room. The purpose was to understand how we learn language.   In a talk

    The jailbreak community routinely develops apps and other iOS enhancements that Apple either can’t or won’t come out with on their own.     Sometimes, however, Apple does get inspiration from the jailbreak community and releases new features eerily similar to those first found in the Cydia online store. UK jailbreak developer Greg

    Amid all the big announcements at this year’s WWDC keynote, there was an undercurrent that was subtle, but important. “It just works.” Steve Jobs kept saying this over and over again on stage. When Jobs does this, it’s never an accident. It’s a message. And it’s a message that was underscored by another word.

    Why Netflix rocks is the same reason that tomorrow’s iCloud announcements will rock. It’s not about the technology, it’s because of the technology that counts. You can feel it if you make the time to. Making time means what?     One evening last week we sat at the bar downstairs at 1

Apple opened the doors of San Francisco’s Moscone West June 6 to a horde of 5,200 iOS developers at its Worldwide Developers Conference. As usual, it had a great deal to announce and explain. Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs introduced the long-anticipated MacOS X Lion operating system that will become generally available this fall. 

    Apple’s iOS 5 is absolutely packed with new features. In the Keynote, they covered a dozen major new features, but mention that there are over 200 in all, including 1500 New APIs for developers. Before getting to them, Apple was sure to mention some impressive stats about the success of iOS, including stats

I need some of this stuff for my Bathroom (Grin) Kev__ DeconGel Pour it on, peel it off.Courtesy: DeconGel A clever technology is helping hazmat crews in Japan contain and clean up the contamination caused by the ongoing nuclear disaster there: ablue liquidthat hardens into a gel that peels off of surfaces, taking microscopic particles

  I get the feeling that the announcements at next week’s Apple WWDC are going to represent the same kind of fundamental shift in Apple’s offering that the iPod did in 2001. I don’t have any inside info, and I make a point of not trying to pry secrets from my friends who work at

Although there have been products designed to expand the memory capabilities of iOS devices before, none may do it quite as elegantly as the new i-FlashDrive from PhotoFast. This new product, about the size of a typical USB flash drive, comes equipped with the standard USB connector on one side, and a 30-pin connector on

      I was surprised to hear former Google CEO Eric Schmidt publicly lament lost opportunities and missed chances to catch Facebook the other day. I used to envy Google and the vast digital empire that Schmidt commanded.  Google had one of the most intricate monopolies of all time. It had the most impressive dataset

      We thought we had seen every type of app and interactive billboard campaign under the sun until we came across this brilliant one from Mcdonald’s that the company ran in Sweden recently. The concept is a simple one in that users get to control the billboard and turn it in to a

        Windows Mobile may be horrible to those who prefer choices. Well the HD2 gives us many choices. You install WindowsPhone 7, MeeGo, Android, WindowsDOS, Windows 95, and Ubuntu all on ONE phone! In this tutorial, I will teach you how to install Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread to your HD2. First please go to THIS ARTICLE and follow

has the features and design points that could make this tablet the biggest threat to the iPad yet.           HP’s TouchPad Might Be iPad’s Top Challenger: 10 Reasons Why Hewlett-Packard has been saying for quite some time now that it has big plans for the tablet space. And earlier this year,

  CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.     Who would of thought? Go Nine inch nails !!!   CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.     From Digital Kitchen Seattle creative Chris Abbas comes this sweet mashup video featuring music from Nine Inch Nails and pictures from NASA’s Cassini mission. The Cassini Solstice/Equinox Mission

Simon Pierro, a self-made German magician has published a demo of a preview version of iOS 5. We admit it, it’s not the real iOS 5, but it’s loaded with “magical” features that makes many of us wish it was real. Simon, using his iPad running “iOS 5″, begins by literally pulling out the home

Pretty much how I start my Day- MORE COFFEE !!! Kev– A Feast for Bacteria Mmm, coffee.dyobmit via Flickr A newly described species of bacteria has joined the ranks of those of us whodepend on caffeinefor survival. The little microbe,Pseudomonas putida, uses specialized enzymes to break the precious compound into carbon dioxide and ammonia, scientists

  It’s got a cop motor, it’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks … and now it has a infrared night vision camera, automatic license plate reader, and dashboard touchscreen. This souped-up Chevy Caprice is theLAPD’s future cruiser, enabling cops to track down suspects with the greatest of comfort. The vehicle is operated by a

      Despite NASA’s attempts at anthropomorphism, the Mars rovers do not talk, so Spirit was unable to utter any last words. But we did get to share its final view. Behold, our departed rover’s last Martian vista, the Columbia Hills.     This was the last panorama Spirit transmitted to Earth, on its 2,175th

A new version of MacDefender has been found, hours after a Mac OS X security update that would supposedly fix the problem was issued. Let the cat and mouse fight begin! The new variant of MacDefender, which started making its rounds a few hours ago, works and is distributed identically to previous versions of the malware: unsuspecting