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Download VLC Media Player For Apple iOS Supporting iPad, iPhone 4 And 3GS

VLC Media Player has been trusted by millions on PC, Linux and Mac platforms as being one of the most easy to use, no-frills multimedia player. Well-known for it's ability to play almost any multimedia format, the player made it's debut to Apple iOS platform recently but has now been pulled down from iTunes Store as it's Terms and Conditions don’t allow users to install any hosted app on more than five devices which is against the GNU license VLC’s code is supplied under.

Thankfully VLC Media Player For iOS application is still available via Cydia and as an independent install for advanced users, download links available after the jump.

VLC For Apple Devices

Motorola XOOM Honeycomb Powered Tablet Demoed In Series Of Videos

Google's brand-new Tablet-OS "Android 3.0 Honeycomb" got previewed yesterday and device manufactures have now started to show-off their tablet-devices powered by the OS.

"Motorola XOOM" is the company's first offering to the Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet family, powered by an impressive spec-sheet including a Dual-core 1 GHz processor (total of 2 GHz processing power), 1 GB internal RAM, 10.1-inch widescreen HD display, Gorilla Glass, 4G LTE upgradeable, dual-camera with rear-flash, HDMI and DLNA.

Motorola XOOM Tablet

Full press-release and preview videos available after the jump.

Google Android Honeycomb Official Video Demo Offers A Sneak Peak Of The Future Tablet OS

Google has officially unveiled "Honeycomb" the Google Android 3.0 version built "entirely for tablets", developed from the ground-up to support tablet specific features like larger screen displays and better multi-tasking capabilities the new version will be featuring a brand new, truly virtual and holographic user interface, refined multi-tasking, elegant notifications, access to over 100,000 apps on Android Market, home screen customization with a new 3D experience, more richer and interactive widgets, and powerful upgrades to the web-browser.

Google Android Honeycomb

The official preview video is available after the jump.

First Ever Custom Firmware For Sony PlayStation 3 Is Here...

It was just a matter of time before coders start developing custom-firmwares for Sony PS3 console after public root-key leakage by GeoHot, the news is, that milestone has just been reached with first-ever custom-firmware being made available to public by developer who goes by name - Kakaroto.

Samsung Develops DDR4 Memory With Better Bandwidth And Upto 40% Lower Power Consumption Than DDR3

While CPU's are getting faster other components of the overall computing infrastructure also needs an upgrade to provide better speeds, taking the lead Korea based electronics major Samsung has announced it's DDR4 RAM Module capable of achieving data transfer rates of 2.133 gigabits/second (Gbps) at 1.2V - the good part is it consumes upto 40% less electricity in comparison to predecessor DDR3 technology which uses 1.35V and 1.5V supplying speeds of up to 1.6 Gbps.

Samsung DDR4 SDRAM Module

Microsoft Kinect Hacked To Simulate Augmented Reality Magic Mirror

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 was aimed to bring games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways with no controller required, the intelligent senors inside Kinect recognize and respond to body gestures allowing a completely different way to enjoy games. Kinect is officially supplied as an addon-accessory for Microsoft XBOX 360 but thanks to OpenNI driver-port releases for Windows and Linux enthusiast are expanding a whole new horizon of gesture control applications and hacks utilizing Kinect platform.

Microsoft Kinect Hack

In some interesting progress at Technical University of Munich, Germany, researchers utilized Kinect to produce a virtual X-ray that allows users to see the skeleton under their skin. The project name Kinect Magic Mirror generates an overlay of a video image with volume visualization from a CT volume and body-movement tracking using Kinect resulting in an impressive 3D Augmented Reality output as shown in the video posted next.

Geohot PWNS Sony PlayStation 3, Posts Root Keys In Public Encouraging Homebrew

As expected GeoHot has finally pwned Sony PS3 posting METLDR root key publicly. The "root-key" or “private key” is used by the console to block unauthorized access to system-critical portions of the internal firmware effectively preventing piracy and hacking.

Install Original Android 2.3 Gingerbread Keyboard On Older OS Versions

While Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread will slowly and steadily get ported to older devices, developers have already started to strip-out original core-applications from it as standard .apk android install files ready to be installed on older Android versions. One of the most interesting update in Google Android 2.3 is the all new neater (see comparison screenshot below) and more feature-rich keyboard with built-in text-prediction technology.

Android 2.2 Keyboard vs Android 2.3 Keyboard


Froyo And Gingerbread Keyboard Comparison

Just read-on for an illustrated step-by-step installation guide on how to get your Android OS the latest keyboard update as easy as it can get.

Sn0wbreeze 2.2 To Feature ‘Baseband Preservation Mode’ Allowing Users To Upgrade To Newer Firmware With Baseband Preserved But No Jailbreak

sn0wbreezeRecently Apple imposed minimum baseband restrictions on iOS restores, popular Windows jail-breaking utility Sn0wbreeze will soon be featuring a new option ‘Baseband Preservation Mode’ in the upcoming v 2.2 release - which basically allows users to upgrade to newer iOS versions preserving their basebands but not jail-breaking as in the usual case.

Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread Successfully Ported To Nokia N900

NitdroidWhile native Android OS devices are still waiting for the newest Android 2.3 Gingerbread update port, a developer who goes by handle "drunkdebugger" at NITDROID forums has achieved success in porting Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Nokia N900.

Project NITDROID aims to develop a stable and working port of Android OS for the Nokia Internet Tablets (N8x0 and N900) and an automatic installer for Android 2.2 on Nokia N900 is already under active development and is used by many. Since, Nokia N900 Maemo OS and Google Android share the same Linux love under the hood developers are able to achieve this success this early and easily.

Android Port For Nokia N900

A video demonstration of Nokia N900 running Google Android 2.3 follows after the jump.

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