...Web radio is toast – The INQUIRER: “Soon the only place where Internet radio will survive is on illegal sites in foreign parts where governments are brave enough to ignore the Recording Company mafiaa. Still with the US government on both sides of the house taking bribes from the entertainment business in election year, we can guarantee that such nations will be dubbed terrorists and troops sent in any day now….”

(Via theinquirer.)

iFixit — iPod Touch: “...There are no wires connecting the rear panel to the iPod. Apple used an elegant contact connection to make assembly and disassembly easier…. “

(Via ifixit.)

Access all of your music from your iPhone & iPod Touch: “Features

+ Stream your music over WiFi, EDGE and 3G

+ Navigate fast by artist, album and genre

+ Enjoy artist bios and lyrics. Cover art coming soon.

+ Connect with up to 30 friends

+ Easy setup; no router configuration”

(Via simplifymedia.)

10.5: Two-way synch Google Calendars and iCal: “As noted in this post on the Google Code Blog, the Google Calendar now features support for the CalDV protocol:

What this means is that you can now do two-way synchronization between Google Calendars and iCal version 3.x (standard in Leopard). G…

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 Jailbreaks iPhone 2.0.1 Software [Featured Mac Download]: “

Mac only: The iPhone 2.0 jailbreak utility for Mac, PwnageTool, has just been updated to accommodate the latest iPhone software update from Apple. Re-jailbreak your iPhone 3G, first gen iPhone, or iPod touch running the 2.0.1 software with PwnageTool 2.0.2. PwnageTool creates an alternate firmware bundle to install on your device, that includes an app called Cydia—and new to this version of PwnageTool—a new beta of Installer.app. Those two apps serve as gateways to software repositories you’re not going to see in iTunes’ App Store. Here’s a screenshot of just a few apps I installed via Cydia and the Installer.app post-jailbreak.

On the top left you see Installer and Cydia, then gTxtEdit (a better text editor than Notes), ModPlayer (plays more file formats than your iPod), SynchStep (plays songs with beats that synch to how fast you’re walking—seriously), MxTube (a YouTube clip downloader), and the NES emulator.

If you install OpenSSH from Cydia, you can also copy media and voicemail from it to your computer and tether your iPhone to your Mac to get online anywhere.

Here’s the step-by-step for jailbreaking your device with PwnageTool; developers recommend upgrading via the original PwnageTool’s built-in update system. PwnageTool 2.0.2 is a free download for Mac only.

(Via Lifehacker.)

Jailbreak: Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 with PwnageTool: “Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 with PwnageTool”

(Via lifehacker.)

After a week with the iPhone, what’s great, what’s not: “

David Alison provides an update about his iPhone after a week of living with it. There are some features he loves and some features he doesn’t.

Advertisement:

(Via MacMegasite.)

Use OpenStep’s Ni.snd in OS X: “I had OpenStep running in a virtual machine for quite a long time before I got the idea to extract and convert the Ni.snd to something that OS X can play back.

For those who don’t know: OpenStep had many of the same system sounds found in today’s OS X. However, OS X lacks the most important one from OpenStep—it’s the ‘Ni’ sound from Monty Python’s Knights who say Ni. This hint presupposes that you have access to an OpenStep installation, as I don’t know if the sound was included with NextStep.

1. In OpenStep, find the sound file, which is located at /NextLibrary/Sounds/Ni.snd
2. Somehow, move the file over to your Mac. Since I use a virtual machine, I first tried to use NFS for that, but failed miserably. So I installed OmniWeb 3 and mailed the sound file to myself. Astonishing that the webmail site (GMX) even worked in the old browser, but it did …

   (Via MacOSXHints.com.)

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Sun’s StarOffice 9 suite goes beta for Mac: “StarOffice 9, the office software suite alternative to Microsoft Office, is now available for download from Sun’s Web site.

(Via MacCentral.)

Disable backups to speed iPhone/iPod touch syncing: “I have several (more than 30) applications installed in my iPhone 2.0 (some of them are over 10MB). I’ve been a bit disappointed with the oh-so-slow syncs in iTunes due to the required backup process. Searching a bit, I found that I could disable the backups by setting a hidden iTunes preference. Quit iTunes, open Terminal, and enter this command:

defaults write com.apple.itunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool YES

Whe you next sync, your iPhone won’t be backed up, so the actual sync will go quickly. If you feel the need to back up your data again at some point, simply change YES to NO and sync your device (quit iTunes before changing the setting). After the backup is done, you can then disable backups again. If you want to restore a previous backup, you must set this value to NO before trying the restore.



[robg adds: The long backup times with iPhone 2.0 software are a real pain—while sometimes they seem speedy, my …

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Review: Mocha VNC and Mocha VNC Lite for iPhone: “Control the screen of networked Macs, Windows, and Linux machines on your iPhone or iPod touch.

(Via MacCentral.)

New model iPod touch, iPod nano loom: “Rumours claim many advances for future generations of the iPod touch and nano

Apple plans a major upgrade to its iPod touch range, with its in-development iPhone Software 2.1 software containing a reference to a new model of the device, a report claims.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Mac Notebook and iPod Updates in September?: “AppleInsider claims that Apple resellers have received notice that MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPod supplies will become constrained in the coming weeks. Apple expects to decrease production of these models and, as a result, Apple is recommending that …”

(Via MacRumors.)

Fluid: “Fluid is a fantastic free app that turns any web site into a self-contained application on your Mac. If you want to keep your webmail outside your normal web browser, Fluid is what you need. “

(Via fluidapp .)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple blogs to disaffected users: “Apple has set up an apologetic blog devoted to solving the problems of its recently launched MobileMe service.”

(Via BBC NEWS | Technology |.)