Lithuanians launch iPhone unlocking service: “A group of Lithuanian hackers is already promising to unlock iPhones for a fee, says Agence France-Presse. For the price of 990 litas (approx. $390), the group’s website — located in India — offers multiple methods for making iPhones usable with carriers other than AT&T. The first is cloning the SIM card, which is said to be illegal; a hardware…

Midori releases Beauty Salon freeware for kids: “Independent game and software developer, Midori, has announced the release of a new application entitled ‘Beauty Salon,’ made with the game engine, PTK — for Mac OS X and Windows…”

(Via MacMinute.)

From Aquafads:

Today we’re happy to announce the immediate availability of version 1.3 which opens up a brand new dimension to PulpMotion, namely compatibility with MemoryMiner.

MemoryMiner is the extraordinary photo annotation tool which lets you uncover and trace the stories hidden away in your photos. MemoryMiner not only lets you organize by place and time, it lets you identify “regions of interest” in your photos linking them to the people in your life. The result is a rich digital catalog of people, places and recollections where each photo becomes a frame in a virtually endless storyboard just waiting to be shared.

We first met John Fox, creator of MemoryMiner and founder of GroupSmarts, at Macworld San Francisco. After only few minutes, knew we had to collaborate: the complementary nature of PulpMotion and MemoryMiner was strikingly obvious and we knew we could create something beautiful together.

The result: a new version of PulpMotion, complete with two new specially created themes named “Slide Flyover” and “Memory Album.” These themes take advantage of all the annotations created in MemoryMiner to automatically guide the camera around the regions of interest. Your photos and the people within them will truly come to life.

A second bit of good news: GroupSmarts is offering MemoryMiner to registered users of PulpMotion for US $30, instead of the usual US $45. To take advantage of this offer, please visit:

http://www.memoryminer.com/pulpmotion

Don’t forget to download the latest version of PulpMotion (v. 1.3: ) and MemoryMiner (v. 1.6: ).

News: Apple plans special event on Sept. 5th: “Apple is planning a special event to take place September 5, 2007.

(Via MacCentral.)

Iomega debuts 500GB home network drive: “Iomega has introduced a new line of home network hard drives that use 10/100 Ethernet do deliver media and other files to desktops, portables and other drive-accessing systems throughout a home or small business. The new drives are available in 320GB, 360GB and 500GB capacities, featuring 7200 RPM SATA-II hard drives with 8MB cache. The drives aren…

(Via MacNN.)

BeLight ships Leopard compatible Swift Publisher: “BeLight Software today released Swift Publisher 2.2, a new version to its page layout application for designing and printing flyers, newsletters, brochures, letterheads, booklets, etc….”

(Via MacMinute.)

A Longtime Mac User Reviews Vista: “

Vista, while still Windows through and through, improves on XP
and makes PCs more fun and productive, according to Andrew Fishkin
at Low End Mac on Friday. Mr. Fishkin is a longtime Mac user who’s been using Vista for eight months.

”

(Via The Mac Observer.)

Hackers unlock iPhone via software: “Hackers claim to have successfully unlocked Apple’s iPhone without modifying any hardware. The iPhoneSIMfree.com team say they have cracked Apple’s iPhone SIM lock system, according to Engadget, and have proven their claim with a working unlocked handset. The unlocked phone used a T-Mobile SIM card in place of AT&T’s default card, allowing the user…

(Via MacNN.)

Briefly: New iPods due soon, Leopard 9A527 goes to developers: “Think Secret sources expect new iPods to be delivered in the first week of September, echoing recent published reports. Apple’s iPod Hi-Fi speaker system could also see the axe in the near future. Meanwhile, Apple drops Mac OS X 10.5 9A527 on developers.”

(Via Think Secret.)

Editors’ Notes: app4Mac’s freeware stars: “James Dempsey takes a look at three of the applications in app4Mac’s freeware collection, and likes what he sees.

(Via MacCentral.)

Attack of the Firefox Clones: “For many Mac users, Firefox is the browser of choice. Extensions make it one of the most flexible applications on the Mac. The only thing better that Firefox is more than one Firefox.

Thanks to the ‘Fox’s Open Source, clones of Firefox abound. With support for the same extensions, these applications make great dedicated or specialized browsers. Join me for this week’s Freeloader Friday to meet the clones.

(Via MacMerc.)

From iphonesimfree:

“

www.iPhoneSimFree.com – iPhone Software Unlock Solution

It gives us great pleasure to announce the worlds first (and only) software driven sim unlocking service for the iPhone(tm). No need to open your phone. No need to solder.

Major benefits include:

* Chose the provider you want, use any SIM card from any network provider in any country

* No more outrageous roaming charges. When traveling simply pick the local provider of your choice and change your sim card.

* Poor network coverage no longer an issue, use the network provider best suited to your region

* Save money! A favorable exchange rate makes for excellent value for money when importing

To silence any doubters out there, we are welcoming publications from around the world to apply to receive their iPhones(tm) unlocked FREE OF CHARGE. If interested, please submit an application via our email ” infoline (at) iphonesimfree . com “. The top three applications will receive a free un-lock within the next 48 hours, which will be soon followed by the commercial launch of the software for public consumption.

Reviewed by Engadget.com!

SALES:

Individual per unit licenses will be available starting next week. We are currently opening up our mail for bulk purchase enquiries of 500 licenses and above. Interested parties please email us at ” infoline (at) iphonesimfree . com “”

Camino Browser: The Fifty Day Test: “

After I used Camino 1.5 for my June review, I realized that it was finally worth replacing Firefox as my primary browser. From that day I have used it as my main browser and the results are mixed.

Fifty days later, let us look back at the reasons…

(Via AppleMatters.)

iPod Touch Details?: “9to5mac claims to have knowledge of the upcoming full-size iPod which they are refering to as the ‘iPod Touch’.

According to the site, the OS X based iPod will share a similar look to the current iPod, complete with ‘home’ button and a…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Nexuiz: “

Nexuiz is easily the most advanced – and arguably the coolest game we’ve had this week. It is a 3d deathmatch style game that looks and plays really smoothly — for free!. Nexuiz was originally released back in 2005 and is still being updated and developed. You’ll be glad I saved this one for the weekend. It’s pretty competitive and addictive.

(Via FreeMacWare.com.)