Category Archives: General

USA makes jailbreaking iPhones legal, same with rooting Android/webOS

The DMCA have changed their rules so that it is no longer illegal to jailbreak your iPhone or root your Android/webOS phone. The US Copyright Office have just handed down some new rules that also allow you to bypass a … Continue reading

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Intel Atom to break sound barrier, be featured in Bloodhound jet-powered car

On Tuesday, Intel have announced that their Atom chips — commonly known for as powering netbooks and other low-powered, compact mobile devices — will be featured in the Bloodhound Supersonic Car, which will travel at speeds around 1,000 miles per … Continue reading

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Weekly Poll: What feature do you like most from iPhone 4?

Apologies for the late post, this week’s poll will run until Tuesday, while I’ll post the next one on Monday. The results of last week’s poll were (Question was Would you buy an iPad?): Yes, definitely (Or I already have … Continue reading

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Weekly Poll: Would you buy an iPad?

Welcome to the Weekly Poll feature here at GeekSmack, where we ask for your opinion on a lot of things. So after last week’s poll, the feature of the iPhone 4G that people are most looking forward to is an … Continue reading

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Weekly Poll: What feature are you most anticipating from the iPhone 4G?

Welcome to what will become a new weekly feature at GeekSmack, the Weekly Poll. This is where we ask you, the visitors, a question on a particular subject of technology interest and you get to vote in said poll. Relatively … Continue reading

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Techbits – 05.21.10

Google sporting full Pac-Man doodle In order to celebrate Pac-Man’s 30th birthday, Google has posted up a nice Pac-Man themed doodle on their pages. What’s special about this doodle is that it’s a fully functional 256-level game, complete with support … Continue reading

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Techbits – 05.10.10

North Americans get Nintendo Wii in black The Japanese have been able to purchase the popular Nintendo Wii console in the black color option for quite a while now, but North Americans have finally been able to get their hands … Continue reading

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Techbits – 05.01.10

PS3 Slim becomes portable Leave it to the Japanese to make the PS3 portable. Of course, this add-on utilizes the newer PS3 Slim, which is slightly lighter than its fatter predecessor. The Japanese manufacturer (Hori) has allowed customers to add … Continue reading

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The GeekSmack Podcast: Episode 5

Join hosts Chris Holmes and Greig Mitchell, along with today’s guest Alex Warren as they discuss the following topics in tech: Office 2010 RTM’s and hits MSDN & TechNet Service Pack 1 Pre-Beta Build for Windows 7 & Server 2008 … Continue reading

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The GeekSmack Podcast: Episode 4

Join hosts Chris Holmes and Greig Mitchell along with discussion panel David Taraso and Steve Bennett as they discuss the latest occurrences in this week in tech. Below are the various topics discussed by our panel this week: Microsoft talks … Continue reading

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