So if you recently updated your iPhone to OS 3.1.3 and totally forgot that your phone has been jailbroken, don’t worry. The Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 has been released and will allow you to re-jailbreak your device. What’s nice about the Pwnage tool is that you can create a custom ipsw files with it. Mac ONLY at the moment.

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The Electronic Key Impressioner is capable of gathering data to create a perfect copy of a car key. Insert the device into a lock, it records all the data it needs. Now you plug it into your computer and the software will determine the key code from the positions of the lock tumblers. Assuming you have a key making machine, you punch in the code and create a duplicate!

As of right now, the system only works on Ford motor vehicles, but there are plans in the works to increase it’s compatibility with other makes.

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As of right now, automatic text translation services, both free and paid at their very best… suck. However, Google has decided to skip a step and go straight for the jugular. They’re currently developing a live speed based translation engine that will allow for multi-lingual phone conversations in REAL TIME. Now that will be incredible if it could be pulled off.

Could you imagine all the wonderful business opportunities this will create?  According to Google’s head of translation services, the technology will “work reasonably well in a few years time”.  I can’t wait to see what it does with curse words.

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Apple’s new iPad seems to be defying the forces of nature and will have a VGA connector option. Don’t worry, for the traditionalists, the device will still be able to output video(composite or component) using the original iPod/iPhone video cables.

The beauty of the VGA connection is that you’ll be able to watch video at a higher resolution, 1024X768 instead of 720X480. Why the sudden change of heart? Most likely because the higher resolution is ideal for projector connectivity. It would be entirely tool cool to use an iPad as your dedicated Keynote presentation machine!

For the cry babies out there, Apple didn’t choose DVI or HDMI simply because the device just doesn’t support full HD resolutions. Besides, VGA connectors are found on just about EVERY projector, LCD, Plasma, monitor, etc. It’s cheaper, easier and just more widely compatible.

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