TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Apps, big drives and monster mics

Today on TUAW TV Live, I'll be demonstrating some apps, showing off a big (6 TB) external drive and talking about the Blue Yeti Pro microphone. I also have some new and unique products to show off that I'm not going to tell you about until this afternoon. Why? Because one of them is under embargo, and I also want to keep viewers in suspense.

The show will begin at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 10 PM BST and run about one hour. To join in on the chat and watch the live streaming video, drop by TUAW about five minutes before the start time to get your instructions on how to participate. If you're unable to join us for the show, remember that you can always subscribe to the video podcast and watch the show at your leisure.

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iPhone 5 Introduction Planned for Apple's September Media Event?

With increasing rumblings that Apple is planning to release its fifth-generation iPhone sometime later than its usual June-July timeframe, including fresh analyst comments claiming that the device won't even begin production until September, ...

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Angry Birds to get major updates through spring, summer

Rovio Mobile is slowly teasing out info on the latest news for its top-selling Angry Birds series, including the news that the company is working on a solution to sync game data (not just rankings) across platforms, so for example a user could start a level on their Android phone, move to their iPad and finish the level. There is also a significant Easter update to Angry Birds Seasons, and the company is planning both a level update to the other two versions (the original and Angry Birds Rio) and a significant move into social-network play in May, though details have...

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TUAW's Daily App: Look Again!

Many games on the App Store seem to emphasize gaming expertise more than anything else. Either you need to know the genre of the game you're playing, or your fingers just need to be fast enough to win. Look Again! is an interesting contrast to either of those scenarios because it challenges your brain's pattern recognition skills more than anything else. You're given a graphic consisting of two design elements, and it's up to you to figure out which two elements make up the graphic. Like all good puzzlers, things start simple but get increasingly more complicated, even as your brain trains itself to better recognize what's going on.

The presentation's not incredible (the colors are a little weird), but it serves its purpose. There are over 250 levels, full Game Center integration, and the app was recently updated to work on both the iPhone and the iPad. Look Again! is currently available for US$1.99 on the App Store. If you want an iPhone game that runs at a different speed, check it out.

TUAW's Daily App: Look Again! originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Humble bundle offers Frozenbyte games, pay what you want

The folks behind the extremely popular Humble Indie bundles are at it again -- this time, they've assembled a "Humble Frozenbyte Bundle," featuring a pack of games from Finnish game developer Frozenbyte. The real centerpiece here is Trine, an excellent physics-based puzzler/platformer that's done well both on PC and on the consoles, but the other titles (Shadowgrounds, sequel Shadowgrounds Survivor and a preview of a game called Splot) aren't bad either. There's a game prototype in the mix called Jack Claw -- that's a game that Frozenbyte eventually canceled without release, but buyers of this bundle will get to play it anyway (on Windows, that is).

As with the other Humble bundles, all of these games are Mac-compatible and DRM-free, and the price is pay-what-you-will, with money going either to Frozenbyte or to the EFF or Child's Play. The suggested price cost of the games separately is $50 (which would still be a great deal for four games), but you can give whatever you want to whoever you want and still get the bundle for yourself.

On a quick platform-specific note, too, Mac users aren't being quite as well represented this time around -- they're paying, on average, way less than Linux users, and taking the smallest piece of the pie out of the three platforms. If you do buy the bundle (and the games, with the exception of Jack Claw, are compatible on any and all platforms anyway), make sure to show a little Mac pride over there, and prove that among the three OSes, Mac users are the most willing to pony up for great software.

New Humble bundle offers Frozenbyte games, pay what you want originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Another no-save PDF save option

Another way to save PDFs that don't allow saving from Safari or Preview (perhaps they require a password to save):

Open the document in Preview and select File » Mail Selected PDF Document and then drag the file from the opened Mail window to the Desktop.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described.]

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Websites now offering hack-free iPhone unlocking

Over the past few weeks several websites have popped up that allow iPhone owners to unlock their phones without a jailbreak or hack... for a substantial fee.

The sites CutYourSim and Negri Electronics are advertising "permanent" iPhone unlocks, while the sites UnlockBase and GSMPhoneSource are offering "unlock" services. Prices for unlocking your iPhone range from between US$170 and $180.

What's interesting about these unlock approaches is that they don't require any hacks or jailbreaks; per iPhone jailbreak hacker MuscleNerd, they appear to directly access Apple's database and add IMEI device identifiers to it, which then tells iTunes to unlock the iPhone the next time it is plugged in. CutYourSim even states that unlocking through them will not affect the warranty status of your iPhone, as this is an "official iPhone unlock."

Readers who choose to go down this route should be extremely careful, however. Though two of the sites advertise the unlock as permanent, it is possible Apple can tell which IMEI device identifiers were unlocked using these third-party websites. If it can, it's possible Apple could choose to relock the phones. Also, if these websites actually have access to Apple's databases, I expect the sites to be shut down within the next few days. Something tells me Apple Legal isn't going to take kindly to this.

[via MacRumors]

Websites now offering hack-free iPhone unlocking originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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