iPhone Dev Team loves April Fools’ Day – ceases to exist, cancels PwnageTool’s public release

April Fool’s Day comes early with the iPhone Dev Team’s “announcement“ of their “immediate withdrawal from the iPhone development arena.”
Apparently, they had been approached by an “unnamed party” that bought the Dev Team’s “intellectual property and related applications.” The Dev Team also stated that they had ceased work and the PwnageTool will not be released. Again, [...]

Verizon announces LG enV(2)

Verizon announced the true successor to the LG enV today, the enV(2) — yes, the name is a total shocker, and yes, those parentheses are definitely making the name even more hip. But besides those hip parentheses, the enV(2) is apparently slimmer than its predecessor and is a little smaller overall. The new model is very similar [...]

Genres menu added to iTunes Store

A Genres tab was added to the iTunes Store earlier this week. Nothing big, but something that will definitely be useful.

iPhone 2.0 firmware has Youtube plugin for Safari

 

The latest firmware seeded to developers (2.0) apparently has a Youtube plugin built-in to Safari, says the Boy Genius Report. Not much more is known, but we will definitely keep you posted. Check back here for more details.

Google turns off the lights

Google turned the lights out on their homepage today in an effort to raise awareness for Earth Hour. The organization “invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone.” Google states that since they’re going green, they “strongly support the Earth Hour campaign.” [...]

Apple patent filing reveals complete fitness program

 A recent patent filed by Apple seems to portray that they will launch a fitness application that not only gives you a fitness routine perfected for your specific height, weight, and  other fitness preferences, but ties in to your digital lifestyle as well (aka your Mac, iPod, iPhone, etc.) Apparently the iPhone or iPod touch [...]

Adobe goes live with Photoshop Express: Free and online Photoshop

Adobe went live with Photoshop Express (www.photoshop.com/express) today, their free and online version of Photoshop. Photoshop Express is basically just a scaled down version of Photoshop that runs over the net and uses Flash (sorry iPhone users.) The service is free to everyone in the US currently, and includes 2GB of free storage space and can grab [...]

GeForce 9800 GX2 video card on the cheap

About a week after its commercial release, the EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 gets a $30 rebate. The deal is only available until March 31st and is in the form of a mail in rebate.
Head over to TigerDirect to check out this sweet deal.

XM/Sirius merger approved by Department of Justice

The Department of Justice (DOJ) gave its seal of approval to XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio for their proposed merger. The DOJ took over a year to make their decision on the $5 billion merger. Apparently they’ve come to the conclusion that the merger won’t change the market that drastically because it wasn’t that big of a [...]

Microsoft thinking about Office and voice recognition apps for iPhone

 
Some big shots at Microsoft hinted to Fortune Magazine’s blog that they were looking into creating Office applications and a voice recognition application for iPhone earlier today. “It’s really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone,” Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Specialized Devices and Applications Group said. What’s [...]

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