Icy : Faster and Cleaner alternative to Cydia

Do you think Cydia installer is to heavyweight ?

Specially when it starts to “Reloading Data…” ! Yeah I can feel your pain…

Cydia is great but it’s starting to be too slow, it takes a couple of minutes to start for me.
Well folks, if you want like me a lightweight alternative, there is now Icy from Ripdev!

You can install Icy via this repository, just add the source in cydia.

Then search for the Icy application. Watch the video in extended post…

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iPhone OS 3.0 sneak peek

Apple sent invitations to the developers and the media for the presentation of iPhone OS 3.0 this Tuesday March 17, 2009. It is about a major update of the operating system of the iPhone which will be presented to the developers. A new version of the SDK will be also available.

Tell us what would you like to see in the next iPhone OS. Copy/paste, MMS, push notification… ?

iBluetooth is finally available on Cydia!

iBluetooth is finally available on Cydia! iBluetooth makes it finally possible to let the iPhone communicate with other bluetooth devices, you will be able from now on to transfer files from any mobile phone directly to your iPhone! This software is only available for the jailbreaked iPhones and you will have to pay to obtain the license required! Nevertheless a demo license is available to test the software but you will have to arm yourselves with patience to obtain it because the site of the editor is saturated with request!

Fully Jailbreak iPod Touch by Dev Team

MuscleNerd has just announced the good news that Dev Team found a way of carrying out a jailbreak on the iPod Touch in a permanent way and this without the assistance of a computer after each restart. He however regrets to have to reveal this hack now because he would have surely been of a good usage for the next iPhone. We highly advise you to wait for a version of PwnageTool and QuickPwn supporting this new hack in order to accomplish the jailbreak of their iPod Touch.

For the real geeks out there that want to try MuscleNerd instructions, read below…

What follows are MuscleNerd instructions, use at your own risk !

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Chinese hackers crack iTunes gift cards algo

Chinese hackers succeeded cracking the algorithm of the code generator for iTunes gift cards. They use a generator of keys able to generate infinites codes and cheques of $200 they are selling for the moderate amount of $2,60. Apple is now confronted with the problem which they cannot immediately change the system of codes used because lots of accounts – legal cheques are still in circulation. This traffic which began 2 months ago will probably be expensive for Apple because artists must nevertheless be paid, it does not matter the legality of the mode of payment. The Chinese market is flooded by these false accounts – cheques which at the beginning were sold $47 instead of the $2,60 today.

Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.4.1 issues

Apple released last friday a firmware update 7.4.1 for all 802.11n-based AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express base stations, as well as for all Time Capsules.

I have a Time Capsule and an Airport Express (not early 2009 but the older model) so I decided to give it a try. I am usually reluctant to install new updates when things works well, but the new feature to enable remote administration and remote access to compatible USB connected drives via Back to My Mac interested me. Note that you need to be a mobile me subscriber to use it.

As soon as I installed the update on my Time Capsule, the wifi 802.11n network 5 Ghz stopped working. Can’t see my wireless network anymore… I had to revert back to the previous version of the firmware and everything went back as it was.

Other users have reported the same issue on forums, probably it only affects older versions of Time Capsules and Airport Extremes. Looks like Apple has not tested this update on their older devices. Funny. You may want to revert to version 7.3.2 while waiting for Apple to release a bug fix possibly in version 7.4.2.

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