Peter Vatistas

Here’s the quickest and easiest to jailbreak, unlock and activate your iPhone or iTouch with any firmware version including 1.1.4. ZiPhone was created in 3 months by Nick (Zibri), an extremely talented iPhone hacker. The Windows XP & Vista version of ZiPhone was developed by Fredrik Grevstad.

ZiPhone is by far the most complete jailbreak application I have ever seen and it is compatible for Windows (XP & Vista) as well as OS X. Normally I write tutorial type posts, walking you through step-by-step on how to do various technical things. Seriously all I can say here is just install ZiPhone, connect your iPhone or iTouch and then click the button for what you want to do - THATS IT!

Within ZiPhone you are given 4 basic options:

Do it all!: This button will jailbreak, activate and unlock your phone. It will also downgrade the bootloader if it’s v4.6. If you bought a new iPhone and want it to be completely independent of any operators, use this button.

Jailbreak: JAILBREAK (iPhone/iPod Touch): This will open the whole file system for read/write access, so that you can install third party applications, tweaks etc. Installer.app will automatically be installed when this option is selected.

Jailbreak + Activate: Same as above button, but it will also activate the phone.

Prepare for Upgrade: If you want to upgrade or restore your iPhone, use this button to set the phone in DFU-mode first then use iTunes to restore your phone to wanted firmware.

Good luck with your jailbreak!

Download ZiPhone 3.0 for Windows

Download ZiPhone 3.0 for Mac

Make sure to check out the following sites:

ZiPhone Homepage | GeoHot’s Blog | iPhone-Elite.org | Hackingt0sh Forum

If you run into any issues during your jailbreak make sure to click the Help & Info button in ZiPhone!

Unconfirmed Microsoft Windows 7 Screenshots - Microsoft plans the release of Windows 7 in 2010. The part that makes me laugh about this is Windows 7 development should be Microsoft’s last concern… Vista doesn’t even work right and application coders are still hesitant to adopt it.

Apple is definitely earning more market share each and every day; Microsoft is obviously trying to follow in Apple’s footsteps by releasing operating systems every couple years. The only difference between Apple and Microsoft is OS X Leopard works perfectly, even on my HP Laptop, Dell XPS, and Dell Dimension! I have yet to see any machine run Vista flawlessly.

This is an awesome application that allows you to plug your Mac formatted and partitioned hard drive (internal & external) into your PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista. I had several external hard drives that I formatted and partitioned on OS X Leopard. I brought one of the drives home to grab some data off of it on my Vista box when I realized there is no way to view the data. After searching for a few hours I found MacDrive, the exact solution I needed for this situation. MacDrive came recommended by some very reputable members on the Microsoft IT Advisory Council (thanks guys!).

MacDrive gives you access to all your Mac-formatted disks from Windows and even the Mac partition. You can access files on the Mac disk just like you would with a Windows formatted disk. Open files from the disk or from within a program. Mac files automatically get the right icons and file name extensions under both Windows and Mac OS.

Click here to read more and download

Today Intel announced their new line of low-power processors which are specifically designed for mobile internet devices (MIDs). I think this is huge news for what is to come in the near future from Apple, Microsoft and others.

The Atom (formerly called “Silverthorne”) and the Atom Centrino (formerly called “Menlow”) are based on an entirely new micro-architecture designed specifically for small (Intel Atom’s measure 25 mm², making it Intel’s smallest and lowest power processor yet), low power devices while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to and includes support for multiple threads (better performance and increased system responsiveness).

Here is an image of the new killer processor:

Click here to read more on the new Intel Atom

The other night I was organizing all my files, pictures, and music on my computer and I realized if I were to lose even one folder I would be screwed. Normally I run backups every night using an external drive but I never really checked it. I decided to check my backup drives to make sure everything was working properly and the data was there, it wasn’t.

Now just so you know, at one time or another my backup drives were working properly and when I needed to restore any data it was not that hard. For some reason my main backup drive had failed and then data was lost but fortunately for me I still had everything on my main drives. That got me thinking, what is the best and easiest solution out there for backing up my data without worrying about replacing hard drives or making sure everything is running properly. I am an IT guy by day, I don’t want to be an IT guy at home.

A few hours later I found the solution I was looking for and it was a bit overwhelming. I posted my question for a remote backup solutions in many forums, blogs, as well as emailing my IT friends and colleagues; almost everyone said “Mozy“. So I went to the Mozy website and signed up for their MozyHome Free account, 2GB’s of storage! Here is a few features Mozy offers to all their customers, free and paid:

* Open/locked file support: Mozy will back up your documents whether they’re open or closed.
* 128-bit SSL encryption: The same technology used by banks secures your data during the backup process.
* 448-bit Blowfish encryption: Secures your files while in storage, providing peace of mind that your private data is safe from hackers.
* Automatic: Schedule the times to back up and MozyHome does the rest.
* New and changed file detection: MozyHome finds and saves the smallest changes.
* Backs up Outlook files: Disaster-proof email protection.
* Block-level incremental backup: After the initial backup, MozyHome only backs up files that have been added or changed, making subsequent backups lightning fast.
* MozyHome currently supports Windows 2000, XP, and Vista, and Mac OS X 10.4
* MozyPro supports Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista.

Those are some pretty slick services and support for no up front or monthly charges. Whats really cool is their software that is installed on your computer. The application itself runs in the background and has a very small footprint with regards to your memory (RAM) and CPU utilization. Another cool feature is how you can set the amount of bandwidth you want it to use during backups. Because I have a cable modem I set that puppy as high as it can go but for anyone out there who has DSL or less you can throttle it to whatever you need.

Whether your looking for a backup solution or not, Mozy is the only free, full-featured remote backup service. Get peace of mind - click here to try Mozy today.

A few days ago I installed OS X Leopard on two different PC’s, a Compaq laptop and a SuperMicro Dual Quad-Core Xeon powerhouse with 8GB ram. Both machines run OS X Leopard perfectly and the installation process was just as straightforward and easy as installing OS X on a Mac, only a few extra steps!

So how did I install OS X Leopard on my PC? Simple: iATKOS v1.0i

Do a quick search using your favorite torrent search portal for “iATKOS v1.0i” , download it, burn to DVD, pop that puppy into your test computer’s DVD drive and reboot**. During the install process there are a few extra steps so I will list what you need to do below:

# When the Welcome screen pops up click Continue

1. At the Terms & Conditions screen do not click Agree yet, click Utilities on the Apple bar at the top of your screen and then select Disk Utility from the drop down menu (Utilities > Disk Utility).

2. Select your hard drive’s partition on the left hand side then select the Erase tab on the right.

3. Now click the Erase button on the bottom right and click Erase again on the pop-up. When this is complete close the Disk Utility.

4. Now go back up to the Apple menu bar and select Utilities > Darwin_Boot

5. Type Y (yes) to continue, 1 for your HDD number (if your using the main HDD), and 1 again for the partition number OS X will be installed on (if your installing on a different partition enter that partition number instead of 1).

6. Type Y (yes) to install boot efi and type Y (yes) again to confirm. Once it this process in complete it will display [process completed] and you can now exit out of Darwin_boot.

7. Please read the Terms & Conditions for iATKOS v1.0i and click Agree (if you agree).

8. Now your ready to install OS X Leopard on your PC, just follow the on screen guide and your good to go!

Best of luck!

** I will not be held liable for any damage that results from this tutorial. If you attempt to install OS X Leopard (iATKOS v1.0i) onto your computer it is at your own risk.

UPDATE (June 19th, 2008): For your questions and/or comments go to the Peter-V Forum and post here: How to Install OS X Leopard on a PC - iATKOS v1.0i Tutorial - Forum Style

This is actually quite a simple task yet I’ve received several emails recently about how to burn an ISO to disc in Leopard OS X. I totally understand the reason for this question from the general OS X user because to do this you have to know the tool to use and normally it is used by the intermediate/advanced user.

So, how do you burn an .iso image to a CD or DVD in OS X?

Insert the CD/DVD into your Mac, locate your .ISO image and follow these very easy steps:

Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities and run Disk Utility (Disk Utility.app)

In Disk Utility, go to File > Open Disk Image and select the .ISO you want to burn to disc

Now click Burn

Thats it! Now you should see a little box pop up with the status of your ISO image being written to the disc.

Apple has released the 1.1.3 firmware update for the iPhone - get it and check out all the slick new features!!

A few of you wanted to know where you could find Apple’s OS X Leopard Server wallpaper, well here it is (click image for 2560 x 1600 Leopard Server wallpaper):

Here is a sneak peak at what Apple may be cooking up. There are several sites that did a decent enough write up so I will just provide links. When this thing hits the market I will be the first to buy one - I LOVE THIS IDEA!!

Gizmodo

Engadget