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Over at tuaw, I read about a hack for iTunes Phones that enables you to up the song limit to 500, and thougt that some of you with these phones would be interested in hearing about it.

In order to do this, you only need a few things. You’ll need a Windows PC (or Bootcamp on your mac) because this is a windows-only hack. Second, your going to (obviously) need a way to transfer the hack to your mobile device, such as a USB cable, or bluetooth, if supported. Now, obviously, this is an unofficial hack (hence the word hack) so no one but yourself is responsible if you screw up your phone.

1000 song hack for iTunes Phones

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Did anyone notice the new design?

It appears that this summer, Apple will be releasing two new versions of their iPod nano, one with 8GB storage and one with 10GB storage.

Munster’s reasoning is that, as the touchscreen iPod will likely not now appear until next year, Apple needs to launch something eye-catching in time for the lucrative run-up to Christmas – and bigger capacity nanos fit the bill nicely.

Sounds exciting, but something I don’t understand is, if the Nanos use flash emory, how can you possibly fit 8 or 10 GB’s in flash? This definitely isn’t my area of expertise..

The nano gets bigger [T3 via Digg]

Well, it seems as though some Mac enthusiasts have discovered that the Radeon x1600 video card in the MacBook Pros are actually severely underclocked, from 470MHz/470MHz to a pathetic 310MHz / 278MHz. Now, don’t get me wrong, it is still an amazing video card, however with a video card so powerful, why let it under perform? By downloading ATI Tools beta version 0.25, you can overclock (normalclock?) it back to its desired speed. However, there are draw backs — if you do this, you must put up with a higher fan speed, which makes more noise. I also read at the link that ATI Tools beta version 0.25 is unstable using Apples drivers, so you must use the ATI Optimized drivers. You can read more about it and get all of the information you need from the article at hardmac.com.

Radeon X1600 in MacBook Pro is massively underclocked! [HardMac via Digg]

Sahas over at Skatter Tech has posted a guide on his blog on how to stream music from your iTunes library onto your PSP, using it’s built in Wi-Fi.

Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular device and has sold a few million units, but when compared to Apple’s iPod, the PSP lacks storage space. Luckily, the PSP has a built in WiFi card to make up for this disadvantage. With a few simple steps, all of which are included in this tutorial, anyone can stream any non-copyright music from their iTunes library to their PSP

Sounds interesting enough. The non-copyrighted music part has me worried, though. I am not completely sure, but I would think that means any DRM’d music, which would mean any music you bought from the iTunes music store wouldnt work. Either way, its a great guide and I encourage you to check it out.

Stream iTunes Library to PSP [Skatter Tech via Digg]

I just wanted to wish all of you a Happy Easter! Get off of the computer and spend time with your family!

In other news, TTO is now a part of D3 Networks! This doesn’t really mean anything to the viewers, but a lot to me. It’s just a network of sites, networking IntelliForums, TTO, and a few other sites.

–D3vious

Two days ago, Yahoo! released the first publicly available consistent collection of satellite photos for the entire US at 1-meter resolution. Here’s your new chance to see your house. If you don’t know what this means, it means that Yahoo! completely retook the imagery of the whole continental United States, with a 1-meter/pixel resolution. Go check if your house is viewable - or updated!

Yahoo! Releases 1m-Resolution Imagery for Entire Continental US [Google Earth Blog via Digg]

According to BBC News, Google makes 12 cents every time you place a search using their search engine. Considering that over 27 billion searches were performed in January of 2006, that’s a lot of money. If my math is correct, which it usually isn’t (which explains my F in algebra last semester), they made $32,400,000 in the month of January from searches. I’m not sure if this can be classified as technology news, persay, but definitely something to know.

Apple has released Bootcamp, a program for OSX that will repartition your drive without formatting OSX and allow you to then natively install Windows XP, with full driver support.

In order to run Bootcamp, you will need a few things. Obviously (and most importantly) you need an Intel powered Mac, such as an iMac, or a MacBook Pro. Along with that, you will need the latest firmware update, and OSX 10.4.6. After ensuring you have all of the requirements, install Bootcamp, partition your Windows partition, and reboot from the XP disc.

The best part about Bootcamp, though, that sets it apart from the Windows XP on Mac project is that Bootcamp will create a drivers CD for you that includes all of the neccessary drivers to run XP normally. The best part is that it includes full 3d accelerated video drivers, allowing you to take full advantage of your fancy mac video card and being able to game. I have played (and I am now an addict) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on my 17″ iMac and it works beautifully. I have all of the settings up to the maximum level, including 3x antialiasing and a 1440×900 widescreen resolution.

Just a note to those who need to update to the latest firmware to use this, you will not be able to upgrade if you have ever used the customized boot loader from XOM, the xp on mac project. You will need to format your drive and reinstall OSX, then attempt the firmware upgrade.

You can download the latest firmware and OS updates from Apple at apple.com/downloads.

Please remember that Apple’s Bootcamp is in public beta stages so their is no suport or guarantees on any part of it. Download Bootcamp.

- Devious

Apple has released OSX Tiger 10.4.6 today, which basically contains the usual slight improvements and fixes. It includes recent apple security updates, along with a lot of fixes for various apple programs, system related stuff, and much much more. I guess this is Apple’s present to us for their 30th anniversary?