New iPhone details appear, faster processor expected
Macrumors.com got a hold of a big one, although the conclusions drawn don't surprise anybody.Rumors of the next generation iPhone point to the support of Multi-Core CPUs and possibly Multi-Core GPUs from Imagination Technologies. Apple has been building a team of chip engineers over the past year to participate in their own ARM processor designs that will presumably be used in future iPhones. Schiller previously outlined Apple's natural product timelines and acknowledged that June is ... Read Full Story
Using Photoshop Smart Objects to simplify label designs.
Here's a tutorial which explains a way to design labels in Photoshop using free blank PDF label templates as a layer that you can then quickly modify for related products including CDs, DVDs, address labels. and more. Photoshop's Smart Objects helps you align-and-distribute options, and layer groups make it easy to repeat your label design to fit the label stock.The detailed tutorial shows how to open a label template to use as a guide for sizing and positioning the label artwork crit... Read Full Story
It's Monday? Time for your first Dimitri Martin break.
Skip out of the office and take those WebEx conferences on your iPhone
From Lifehacker comes good news for us mobile junkies.iPhone/iPod touch only: Cisco's popular meeting and collaboration tool WebEx has found a new home on the iPhone, and, frankly, it looks very impressive. The free application lets you attend any WebEx meeting over 3G or Wi-Fi, including simultaneous conference calls, chat, and document sharing (you'll probably want to bust out your headset to use it all). We don't actually use WebEx here at Lifehacker HQ, so I wasn't a... Read Full Story
Want an AT&T cell tower in your home?
As if the risk of brain cancer weren't bad enough justing using a cellphone, AT&T is contacting some of its customers asking if they'd like to test an in-home extension to its cellular networks powered by a subscriber's own broadband—a femtocell. Femtocells use frequencies licensed by the carrier for data and voice, while handling backhaul through a customer-provided service. AT&T's new product is a small, security-enabled cellular base station that easily connects to... Read Full Story
The REAL Superhero Registry, and no, I'm not kidding.
Okay, there are super heroes like Spiderman that only fight crime on screen or in print. But then there are the real world super heroes like Fox Fire and Black Arrow who are out to fight crimes in their own cities. Think I'm joking. I'm not.Check out the World Superhero Registry to see who's fighting crime in your area.You can learn more about these secretive crime fighters through MySpace and their own personal websites, which are conveniently located on their profile pages.My... Read Full Story
Kill your cable bill, learn how to get Over-The-Air HDTV Free
I can' t recommend it enough, kill your Cable/Satellite system and switch to Over-The-Air HD (OTA). but getting a good reception isn't always easy. Luckily there is help. The AntennaWeb site can help find the receiver that will net the most channels at your address.From LifeHacker:The free-to-use site only requires your street address or ZIP code and asks whether you've got any tall buildings or trees nearby. Based on your location (which it sometimes details down to the street... Read Full Story
Sleaziest iPhone App Ever
Okay, I ran across this little creepy gem of an app, and just had to share it with you. It's called iAmAMan, and it's targeted at the untapped, and doubtfully lucrative, playa' market in the app store.Menstral Cycle tracking apps have been around for a long time, but they are usually useful because they contain fertility trackers, or other actually useful items. But iAmAMan declares it "will help you with your private life planning" by tracking several girls at once s... Read Full Story
Easily block ads in Safari/Firefox, kill your favorite blogs in the process
While I don't block ads personally, many people do. I personally want to support the sites that I read on a regular basis, and understand that the ad revenue keeps them in business. Without it, your favorite blogs and newspapers will go out of business. But if you still want to kill the written word as we know it, there's a great new tool for blocking ads on Safari and Firefox on OS X.Free, open-source application GlimmerBlocker adds a new preference pane to your System Preferences ... Read Full Story
Twitter becomes... useful?
It's amazing the ways in which Twitter is being used. What started out as a micro-blogging service for narcissists, is now providing real-time news, organizing people, and insight into the lives of people like Lance Armstrong and Shaq, and people who are next door neighbors but more fascinating that we had imagined.Over the weekend, a terrifying plane accident in Denver occurred, where a Continental plane slid off the runway at Denver International Airport. How did I hear about it? Was... Read Full Story