Geohot teases untethered jailbreak that 'will probably work on iPad' (video)

Is it April 1st already or does Geohot actually have something real to show? There's no way to be certain that what the self-promoting master of iPhone (and PS3) hacking is demoing is what he says:

"The jailbreak is all software based, and is as simple to use as blackra1n. It is completely untethered, works on all current tethered models(ipt2, 3gs, ipt3), and will probably work on iPad too."

Given his track record, we'll play along for now. The only thing we can say for sure is that the chosen music accompanying his iPod touch theatrics makes us want to break something, jailtime or not. See it go down after the break.

Via Engadget.com

Mars “The Quest for Life”

Mars “The Quest for Life” is a Discovery Channel documentary focusing on the Phoenix lander. The lander touched down on Mars in 2008, with the dual purpose of searching for the presence of water as well as evidence of life. While this production doesn't examine the lander's mission in comprehensive detail, it provides an interesting overview of the massive effort invested by all involved.
And as long as humans have dreamed of Mars, they have dreamed of life on the red planet. One would hope that such a thing could not occur today, but the idea of life on Mars still fascinates us. In 2004 the Bush administration announced a space exploration initiative that would see a manned expedition to the planet by 2037. Most of the missions to Mars to date have focused on searching for life, or, more precisely, the building blocks of life, like water, oxygen, carbon and methane. It all sounds grandly optimistic, but to date over half of the missions to the planet have been failures, such as the Mars Polar Lander, which crash-landed into the planet or the European Space Agency's Beagle 2 lander with which all communication was lost.
This Discovery Channel show focuses on a group of NASA scientists working in conjunction with Lockheed Martin to build and place another lander on the harsh planet to once again search for signs of life. This time, the team responsible for the failed Polar-landing attempt works diligently on the Phoenix lander, designed to land on Mars then seeks out water.+
The show is successful at capturing the tension felt by each of the scientists involved in the project, but is missing in a lot of scientific detail on the planet itself. Still, for amateur astronomers and folks fascinated by space exploration, Mars: The Quest for Life offers an interesting look behind-the-scenes at the world of astrophysicists and engineers.
This brief Discovery Channel documentary on the effort that goes into putting a probe onto an extraterrestrial body will surely be intriguing to those who have even a passing interest in this subject, but this bare-bones, less-than-reference release, like most of the other recently released Discovery shows feels like it should have been bundled together with the other releases rather than being a stand-alone product. I'd say rent this if you really want to see it.

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Be Aware!!!! Cars.gov allows government to takeover your computer... WTF????

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What is the meaning of life? What is all about?

On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten."
So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks and make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"
And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves, and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty."
And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years? Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back, and the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"

Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

Windows 7 RTM begins rollout August 6th, OEMs and some beta testers to get early headstart... I GOT MINE!!!

So last we heard Windows 7 would be officially hitting RTM status some time this month, but as to when we'd be able to get our hands on it, turns out that's a very tricky question. According to the official Windows blog, OEMs will be able to get it approximately two days after the OS goes RTM, and beta testers who are already subscribed to TechNet can download RTM shortly after it happens for free. Independent software and hardware vendors can download via Microsoft Connect / MSDN on August 6th. Same goes for MSDN-subscribed developers and IT Professionals with a TechNet account, but only the English language version. Microsoft Partner Program Gold / Certified members can join the fun August 16th via Microsoft Partner Network portal on the 16th, and Action Pack Subscribers on August 23rd -- both also English only. All other language versions for those groups are due out by October 1st.

Finally, if you don't happen to fall in any of those categories, Microsoft is happy to remind you that Release Candidate doesn't start giving the annoying reboots until March 1st, 2010, with full expiration happening June 1st -- plenty of time to avoid picking up a copy if you didn't get a chance to pre-order at the much more reasonable discount price.

Apple confirms and expresses sadness over death of Chinese iPhone prototype handler...

Reports have circulated the internet that a 25-year old worker at Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, which produces all the iPhone models for Apple, committed suicide last week following revelation that a fourth-generation iPhone prototype, one of the 16 iPhones he was responsible for, had gone missing. Some stories circulating have described illegal searches of the man's apartment and interrogation involving physical abuse by other Foxconn employees. While not confirming the case being a suicide or the cause being the disappearing device, a spokesperson for the Cupertino-based company did release a statement corroborating the news of his death, saying that it is "saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and we are awaiting results of the investigations into his death. We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect." The status of the missing iPhone prototype, which may or may not have been one that earlier this month found itself on eBay given the timeframe (although a 3GS model and not "fourth generation") remains unknown. Our hearts go out to all involved.