Gear Live posts followup iPhone v1.1.3 video

Filed under: Macworld, Software Update, Apple, iPhone

You may recall that yesterday we posted a link to Gear Live's gallery of iPhone v1.1.3 snaps. In this season of rumors, we were trying to take it with a pinch of salt; we ended up with enough salt to make some Margaritas here at TUAW HQ, such was our skepticism -- and we were, it would seem, quite wrong to have doubted.

Thankfully Gear Live's Andru Edwards & Nate True decided to show us all what we can expect, with a full-blown video of the latest firmware, embedded after the break (all 8 minutes of it) with their permission. There's a tonne of exciting stuff shown off -- saving of pins on Google Maps, cell-tower triangulation with a single click (sweet!) and the long-missed hybrid Google Map (my preferred view). Throw in the re-arranging of the home screen and multiple SMS recipients (something we'd quite like to use over the holiday period) -- my iPhone is feeling very inadequate already.

Thanks Andru!

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1Password updated to 2.5.8

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

Today, Agile Web Solutions updated their password manager, 1Password. As many Mac users may already know, 1Password is an indispensable application for managing passwords and browser auto-fill for Mac OS X. Now that it has been updated to version 2.5.8, it boasts some new features along with bug fixes.

New in 1Password 2.5.8 is support for the Firefox 3 beta; you're now able to import from Passwords Plus and Password Safe 3, and you can now store UK bank account information.

1Password is available for $29.95 from the 1Password website, and a demo is also available.

[via Mac Update]

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TotalTunes controls iTunes with ease

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Freeware, iTunes

We've all been there, you're working on something and want to easily change a song in iTunes. What do you do? Well, you could right-click on the iTunes icon in the dock; but that will only give you rudimentary options. Well, here comes TotalTunes Control.

With TotalTunes, just create a toggle key then start playing a song. When you want to change a song, just press that key combo and you're given a slew of options for changing song, playlist, rating, volume level, shuffle, and repeat. You can download this slick application for free from the developer's website (it's freeware, but donations are accepted).

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iPhone firmware 1.1.3 breaks unlocks

Filed under: iPhone

This continuing cat and mouse game reminds me of radar detectors. I recall when radar detectors first came out, and something akin to an arms race broke out between authorities and lead-footed civilians to stay one step ahead of each other. I'm fairly certain that's a race that won't end until modern transportation takes some strange turn. So it is with the iPhone unlock strategies, and according to iPhone Dev Team vet Nate True the 1.1.3 firmware update will once again break unlocks and third-party applications. The full post offers some fairly convincing reasons to believe that they've got the real scoop. I'm buying it.

Want to put a happy spin on this? Just be thankful that Apple doesn't allow the iPhone-hacking geniuses much idle time, lest some of them find other ways of showing their talent.

[via Slashdot]

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iPhone firmware upgrade leaked?

It's not MacRumors or AppleInsider with the rumored shots of Apple's iPhone 1.1.3 firmware upgrade. It's GearLive, a site not known for iPhone or any other Apple rumors with the purported goods this time. GearLive's site posted a iPhone 1.1.3 firmware feature gallery article with some convincing images.

NEW IPHONE FEATURES SEEN IN RUMORED 1.1.3 FIRMWARE:

* Sending SMS messages to multiple recipients
* Cell tower triangulation of ones location when using Google Maps
* Viewing Hybrid map view when using Google Maps
* Pagination on the springboard (main) screen
* Drag-and-drop of application icons on the springboard screen
* Ability to add web bookmarks to the springboard screen

Reminder: Last talkcast of 2007, Sunday night at 10 pm

Filed under: Podcasts

It's your last chance this year to join the conversation on the TUAW talkcast, as we return live Sunday night at 10 pm ET for a roundup of the year's top stories and the introduction of our newest blogger. As always, you can listen in on Talkshoe (even from the widget in this post, if you like -- also downloadable as a Clearspring OS X dashboard widget) or call in on regular or VOIP lines; if you want to join in the chat, you'll need a Talkshoe account and the client app.

Last week's rough-cut show has been in the Talkshoe feed for a while, but the cleaned and pressed version of Christina, Erica and me reviewing our gift lists and the week's news can also be downloaded direct or via iTunes. As mentioned last week, we're leaving the enclosures out of our normal feed for now to work around the issue some Leopard Mail.app users are having with RSS attachments; the regular podcast feed is a subset of the main feed, so for now it will remain quiet pending a Mail.app fix.

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Stop the bleeding with tourniquet pants

(Credit: Blackhawk Products Group)

Maybe bleeding to death is the last thing you think about in the morning as you pull on your pants, but it could happen.

That's why a Norfolk, VA based manufacturer of military and law enforcement equipment has developed a uniform with built-in tourniquets, which it says will save lives on the battlefield.

The Warrior Wear Integrated Tourniquet System by Blackhawk Products Group has eight tourniquets; four in the pants and four in the shirt (two in the short sleeve version), which may, in case of injury, be constricted immediately with one hand by the wearer, their buddy or a medic.

Military medics are leery of an over-reliance on tourniquets, because although they save lives in battle, many soldiers later require amputation. In 2002 the FDA approved a bandage developed from chitin, a natural polymer found in shrimp shells that could stanch bleeding at up to 300 milliliters per 30 seconds that was supposed to render the tourniquet obsolete. It was even safe for soldiers allergic to shrimp, but apparently it has yet to pan out.

Quick deployment of a tourniquet minimizes blood loss, the single cause of death from injuries sustained to the extremities among troops, according to studies.

"Sixty percent of preventable combat deaths are from extremity bleeding and 50-70% of all combat injuries are extremity wounds," explained Dr. Keith Rose who worked with Blackhawk R&D to develop the product. "The fact that you can always find the tourniquet with the Integrated Tourniquet system and the speed with which you can immediately apply it will dramatically impact not only loss of life but also the amount of time that it takes to recover from extreme blood loss injuries."

The uniform is designed to allow soldiers to train with the system over and over rather than having to replace each tourniquet after a single use. Priced around $200, machine washable.