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Linux Wi-Fi Gets Easier with New Broadcom Driver |
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Written by Jonas S.
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Wireless chip maker Broadcom on Thursday announced good news for Linux users in the form of a fully open wireless driver that's compatible with the operating system.
Wireless networking has long been a sticking point for Linux users with netbooks and laptops including Broadcom chipsets, which have traditionally used proprietary drivers that don't work with Linux. Other makers of Wifi chipsets--Atheros and Intel, for instance--have been supporting Linux natively for some time already.
Issues with Broadcom hardware, in fact, have even resulted in warnings to Linux users against purchasing it. Now, however, such warnings are effectively moot.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:29 |
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Apple's FaceTime on Mac OS X, Windows |
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Written by Jonas S.
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A French Web site, Mac4Ever, posted a short article claiming the Cupertino computer crafters are creating software for Mac OS X, presumably an update to iChat, that will allow desktop and notebook users to communicate via FaceTime with compatible iOS devices.
The information is not backed up with sources, but the site has been known to have semi-accurate predictions (SD Cards on last year's iMac release, though incorrect in predicting the release of iLife '11 in August of this year). Translated via Google Translate, the site reports that, "it is rumored that Apple is preparing to leave FaceTime for Mac and PC, the Mac version coming to settle down in the iChat software."
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iOS 4.1 jailbreak imminent, but do you want it? |
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Written by Jonas S.
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ews of the inevitable: less than a day after Apple released iOS 4.1 into the wild, hackers have found a way to jailbreak it.
According to The Unofficial Apple Weblog, "Chronic Dev Team member pod2g has discovered yet another bootrom-based exploit that would supposedly work across all iOS devices running the latest firmware."
Although the jailbreak isn't available to the general public just yet, there's little doubt it will be soon. Whether or not it's as simple as the browser-based iPhone 4 jailbreak from earlier this summer remains to be seen.
My question: do we really need to jailbreak our iPhones anymore? Is it worth the hassle?
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