greenpois0n RC5 ( and RC5_2 ) was released yesterday to Mac OS X users. It is an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1, which means that you don’t have to re-jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch every time you restart it. A lot of users have been complaining to us as to why it’s available for OS X users only – well we don’t have an answer for that but what we know is that the Windows version is in the works and should be released in a couple of days.  Read more...

Permalink: greenpois0n RC5 Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 coming to Windows in a few days

Here’s a look at Microsoft’s history in an infographic created by Train Signal and discovered by Winrumors. Gives you an interesting insight of how Microsoft got to where it is now. And despite all the attention Apple and Google get by the press, Microsoft is the world’s largest software company and is here to stay.  Read more...

Permalink: History of Microsoft [Inforgraphic]

According to an anonymous source at WinRumors, Microsoft may be getting ready to release an SDK (software development kit) for Kinect, the Xbox 360 motion sensor, to support Windows PCs and it may happen a lot sooner than anticipated, most likely this summer. The first beta of the official SDK could well be released in the next few months allowing third-party developers to create titles that utilize the Kinect sensor when plugged into a PC.  Read more...

Permalink: Kinect Support For Windows PCs Coming This Summer!

Even before it could be released to the OEM manufacturing partners of Microsoft who always get the code before the official release to start integration process, the final RTM version of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Service Pack 1) have been leaked in the wild and are now available all over the internet. The rumors were hinting at SP1 release on January 18th, however it appears both the Service Packs can be grabbed right now.  Read more...

Permalink: Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) Final RTM Leaked All Over The Internet!

Just like iPhone and other iOS devices, now you can control your entire iTunes music library right from your Windows Phone 7 mobile device. Remote is a new app now available for download in the windows phone Marketplace thats lets you browse through your iTunes music content using your WP7 mobile over a Wifi connection. The app brings all the basic features to control iTunes at your WP7 phone’s disposal, including volume, starting / stopping music, and searching a song by album, artist, genre etc. All you need to do is to install a free “pairing utility” on your computer which is compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems.  Read more...

Permalink: Download Remote For Windows Phone 7 To Control iTunes & Browse Your Music Library [Mac OS & Windows]

After all the Kinect hacks we’ve been posting here on iTD, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Kinect support for PCs is on the cards.  The confirmation came through BBC’s show Click Online, when Ballmer told them:  Read more...

Permalink: Kinect Support for Windows PC planned says Ballmer

Twitter has made a breakthrough almost at the same time as the Consumer Electronics Show. It has proudly introduced a proper slick desktop application for the Mac systems which is now available on the Mac Application Store. Being fast and easy to use, this new Twitter application allows users to stay connected to their loved ones and share their thoughts almost exactly in the same fashion as it can be used on Windows desktop computers. Quite in the same manner, tweets appear almost immediately after they are tweeted and the URLs are automatically shortened and plenty of keyboard shortcuts make the process much more convenient.  Read more...

Permalink: Twitter for the Mac in the Mac App Store!

Angry Birds is taking over the world! It is now available on the most popular operating system in the world, Windows. Rovia have used Intel’s AppUp store, an app store for netbooks, to launch Angry Birds. For a price of $4.99, you can get started playing Angry Birds on your PC right now.  Read more...

Permalink: Angry Birds Now Available for Windows via Intel AppUp Store!

Apple have released an update to iTunes, version 10.1.1 which contains a few important bug fixes. I haven’t faced any of these issues but it’s always good to stay up to date just to be safe. The update is really small, just 39.4 MB as compared to the huge updates we normally get for iTunes.  Read more...

Permalink: iTunes 10.1.1 Released with a Number of Bug Fixes for Mac and Windows

Apple has quietly updated Boot Camp software, which allows Windows to run on Macs in dual boot mode, to version 3.2. This is a highly recommended update by Apple and brings the following bug fixes and improvements for Windows users:  Read more...

Permalink: Apple’s Boot Camp Software updated to 3.2 for Windows