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Change Your iPhone’s Root Password After Jailbreaking It

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | From the files of the Worth Mentioning Again Dept.: If you’re jailbreaking your iPhone for whatever reason, be sure to change the root access password once you do. Besides hacker ransom attempts, it’s just good security sense. More »
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Brush Your iPhone’s Bezel To Hide Scuffs And Scratches

12:30AM Kevin Purdy | If the shiny metal bezel around your iPhone has seen better days, and that nags at your perfectionist instincts, a quick protective taping and smooth back-and-forth with a rough-sided sponge can give it a more consistent, brushed look. More »
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Nikon Learn And Explore Keeps Photo Tips In Your Pocket

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | iPhone: There are scads of photography resources on bookstore shelves and on the web, but they’re not always available when you’re about to shoot a birthday cake scene in pitch black. Nikon’s got an app stuffed with portable photography advice. More »
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Remember The Milk For iPhone Gets Smart Add

2:05AM Kevin Purdy | Smart Add, the command-line-like task adding tool for users of to-do manager Remember the Milk, just got added to RTM’s iPhone client via an App Store update. Grab it if you prefer little text tricks to lengthy menu searches. [RTM Blog via jkOnTheRun]
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Melbourne Cup iPhone App Features Sweeps, Photos, Price Tag

12:30PM Angus Kidman | The race that stops a nation takes place next Tuesday, and gadget junkies can add a little techno-flare to the occasion with the official Melbourne Cup iPhone application from the Victoria Racing Club. More »
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PicTranslator Uses Your iPhone Camera To Translate Languages

5:30AM Adam Pash | iPhone only: Whether you’ve found yourself in a foreign land or you just need a little help with a foreign-language menu, snap a pic with PicTranslator and let it translate for you on the fly. More »
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NFB Films Brings Hundreds Of Free Films To Your iPhone

5:00AM sarahrae | iPhone/iPod touch only: Need a little something enriching to pass the time on your non-driving commute? The National Film Board of Canada’s NFB Films iPhone application brings access to hundreds of free animated movies, documentaries and experimental films to your iPhone. More »
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iPhone Pizza Apps To Explode Next Month

4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
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16% Of Australians Use Smart Phones

12:00PM Angus Kidman | Once you’ve used a smart phone, it’s hard to imagine how you survived without one. But despite the undoubted convenience of access-anywhere Internet, documents and contacts, only one in six Australians currently uses a smart phone. More »