A video came out unlocking the iPhone 3G software. The video was shared via Qik by musclenerd and posted at the dev-team blog.

I think this is the very first video of an iPhone 3G software unlock.
Watch iPhone 3G unlock video:

According to the creators, the iPhone 3G unlock will be publicly available on New Year’s Eve.

Jim Carey’s comedy film “Yes Man” claimed the No. 1 spot at the box office with opening ticket sales of $18.2 M while Will Smith’s “Seven Pounds” got the 2nd spot with $16 M according to studio estimates Sunday. Mathew Broderick’s “The Tale of Despereux”, an animated film came in third with $10 M.

“Yes Man”, released by Warner Bros., stars Carrey as a loser who turns his life around by subscribing to a philosophy of saying “yes” to everything. Sony’s “Seven Pounds” casts Smith as a mysterious IRS agent doing …

The LA Lakers lost against Miami after Kobe missed a game-tying shot Friday night.  Kobe and the gang for the second night in a row did the same thing when Sasha Vujacic missed a three-point shot in the dying seconds of the game.
“Those are the shots that I live for,” Vujacic said. “When I saw it come out, I was just shocked. It is just painful.”
Kobe Bryant did a magnificent job though. He scored a season high 41 points, converted all his free throws, added 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 …

This weekend videos from Warner Music Group began to disappear from YouTube. The reason for this according to LATimes is that the negotiations broke down over licensing fees for Warner’s music videos from sources they say familiar with the discussions but not authorized to speak publicly.
YouTube via its blog hinted the people about the parting of ways between them and Warner Music group.
“That said, despite our constant efforts, it isn’t always possible to maintain these innovative agreements. Sometimes, if we can’t reach acceptable business terms, we must part ways with …

EA has released the legendary simulation game for building cities, SimCity. The game is available for both the iPhone and iPod Touch and priced at $9.99.

Watch the trailer of the movie Veronica Decides To Die from Paulo Coelho’s book, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and directed by Emily Young:

Veronika Decides to Die is a novel by Paulo Coelho. It tells the story of 24 year old Veronika, who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. This book is partly based on Coelho’s experience in various mental institutions. It is based around the subject of madness. The gist of the message is that “collective madness is called sanity” …

The Los Angeles Lakers got their 4th loss to Miami Heat with just 2 points. The Lakers record is now down to 21W-4L with 3 losses came out of their 5 road games. The Miami Heat on the other hand improved their poor record to 13W-12L after beating the Lakers on Friday night on Miami.

L.A. commits 21 turnovers, misses nine of 19 free throws and can’t stop Dwyane Wade (35 points) as four-game road test starts with a surprising defeat. Kobe Bryant misses shot at the buzzer [via LATimes]
“They seemed …

This place is freezing! It’s so cold, locals say that birds freeze to death in mid flight.

The much-anticipated new U2 album “No Line On The Horizon” will be released on March 2, 2009.
It’s the Irish group’s 12th studio album and is their first release since “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb” in late 2004.

Bono and the boys began writing and recording the new disc in Fez, Morocco. Additional sessions took place in New York, Dublin and London.
The album will include tracks “Unknown Caller” and “Moment of Surrender,” and will feature production from regular U2 collaborators Brian Eno (who most recently worked on Coldplay’s Viva La Vida) …

A group of Japanese lawyers and professors led by Sophia University constitutional law professor Yasuhiko Tajima have asked Google Inc. to shut down Google Street View on the grounds that it violates basic privacy rights.
Google’s Street View provides detailed street-level images of Japanese cities on the Internet. It offers 360-degree views of streets in 12 Japanese cities and is also offered for some 50 cities in the United States and certain areas in Europe.

The service allows Web users to have extensive views of selected streets and areas from a pedestrian …