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Hackers port Linux kernel to iPhone

If you know one thing about Linux users, it's probably this: they enjoy the challenge of installing their operating system of choice on pretty much anything with a transistor in it. So the news that Linux has been ported to the iPhone and the iPod touch shouldn't exactly come as a shock



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9 iPhone business apps

Letting you play music, movies, and games, the iPhone and the iPod touch could be two of the best time-wasters ever built. But with the right third-party applications installed, they can also give you a whole new mobile workspace. Here are nine applications that can help your iPhone and (in some cases) iPod touch make you more productive, not less.



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Jobs: The iPhone is Apple's netbook

Apple Inc. has no imminent plans to compete in the growing market for "netbooks," the small, inexpensive laptops that accounted for 5% of all U.S. notebook sales last quarter, CEO Steve Jobs said Tuesday. But the company already participates in the category, Jobs argued, citing Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch as devices that have much of the same functionality as the ultra-light, low-cost notebooks.

| News | Hardware | Personal tech | 10/22/08 at 2:18 pm |


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WunderRadio for iPhone

The original iPhone and iPod touch were terrific devices for playing music you'd placed on them. With the advent of the App Store, they're now capable of playing music streamed from such online music services as Pandora, Last.fm, and AOL. But what about terrestrial radio? Weather Underground's WunderRadio has you covered.

| Product review | Personal tech | 10/13/08 at 3:01 pm |


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