Despite strict Apple iPhone Developer NDA agreements, a reader of TUAW leaked screenshots of iPhone Firmware 2.2 Beta 2, the screenshots indicates that the new firmware will support direct downloading of podcasts onto the device.

As of now, you can only sync podcasts on iPhone via iTunes, the new direct downloading support will definitely help users avoid the hassle of manual syncing.

There is no doubt that cracker's always tend to be one step ahead of software creators, no matter how tough the software protection is they always come up with a method to bypass it sooner or later, But, Adobe seems to be very unlucky with their CS4 product release, first it was the Photoshop CS4 leak and now Adobe Creative Suite 4 got cracked and keygened within three days of its initial release, massive sized trial version of Adobe CS4 suite with crack patches made their way on torrent portals and file-sharing websites within days after release.

Adobe CS4 makes use of a license activation system to make Keygens and shared serial-number obsolete by blacklisting them via a central activation server, Surprisingly, smart crackers defeated the whole CS4 activation system using a simple trick, blocking access to the activation server using Windows or MAC HOSTS file.

We have reviewed quite a few free VOIP service providers earlier on this blog, these free ad-supported services allow users to make free phone calls to various destinations world-over, However, majority of these services does not allow India and Pakistan as free calling destinations.

This is festive time in India and everybody is looking for the best VOIP deal to make affordable calls to their loved ones, for our readers I have complied a list of VOIP providers offering free calls to India this festive season.

It's festive time here in India with Diwali, Wishing you all A Very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous Hindu New Year.

Here are some great sites to select and send Diwali Greetings, SMS, Orkut Scraps, Quotes and Warm wishes to your loved ones:

With tagline "Unlock your SIM, not your phone", SIMable would be the most easiest way to unlock majority cellphones including all version of Apple iPhone, Blackberries, HTC and other latest phones, the process involves modifying your sim-card by punching the special SIMable chip using the provided punch to make the hack work, the whole process is pretty simple and requires less then a minute to complete.

Once punched, the chip slides into your phone with your SIM card tricking the device into believing that you are on the right network, a single one-time investment of approx. $29 will make your SIM work with virtually any locked phone out there.

SIMable Mod-Chip

SIMable SIM Puncher

Final Stacked SIM

Few hours ago in my previous post I shared some good news for Rapidshare users but now its time for the bad one, It seems that legal copyright proceedings against Rapidshare has made the world's topmost file-sharing website restrict the number of anonymously uploaded content to a maximum of ten downloads.

This action seems to be taken because of the earlier ruling by German court asking Rapidshare to log and check IP numbers of potential copyright infringer's.

Here is some good news for Rapidshare premium and collectors account users having lots of RapidPoints, Rapidshare has now started "RapidPoints Rewards" program allowing redemption of Rapidshare points for physical product gifts besides the option of converting them for premium account, the gifts include USB Missile thrower, Star Wars R2-D2 pepper mill, the Dalek helmet that deforms your voice and mini

We have shared quite a few tips to get free subscription for various anti-virus products including Kaspersky, here is yet another simple method to get full nine months of genuine non-blacklisted subscription keys for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009.

Follow the simple process:

1. Visit Kaspersky promotional page here.
2. Complete the required details, don't fill-in garbage and use a six digit pincode as the process seems to be validated manually.

3. Wait for few dates and the free subscription key will get emailed to you.

Few days ago I posted about early beta build of Windows Vista SP2 being released to private beta testers, and as usual we now have a simple hack which allows users to get their hands on this pre-build of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 before everybody else directly from Windows Update servers.

To enable the early download access hack simply follow the procedure as described:

Gmail for mobile version 2.0 is now available for downloading on phones with J2ME support, Google claims the application to be much faster, robust and easier to use from its previous versions, available in a total of 35 different languages the free application lets users access their Gmail accounts from any J2ME supported mobile phone.

Google Mobile team rearchitected the entire application pushing all the processing to the background, coupled with removal of bottleneck code resulted in a much faster and more robust application with smoother scrolling without freezing.