A new report from reputable sources says that Apple will finally deliver a multi-tasking manager for the iPhone in OS 4.0.

According to AppleInsider, “people with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances” say that the company has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking for the iPhone OS.

From a user-facing perspective, Apple plans to deliver a multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system, according to those same people. Read more…

Apple may be working on a second Mac OS X based tablet, according to TechCrunch sources.

The information ‘originated from a good source’, though it was a second hand source. Some of the main details were corroborated with another source as well.

It appears that Apple is pretty far along on work on second bigger tablet device (possibly up to 15.4″) and it could run a more traditional version of OS X, unlike the iPad which operates on an iPhone based OS. Read more…

MuscleNerd is reporting that he has recovered the long lost source code to redsn0w and may update it to support 3.1.2.

yay, managed to recover the long lost source code to redsn0w ..will port it to 3.1.2FW if there’s any interest (mac+win+linux)

Redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G/3GS and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). It is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows but has not been updated for the latest firmware.

*Update: Looks like Redsn0w will be updated and get a new boot logo feature. Take a look at the screenshot below…

*Update 2: Seems PwnageTool will be ported to Windows and Linux as well.

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Kentucky-based The M.H.A. released their Mac-based security program Airlock on Tuesday. Airlock unlocks your Mac when you approach it, based on the proximity of the Bluetooth transceiver on youriPhone (or later-gen iPod touch). The Mac will lock when your device leaves the preset range, but Airlock also accepts your account password as backup, in case the device is unavailable or its battery dies: since you’ll be leaving Bluetooth turned on all the time, the battery will drain even faster than normal.
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WyndWarrior has released version 1.0 of iDashboard, an iPhone utility which mimics the widget functionality of Mac OS X.

A multi page dashboard for your iPhone! Features a world clock, a calendar, a weather widget, a working calculator, lockscreen dashboard, and double-tap Dashboard. Also will have available widget packs for download in Cydia. Customization features include: wall-papers with auto-dim and the ability to change wallpapers through the photo app.

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Download iDashboard:

• After downloading rename the deb to idash.deb
• Copy the file to var/mobile on your iphone
• Now you can use ifile to install it if you have that installed by just using ifile and tapping on the deb or do the following
• Open up mobile terminal
• Type in su (press return)
• Type in alpine (press return)
• Type in dpkg -i idash.deb (press return)
• Respring or reboot and enjoy

After seeing a concept video of Expose for the iPhone, Steven Troughton-Smith has created the real thing.

Troughton-Smith is the creator of the amazing Stacks utility which lets you stack icons in your iPhone dock, just like in Mac OS X.

After seeing the Ocean Observations concept video we posted several days ago, he has created Expose for the iPhone.

Noting that it should really be called Spaces, Troughton-Smith has posted a demo video of his working application. You can check it out below.

There are still some changes being made including possible UI tweaks. We will let you know once it becomes available.

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Swedish design firm Ocean Observations has created a video to show how expose might function on the iPhone.

The video shows the home button functioning similar to F3 on Mac OS X. Pressing the button shows thumbnails of your different Springboard pages; letting you jump quickly to the one of choice.

Not sure how this idea would work with more then 9 pages.

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