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What makes iPhone / iPad jailbreaking such a popular process is the additional functionality that gets unlocked together with a number of very popular and useful applications that will never see the light of day in the official app store. You might wonder yourself – Is jailbreak legal? and the answer is yes (only if the term applies to electronic devices, of course). The government, specifically the U.S. Copyright Office declared it legal “for the purpose of running legal acquired/developed applications” so with this question answered, let’s dig a little bit into the huge amount of legal Cydia applications and see what we can find. The list is up to date as of May 2011.

We mentioned Cydia: If you do not yet know, Cydia is THE app store for jailbroken iDevices. Many applications that for some reason or another didn’t make it into the official Apple App Store can now be found on Cydia, free or for a fee. Even Read More…

Several weeks ago, in an attempt to find something less boring for my 7 years old son, I found LEGO Mindstorm, a LEGO system for older kids, that offers more than just putting simple bricks together. Based on LEGO TECHNIC, LEGO MINDSTORMS adds beside gears, beams, axles and lift-arms a programmable component called programmable brick. Depending on the model and generation, the programmable brick has 2-4 sensor inputs and 2-4 motor outputs and can be programmed in several programming languages, including several visual environments that children can use to learn programming. What is even more interesting, LEGO Mindstorm kits are used in universities and colleges around the world to introduce students in robotics and programming, including at MIT where the programming brick originated in the first place.

Long story short, I got caught myself in the LEGO MINDSTORMS building hobby and started to get used LEGO ROBOTICS kits / technic parts from eBay. It is a much cheaper way to build sets and, compared with a single Read More…

Update: The winner is Brian Lie from Baldwin Park, California. Brian, please contact us and provide us with your address / phone number.

Congratulations to the winner and thank you for everyone that participated. We’ll announce soon our next giveaway for the month of April.

Review Horizon is offering one free Viewsonic VMP75 Netflix capable media player / streamer. The player was only used for review. Check Read More…