Siri workaround for iPhone handsets:developed by hacker 'chpwn'

Apple's iPhone users who were restless for using the company's much publicized virtual personal assistant Siri can hope to do so....hacker 'chpwn' have developed ways for them.He has designed a download (posted its details on his blog ) which installs Siri from Apple itself. The tool ,Spire,will download Siri while it installs.
For those having jailbroken handsets ,this one is a solution...but its not enough.After that's done u are not quite ready to talk to the virtual assistant
 Apple still requires authorization to use Siri, so information from an iPhone 4S is still required. To insert this information, Spire allows you to enter your own proxy server address. “Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn’t have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts,” the blog post explains. “Similarly, rather than directing all traffic through a specific proxy server (and the associated privacy issues), Spire allows you to specify your own proxy server.”

According to "chpwn," users must access an iPhone 4S' data and proxy to make Siri think it's running on an iPhone 4S.
Just how will you gain access to that information? "Chpwn" won't provide it, but on his site, he suggested a host of options, including buying an iPhone 4S and asking a friend for access to his or her authentication tokens.
iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 owners have been hoping to find a simple way to add Siri to their devices for months now. Unfortunately, there isn't a simple method available, as evidenced by the hoops folks must jump through just to get Spire working properly.

Bye the way Google is reportedly developing its own version a natural language processing enhancement to its Voice Actions application that is code-named "Majel.
We already using the search using voice ...lets see if Majel would prove itself more efficient than Siri.
For those who are in a hurry and couldn't go through all the stuff i have mentioned above ,here is a video.Just see it and get the major points

            

Firefox games platform

A few months back, Google was planning to turn his browser chrome into a gaming platform....they are still planning on this in order to grab the massive chunk of cloud app market share...

Now in this segment, Mozilla has also stepped in and thinking if gaming platform is apt for its browser Firefox.
As we know,Mozilla has launched his app development project which gives guidelines regarding app development and how developers can run them in Firefox.

Its an open project and other browsers can easily adopt it(if they take it seriously).
You may be aware of the Full Screen API, the Mouse Lock API, the Gamepad API, Websockets and WebRT than can be leveraged for online gameplay within the Firefox window.Moreover the browser id can be used to identify players.Its the first time that Mozilla has thought about making a browser,Firefox in this case,into a gaming platform.

However it still lacks gamepad API(although Chrome has such API) and also it is not as popular among gamers as Chrome.It lacks that buzz which currently chrome owns.
We should notice that Mozilla has such gaming ideas and also Firefox has gained HTML5 capabilities...
if they execute their plannings sooner their strategy can become successful ...

Top 5 Gadgets of 2011

1.  Apple iphone 4S

This iteration retained the original design of the iPhone but boosted up by dual core specs and introduced a revolutionary voice recognition based artificial intelligence called Siri. Siri pretty much does everything a virtual personal assistant could be expected to do. The iPhone 4S was announced on October 4, a day before the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

2. Apple ipad 2

It provided a sucker punch to the competition from Android as it released before any tangible Android tablet hit the market. It also became leaner and meaner with a slimmer design and dual-core internals. "And ya the iPad 2 was the last Apple product to be unveiled by Steve Jobs."

3. Samsung Galaxy Nexus : A phone with a soul

Armed with Google's latest version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich and its uber cool 4.65-in reinforced Super AMOLED HD display, the Galaxy Nexus is top dog in the ANDROID ARMY.

4. Amazon Kindle Fire

It came armed with a super affordable $200 price tag, a forked version of Google's Android (customized by Amazon), dual core architecture and, most importantly, integrated Amazon's considerable cloud based services. But bUt buT , not a ipad killer definitely.

5 . Aakash Tablet

What's so special about it? It's made in India,  it's cheap and bundled with Froyo (Android 2.2). At $50, it was pricier than it's original $35 tag, but still the cheapest tablet around. For students (i.e. the targeted market) the price tag will be even cheaper. Moreover , in first quater of 2012  it's Gingerbread version  with higher specs and nearly same price will be launched .