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The iPhone can receive FM radio signals, but it has yet to support FM radio functionality. The iPod Nano can play radio through its integrated FM receiver, heck, it even allows you to pause live radio with the Live Pause feature. What about the iPhone? According to one of 9to5mac ’s tipsters, iPhone radio is coming soon! Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) is supposedly working on an in-house iPhone radio app that will enable the iPhone 3GS to play live radio broadcasts (with Live Pause!) through its currently-crippled FM receiver. Apple’s iPhone radio application is said to run in the background and might even be integrated into the iPhone 3GS’s iPod app. As it stands, the iPhone 3GS FM radio can be used with Nike+ hardware, but stops short of actually playing radio. But I always thought Nike+ uses blue tooth technology to communicate. The source says that Apple is waiting to integrate the iPhone radio app with iTunes to allow users to find a radio song in the iTunes store and purchase that song on ...

How to Install Custom Firmware on the iPod 5G for a Fresh New Look Are you ready to breathe new life into your iPod Video 5G? With a custom firmware installation, you can give it an updated interface similar to the iPod Classic, complete with Cover Flow. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you install custom firmware and add this unique feature to your iPod. Step 1: Set Up Your iPod Connect Your iPod to Your Computer : Plug your iPod into your computer using a compatible USB cable. Disable iTunes : If iTunes opens automatically, close it. Ensure it’s not syncing or otherwise accessing your iPod. Enable Disk Mode : Make sure your iPod is in disk mode, which allows it to function as a hard drive on your computer. This is essential for the custom firmware installation. Step 2: Download the Necessary Software For this process, you’ll need two key pieces of software: iPod Wizard : This is the tool that will enable...

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I sent an email to XBox Live support to change my address from UNITED STATES to CANADA. I made an error when entering my billing information so I asked Support to change it. Here’s Microsoft’s XBox Live Support’s reply: Hello Sal, Thank you for contacting Microsoft online support for XBOX. I am Kian and I will be helping you today with this issue. We have received your email and as I understand that you want to change the country information specified on your Xbox Live account.  We appreciate the opportunity to assist you. With regards to your inquiry, I’m sorry to inform you that you may not be able to change the country in which they want to be billed on Xbox Live. If you create an account, you must enter a country in the appropriate field. After you enter a country, that field will be locked. You may not modify this field if they decide that they want to be billed in different currency. This is because of a limitation in the Billing system. If you want to be billed in anot...

As promised, here is the first of what I hope to be many post involving the XBox 360. Ah, the internet – founded upon crazy men making crazy things for free. Such as a blog supposedly written by your 360, based on what you’ve been using it for. It monitors your Live account and automatically generates entries about what it’s been up to that day (or what it hasn’t been up to – expect many posts about neglect if you don’t turn it on for a while). The tone is very much American geek, but it’s a fun record of your own gaming habits, and of keeping an eye on what your chums are up to. Get set up at www.360voice.com .

File Description If the Xbox 360 has its notorious RROD, the PS3 has its own YLOD, or the Yellow Light of Death. But unlike the Xbox 360’s hardware issue, the YLOD affects only a very small percentage of PS3 units. Still, that must suck for those included in that "very small percentage". Well good news, folks! There’s now a solution for that problem, thanks to he who goes by the name Gilksy1. If you check out the attached PDF file, you’ll see that the procedure is actually very similar to how you would handle an RROD (that is, if you do own an Xbox 360 as well). It’s very user-friendly, with step by step pictures and stuff. Still, as the whole process requires opening up your PS3, be reminded that you forfeit your warranty, okay? But really, rather than do it yourself, just send it back in for repair if you’re still covered by your warranty. We don’t see any PS3 price cuts coming at any time soon, so might as well don’t commit PS3...