The “Break it Down” Blog

Canon 5D Mark II Firmware Update Coming

Thanks to Grant Gochnauer for the heads up on the news that Canon is working on a firmware upgrade for the 5D Mark II folks that will allow 1080p video recording at 24 and 25fps. London, 20 October 2009 – Canon today announces that it is currently developing a firmware update to the EOS 5D Mark [...]

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How To Put Google Ion into Recovery Mode

Introduction This document will cover both how to get your Google Ion into Recovery Mode as well as a few other clarifications to HTC’s Google Ion device instructions for installing Android 1.6 that caused me pain during this process. If you are like me and have an Android device, more specifically the Google Ion Android developer device from [...]

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Next Xbox Not Coming Soon

When Playstation 3 released Sony clearly stated that they plan for it to be their system for 10 years. Microsoft has not made any announcements about their next Xbox iteration but industry analysts were speculating it may released in time for. the 2010 Holiday season.   However, Microsoft this week eluded to the Xbox 360 [...]

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Halo 3 Pust To Talk Being Revised

When Halo 3 released one of its many great features was the great multiplayer matchmaking system.  However, the one glaring annoyance with matchmaking is that in groups of more than 4 you have to push a button to talk to your team mates.  Not only does this make it hard to coordinate attacks with large [...]

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Xbox Live Experience Will Drive 1100% Marked-Up Xbox HDD Sales

With the giant Fall update of the Xbox Live Dashboard (nicknamed ‘Xbox Live Experience‘ at this point) looming, some folks with early access are starting to look at the new features coming in that update. To recap the hotness that is the “Xbox Live Experience” update, it’s more or less every major feature you’ve ever wanted [...]

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How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone

Update #4: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware. Update #3: We have completed an updated Guide to installing the iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on a Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone. Update #2: This is an update to our previous article covering how to install the iPhone 2.0 Firmware on your T-Mobile-enabled iPhone. Now [...]

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How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone

Update #4: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware. Update #3: We have completed an updated Guide to installing the iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on a Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone. Update #2: We have added a new guide for installing the iPhone 2.1 Firmware. Introduction This quick guide covers the process I took to install [...]

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