Official, legal emulator heading to iPhone. Tip your hats to SEGA.

SEGA!

That iconic SEGA voice of the early 90′s still rings lound and clear in my head. It seems as if just yesterday I was crowded in a corner of my room on the floor playing Sonic on my SEGA Genesis. *dreaming* Oh those were the days.

I’ve come a long way in only a decade as has the consumer electronics/gaming industry. It’s funny to think back to when I was awestruck by a black box playing games on a big tube TV with graphics power measured by “bits” and animals/humans being represented as literal blocks. And now we have mobile platforms such as the iPhone completely re-writing the book on mobile gaming.

I won’t lie, I enjoy my fair share (read: gigs) of ROM’s on my jailbroken iPhone for it keeps me entertained and able to pass the low points of the day. For as long as I can remember, this little time waster of mine and many others has been looked down upon by the various entities and groups responsible for putting out each and every video game. They say I’m a thief, you’re a thief. But what they’re really saying is “we’re” too lazy or greedy to open up support for other devices — until now.

SEGA is finally, finally seeing the light as new reports detail an official SEGA emulator for the iPhone dubbed “Ultimate Genesis”. As one can guess, a good of popular SEGA games will eventually make their move to the small screen with some of the larger titles debuting first. And of course, now that we can do the whole in-app purchase tango, growing your library of golden relics will come easier than ever.

You know, I really wish they had this when I was a kid.

Look for Ultimate Genesis to drop in the App Store within a few weeks with ROM’s going for on average of $5 a piece. Oh yeah!

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Magnetic Tape storage gets bump to 35TB thanks to IBM.

In the world of consumer electronics, spinning hard drives and flash memory dominate. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve cared about magnetic tape storage. While the newer technologies such as actual spinning pieces of metal or static pieces of silicon have plenty of pros over magnetic tape, there is one big feature that the later two simply can’t beat — price.

Magnetic tape storage is cheaper than cheap. So it isn’t too surprising to hear that these new 35TB magnetic tape storage devices are aimed front and center at businesses. You know, the type of folks who are always looking to save an extra buck here and there.

So while it’s pretty unexciting stuff for a good chunk of consumers, I know there’s at least a few people out there reading this during work hours with suited gents who are no doubt utterly geeked. Even though I despise suits and am an all around more casual (read: fuck business) type of person, I still can’t help getting a little excited about a 35TB cartridge that’s the size of a small sandwich. You?

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HTC does well with Android geeks. Releases Hero source code.

Part of the joy in owning an Android device is that it is so customizable. I’m probably more of a tinkerer than your typical Android user. Think you compare? I have roughly 25 different ROM’s/backups on my SD card so I can jump back and forth between various ROM’s when I please. Obsession comes to mind…

Along the same line, users of the Android platform can somewhat easily take ROM’s from other devices, tweak a few things and get them up and running on other devices fairly quickly. Look no further than the Android 2.1/Nexus One ROM getting ported to the Motorola DROID. There’s 3-4 main 2.1 ROM’s floating around, all of which need my attention.

So what am I getting at? Making our lives — the tinkerers — easier is a big plus in my book. And an A++ does HTC receive today. The HTC Hero source code is now out in the open for all to enjoy. This should lead way to better ROM’s and faster ROM updates/tweaks. I must say that it wasn’t a moment too soon. Geeked?

Hit up HTC’s support/dev section to get the goods.

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And the faucet has been opened: The Steampunk Game Boy

Fans of the wild west, classic movies, and the smell of antique automobiles welcome to 2010. It’s kind of ironic that we’re getting all excited over the Game Boy, a device which was released to the public way back in 1989. But as you can tell, the Game Boy above is so much more than your average GB.

This is the Steampunk’d Game Boy. Thankfully, form doesn’t trump function with Thretris’s creation as the device is fully usable. Besides the drastically improved physical shell, the Steampunk Game Boy also features a nice amber glow from within compliments of a new orange LED which completes the whole 1856 look wouldn’t you say?

Well…I want one.

GearFuse > Albotas > Thretris

Jailbreakers re-unite! RedSn0w 0.9 now available.

When a government or company goes out of their way to cripple a product — in this case a geek product — it’s always a sad, sad day in geek world. The cat and mouse game between Apple with their iPhone and those who truly use their devices is cat and mouse game to say the least. As with any group under fire from “the man”, we are a diligent bunch.

If you’ve resisted the oh so tempting temptations to upgrade to OS 3.1.2 (sarcasm) your fruits can finally be reaped. The iPhone Dev-Team is finally pushing out RedSn0w 0.9 for Mac and Windows. Now you can have the latest and greatest numbers and enjoy all of your “illegal” bounty.

iPod Touch 3rd gen users are still out of luck for the moment. Though, the dev-team says that once RedSn0w exits beta status, 3rd gen iPod Touch support will be included. Sweet stuff.

Get your copy of RedSn0w today!

• RedSn0w for Mac

• RedSn0w for Windows

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American Dad/filmaker trapped in Haiti earthquake rubble for 3 days. Uses iPhone first aid app to survive.

With as far reaching as technology, gadgets, and electronics in general are creeping into our lives, some claim that such an encroachment is ruining our culture and our society as a whole. In most cases, it’s simply someone making a mountain out of a mole hill or misrepresenting a particular situation. The funny thing about life is, there’s always something good to find in a mountain of bad. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder for it.

For American filmmaker Dan Woolley, technology, in this case an iPhone, was anything but a burden or “life ruining” device. Instead, this little “Jesus Phone” saved his life.

Dan was in Haiti filming a documentary the day the quake struck. Immediately after the quake, he found himself buried underneath six floors of his hotel with a pretty bad head wound and a leg with compound fractures — pretty bad stuff. While still optimistic and hopeful, Dave started preparing for the worst. He wrote good-bye letters to his family back home promising them that God may or may not save him, but he will always be there for them.

The next part of the story is the most interesting and telling for technology today — after writing his good-bye letters, Dave used an iPhone medical app to fix up his head wound and broken leg as well as his DSLR’s light to help him see around. In this case, his technology on hand was one of the only things that possibly saved his life!

Once again, it’s nice to see that beyond all of our superficial wants and lusts, technology can still be more than a toy or time waster. For Dan Wooley, it was the only thing keeping him alive.

Fark > Sphere

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Allspark Xbox 360 mod — Gamer tested, Pharaoh approved.

Because the world isn’t already chock full of custom 360 cases…

Aw hell, who am I kidding? This “Allspark” Xbox 360 modded case designed and created by Flickr user givintats is just plane awesome wouldn’t you say? The skeleton consists of plywood with carved and molded clay on top. Add a nice coating of chrome and you wind up with the gleaming box of archaeological awesomeness sitting before your very eyes.

As for the inner glow, owners of such a ‘box can switch between blue or red. For Allspark II, add some more colors, perhaps a fog machine, and maybe even a speaker for sound effects.

Who’s yet again envious of someone else’s noticeably better grasp of creativity and design?