Developer BigBoss' iPhone homebrew Categories made a huge leap recently, bumping up its version number to 2.11. The latest iteration includes a lot of new updates which helps improve the application's functionality by a huge degree. Among other things, the latest release includes a new icon package taken from firmware 1.1.4. Check out the rest of the new changes in our full article.

If you need a quick and easy way to search through your iPhone's contents, then perhaps you should try this new homebrew app that recently went live on Cydia. Entitled "QuickGold", it allows the user to search for and launch installed apps from your homescreen, similar to Spotlight on the Mac. Find out more about QuickGold in our full article after the jump.

Developer BigBoss earlier announced on Sleepers that several iPhone homebrew applications got simultaneous updates today. These include Categories 2.04b, BiteSMS v2.3, and MyHTML v1.3. Read their respective changelogs after the jump.

Developer spektro recently announced a new homebrew app for the Apple iPhone, which will have prank call victims crying tears of joy for this latest release. Entitled "iBlacklist", it essentially allows you to filter any incoming SMS or calls you receive and effectively block them should any of the listed numbers try and contact you. More details regarding the app in our full article.

If you love keeping yourself up-to-date with Google Calendar and want to keep using even on the go, then you might want to try this useful homebrew alternative for your iPhone or iPod touch. Entitled "NemusSync", this third-party native app allows users to sync their Apple devices with Google for use with the Calendar option. Check out the details of the new build (version 0.6.0 BETA) in our full article.

Developer cmw recently released a new beta build for the iPhone jailbreaking homebrew application WinPwn. This bumps up the program's version number to 2.5-Beta 2 and includes a lot of new interface changes, as well as a few bug fixes. Check out the full article for a list of the new changes.

Download: WinPwn 2.5-Beta 2

If you're bored with all the unicellular screenshots and videos of Maxis' upcoming life simulator Spore(PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile), then feast your eyes on this latest trailer for the game. Producer Kip Katsarelis and Software Engineer Soren Johnsen explain how the civilization stage of the game works and show just how cool it can be waging war against your fellow life forms. Video and details after the jump.

For those of you waiting for a public release of the new build, the wait is finally over. ZodTTD recently announced that gpSPhone v2.5.0, which includes all of the new features previewed in the beta release of the homebrew emulator a couple of weeks ago - including support for Apple's firmware 2.0. Find out the details to the public release of gpSPhone v2.5.0 in our full article.

Don't look now, but the iphone-dev team recently released a new version of the iPhone and iPod touch jailbreaking tool, PwnageTool. The latest version bumps itself up to 2.0.3 and includes a lot of useful new additions for any freedom-loving Apple gadget user. You can view the complete list of changes in our full article.

Download: PwnageTool 2.0.3

Developer jonz (Jonathan A. Zdiarski) was recently able to give the NES emulator NES.app a new upgrade, bumping up the iPhone homebrew emulator to version 2.3.1. The latest build adds a new option, which allows users to toggle the magnification filter while running the application. Find out what else is new with NES.app v2.3.1 in our full article.

Download: NES.app v2.3.1