The iPhone's hardware is equivalent to the Sega Dreamcast, and almost at par with the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. It's more powerful than the PSP and Nintendo DS. Combined. Not my words. These claims come from id Software's John Carmack. More in the full article.

iPhone owners looking to jailbreak their units should make it a point to download the latest version of WinPwn from developer cmw. Version 2.0.0.3 takes care of numerous bugs noted in previous versions of the jailbreaking application. Find out more about the latest build in our full article after the jump.

Download: WinPwn 2.0.0.3

Picking up from its successful release of the iPhone firmware 2.0, Apple has already rolled out the beta version of the next software update for developers. The firmware comes with a release of the new iPhone SDK along with several interesting GPS features, completing this special developers-centric package. Find out more about this in our full article after the jump.

Developer jonz has recently announced the release of version 2.2.4 of the NES.app homebrew emulator for the iPhone. Among other updates, this new build gets rid of its old landscape code, and carries several new bug fixes. Further details are available in the full article.

Download: NES.app v2.2.4

Homebrew developers who are interested in seeing how the iphone-dev team was able to come up with the jailbreaking utilities for the iPhone can finally check out the development tools used to create both PwnageTool and Winpwn. The developers recently announced that its xpwn 0.3 development sources are now available for download on the github website. For more details on what xpwn does, read our full article on it after the jump.

Windows XP users who recently updated their iPhones with the new firmware 2.0 can now experience the same freedom that their Mac siblings have been enjoying with the latest release of cmw's WinPwn 2.0. Designed exclusively for the PC platform, the new version of WinPwn supports both firmware 1.1.4 and 2.0, and is compatible with the new iPhone 3G.

Download: WinPwn 2.0

After a very successful launch, it's no surprise that Apple is experiencing a shortage of it's ever-popular Apple iPhone 3G. But consumers hungry for their slice of Apple iPhone 3G pie won't have to wait for too long - Apple is currently working on fixing the shortage. The world will also see the sought-after iPhone 3G units launched in 20 other countries next month. More details in the full article.

The iPhone-dev team recently released PwnageTool v2.0, a program that allows users to activate and jailbreak their iPhone units, including the iPhone 3G. The team decided to spruce up the application and work on it a bit further though, which leads us to the release of PwnageTool v2.0.1. Find out more about it after the jump.

Download: PwnageTool v2.0.1

The PSP is solid. No need to worry about the ongoing competition between it and the DS, and never mind that Apple's iPhone has joined in the ruckus. They've got big plans up ahead, and really, it's not them who's got to be losing sleep over this. So says Koller, and more. Check it out at the full article.

See how the antics of your flightless bird fare with other PenguinPanic players around the world in the latest version this homebrew game on the iPhone. Apple iPhone School's Brooke announced that the latest version of PenguinPanic is now available for download through the BigBoss repository source. Find out the new additions were included since our previous coverage of PenguinPanic after the jump.