Just as we promised in last week's Weekend Warrior feature, we kept a close eye on the aftermath of Apple's new releases and found that the Cupertino-based company had nothing but good things going for them this week. As a result, the homebrew community was also optimistic in its efforts to deliver substantial alternatives for iPhone users who are looking for goodies outside of the Apple box. Find out more of what we were able to cover over the past week in our full article.

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.

According to their latest blog entry, the iphone-dev team is running through its final checks before releasing their new iPhone jailbreaker, PwnageTool, to the public. They explained the reason why they delayed the release of PwnageTool 2.0 and how its official release should take care of all, if not most, of the compatibility issues for the new Apple gadgets running firmware 2.0. For more information, check out our full article after the jump.

Recent reports from Gartner's Client Computing Markets group revealed that Apple is now one of the top three PC vendors in North America. The Cupertino-based company saw phenomenal sales during the second quarter of the year, with a spike of 38% in sales alongside Dell and HP. Find out more in our full article after the jump.

Patience is a virtue. This is the message the iphone-dev team wishes to impart to all of the expectant iPhone 3G users awaiting their upcoming jailbreaking tool. In our full article, you can check out the latest progress report from the dev team regarding their status in hacking the newly released Apple gadget. Click on the "read more" link below and take a look at the full story.

It looks like the iPhone-dev team has been at work finding ways to make the iPhone 3G more accessible. They've just posted a video showing off the world's first jailbroken 3G iPhone. Find the video after the jump!

Those of you worried about the discontinuation of Nullriver's Installer.app, have no fear. Despite the opening of the new App Store, there will always be a couple of third-party applications that will never make it to the online download store for one reason or another. Find out what the developer had to say about the upcoming Installer 4 in our full article.

If you were one of those who recently got their hands on Apple's new iPhone model, you might be surprised to find out that its actual manufacturing costs are a lot lower than you might think. Researching firm iSuppli released a comprehensive teardown analysis of the components and production costs for the iPhone 3G, summing up the total to a mere US$ 174.33. Find out more in our full article after the jump.

Next up from Electronic Arts is their flagship project of the year: the next big thing, some people say, to the best-selling Sims franchise. Spore looks to be shaping up perfectly for the September release, as constant media updates from E3 speak of polished, high definition graphics and striking visuals. But we won't just let hearsay keep the anticipation up - Will Wright himself and the folks at EA's booth have tendered several media presentations all for our viewing pleasure. Let 'em rip at the full story.