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Back in March we reported that famed PSN game Noby Noby Boy would be making its way to the iPhone. And Namco Bandai hasn’t forgotten about us. The developer is apparently 60% done with the iPhone version, and to prove is, Namco has released a screenshot, giving us a peek at what we can expect.

In all honesty, the released shot doesn’t tell us much. We see BOY, but not much else. Luckily, there’s still 40% if the game yet to be developed. But will it be free? Crossing our fingers (and our nipples).

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There’s a brand new app out for your freshly hacked iPhone today. For $2, you can be the proud owner of “Hottest Girls.” As the name implies, it’s an app full of pictures of hot women. The developer notes that he added nude, topless pictures today, so if you’re retarded and can’t work Mobile Safari, it might be worth your time.

UPDATE: The app was mysteriously pulled. TechCrunch explains why.

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With the iPhone 3.0 OS officially dropping today (though some of us have had ours for a week and have since hacked it for tethering!), MLB.com is pulling all punches with its new iPhone App, At Bat. While the app itself isn’t new, the 3.0 update will give owners the chance to stream live baseball games at no additional cost. The first game to be streamed will be tomorrows Sox vs Cubs matchup at 2:20pm. For $10, you seriously can’t beat this deal.

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Oh man this is sweet. You see, this week, I got my hands on the GM copy of the iPhone 3.0 OS. I installed it, went “OK, cool”, went to revert and nearly bricked my iPhone. Somehow, two days later, it unbricked itself and went back to OS 3.0, which is what’s needed to rock this tethering hack. Here’s how it works (in short):

• Have a Mac, iPhone with 3.0 OS installed and a pre-release version of iTunes 8.2
• Install the iPhoneTether app
• Hack some config files
• Reap the benefits

While I’m desperate to try this out, I don’t feel like fucking up my iPhone 3G again. The poor thing’s been through too much trauma. Hit the link for 9to5Mac’s full instructions.

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Remember the Game Boy Camera? I do very vividly. You could buy an optional printer and print out all these wacky photos that looked like absolute shit. It also had some mini-games and a sequencer for making beats if I recall correctly. Now the camera that made everyone nauseous is making a comeback on the iPhone. Developer Epicore has released a $0.99 app called GB Camera. It emulates the same 2-bit color scheme and should make for some really cool photos now that you can, you know, share them with people instead of letting them rot on your Game Boy.

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Japanese students lucky enough to snatch a free iPhone 3G from their school shouldn’t get too excited just yet. Your universities mean serious business. The iPhone might just be a smart ploy to get your asses in school.

A Japanese university has started to employ a special school attendance app which keeps track of whether you show your face in class or not. So not only are the iPhones to be used for studying purposes, but you can bet your academic arse that officials will be checking GPS records as well. So, you know what you do? Switch off with your friend, once every other day, give your friend your phone to bring to class. Let them deal with it.

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I love Hulu. Thanks to Hulu, my roommates and I were able to cancel our cable subscription and now watch all our favorite shows on Hulu, save for the HBO and Showtime stuff. Now, in an out-of-the-blue move, Hulu has released a desktop app that lets you watch shows without a web browser. But be warned! I just went to download it and don’t even own a computer fast enough to run the program. Check out these minimum requirements for Mac users:

Minimum requirements: Intel Pentium Core Duo 2.0GHz At least 2.0 GB of RAM Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) or later 2 Mbps Internet connection Flash 9.0.124

The requirement is more or less the same for Windows users. Such a beastly app! If anyone with a brand new computer has the time to try this thing out, let us know how it is. It even has support for the Apple Remote!

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We’ve covered our fair share of persistence of vision gizmos here on Gearfuse. You know, you wave something around in the air and the message is written in the air. You can easily get a kit and build your own POV toy but why bother? You most likely have an iPhone so just download the Light Writer app from the App Store. While I haven’t checked it out yet (and would love to), the app apparently lets you draw text and clipart in the air through POV techniques.

Can the iPhone really become a dedicated POV device? From the looks of these PR images, I’d say there’s a damn good chance.

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Consider yourself a huge college basketball fan? Excellent. If you own an iPhone, your day just got a whole lot brighter. CBS Sports is teaming up with MobiTV in an effort to offer 63 NCAA basketball games for free on the iPhone. The app, which goes on sale today for $4.99, will allow users with an iPod Touch or iPhone to connect to a WiFi network and choose a game to watch. Away on business in Florida and want to watch the Duke game? No problem.

So essentially, for $5, you get access to a shitload of basketball games. This is something I’d like to see happen with the NFL. I’d gladly shell out $20 for an app that lets me watch my New York Giants games. Wouldn’t you?

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Paris Hilton. Britney Spears. Lindsay Lohan.

What do these three beautiful women have in common?

Ah yes, they’ve all flashed their vagina for the paparazzi. Lovely. Wouldn’t you love to be a member of the paparazzi sans citations for stalking from the LAPD? Of course you would. That’s why you need to check out this new game based on the app Socialbomb, which is launching at South by Southwest (SXSW) this week. I’d try to explain it but you should really read how it it works:
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