iPhone Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks Volume 5 is the perfect book for anyone looking to unlock the full potential of their iPhone. With step-by-step guides showing you how to record guitar tracks, test your eyesight, measure your heart rate and much more, this book will open up a wealth of new functions. There’s also a full guide to jailbreaking, answering all your questions and explaining the benefits, along with tutorials to show you what you can do with your jailbroken device. On top of all that there are reviews of all the best apps to extend the functionality of your device.

Aaron Asadi, Editor-in-Chief, stated: “This book is ideal for any iPhone owner. With top guides to help you discover just what your iPhone can really do, along with ways to get the most out of all the default apps, you’ll be amazed at all the extra functionality this book brings to your device. Add to that a round-up of all the latest and greatest apps and a complete guide to jailbreaking, and there’s something for everyone here.”

iPhone Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks Volume 5 is on sale now from www.imaginebbokshop.co.uk and all good newsagents, priced £9.99.

1 – You’re not supposed to split atoms in your kitchen

A 31 year-old Swedish man was arrested by police after he acquired the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium to create a miniature nuclear meltdown on his stove. Not the smartest idea.

2 – Always check your sources on the Internet

On 5 August a company known as AptiQuant released a “study” of 100,000 people claiming that Internet Explorer users were likely to have a significantly lower IQ than Firefox, Chrome and Opera users. It later transpired that both AptiQuant and the study were a hoax.

3 – Not all planets are bright

Astronomers have found a planet the size of Jupiter but darker than coal. TrEs-2b, as it’s known, is just five million kilometres away from its parent star, with its temperature in the region of 1200°C. The almost invisible planet was found by measuring differences in brightness of the star it orbits.

4 – There could be flowing water on Mars

Images taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that water could be flowing beneath the surface of Mars. The presence of dark lines a few metres wide and stretching for hundreds of meters point to thawing mud, very possibly caused by briny water underground, where extraterrestrial life may reside.

5 – Men are four times as likely to be struck by lightning than women

A study into victims of lightning strikes between 1995 and 2008 revealed that of the 648 people killed, 82% were male. One possible reason is that men spend more time outside playing recreational sports such as golf during a storm.

6 – LEGO is on its way to Jupiter

On board NASA’s Juno spacecraft, due to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, are three LEGO figurines aimed to inspire children to become involved in science as part of a collaboration between NASA and LEGO. King of the Roman gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and astronomer Galileo Galilei are the three immortalised as the popular children’s toy.

7 – The Large Hadron Collider team needs our help

The elusive Higgs boson, a theoretical ‘god’ particle that would help explain scientific interactions on an atomic level, has almost been found by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. However, the LHC team needs the public to help simulate particle physics experiments by using their collective computing power with a program called LHC@home 2.0 to finally track it down.

8 – Solar storms may have caused the UK riots and erratic trading

In 2003 a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reported that traders were more likely to make pessimistic choices during a period of increased solar activity, leading some academics to suggest that the week of riots in Britain and turbulent financial markets during August could have been the result of a large geomagnetic solar storm that erupted in that week affecting people’s moods. We’re pretty skeptical though, to say the least…

9 – We aren’t smarter than a 10 year-old

In early August the 19th annual “Defcon” hacking conference took place in Las Vegas, where thousands of current and wannabe technology tinkerers gathered to discuss all things hacking-related. The NSA, FBI and other governmental agencies were also present, on the lookout for potential cyber-geniuses to employ. For the first time there was also a Defcon Kids convention where, amongst other presentations, a 10 year-old girl known only as CyFi revealed security problems she had discovered in many popular mobile games.

10 – Apple has more money than the United States of America

Apple’s latest financial results revealed it has cash reserves of $76.4bn (£46.8bn), while figures from the US Treasury Department show that the US Government has slightly less money with an operating cash balance of $73.7bn (£45.3bn)

Macs can get viruses, but there are a few factors that ensure it’s a rare occurrence. The operating system run by a computer is what gets the virus. Windows is the most common OS, with an estimated 90% of people using it. As more people have exposure to Windows, any malware (malicious software such as a virus) written for Windows will affect more people. Macs also use a Unix-based system, which means that users have less privileges to install software. Recent Mac operating systems update daily with a list of recognised malware, which means that if a malicious site is visited that tries to install malware, the user will be notified. It’s thought to be impossible to get a virus on an iPhone or iPad, because they only accept software approved by Apple. Happy computing!

Answered by David Houston.

On sale today, issue six of Apps Magazine features the ultimate guide to using the revolutionary iMovie app on iPad 2 and iPhone that explains how you can capture and edit your own movies anywhere. Also in this issue are the 50 best iPad apps that you must own, awesome apps for kids and 25 new iPad 2 secrets. So, for your essential guide to what’s hot on iPhone and iPad, check out Apps Magazine right now. Available in supermarkets, bookstores and all good newsagents.

Our sister magazine Digital Artist has teamed up with Late Late Gifts to offer a fantastic prize – a Headcase Etch A Sketch iPad case. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is post a comment on the Digital Artist blog.

Entry is open to UK and US readers. The lucky winner will be drawn on 19th April 2011. Issue 18 of Digital Artist is out on 24th March 2011.

Touch screen tablets

Explore the technology behind the glass as How It Works asks what really goes on inside a touch screen tablet computer. Take a look inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab, learn how tablets connect to the internet and find out how the iPad’s multi-touch tech works.

Superbikes

While some superbikes are simply illegal to drive on public roads, others are flying up the highways loaded with some of the most sophisticated tech in the transport industry. Discover a selection of the planet’s most notable high-speed motorcycles and the systems helping them transform two-wheeled travel. Includes the low-down on the Hayabusa GSX1300R, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, the Yamaha YZF-R1 and the world’s fastest – but illegal – superbike, the Dodge Tomahawk.

How your blood works

Discover up close the most miraculous, life-giving substance flowing through your veins and arteries. From the components that make up your blood to the life cycle of a red blood cell, find out everything you need to know about how blood keeps you alive and kicking.

Lightning

Find out how lightning is formed, learn about the many different types of lightning, locate the world’s lightning hotspots, and discover what would happen if your body was struck by lightning. Plus, did you know you’re four and a half times more likely to get struck by lightning than to win the lottery.

Exploring the Sun

At the heart of our solar system is the star we call the Sun. For many centuries humankind has been studying and observing this huge energy source. Now find out just how we have been obtaining the most groundbreaking information and incredible images of the Sun ever.

Where can I get a copy?

How It Works issue 17 is available for just £4 from 27 January in all good newsagents and supermarkets. And if you can’t get to the shops you can order your copy online from our eShop. Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch users can also enjoy every issue as a handy PixelMag for a mere £1.79. Just visit the Apple App Store and search for How It Works. Of course, the best way to ensure you never miss an issue is to subscribe, just visit Imagine Subs for more details. And don’t forget, as a subscriber you’ll also receive your copy before the magazine goes on sale anywhere else.

A few months ago we asked our loyal fans to complete a simple readers’ survey to find out a little more about you and what you’re into. The prize for taking the time to help us with this quest for information is the gadget of 2010 – a fabulous Apple iPad.

And the lucky winner is… Mr Jared Murphey

Well done, Jared.

To celebrate the landing of thousands upon thousands of iPads in the UK, Europe and Canada from today onwards, iCreate magazine will be posting some essential tutorials to get you up and running with your new device. They will be tweeting about the posts using #iPadWeek, so feel free to tweet your own tips and tricks for the device using the same tag. The iCreate team will pick the best iPad tip this week and send the winner an iPad case!

If you didn’t pre-order an iPad and are planning to get one from an Apple Store in the UK this weekend, you’ll have to be quick. iCreate has heard on the grapevine that each store will only be holding 70 iPads, and that not all resellers will stock them. So, be quick or be sorry. The first tutorial will be out shortly on iCreateMagazine.com…

How It Works hits the shops today so don’t delay – get yours now.

The latest edition of How It Works is not to be missed. We really don’t know where to start as there’s so much crammed in this month. As well as our exclusive interview with Professor Brian Cox, we also have hundreds of fine facts to feast on. Here are the highlights: inside the iPad, emergency vehicles, petrol pumps, hydrogen-powered cars, dolphins, quicksand, coral reefs, optical illusions, space-exploring robots, human muscles, smoke alarms, Neptune, Spitzer Space Telescope, dialysis machines, superchargers, Medieval armour, fruit machines, hieroglyphs and much much more.

Our regular explainers from the Science Museum were also on-hand to answer all your crazy questions so do keep ’em coming. The news section features the Hubble Telescope, which celebrates its 20th birthday this Saturday (along with dep ed Helen – except she’s been 20 for nearly a decade), and the new UK Space Agency making its home in Oxford.

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