One of the absolute worst aspects of my television-watching endeavors has been the confusing use of multiple remotes. I’ve tried universal remotes but there’s always some function I need from DVD remote or DVR that is missing on the universal remote. Stepping up to the plate, the Griffin Beacon ($80) erases the need for five different remotes by providing users with one of the best universal remotes on the market, and interfaces it though iOS.

Wow, that came up on us fast: Apple has just released iOS 5 Beta 6 to registered developers.

Calling all iPhone Fellinis: a contest for short flicks shot on iDevices is open for entries.

The official name is the Original iPhone Film Contest, but you can enter anything shot on an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad2.

Apple has just released the third beta of iOS 5 to registered developers, known as Build 9A5259f. We’re downloading and installing now, but in the mean time, if you’re a registered developer, get downloading at the iOS Dev Center.

Noticed anything new in Beta 3? Drop us a line in the comments below! Here are the release notes.

Nintendo unveiled its upcoming Wii successor at E3 in Los Angeles yesterday, and with its touchscreen tablet-like controllers and AirPlay-like game streaming, some are already debating whether the device might rival the iPad. I’m here to tell you that it won’t.

Following reports that Apple will refresh the Time Capsule line-up at next week’s WWDC, possibly to enable background caching of software updates, comes new word about what to expect: the new Time Capsules will run on iOS and come with embedded A4 or A5 CPUS.

GarageBand and iMovie for iOS, and while iMovie’s update is just a bug fix patch, GarageBand has gotten some more meaty improvements.

ipswDownloader is a great new tool that makes the process of finding and downloading iOS firmware releases incredibly simple. Developed by Vitaly Parovishnik, and available for both Mac and Windows, the app supports every iOS device there is – including AppleTV – and features iOS firmware from version 1.0.1.

What’s great about ipswDownloader is that once you’ve selected your device and the firmware version you want to download, it provides additional details on the release that jailbreakers in particular will find incredibly valuable; such as the baseband version, whether the firmware can be jailbroken and unlocked, and the size of the download.

ipswDownloader is completely free to download and use. The full list of supported devices can be found after the break.

M.I.C. Gadget is no stranger to having their collective skulls smashed together by Cupertino’s lawyers with a Three Stooges-style acoustic cacophony of coconuts colliding, and I’m sure that’s what is going to happen here with the iHub: a third-party hub that not only looks like a little Apple TV sticking out of your USB port, but actually featuring the official Apple logo.

Trust be told, I actually kind of wish Apple made a USB hub like this. The little Apple logo lights up when the hub is plugged in, and the square Apple TV shape means that you never have to worry about your USB ports rubbing their male connectors shamefully together. Even the box is cute: it looks just like the iPod Nano box! Maybe Apple will make something like this for Thunderbolt.

$10 will get you one, if Apple doesn’t sue MIC Gadget into a juicy paste before you click the order button. [via Gadget Lab]

Thanks everyone for your hilarious and entertaining comments in my Throwboy Giveaway post. I had a fun time reading them all and it was REALLY hard to choose the two winners.

So, without further delay, here are the winners: