At&t Hotspot: Review
On March 11th (iPad2 Release Day) At&t has enabled the HotSpot Feature on their iPhone. This feature is a step up from their basic tethering which has a 2gb data and 1 connection mac. To clarify At&t still calls the HotSpot "tethering" but it is their next teir which is a 4gb tethering plan, unlike other carriers At&t caps there max connected devices to 3
iPad2: Review
Arived at the Apple Store - Shearman Oaks, CA at 1:30pm March 11th I was about 55 inline. The iPad2 was set to go on same at 5pm. Lines were very long close to what it looked like for the iPhone4 release. At 5pm Apple reps came out and made a show of force run around the mall giving high fives to people in lines. A little bit after that reps walked around handed out tickets to people in line and those that did not get a ticket did not have a guarantee for an iPad and went home. The ticket did not guarantee you would get the iPad2 you wanted just that one would be available.By the time the we hit 3o's in line all the At&t iPad2's were sold out. By the time I got to the door all some of the Verizon iPads sold out as well. Needless to say I walked away with what I wanted a black 32gb wi-fi version and a black leather smart cover. Side note there was plenty of Smartcases's still available. Unpacking and first impressions.
Prepairing a Used iPad for Sale
With the new iPad 2 coming in a few days, there are going to be a lot of used first generation iPads for sale. There are a few options to go with personally I went with Gazelle since they give you a locked in price for 30 days but people are getting some good money though Ebay and Craigslist as well. Lets get into how to prepare an iPad for sale. .
Gizmo5 Shutting Down April 3rd
Gizmo has been acquired by Google As of April 3, 2011, Gizmo5 service will be discontinued. If you are an existing Gizmo5 user, They suggest you log in to your account to learn more about available options for call credit refunds, credit balance transfers and the possibility of keeping your call-in number.
Facebook: HTTPS Support
Those who are concerned about online security probably know that it was possible to access Facebook via HTTPS for quite some time now, for example using the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox add-on, but some of Facebook’s features, for example chat and photo uploads, did not work properly over HTTPS.
Ipad2: What you need to know
Apple has announced that the Ipad2's will go on sale March 11th, there has been no indication of pre-orders yet. The Ipad2 will be released in two colors white and black and will be 33% thinner at 8.8mm and 2 oz's lighter
WARNING: NEW-Mac OS X backdoor Trojan
Sophos one of the leading Antivirus software company's have found a new backdoor trojan targeting Mac OSX users. It seems it is a variant of a well-known remote access trojan (RAT) for windows users known as darkComet or BlackHole. However Sophos calles it OSX/MusMinim-A or MusMinim for short. .
Project: Apt-get Office
If it was only as easy as apt-get office to update my office. It has been about 8 years with my current office setup. I must say it has held up very well over the years but the need for a new desktop surface and some fresh paint is well over due
Review: Gunnar Phenom Glasses
Gunnar Optiks is the brain-child of Jennifer Michelson, who, after seeing her husband struggle with his vision during computer use, was concerned about her son following in the same footsteps. The company gets it’s name from her oldest son, Gunnar. It was co-founded with Joe Croft in 2005. Joe has worked for several companies doing product design and creation. Possibly his most relevant experience is the almost 10 years spent at Oakley. Gunnar produces both indoor and outdoor “performance eyewear” glasses aimed at people who view computer screens often.
Headlines: AT&T quietly offers unlimited data
AT&T is reportedly offering some customers unlimited iPhone data plans in an attempt to keep them from defecting to rival carrier Verizon, where Apple's handset will launch on Feb. 10.
LastPass Acquires Xmarks!
Xmark has been acquired by LastPass Makers of the leading cross-platform password manager
Easy Hosting Control Panel - Installation
Hosting on a server requires many manual operations like adding a domains, email users the larger the scale its the more work it becomes. Hosting Control Panel is a software that runs on a server, which facilates, which makes easy, almost all kind of hosting operations, such as : adding domain, adding email user, ftp setup ,subdomains . Ehcp (Easy Hosting Control Panel) is a free hosting control panel Which aims to bring an easily installable, easily usable, opensource, gpl, fast, full php to the mix
AT&T iPhone 4 vs. Verizon iPhone 4
Is an Verizon iPhone 4, an AT&T iPhone 4? Not quite, now that Verizon has launched a CDMA version of the device there are a number of notable differences that you're going to want to consider before buying either model or making the jump from AT&T to Verizon.
Tip: iPad Space bar
The space bar on the iPad Keyboard is really unique. It recognizes the number of touches and acts accordingly. If you tap the keyboard with one finger a normal space would be produced. tapping with two fingers would result in a larger space. Similarly tapping with three, four and five fingers would produce larger spaces
Mac app store hacked, how developers can better protect themselves « Craftymind
Mac app store hacked, how developers can better protect themselves Crude instructions have started showing up online with ways to circumvent Apples Mac App store receipt validation. By simply copying receipt and info.plist data from a free app and pasting it into a paid app, you can run apps copied from friends computers or bittorrent. I myself have a copy of a paid app (not angry birds, but one with stronger protection) running on my system that was purchased by a friend. This is a massive failure in the implementation of Apples receipt system.
Use the Option Key to Pull Up System Preferences on a MacBook
Use the Option Key to Pull Up System Preferences on a MacBook Some things on a Macbooks require System Preferences fiddling to fix keyboard settings, Expose/Spaces, and so on.
How To Make AirPrint Work with Any Printer
Apple originally promised it would support a wide range of wireless printers and virtually all shared printers. On release, it supports a very small handful of HP wireless printers and no shared printers at all – making it unusable for the vast majority of iPad users. The good news is that now there is an easy and free way to get AirPrint working as it was intended, and use it with your shared printers on your network.
Review: POWIS - iPad case
Prowis has set out to create an iPad case that jams a lot of features into one case. Yes I admit there are some things I would like improved upon. Keep in mind though Powis is about creativity you are able to design your own case which is what makes the product cool
AppleTV update Live..
AppleTV update is avaliable enabling Video via Airplay
Untangle - Upgrade
Untangle Upgrade to v8 went off with out a hitch very smooth no issues at all. All my racks settings (dhcp, certificate, port forwarding, QOS etc...) were still in place.