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AOL has released a preview version of its new AIM instant-messaging client. But in some cases, that software inserts intrusive marketing messages into all of your chats--even when you aren't using AIM. The goal of this beta release is to demonstrate the core Chrome Remoting technology and get feedback from users. This version enables users to share with or get access to another computer by providing a one-time authentication code. Access is given only to the specific person the user identifies for one time only, and the sharing session is fully secured.
One potential use of this version is the remote IT helpdesk case. The helpdesk can use the Chrome Remote Desktop BETA to help another user, while conversely a user can receive help by setting up a sharing session without leaving their desk. Additional use cases such as being able to access your own computer remotely are coming soon.
Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is fully cross-platform, so you can connect any two computers that have a Chrome browser, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Chromebooks.
WebOffline is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to save entire web pages for offline viewing in Safari. It’s tightly integrated with Apple’s stock iPhone browser, and makes offline reading fairly effortless.
While there are other 3rd-party offline browsing solutions available, if you’re looking for the most native implementation you can come by, WebOffline may be worth a look…(...)
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Want a quick way to play your favorite playlists without venturing into your iPod app? Then check out SBMusic, it allows you to create bookmarks to your favorite playlists, and save them on your Home screen.
SBMusic is a jailbreak tweak that not only allows you to create custom bookmarks, but custom app icons as well. It’s a great tool for those of you who want a quick and easy way to play your favorite tunes…(...)
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Up until the Cupertino company launched iOS 4 last year, there wasn’t any real data protection for iDevices. This left much of the government and enterprise market who require top notch security, holding onto their BlackBerry devices.
iOS 4 brought about industry-standard AES-256 encryption. The new protection consisted of encrypted key sets that were either tied to the device or to the iDevice user’s passcode. Up until now, that encryption has been fairly unbreakable…(...)
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Urgent action required for anyone that likes jailbreaking 4.3.1, 4.3.2, or 4.3.3 and wants to do so in the near future.
For those of you unaware of the Apple firmware update policy, you can only restore firmware version that Apple approves. When you restore in iTunes, it goes to Apple’s web site and verifies if you are eligible for this specific version. This was solved by Cydia storing your SHSH (the is it ok to restore this version request response from Apple). This has been ok for the last year.
For current 4.3.2 SHSH, use the latest tiny umbrella version (same instructions) (Windows) and (OSX).
Watch the firmwareumbrella website for a 4.3.3 capable version and use it when you can!
To do this, go to advanced, uncheck “request shsh from cydia” and uncheck “set hosts to cydia on exit”. Then restart umbrella, go to show all shsh’s and save them all. In the logs you should see 4.3.1 come down. This will allow you to restore 4.3.1 or 4.3.2 through umbrella’s tss server if you need to.
Cydia’s SHSH system will hopefully be back up soon. When it is, I will post about it on this site. (Note: your older shsh’s are still safely stored in Cydia and are not lost).
Alternative to this is to install iSHSHit from Cydia, back up your SHSH and then email it to yourself. From there you can copy it to tinu umbrella’s SHSH folder.
SpiritOfLogic’s latest PhotoAlbums+ update now adds support for the newly jailbroken 4.3.1 firmware.
For those of you that dont know what PhotoAlbums+ is, its a simple CameraRoll Management Tool. It allows you easily create custom photo albums so you can sort out all the images/videos from your CameraRoll directly on your device without having to first import them to your computer, organize, then export back to your device via itunes. It can literally save you hours of time & frustration.
Compatible with all iPhone & iPod Touch models on iOS4 as well as iPads on iOS4.2 or higher.
Its available now in the CydiaStore.
Thanks for your support!
Atari has released a compilation of its famous arcade games for iPhone and iPad. There are over a hundred games in the collection, 18 classic arcade games like Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command and Pong to name a few. The other games, 82 in total are made up of classics from the first Atari home console know as the Atari 2600. Some of the games have had a modern day update with Bluetooth multi-player support. Those of you old enough to remember these classics should be very excited and rightly so; this compilation of games is awesome!
The app will be a free download and the games are all based on in-app purchases. They will be split into 25 games packs. The game has gone live in the New Zealand App Store already, with game packs priced at NZ$0.99 or you can buy the complete catalogue of games for a one off fee of NZ$14.99. We imagine US prices will be a little less.
The app is a universal binary so will run on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. You can see the full list of games available in the New Zealand App Store preview link.
Let us know when it hits your country, and if you get it, what you think!
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If you've misplaced your iOS device, Apple's Find My iPhone app can easily help you find it on a map, or remotely lock or wipe it.
Cortado Workplace is the first app on the App Store to provide protected encryption for the iPhone and iPad. I bet you have been waiting for such app. If so, your wait is over. CocoaNuts released Celeste Bluetooth File Sharing (which is exclusively available in Cydia Store) that allows you to send and receive files from your iOS Device ( iPhone, iPad, or iPodTouch) to any other non iOS device (smartphone, mobile phone or even a Mac /PC or a tablet) via Bluetooth.
Celeste is the Bluetooth file transfer Apple forgot. Long awaited, Celeste allows your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running 4.2 or higher to send and receive files from any brand of mobile phone from BlackBerry to Nokia and any computer (Mac or PC) that supports OBEX Bluetooth file transfers.
With zero configuration, Celeste integrates with a wide variety of apps – including Photos, iPod, Contacts, iBooks, Voice Memos, iFile, and Dropbox. Send and receive all your favorite and important files instantly after purchasing and installing Celeste!
Every purchase of Celeste gets you a free copy of Gremlin (a $1.99 value). Gremlin allows you to import received songs and videos into your ipod library, with full itunes-sync capability.
You can download Celeste Bluetooth File Sharing App for $9.99 (3 Day Sale $7.99) from ModMyi Repo.
Encrypting your data on your iPad or iPhone is a great way to protect yourself on the off chance you lose your device. Even if someone plugs your device into a computer, they ideally won’t be able to steal all of your data. On current iOS devices, encrypting is as simple as setting a passcode.
Encryption in iOS 3 and iOS 4 -- I say “ideally” because it turns out to be a little more complicated than simply setting a passcode. Apple first dipped their toes into the encryption waters by including hardware encryption on the iPhone 3GS using iOS 3. That version was deeply flawed, since merely jailbreaking the phone enabled bad guys to bypass the encryption.
That’s because authorized access to the device would allow decryption of the data — something that happened automatically when moving data onto or off of the iPhone. All an attacker needed to do to compromise data was to jailbreak the device, after which the passcode could be avoided and disabled. After that, all access was seen as authorized and all the data was conveniently decrypted by the nifty new hardware chip. I first wrote about this in “iPhone 3GS Hardware Encryption Easy to Circumvent” (7 August 2009).
Apple fixed much of this with the release of iOS 4. In that version, some of your data is encrypted using your device passcode. Even if an attacker bypasses the passcode by jailbreaking, he can’t access protected data without knowing the passcode.
“Protected data” includes all of your email (and attachments) and data in any apps that link into Apple’s encryption. Other data on your device still isn’t encrypted with your passcode, so that might still be at risk (again, it depends on the app), but you probably don’t care if someone steals your Angry Birds high scores.
Just as in iOS 3, encryption is automatically enabled by default if you set a passcode on any iPhone 3GS or later device with iOS 4 or above. You enable this in Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
The iOS 4 Upgrade Encryption Loophole -- Unfortunately there’s one case where you might have a passcode set, but your device still isn’t encrypted. I used to think this case was rare, but a show of hands at my Macworld 2011 iOS security session revealed that a fair number of attendees weren’t protected, and that’s a small sample of relatively technical users, suggesting that the general population might be even more at risk.
The problem can occur if you had a passcode set on an iOS device that shipped with iOS 3, and then upgraded your device from iOS 3 to 4, which is a common scenario.
To see if encryption is actually enabled on your iOS device, on the Passcode Lock settings screen, look at the bottom. If you see “Data protection is enabled” you are all set. If not, you need to make a small change that’s easy, if a bit time consuming (it depends on how much data you have on your device). Follow these steps:
Disable your passcode in Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
Back up your device by connecting it to your computer and, in iTunes, Control-clicking it and choosing Back Up.
Restore your device by clicking the Restore button in the Summary screen in iTunes. Note that several commenters have said that Control-clicking your device in iTunes and choosing Restore from Backup does not work in the same way.
Enable your passcode again, which turns on encryption.
Apple provides a nice support article with all the steps.
I always recommend that people set passcodes on their smartphone or tablet no matter who manufactures it. Since setting a passcode in iOS also encrypts the sensitive data on the device, we might as well take advantage of that extra encryption hardware chip.
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Dragon speech recognition software for Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad! 
Okay Mr. Bigarella, you’ve outdone yourself this time. That’s the only phrase that popped into my head upon installing Springtomize and discerning how gaudy his latest jailbreak tweak is.
There’s simply no better description for Springtomize — a jailbreak tweak that takes about 50 other jailbreak tweaks, and rolls them all into one.
In fact, there are so many options here, that it could prove to be a bit overwhelming for those just looking to add slight customizations to their iPhones.
But that’s not who Springtomize is aimed at. It’s aimed at those who want absolute 100% control over the look and feel of their iPhone; it does a pretty good job of doing so too…
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This mind-mapping app lets you brainstorm on any iOS device with tap-and-type simplicity.
One more remote solution… Will this one acutally work with Windows…without forwarding ports?!
I’ve never had success with Win7′s new Remote Assistance…