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10
Jun
These days we are carrying a lot of secure data on our mobile devices and increasing prevalence of free wireless internet access offers huge convenience. But how can we make sure we’re not being watched?
If you find yourself in a coffee shop using the free wireless broadband keep in mind that you are operating on the same network as anybody else in that coffee shop. As such your device, and all the other connected devices are visible. When something can be seen, it means it’s easier to access.
You first line of security when working on open networks is to disable File Sharing. Under Windows this can be accessed via network properties, on a Mac via System Preferences, File Sharing. By disabling this feature you substantially increase the effort required to browse your computers hard drive remotely.
04
Jun
At long last iTunes UK users finally get the chance to purchase and rent movies as their American cousins have been doing for some time.
Movie purchases are £6.99 for library tittles, £10.99 for new releases, with rentals at £2.49 and £3.49 respectively. HD rentals are an extra £1.00. Not all together bad pricing when compared with Sky Box Office or a Blockbuster rental especially when factoring the enormous convenience.
Of course the real beneficiaries of this announcement are those who have an AppleTV. The AppleTV is the device that sits next to your TV wirelessly syncing content with your computer so you can access it through your TV Home Cinema system.
The AppleTV has been around for quite some time but Apple have been reluctant to push it in the UK until movies where availabe on iTunes. Whilst the device makes an excellent living room juke box it’s the movies that have the real potential to make AppleTV a must have Christmas gadget.
03
Jun
Rumours abound that Apple will be shortly releasing the much anticipated 3G iPhone. What will this mean for existing iPhone users?
On Monday 9th June Apple will be holding its annual Worldwide Devloper’s Conference in San Francisco. One of two annual events held by Apple which are typically used as a platform for new product releases. The standard format is for the charismatic CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, to take to the stage and present 60 minutes of dramatic reveals and demos of new gadgets and software. Most recently this took the form of the iPhone release, Apple’s first venture into the world of mobile phones.
The iPhone has been a huge success since it release taking up a sizeable chunk of the mobile phone market. Yet for a phone that boasts so much, many are still unsatisfied.
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