Encipher.it Demonstration (by lifehacker)
Simple and free email encryption for sending sensitive information. The best way to protect sensitive information is still to not send it via email, so I would not recommend this for anything too personal.
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Pretty cool video (and decent song) by Australian band “Hey Geronimo” in which they do live recreations of various iPhone games, including Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, Fruit Ninja, and Flight Control.
Check out this Indiegogo project to supply inexpensive, solar lighting to third world and post-disaster countries. You can even get one for yourself with a donation of as little as $25.
Final Cut Pro X Hands On First Look (by MattsMacintosh)
It’s already controversial but I think Final Cut Pro X looks great. I’m sure I’ll find some things I don’t like once I get my hands on it, but it looks like it’s really going to help streamline the editing process.
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Tales from the Friend Zone is a comedic look at life, relationships, and politics. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll realize people are staring at you, you’ll start laughing again in an awkward attempt to save face.
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Check out this video demonstrating Evernote’s awesome use of the iPad 2 smart cover functionality!
Hidden, an application that aids in recovering lost or stolen Macs, is free until January! This app runs silently on your computer and can be activated via a website in the event that your Mac is lost or stolen. Once activated your Mac will begin reporting data back to Hidden if it is connected to a network, which is pretty likely in today’s world.
After installing Hidden there are some things you should do to make sure your computer is protected and increase the likelihood that Hidden will report data back.
1) Set a firmware password to prevent your Mac from being booted off a secondary drive
This prevents someone from booting your Mac off of an OS X install CD (or any other drive) and wiping your hard drive, thus eliminating the “Hidden” protection. You are still able to boot your system off of another drive in the event that you need to. To do so, simply reboot and hold down the “Option” key. This will bring up a password prompt where you enter your firmware password. After successfully authenticating you will see a list of bootable drives present on your system.
2) Enable the “Guest” account on your Mac
This provides whoever finds/steals your Mac with a login account. Why would you want a thief to be able to login to your Mac? So Hidden can begin reporting data back that may help you locate your computer. This data could include network based geolocation information, ISP information, and even pictures of the thief taken by the built in iSight camera!
3) Turn off “Automatic Login” to ensure a thief does not gain access to your data
Although you want the would-be thief to be able to login to your computer, you do NOT want them gaining access to your personal information!
4) Set the login screen to display a list of users
This will present the would-be thief with a list of login accounts to choose and will let them know that the “Guest” account exists.
Of course, none of these steps will guarantee that you get your lost/stolen Mac returned to you, however it does increase the likelihood greatly. And for now, it’s free!
Deb: What are you drawing?
Napoleon Dynamite: A liger.
Deb: What’s a liger?
Napoleon Dynamite: It’s pretty much my favorite animal. It’s like a lion and a tiger mixed… bred for its skills in magic.
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William Shatner now has a series of advice videos on VideoJug!
