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Mplayit Provides iPhone App Discoverability Via Facebook

Written on November 19, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

I spend an awful lot of time poking around in the App Store in both iTunes and on my iPhone, just in the hopes of finding something new and exciting to download and use on my device. It’s not an ideal situation, and I often wish Apple would throw out its tired model and completely [...]

Tor On the Mac: Not as Hard as It Looks

Written on February 03, 2009 by Jason Guthrie and 12 people have commented

Until very recently, Tor was always something I heard about online but never used. I never considered myself enough of a “hardcore” geek to really pursue it, but it turned out to be much simpler to use that I thought. So for those of you that were like me consider this a crash course in [...]

Secure iPhone Browsing

Written on November 28, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 20 people have commented

If you’re a security nut, browsing at a public hotspot can be like showering in a public bathroom. You might have no other option, depending on your circumstances, but you’re bound to feel a little creeped out and you’d probably rather have some flip flops on. Think of Hotspot Shield as flip-flops for your computer. [...]