Get iPhone OS 3.0.1 Firmware

apple-logoEarlier Apple released its OS 3.0 firmware for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS but recently it got hit by a wave of iPhone users who noticed that a simple SMS could remotely take over the victim’s iPhone and control the iPhone.

And now Apple came out with the security fix in the form of OS 3.0.1 firmware which fixes the security flaw. It is advised that all the iPhone users must upgrade to the latest firmware so that they don’t fall to the SMS exploit security flaw.

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Kingston Introduces 256 GB Flash Drive

Well… that was really fast from Kingston side. A few weeks back we covered the latest announcement for the 128 GB Flash Drive but now Kingston introduced its 256 GB USB flash drive.

This latest 256 GB flash drive is not yet available all over the world and is limited to Far East, Middle East, Europe and Africa.

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Remove Files From Hard Drive Securely

hard-driveIf your switching to another computer or may be selling out your old desktop computer and you want to permanently remove files from the hard drive, then this article will surely help you do the job.

The content on your hard drive even when removed are still recoverable from the your hard drive like earlier we shared on recovering deleted photos from your digital camera. All your files even if deleted leave a trace on your hard drive and can be recovered using recovery applications.

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Remove Duplicate Music Files

I have a huge collection of music, which is separated to 3 different hard drive partitions and most of times when I have to find a song at times I feel I have seen that song at another place and when I try finding it, I have to locate it individually. Now, to solve this problem I came across this really cool application with which you can find and delete duplicate music files from your music collection.

Similarity comes to use to locate almost all kinds of audio formats like MP3, WMA, OOG, ASF, WAV, FLAC, APE or WV with similar names, music tags or sound content and remove the duplicate ones.

You can select the partitions you have music on and specify the search criteria to find similar or exact files. The searching process is abit slow but the results are worth it.

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Get 90-days Trial of McAfee Internet Security 2009

mcafee-logoEarlier we told you guys on getting the free 90 days subscription of Norton Internet Security 2009 and today i found a free 90-days trial of McAfee Internet Security 2009.

McAfee Internet security comes with all the standard features like all other internet security software like the ones from Kaspersky, Norton, or Panda.

McAfee Internet Security 2009 comes with 8-in-1 feature which cover all your antivirus needs, provides a two way firewall for maximum protection, email protection, scans your network for viruses, protects you against spyware, hackers.

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Change Facebook Username

face-logoEarlier Facebook introduced its feature with which you can select a username for your profile like facebook.com/anything. This is similar to that of My Space idea of getting a profile username but this feature was quite expected from Facebook and is now really appreciated as people can find the right person easily.

When the username selection began, facebook did not allowed users to change them after they selected the username which was quite harsh from facebook side. Couple my friends wanted to change the profile username but were not able to.

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Get Free 90-day Subscription of Norton Internet Security 2009

symantic-logoAlthough i am not much a fan of symantec  products, Norton but i will still suggest you guys to try out the norton internet security 2009 free subscription they are offering these days which actually changed my mind on the Norton security products.

Here are some of the features i noticed from internet security 2009:

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10 Ways To Extend Mobile Phone Battery Life

batteryThere are billions of mobile phone users who are making and receiving thousands of calls per second and most of the time what stops them from receiving or making calls is a dead battery which really irritates you when you desperately need your phone.

I found a few solutions with which you can extend your phone battery life so that your phone stays powered for a longer time before you plug it in for a recharge.

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Explore Moon In Google Earth

google-moon1Although the first astronauts landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11 touched down, and now for all of those who ever wish to explore moon without actually going there, Google has added Moon features to Google Earth.

Most of the images are really amazing, the Apollo landing site, astronauts foot steps and other really cool tours. This is really useful for the young ones who fantasize to go to Moon and see Moon.

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Shutdown Computer With Command Prompt

shutdown-computerEarlier I told you guys about an application which automatically shuts down computer and I found this really cool trick to make a few commands in your command prompt to shutdown computer with command prompt.

This trick goes one step further than the application I told you about. With this trick you can even shutdown computers on your network if you have administrative access. Specify time, add comments (the reason for shutdown), or even restart computers on network.

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