Developer reveals the top 10 most common iPhone
passwords

post from Ubergizmo on 14 June 2011 09:04:22 PM. © Ubergizmo

Most common passwords

Daniel Amitay, the developer of the Big Brother Camera Security app for the iPhone recently updated the app to send passwords that users set for the app, back to him for some research he was doing. Since the Big Brother Camera Security app lock and passcode screen is similar to the iPhone’s default lockscreen, he assumed that people would be using the same passwords for both his app and the phone.

All the passwords were sent to him, anonymously, and he collated all the data into a bar chart listing the most common passwords that were being used by his customers. While the method he used to get the passwords were questionable (his app has since been removed from the App Store), what’s interesting is the top 10 passwords that were being used. Admittedly one of them looks familiar to me but it’s for a throwaway login that isn’t important.

How many of you have passwords that are in the list? If you do, it’s time for a password change – just in case. Read more about the experiment.

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Steampunk laptop now up for pre-order

post from Ubergizmo on 14 June 2011 08:35:51 PM. © Ubergizmo

Steampunk laptop

For all you steampunk fans who aren’t satisfied with just having a steampunk mouse can take things further by owning a steampunk laptop. Richard “Doc” Nagy, a creator of steampunk laptops, has decided to lend his talents to the world, by building customized laptops for anybody who’s willing to part with their hard earned cash.

Similar to the steampunk laptop he’s created before, but refined and updated with newer and better parts, these new steampunk laptops will cost $5,500 each to preorder (Nagy expects to sell future batches for $7,500 or more). The laptops will be capable of running any of today’s games and other software ? so you know you won’t be paying good money for a junk computer. If owning such a laptop tickles your fancy, head over to his website to place your pre-order.

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iOS 5 lets your iPhone snap pictures with your
headset

post from Ubergizmo on 14 June 2011 08:21:17 PM. © Ubergizmo

Headset camera

One of the exciting features revealed for iOS 5 is the ability to snap photographs using the iPhone’s Volume up button. Well, some folks have done some experimenting and realized that this volume up functionality extends beyond the scope of the phone’s own buttons, and it works when used with an iPhone headset as well (if it has buttons for increasing the volume).

While this brings to mind some stealthily taken photographs without people knowing, it does have its legit uses as well. Assuming it does work with a Bluetooth headset, just get yourself a tripod for the iPhone and you’ll have a pretty decent remote camera rig. Hit the break to watch a video demonstration of the camera being controlled with the volume control on a headset:

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iBamboo speaker is electricity-free

post from Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women on 14 June 2011 07:04:52 PM. © Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

We love the concept behind the iBamboo, a speaker for Apple devices that doesn't use any electricity. Instead, the foot long piece of bamboo reverberates noises out of the two different ends to amplify them, so it sounds like...

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App automatically detects potholes

post from Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women on 14 June 2011 07:04:52 PM. © Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

There are plenty of apps available on the market that aim to connect users and enable them to share traffic and road updates, such as Waze. But a new app called Street Bump aims to track the conditions of...

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Whats the Ideal Tablet Size

post from Ubergizmo on 14 June 2011 07:01:13 PM. © Ubergizmo

Tablets sizes Tablets are the hot topic of the year and with the zillion of devices pouring on the market, it is hard to know what the best choices out there are. Talking about hardware design, one major question is emerging: is there a “perfect size” for each of us depending on our own personal usage, or does one size fits all? If you are interested in a detailed answer, read Hubert’s blog post on My Life Scoop where we have been publishing in depth articles for the past few months:

4G Networks: Where Are We At?
Top Fashion Apps For the iPhone
The Best of Mobile Music

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Verizon Expands 4G LTE In 26 States

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Verizon says that by the end of this Thursday, 19 new "markets" will be added to its already impressive slate of regions across the country with high-speed mobile Internet accessibility.According to...

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Download Pirates of The Caribbean On Stranger
Tides Windows 7 Wallpaper

The Pirates of The Caribbean fever is catching up with the latest release of the movie, On Stranger Tides. The movie Pirates of The Caribbean - On Stranger Tides is one of the most anticipated movies in 2011.

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Apple to Launch iPhone 5 in September

Apple has always made use of its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) to unveil the iPhone. The iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4 were announced at WWDC, but this year they were pretty much focused on software and planned to launch the new iPhone 5 sometime in September.

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PlayStation 3 sales are up despite PSN hack
attacks

Sony might have suffered the worst hack attack in history on its PlayStation Network in late April, but that doesn’t mean it’s had much of an affect on its PlayStation 3 business. According to Industry Gamers (subscription required), PS3 sales are up 14 percent year-over-year boosted by a strong selection of software titles including first-party inFAMOUS 2. That’s great news because the PS3 is just more or less 4 million units behind the Xbox 360 in global sales to date.

In addition, Sony’s Jack Tretton says that the PSN attack was a wake-up call for the company to be more vigilant in what is actually going on and that 90% (about 70 million) of PSN users have returned to the network after the attacks. What say you? Did you defect to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live during the PSN outage or did you hang in there, read a book, go play in the park and patiently await PSN’s return?

Either way, it’s good news all around for PlayStation fans and Sony’s head honchos. Sales are up, gamers are still happy; everybody wins.

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