For owners of any Symbian S60 5th edition phone (Nokia’s 5530, 5800, or N97): today’s the last day Playlist DJ can be downloaded from store.ovi.com for free!
The app promises the ability to build playlists based on the “moods” you set on the app’s sliders. Obviously, you can download through a computer or on your phone itself.

Last January, I asked you what your list of first installs on a computer was. We all have our own suite of applications and utilities that enjoy first dibs on a new/reformatted PC, and easily hours are spent locating the apps’ homepages and clicking on their respective download links.

With Ninite however, the process is streamlined. Simply visit ninite.com, choose the applications you want, and the site builds a customized installer for your convenience. And theoretically, it gets even better: if you’re really familiar with slipstreaming additional software onto your Windows installation disc, you can integrate your customized installer into Windows …read more

Apparently one of the first apps to appear on the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Dymo’s CardScan Mobile’s premise is very simple: you take a picture of a business card with your Windows Mobile smartphone’s built-in camera, and it takes care of encoding the text, adding the information to your contact list, and making sure the data is in the correct fields.
While I look for someone who can try out the app on his or her Windows Mobile smartphone, here are some five quick questions answered by Dymo’s PR:

CardScan Mobile uses OCR to decipher the text right? Yes.
Do your testers have …read more

I’ve been given a copy of RoboForm Pro to try out, installing it and its accompanying Firefox add-on. But as I now try it on my computer, I can’t help but wonder, how secure is this program? The official FAQ claims that saved passwords are encrypted with strong algorithms like AES, but it’s honestly worryingly quiet about what steps are taken to protect your passwords from Siber Systems (the makers of RoboForm).

How do I know that they aren’t secretly pulling my passwords through their own software? I know encryption like AES is supposed to protect the data from anyone, including …read more

Online stereotypes as old as anyone can remember: web designers hate IE with a passion (with good reason), have to use Macs, and use bootleg copies of software if they can’t afford it (not to mention torrents usually equating to pirated software). I’m hoping the underpaid work cliche dies soon though!

Thanks to Andry for sending this in!

Now before you wave your flags in victory (if you hate Apple) or hiss disapproval (if otherwise), here are some relevent tidbits related to the following video:

The competition (CanSecWest) was held last February; Apple should’ve closed the hole exploited by now
The exploit became successful in the second day of competition, which featured a halved $10,000
That’s because on the first day carrying a $20,000 pot, no one could successfully compromise any system
Systems available to hack were running: Linux, Mac OS X, Vista

Now you can watch the report here (opens in a new window/tab).
In any case, it’s probably good news that, despite …read more

If you’re like me, you’ve probably enjoyed trying out beta versions of Windows 7. So to help indulge your love for the operating system Vista should’ve been, here’s a nifty price list featuring all Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate flavors—currently available for pre-order. Bonus feature: purchase links that let you indulge your urge to own Windows 7 as soon as possible.

Version
32-bit
64-bit
Upgrade

Retail
OEM
Retail
OEM

Home Premium
$199.99
$99.99
$199.99
$99.99
$119.99

Professional
$299.99
$134.99
$299.99
$134.99
$199.99

Ultimate
$319.99
$174.99
$319.99
$174.99
$219.99

Be aware that the significantly cheaper OEM versions carry some caveats.

If the “normal” retail prices for Windows 7 sounds a bit steep for you, you may want to consider the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) versions of the operating system scheduled for an October 22 release. The summary of Tom’s Hardware thus states:

Newegg is selling Home Premium for $100, while the retail price is $200. Those looking for the Professional version can get an even greater break as the OEM is $135, compared to $300 for the retail.
Still not good enough? Then you can hand over $175 for the Ultimate SKU, which would cost $320 in stores.
What’s the difference between OEM …read more

Aesthetically-wise, there really isn’t any difference between Snow Leopard and Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5 respectively. And without spending enough time to go over all the promised new features and improvements (see the reviewer’s guide here), I can say Snow Leopard brings speed and responsiveness improvements out of the gate. At the very least, that new Quicktime feature allowing screencast creation on the fly is a really great addition. It, as a friend says, will probably kill most of Screenflow’s current market.

Another good impression Snow Leopard makes is the price of the upgrade, which for a single-user license …read more

Update: Whoops, correction time! Got this in my inbox a few hours after this post was published:

As stated in your article, Kevin Duerr is not “the leader of the team behind the high-profile Google Voice iPhone app.” His company, Riverturn, developed a Google Voice-related app for the iPhone called, VoiceCentral. The VoiceCentral app was accepted, then removed from the App Store. Can you please make this correction? Thanks.
The original post with corrections is below. Apologies to Kevin Duerr.
Apple-bashing seems to be en vogue nowadays. Both Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis and Kevin Duerr, leader of the …read more