TippingPoint | DVLabs | Pwn2Own Wrap Up:

“We are all wrapped up from this years CanSecWest and pwn2own contest, and again it was a great conference, and a successful competition. The contest uncovered 4 new and unique critical vulnerabilities affecting the latest and greatest versions of IE, Safari and FireFox. The Chrome browser gets a small nod for being impacted by one of the flaws, although exploit is not possible using any current known techniques. I’m sure they’ll get it fixed up just the same.”

(Via Continue reading.)

Magnifique Customizes Your OS X Theme [Downloads]: “

Mac OS X only: Not keen on Leopard’s default theme, or just prefer to ditch the status quo for something more your style? Free application Mangifique quickly and easily swaps custom themes in OS X.

Magnifique is surprisingly easy to use. After you install it, you can browse through a handful of available theme downloads to find one that suits your fancy. Once you’ve chosen a theme you’d like to try on, just download it via the Magnifique browser and apply it. You’ll want to restart Finder, your Dock (don’t worry, the app comes with buttons to do this for you), and any other application that you want to see the newly applied theme with—and voila, you’re rolling with a custom theme.

As with any serious, system-wide customization tool, you should approach Magnifique with some amount of caution. We haven’t thoroughly tested it yet, but we were able to successfully apply a skin and restore to our default without any problems, so Magnifique is passing the test so far. If you give it a go, let’s hear how it’s working for you—and what themes you’re liking—in the comments. Thanks Tobiah!

(Via Lifehacker.)

macosxhints.com – 10.5: Create a direct Screen Sharing shortcut icon: ”
Just type vnc://machine_name in the address bar in Safari and drag that to the desktop. “

(Via macosxhints.)

Denied the right to watch TV online? You’ve been geo-blocked: “There are fixes for Canadians frustrated at barriers keeping them out of sites like Hulu and TV.com……As many as a half-million Canadians, among 5.5 million Web surfers worldwide each month, are already using AnchorFree.com to do just that, according to David Gorodyansky, founder and CEO of the northern California company. AnchorFree offers an ad-supported virtual private network called Hotspot Shield that, in addition to boosting PC security, allows Canadians to view geo-blocked content. Once installed (a process that takes about a minute), the shield prevents content providers from knowing what country you are i….”

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(Via Complete Story The Star.)

11 Cool (& Sometimes Useless) Things You Can Do With Your Macbook | MakeUseOf.com: “Cool applications utilizing the Sudden Motion Sensor feature of Mac laptops.
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(Via makeuseof.)

Aquafadas is delighted to announce the immediate availability of BannerZest 1.4, their Flash presentation application for Mac OS X.

The new version 1.4 of BannerZest (Standard and PRO) comes with new themes named Bouncy and Fading Grid that will let you add gorgeous content on your web site in just a few clicks. Need some animated footer for a web page, or a need to showcase some products or media in a limited space on your page ? Search no more. These new themes will elegantly solve this problem.

The version 1.4 comes with various improvements:
- Improved some of the existing themes
- All themes can be loaded in a separate SWF developed in AS3
- Added shadow color setting for the CoverFlow theme
- Added setting for the number of loop for SlideShow theme and some Flash themes
- And various bug fixes

The upgrade is free for existing customers and is recommended to all our users.

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Next Generation iPhone: 7.2Mbit, Video Camera, More?: “Last week some more details about the next iPhone revision continued leaking out.

First, there were spottings of new Apple device IDs found embedded within the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Silicon Alley Insider then claimed that the next iPh…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Carbonite Backup Utility Comes to OS X: “

The most popular Windows backup tool, Carbonite, released a Mac version this week—so if you’ve been wanting to get Carbonite’s excellent backup service on OS X, you’re in luck. Not a fan of Carbonite? Check out some other excellent alternatives. If you want a more detailed look at how it compares to the other popular backup utility, Mozy, check out our Mozy vs. Carbonite faceoff.

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(Via Lifehacker: Featured Mac Download.)

US iPod scammer brought up on federal charges: “Scammer exploited Apple’s return policy

Prosecutors have just brought federal charges of fraud and money laundering against Nicholas Arthur Woodhams of fraud and money laundering.

(Via Macworld UK.)

ConnectDots Kids Game App Released:

Haymarket, VA – ConnectDots is for kids aged 3 to 103! It will keep everyone entertained. This fun, interactive game helps children recognize the shapes of animals in their habitats. It also allows adults to experience their childhood again with good old ‘connect the dots.’ Once all the dots have been connected, dive in and color the illustration that is revealed. With sixteen different illustrations in the gallery and the 16 different crayon colors the combinations are endless.

There is no way to mess-up. The dots will connect with a simple touch of the screen. All you have to do is to just keep touching until all the dots disappear and the animal outline is complete. The crayons are easy to use: select a color, touch an area, and the color fills in. Once the coloring is complete, it can be saved into the photo library by touching the push-pin icon. Send your artistic creations to friends and family or turn it into wallpaper for your device.

Feature Highlights:
* Simple touch screen to select from the different images in the gallery
* Simple touch and connect, the dots do not have to be connected in any specific order
* Multiple undos with the eraser tool
* Sixteen colors to select from
* Sixteen illustrations to select from
* Save the artistic creations

Minimum Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.
* Requires iPhone 2.0 Software Update

Pricing and Availability:
ConnectDots is currently in the Top 50 Kids Games at the App Store. For .99 (USD) this app is a great deal.

ConnectDots

thINK Graphic Design was founded in 1998 by Julia Turner. thINK is a progressive graphic design firm that gives great thought to all the work we design. Projects range from collateral (including books and brochures), direct mail, corporate branding, illustration, photography and website design. Just this year we introduced iPhone/iPod Applications to our designing repertoire’. This company can supply all your design needs, there are no limits. We work with our clients every step of the way to make sure they get what they want. All Material and Software (C) 1998-2009 thINK Graphic Design / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

(Via MacMegasite.)

Safari 4 beta tweaks: “Rob Griffiths demonstrates some tab tweaks for Safari 4 Beta—specifically, how to move the tab bar back below the bookmarks bar, and for those who prefer the new top tabs, how to use color to make the active tab more distinguishable from the inactive tabs.

(Via MacCentral.)

The X Lab™ has published “Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Leopard® Edition,” dedicated to preventing or resolving common problems with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This is the fourth e-book in The X Lab’s continuing “Troubleshooting Mac OS X” series. The e-book format enables the reader to quickly find the solution to any of the numerous Mac OS X problems addressed in the over 450 pages of “Troubleshooting Mac OS X, Leopard Edition.” The book is extensively hyperlinked and cross-referenced, both within the book itself and to some of the best Mac OS X troubleshooting information on the Web. Pricing begins at US$19.95 for a single-user license. Multi-user licenses are also available. For additional information, visit The X Lab: .

Highlights of Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 Preview: Copy and Paste, A2DP, MMS, Much More: “
Apple today hosted a preview event for its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0, highlighting a few of over 1,000 new APIs for developers and over 100 new features for users. Full details are available in our live updates, but here are some of the highlig…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Set Safari 4 Beta’s Top Sites page as home page: “If you’d like Safari 4 Beta’s Top Sites screen to be your default home page, here’s all you need to do. Open Safari 4′s Preferences, and choose the General tab. In the Home Page box, enter topsites://, then close Preferences.

Your home page is now set as the Top Sites screen — click the Home button in Safari 4′s tool bar, and your current page will be replaced with the Top Sites screen.

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Make the green button set a window to full screen size: “If you like working with full-screen windows, you might want to try Right Zoom, a nice little freeware which modifies the behavior of the green button on OS X windows. Once installed, clicking the green button will always expand a window to full screen size.

Right Zoom runs in the background without a dock icon, and as far I can tell, uses few resources. This older hint introduced shortcuts for doing this using the keyboard, but I didn’t see anything for changing the behavior of the actual green button.

[robg adds: I haven't tested this app, but given that 'how can I make the green button fully expand windows?' is one of the most-common email inquiries I receive, I thought it was worth sharing.]

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)