My first blog !: October 2013

Get Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks Upgrade For Free, Direct Download Links

Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks is finally out now, and surprisingly unlike previous paid upgrades is absolutely free to upgrade this time. The tenth major release of Apple OS X, the desktop and server operating system for Mac computers is now available as a free update through the Mac App Store. Compatible with iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminium, or Early 2009 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) and Xserve (Early 2009) the release brings 200+ new features to users. OS X Mavericks brings Maps and iBooks to the Mac, introduces Finder Tabs and Tags, enhances multidisplay support, and includes an all-new version of Safari. The latest release of the world's most advanced desktop operating system also adds new core technologies that deliver breakthrough power efficiency and responsiveness. While the most recommended and easy method to download and install the new OS is via Apple Mac Appstore, for user's have limited/unreliable internet connectivity unofficial direct download of "Apple OS X 10.9" are posted at the end of this post.

Toyota's Killer Firmware : The Computer Inside Your Now "Smarter Car" Is Already Causing Human Death - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Toyota's Killer Firmware : The Computer Inside Your Now "Smarter Car" Is Already Causing Human Death

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:26 PM PDT

While everyone is looking forward for an era of self-driven Smart-cars, the recent verdict of a jury against Toyota holding it responsible for a crash in which a passenger was killed and the driver injured due to faulty firmware in their car raises some serious questions about software bugs causing fatal accidents.

Recently, Google revealed using customized version of Ubuntu Linux for their Smart cars. And after this verdict the big question which needs to be answered is - isn't like any other software platform the embedded smart-brain of these future cars suspectable to hardware/software defects and also vulnerable to already demonstrated car hacking/hijacking?

Fugu SSH - Freeware WinSCP GUI Alternative sFTP Client For Apple Mac OS X - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Fugu SSH - Freeware WinSCP GUI Alternative sFTP Client For Apple Mac OS X

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 02:49 AM PDT

WinSCP is an excellent free GUI client for sFTP (Secure FTP) protocol on Windows, however the same is not available on Apple Mac OS X platform. Also, there are not many free frontend clients for OpenSSH's sftp/scp protocls on Apple Mac OS X, from the very limited options "Fugu SSH" takes the crown for being the best. Fugu provides a friendly, intuitive graphical user interface to the text-based Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client that comes built-in with Mac OS X, featuring user-friendly options like secure drag-and-drop file transfers, remote file editing and remote file preview. Fugu allows you to take advantage of SFTP's strong encryption without having to sacrifice ease of use. Additionally, Fugu can make secure file transfers using Secure Copy (SCP), and can create SSH tunnels to faciliate secure interaction between machines.

Project Ara : A Modular Smartphone Hardware Platform From Motorola - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Project Ara : A Modular Smartphone Hardware Platform From Motorola

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 04:23 AM PDT

Motorola announces Project Ara, a modular Ssmartphone hardware platform like PhoneBloks. An open hardware project to create customizable, upgradable smartphones.

Free Prank Phone Calls Anywhere In The World Without Revealing Your Phone Number plus 1 new tips...

Free Prank Phone Calls Anywhere In The World Without Revealing Your Phone Number

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 02:28 AM PDT

call2friends Everybody loves freebies, and we have shared quite alot of "free phone calls around the globe" services here on this blog. Today, we have something even more interesting then that, a service which not only allows you to make free phone calls "to-and-from" anywhere in the world but also hides you caller id when doing so - making it a perfect free method to play some prank with your friends anonymously without installing anything from your web-browser.

Usually, we need to purchase online VOIP minutes for free calling or spoofing our caller identification, but online service Call2Friends allows you both of these for free and with ease, all you require is a web-browser with "Adobe Flash Player" support to get started. Call2Friends is a modern telecommunication service that uses the latest technologies and offers a free and high quality communications to people all over the world. Not only can you call your online friends for free, it also offers free calls to any regular landline in various destinations. Users can also make use of there free SIP gateway facility to make free Internet calls from mobile phones, tablets or hardware VOIP phones from anywhere saving money in situations like international roaming.

[Video] Goophone i5S - Android Powered Chinese Clone Of Apple iPhone Looks and Works Shockingly Similar

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:17 AM PDT