iPhone SMS Exploit To Be Demonstrated At Black Hat Conference

In the beginning of July, security expert Charlie Miller announced that he had found a theoretical vulnerability in the iPhone SMS app that allows for eavesdropping. Now he’s back on the radar and ready for prime time, as he will be demonstrating a working version of his exploit, apparently already later today at the Black … Read more →

Inside The iPhone 3GS

Admit it, you’ve had some naughty thoughts on how the new iPhone 3GS might look under its appearance… well, now you can see it in this great stop-motion picture by TechRestore. In just 2 minutes it will be taken apart – with all kinds of fancy sound effects too – and assembled again in the … Read more →

Microsoft Sees First Drop In Windows Sales – Ever!

Microsoft just released their quarterly financial statement which shocked a lot of analysts and investors. For the first time ever, Microsoft sees a drop in their sales of Windows compared to the year before. Meanwhile the turnover also dropped by 17% in the 4th quarter of the year. As a result, Microsoft stock went down … Read more →

How To Wake Up Monday Morning

Happy SmileyDon’t you just love to sleep in? I certainly do. But I also love to wake up refreshed and ready for another great work week. But sometimes getting up Monday morning can be a bit…. tough? Specially if you, like me, have a tendency to stay up too late watching TV, reading blogs etc.

Here’s a tip I once learned how to make it easier to wake up and get out of bed, not just Monday mornings, but any mornings where you might feel a bit down.

The key is to find something that motivates you to get up and start your day. This is “easily” done by thinking a bit ahead, searching for something that you look really forward to, which makes you happy. When you feel happy, you will get a lot of “happy chemicals” going on inside yourself, which is good. Like Dopamine, which controls your body’s “pleasure center” – the area of the brain that allows you to enjoy life. 

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Review: Joby Gorillapod

Joby Gorillapod with video camcorderThis review is brought to you by mydigitalphotos.dk.

If you like taking pictures and still doesn’t own a tripod of some sort, you better listen up, and listen carefully, cause you are missing out on a whole dimension within digital photography. A tripod allows you, for instance, to take shake-free pictures, even in low light, day and night.

Meet Joby, makers of Gorillapod. A name so attracting that you must be craving for more details.

Gorillapod differs from the ordinary tripod by being extremely flexible. It consists of more than 30 joints, each one will bend in any direction.

The series of Gorillapod is currently made up of five different models with the main difference being the amount of weight they will hold up:

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Friday Flick Find: Khoda

This is the first video in my “Friday Flick Find”-series, where my goal is to post a great video every Friday. It can be any kind of video but it will be one that I in particular liked in the past week. This week I picked “Khoda”. I like this video because it’s a great … Read more →

How-To: iTunes TV Shows & Movies For Non-US Citizen

UPDATE – September 16th 2009: It seems the Danish media finally found out about this tip, as articles today so far has featured in Politiken, DR P3 News and Maczonen.dk. According to Danish lawyer, Peter Lind Nielsen, it’s not – seen from a Danish legal point of view – nothing illegal about this method as … Read more →

What Is Friday Flick Find?

Friday Flick Find at TechPatio is my way of highlighting a video I’ve watched in the past week, that I really liked or found interesting. Note that it’s not Friday Flickr Find, it’s just “Flick”, as in movies… So watch this category, Friday Flick Find, I will post my first entry tomorrow. It’s an amazing … Read more →

Summary: Apple Q3 2009 Quarterly Financial Statement

Here’s a summary of some of the highlights from Apple’s Q3 2009 results, announced yesterday. Note that Apple’s fiscal year does not follow the calendar year, their fiscal year ends in September so their third quarter results are more like second quarter Apple call it their “Best Non-Holiday Quarter in Apple History” Apple turned over … Read more →

iPhone 3GS In Malta By Vodafone Late October

Steve Jobs with iPhoneSorry non-Maltese readers, you will probably not find this one that much interesting. However, I know a lot of people in Malta are getting really impatient waiting for the iPhone 3GS to arrive in Malta and Vodafone doesn’t seem to be willing to release any information at all, not even an expected release date. When iPhone 3GS was first announced by Apple they said, I believe, that both Malta and Denmark would be receiving the iPhone 3GS On July 9th (as I recall). Three danish providers (Telenor, Telia and “3”) recently announced that they will start selling the iPhone 3GS on July 31st, that’s 3 weeks later than the expected date by Apple.

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iTunes Now Syncs With Palm Pre Again And Android

Last week Apple released an update to iTunes breaking the “compatiblity” allowing Palm Pre to sync with iTunes. Shortly after the stock price for Palm dropped, though it’s not certain that the two events are actually connected. Nevertheless, say hello to Salling Mediasync – an application that’s been around for quite some time allowing iTunes … Read more →

Mobile Apps To Become “As Big As The Internet”?

Unless you’ve been living offline for the past year or so, you probably already know what kind of success Apple is experiencing with their App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch. Many other handset makers are trying to get in on the action by launching their own App Stores, so far not with the biggest … Read more →