PC Memoirs

Dome9 (the nanny) is the provider of firewall hosting services meant for protecting cloud servers, and it just created a very useful iPhone Security App that you may want to check out.

What is Dome9 and what does it offer?

Dome9 is an Israeli security company that enables the users to lockdown SSH access or admin panels unless the users particularly open them using the company’s web console. Additionally, the company released an iPhone application recently that provides a far easier access to this console. Normally, users leave their means of remote administration of a server most of the time or else they won’t be able to access it when they need to do so. The conundrum that administrators land into because of this is that it leaves the users’ servers open to hacking attacks of mere password guessing of hit and trial while other vulnerabilities in control panels or access protocols can also be taken advantage of. Admins have taken various measures in order to overcome this problem but Dome9 offers a different approach altogether.

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The Vodio App is an awesome application for the iPad that organizes your video stream. It not only allows you to easily watch videos from different sources but also has an impressive display, thanks to the iPad. The Vodio iPhone app however, requires iOS 4.3 or later and is compatible with the iPad. The controls are simple and easy to learn, and it has some impressive features that no other app has. In short, it is a great app for someone who loves watching videos.

The Vodio App For iPad allows users to rate the video he or she watches and takes those ratings and in turn develops a suggestion pattern for you. That is to say, it will then display or feature videos that the user is most likely to enjoy based on their previous preferences and ratings. While this ratings format has been successful with music apps like Pandora, this is the first app that has applied to videos.

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127.0.0.1 is a set of numbers that you may have heard a technician on the phone tell you to type on your computer screen. This odd number series is called a loopback address, which is also called the local host. These things may sound like very technical things but really they’re not. Add to that the interesting fact that computer terminology is quite descriptive.

Figuring Out the Definitions

Loopback simply means something that returns or goes back to its source. On the other hand an address is something tells us the location of someone or something. So, using a small amount of Sherlock Holmes deductive reasoning, a loopback address is an object that tells us the location of something that basically points to it. This address is also called the local host, which simply refers to the computer where the signals are coming from.

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July 25, 2012 an animal was uncaged by the Apple Inc. Aptly named the OS X Mountain Lion, it arrives as the ninth release in the series of OS X systems for Macs. This version of the operating system claims to fulfill the wishes of users who were disappointed with its ascendant’s and critics & users are all praises for this mountain terrain animal. What makes this operating system one of the best in Apple’s history? Let’s find out:

Price: Mac OS upgrades are not complicated anymore. Remember those days, when people used to throng around Apple retail stores to get their hands on the latest operating system? Those days are gone now. We witnessed the low profile release of Snow Leopard which was just priced around $29. But, this upgrade seems to be lower than that. Released at the online App Store, the operating system is now available at its cheapest best, $19.99.

Social Media Integration: Social networking sites enjoyed a sound role in the iPhone; the same gets repeated with the Mountain Lion. The integration of Twitter into the OS means that you can tweet from where you are, without needing to change the tabs and windows. Post this; a similar integration will be introduced for Facebook.

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Windows 8 – one of the most anticipated operating systems of the year is scheduled for an October 26th launch. Its consumer preview version that released a couple of months ago was subjected to a mixed response. Like any other operating system, it too had its own set of issues and minor flaws and failed to provide the usual windows experience (or we can say partially succeeded).

Though, visually a stunner, its certain modifications and enhancements were not welcomed by many. But, it’s never too late. Here are some fixes for some of the common annoyances in the OS, which you can use and implement it even on the final version of its release.

Bring back the good ol’ Start Menu:

The extinction of Start menu from Windows 8 by Microsoft came out as a shocker, resulting in making multi-tasking much more tedious. When the user requires to open an additional application in the Windows 8, he has to move away from the current desktop, reach for the modern interface start screen and launch the other application that he wanted to, which will eventually bring him back to the initial desktop environment. Such a long process for a simple need! However, there are available certain third party applications over the internet that allows us to install and revive the start menu.Thus, normalcy returns!

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