Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension

Sure, Amazon's Cloud Player works -- as long as you're in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering -- but it's fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we'd like to see added -- but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don't have to wait for Amazon!

Google Chrome users, for example, can add playback hotkeys with an extension called keyMazony. Once installed, you'll have keyboard control of your Amazon Cloud Player queue. keyMazony commands will work as long as you're in the same Chrome window as Cloud Player, even if its tab doesn't have focus. The key combinations are customizable as well -- just make sure you don't set up a combo that conflicts with another extension or Chrome's built-in keyboard shortcuts.

Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/31/add-playback-hotkeys-to-amazon-cloud-player-with-a-chrome-extens/

Elena Lasch Hans-Jürgen Haake Arno Zimmerling Jacqueline Kiesel

Seven Simple Ways to Save the World from Home [Homemod]

Kermit famously sang "It's not easy being green." Wrong again, talking frog; it's actually not that tough. You probably know the basics: compact fluorescent bulbs, reusable shopping bags, and public transportation. But wait, there's more! And it's also pretty easy. Here are seven ways to save the planet—and a few greenbacks along the way: More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/iuYlHsvY3-4/seven-simple-ways-to-save-the-world-from-home

Edgar Betz Antonia Koppe Gertrud Hölzl Ulrike Kellner

Fresh Details About Wii 2's Unusual Controller (And Why It Won't Kill The Wii Remote) [The Future]

In the week since reports about Nintendo's next home console began appearing in the gaming press, several aspects of the controller of the system's controller have become more clear. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/CDc_a9gJNZ0/fresh-details-of-wii-2s-unusual-controller-and-why-it-wont-kill-the-wii-remote

Arne Koller Fiona Brandenburg Franziska Spanier Erna Van den Hout

The Week's Best iPad Apps [Video]

Qwiki: Qwiki for iPad, like their website, is like a visual Wikipedia. Which is to say it's a super pretty way to learn stuff. How so? Instead of delivering information in text and hyperlinks, Qwiki provides a narrative to the topics you search for with an audio commentary and relevant visuals. But! It ain't perfect. The voice that narrates each Qwiki is robotic and if you watch enough Qwiki entries, you'll notice that they're terribly formulaic. And though every presentation is super purrty, it only gives you bite sized nuggets of information. Free

More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ZhmBsdpFdlc/the-weeks-best-ipad-apps

Dieter Schreiter Monika Kley Heidemarie Frick Maike Beetz

Daily Crunch: Birdlime Edition

Video: Talking Parakeet Toy Repeats What You Say, Randomly Blurts Out Phrases This LEGO Lunchbox Wants Nothing More Than To Hold Your PB&J Lexon?s Buro Collection, For Design-Conscious Desk Jockeys Homemade Tron Board Game Glows With Nerdy Fun Why Is This Plain Wall Clock So Compelling?

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/07/daily-crunch-birdlime/

Sabine Kinzler Frieda Falkner Hans-Joachim Kammann Antonio Fellberg

Just Mobile Lounge iPhone Stand Review

I used to have a Treo and the Palm dock, and I really got used to reading and whatnot while it was plugged into the dock on my desk. Since then I?ve tried to get the same functionality out of my iPhone but never really found a working solution. For example, the Apple dock is [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/04/19/just-mobile-lounge-iphone-stand-review/

Annika Schäffer Edgar Betz Antonia Koppe Gertrud Hölzl

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on OS X or Windows with PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze

iOS 4.3.1 jailbreakA jailbreak of iOS 4.3.1 is now possible with both PwnageTool on Mac, and Sn0wbreeze on Windows. RedmondPie -- who else? -- has some handy guides that you can follow for all iOS 4.3.1 devices on Windows, for iPhone 4 on OS X, iPad 1 on OS X, iPhone 3GS on OS X, and iPod touch 4G and 3G on OS X.

All iOS 4.3.1 jailbreaks are still tethered, meaning you'll have to jailbreak your device after every reboot. An untethered jailbreak is slated for release sometime in the next week -- but 4.3 was meant to have an untether, too, and that never emerged.

Maybe Apple's updated security mechanisms will finally keep hackers at bay!

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on OS X or Windows with PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/28/jailbreak-ios-4-3-1-on-os-x-or-windows-with-pwnagetool-or-sn0wbr/

Ulrike Kellner Nicola Kohnen Laura Ungricht Edith Berner

Security firm RSA attacked using Excel-Flash one-two sucker punch

RSA attacked using Flash vulnerability
It has emerged that the underlying cause of RSA's SecurID gaffe was the recently-reported zero-day vulnerability found in Adobe's Flash Player.

The exploit, which used specially-crafted Flash embedding in Excel spreadsheets, was first reported on March 15 and has since been fixed. RSA was hacked sometime in the first half of March when an employee was successfully spear phished and opened an infected spreadsheet. As soon as the spreadsheet was opened, an advanced persistent threat (APT) -- a backdoor Trojan -- called Poison Ivy was installed. From there, the attackers basically had free reign of RSA's internal network, which led to the eventual dissemination of data pertaining to RSA's two-factor authenticators.

The attack is reminiscent of the APTs used in the China vs. Google attacks from last year -- and indeed, Uri Rivner, the head of new technologies at RSA is quick to point out that that other big companies are being attacked, too: "The number of enterprises hit by APTs grows by the month; and the range of APT targets includes just about every industry. Unofficial tallies number dozens of mega corporations attacked [...] These companies deploy any imaginable combination of state-of-the-art perimeter and end-point security controls, and use all imaginable combinations of security operations and security controls. Yet still the determined attackers find their way in."

What we'd like to know, though, is whether the attack on RSA was caused by Adobe's lackadaisical approach to patching Flash -- or was it the other way around? Was it the RSA attack that first brought the zero-day vulnerability to Adobe's attention?

Security firm RSA attacked using Excel-Flash one-two sucker punch originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc/

Lutz Yalcin Birte Höß Kerstin Klos Dieter Schreiter

How to Keep Your iPad Location Data Secure and Private

You may not be aware of this but the location of your iPad 3G or iPhone is constantly being tracked. Also, each time you create backups or sync your device that information is being logged. If you are using default security settings anyone can access your personal data and location. The fact that this data [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ipadbuzzblog/~3/musn3CezvF4/

Janine Harrer Emilia Münchow Claus Rehberg Tobias Leinenbach