LEFTEROS / PERSONAL ARCHIVE
Articles & notes.
Original writing and technical notes by Lefteris Iliadis / SomniusX.
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What will happen with the iOS 6 jailbreak?
Few public jailbreakers left, Apple hardening iOS 6.1 with KASLR, and a plea not to update if you still wanted to try tweaks — plus anti-piracy.
10 serious moves to protect your privacy
The other day I had a friend’s iPhone 4S in my hands so I could take photos and video. The first thing I asked — I always do — was “What’s the passcode?”
When Mail.app is slow
Macedonas.gr on compacting Lion/Mountain Lion Mail databases with a script, after backing up ~/Library/Mail.
Happy holidays!
Holiday and new-year wishes from HellasProject.
[SOLD] MacBook Pro 6,2 i5 2.4GHz
Personal 15.4-inch MacBook Pro listed at 900 EUR, later marked sold.
What has happened?!
Stepping back from iOS development after WiFi Spots GR was cracked in under eight hours; apps would leave the Store, source later on GitHub.
FaceSlideR – Cydia fun
FaceSlideR tweaks the lock-screen slider on jailbroken devices, about 1.50 EUR.
What it was, what it is, and what it is not..(;!)
Complaints about Greek Apple retail: selling high-end machines without asking needs, excessive attitude, and still some luck that shops exist at all.
Hidden shortcut at startup lets your Mac become an iPad
Apple is known for this kind of move: hiding capabilities on its computers. Capabilities that are usually enabled with some hidden shortcut.
Apple’s value is over $500 billion
Apple crossed $500 billion market value for the first time, joining a short US list with Exxon, Cisco, Intel, GE, and Microsoft.
“Apple’s value is larger than Greece’s”
The title is not ours; it is CNN’s editorial team’s, after Apple’s record market cap, which recently touched $431 billion and closed at $398 billion.
End of the controversial SOPA bill, from Obama’s mouth
The White House said it would not support SOPA, so sites would not be taken down for copyright links — at least for the moment.