Fans of Angry Birds Star Wars should be excited to know that Bespin Episode (also known as Cloud City) is coming soon, really soon.
GameTrailers has an exclusive Cloud City teaser video on their site. More will be revealed on Monday March 25, 2013.
Spammer Alert: the connection between x-celerated.com and 1stinlinehosting.com
A comment from a reader prompted us to revisit an older post on a spammer with domain name 1stinlinehosting.com. It is apparent that the same spammer also operates x-celerated.com. We should have realized that sooner.
The domain name submitted by reader is mlifeprogression.com and whois information shows the mailing address:
1608 S. Ashland Ave
Chicago, Illinois 6O608
The very same address of a mailbox service used by a possibly fictional Tom Slater of x-celerated.com.
If you want to fight the spammers back, consider the followings:
- Use SpamCop.net services, support them too by donating to them.
- Report the known spammer to Federal Trade Commission
We thank our readers for their contributions.
Angry Birds Toons: Where’s My Crown?
New episode of Angry Birds Toons titled “Where’s My Crown?” is now playing on Angry Birds App for Android and iOS.
Next week episode is titled: “Full Metal Chuck”
Eight-String Guitar
Apple ID Password reset site is back online
After taking down iforgot.apple.com following a serious vulnerability found earlier today. The security vulnerability allows Apple ID password to be reset with only email and birthdate. Accounts with two-step verification is not affected by this vulnerability. Apple took down its Apple ID password reset site to address the vulnerability.
Apple rolled out two-step verification for Apple ID on Thursday March 21, 2013.
A thing or two to know about two-step verification for Apple ID
On Thursday March 21, 2013 Apple enabled Two-Step Verification for Apple ID.
Two-step verification is an optional security feature for your Apple ID. It requires you to verify your identity using one of your devices before you can:
- Sign in to My Apple ID to manage your account.
- Make an iTunes, App Store, or iBookstore purchase from a new device.
- Get Apple ID-related support from Apple.
In addition to the Frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID, there are a few things we found:
- One phone number can be authenticated to multiple Apple ID two-step verification.
- Not all SMS-capable phone number can be used, such as Google Voice number and Skype.
Apple has listed supported carriers for SMS and two-step verification. - When verification code sent to an passcode-protected iOS device, user must unlock the device first before the code to be displayed.
- When verification code sent through SMS to a passcode-protected iPhone, the SMS content might be shown depends on the notification setting.
- Nexus 4 running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean does not display SMS content when it is passcode-protected (including face-unlock and pattern-unlock).
Apple was expected to beef up Apple ID security after the epic hacking of Mat Honan’s Apple ID and Amazon Account.
Firefox 20.0 Beta 6
Mozilla Firefox 20.0 Beta 6 is now available.
