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Jailbreaking Apple devices have become very common today as end-users are trying new ways to make full use of the electronic device that they purchase from Apple. To be honest, I have a iPhone 3GS since more than 1 year ago, but I never got down to jailbreaking it until recently, fearing that my warranty will be void.

Now that my 1-year warranty is up, I have decided to be adventurous and take this one step further - jailbreaking my iPhone! It probably sounds like nothing to those who have already done so, but to me and others who have never done it before, it feels like a risk.

Despite that iOS 4.3.2 has been released by Apple, my iPhone 3GS is still operating with iOS 4.3.1. I did a couple of research, including information from Redmond Pie website, it is recommended that users (including iPad or iPod) do not upgrade to the latest version if they want to maintain their keep their iPhone jailbroken.

(Here are the steps that I used to jailbreak my iPhone...)

Today, firewall and antivirus solutions have become a norm when you purchased a system, whether it's laptop or desktop, preloaded with Windows. Internet Security is already becoming an important aspect (must-have) application in today's operating systems.

AVG is one of the fast-becoming software maker in antivirus programs and internet security. The most recently release of AVG Internet Security 2011 Business Editiion showcases the criticality in Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) companies. Below are some of its features:

• Ultimate endpoint security for your employees’ laptops and PCs
• File Server protection to prevent malware from spreading across your network
• Email Server protection against spam, phishing and email threats
• Automated Security Updates plus security monitoring and reporting

Whilst there are lots of other similar applications, AVG provides a simple platform for companies at low cost.

Link: AVG Business Edition

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta is now available for download. There are several improvements, such as a streamlined design, fewer dialog boxes to click through, more intuitive navigation, and many new features that speed up your web browsing experience.

It is equipped with features like Pinned Sites and hardware acceleration, utilising the computer's graphics processor to speed up browsing experience.

Try it by downloading from the link here: IE 9 BETA

PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. Furthermore, it is an open source software that is available with source code.

With the latest development of running 64-bit computing, such as Linux and Windows 7, PuTTY has not developed any release for 64-bit.

However, Spunk has taken it to the next level to come up with a 64-bit release, based on the 0.60 version. I have personally tested it and is pretty impressed with the usage.

Overclocking is a technique that is mostly used by a lot of computer users, ranging from novice to experts. In these days, a lot of us are geared towards buying budget Netbooks rather than the more expensive laptops. Without a doubt, these lowly-priced laptops (mainly powered by Intel Atom processors), do fetch some popularities. This has led to the developer at ScaleGamer to write a program for overclocking EeePC - known as EeeCTL Overclocking Utility.

(read more on EeePC Overclocking here...)

With the recent release of Google Chrome web browser (still in beta stage), how many of you have realised that Google actually automatically updates your browser version, without you realising it?

Following the Google Chrome Dev Channel Chooser tool, made available by Google, I have actually updated to the developer's version of 0.2.152.1 (as you can see from the screen-shot below).

(Click here to access the screen-shots of Google Chrome...)

You may purchased a new hard disk drive and replace your current hard disk drive on your machine. Now, with a USB connector cable, you tried to access your previous hard disk drive, like an external drive, to find that there are some folders with security settings preventing you from accessing them! What should you do?

Fear not, as there is a way via the command line using Windows Command Prompt (CMD) to access these secured folders.

(Learn how you can access secured files and folders via command prompt...)

With the recent introduction of Google Chrome, it has, once again, sparked a strong browser war competition against all the browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and some others, such as Netscape.

However, today we are not going to join in the crowd and compare the speeds between all the browsers, rather we are going to provide a simple and quick tip to optimise and speed up Mozilla Firefox.

(Learn more about speeding up Firefox here...)