Comodo Unite: Remote Control Desktop, Create Private VPN & Group Chat

Remote access to another computer on your network has been around for quite a while now. The internet repository is flooded with various tools that make it easier to connect to another computer on your LAN. While remote access on the same network sounds easy as a pie, it can be a hassle to connect with a computer that is located on a different network (e.g. an office computer). In such a case it can be quite complicated to create a VPN (Virtual Private Network) for remote connectivity. Comodo Unite is an application for creating your very own VPN, to connect and share files between two geographically distant computers. With the help of Comodo Unite, you can easily access one PC from another, as if it was located on the same local network. It works even from networks that are protected with a firewall and comes with an integrated secure messaging service, which uses 128-bit encryption to secure private communications. Read More



yTimer2: Quickly Create & Manage Multiple Countdown Timers

A good countdown timer allows you to keep an eye on the time left until the deadline is reached. If you are working on a project, it is very important that you keep good track of the passing time if you want to complete it before the submission date/ time arrives. We have previously covered timers including Free Countdown Timer, a lightweight reminder that reminds you about important tasks, and WatchMe that lets you create multiple timers, add description, choose custom sounds and select applications to run upon countdown completion,h however, you have to let the application keep running in the background at all times in order to keep the timer running. Today we have another countdown timer for you called yTimer2. It is an application for Windows that allows you to set up multiple countdown timers, receive audio and text notification alerts, and open files when the counter reaches zero. Unlike WatchMe, if you close yTimer2 when there are active timers in it, restarting the application will automatically load the timers with the correct remaining time. Time can be specified in days, hours, minutes and seconds. Read More

ISO500 for 500px Brings Great Works Of Photography To Your iPhone






eBay’s Red Laser: Scan Barcodes To Find Cheapest Prices For Items [WP7]

QR code generator and reader apps have become commonplace these days. Online Shopping Giant eBay Inc. has added its own QR/Barcode reader app to this genre. The app is called Red Laser and it allows you to read the product barcode of any item to view the lowest online and local prices available for it. With Red Laser, you can instantly search the best prices available without the fear of emptying your pockets for something you had set your heart on! What sets Red Laser apart from a regular Barcode/QR code Reader is its ability to search products online, make lists of shopping items, pin a shopping item as a Live Tile, generate QR codes from Plain Text, your Contact(s) list or a URL, and much more. Details after the break. Read More

Fbspot: Control Facebook Account From iPhone Spotlight Search [Cydia]

There are countless tweaks available at the Cydia store for jailbroken iOS devices. Some are really useful, while others are there to just make up the numbers. FBspot is a tweak which falls somewhere in between the two categories. The functionality it offers is, admittedly, pretty minor, but many iPhone users who like Facebook might find the tweak really useful. Fbspot lets you type commands in the Spotlight search area of your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and those commands will take you straight to the desired area of your Facebook account. Confused? Read on for details. Read More

Enable Autocorrect Keyboard In iPhone With Autocorrection Bar [Cydia]

The "who copied?" is a debate which never seems to end in the world of smartphone platforms. While people have accused Android’s latest version, ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich), to be a mixture of features from iOS and even Windows Phone 7, there are some things which iPhone has borrowed from Android as well. One such feature, introduced in iOS 5, is autocorrect bar in the keyboard. If you are on iOS 5, then you must be wondering why haven’t you got any such bar in your phone. That’s because despite the feature’s presence, it is disabled by default, and there is no easy way to enable it. If your device is not jailbroken, you can enable the autocorrect bar using our guide to enable autocorrect keyboard. However, for all users with access to Cydia, Autocorrection Bar is a simple and free tweak to get this feature with complete ease. Read More

Official Client For Cloud Service YouSendIt Arrives In Android Market


Remove Search Bar In ICS On Galaxy Nexus & Enable 4×5 Portrait Grid

Quite a lot of Galaxy Nexus owners have complained about the inability of the Ice Cream Sandwich to allow removal of the Google Search bar on the device. For some, search bars are not really appealing at all, so when the find themselves restricted from doing so, they turn to Android developers. XDA-Developer forum member djmcnz has released a mod that now let’s you remove that search bar giving you a 4x5 grid, rather than the 4x4 originally. How does this work and what else does it offer? Read on after the break. Read More

Install ICS Based Passion Custom ROM On Samsung Vibrant

While the likes of the Galaxy S II devices are yet to receive a working and stable Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, be it official, or be it custom, the Samsung Vibrant seems to be fairing real well to its successors right now. ICS Passion ROM is developed by XDA-Developers forum member neobuddy89 and is simply one sweet and stable ROM brining the goodness of the Ice Cream Sandwich to your Vibrant without the instability issues that plague most ROMs build for the newer generation of the Samsung Android devices. We take a look at what this ROM is all about and how you can get it up and running on your device, after the break. Read More



Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S II I9100 Leaked [Video]

The Samsung Galaxy S II gets ICS! Earlier when the source code for ICS was released, Galaxy S II owners went crazy with the news of ICS AOSP ROMs being talked about on the internet and more so, they were installable. The builds at that time, were far from stable, with not just graphical glitches but major hangups. Today, Sammobile released what is an ICS based XXKP1 firmware (Android 4.0.1), with a build date of 7th December 2011. Is this the real deal? Sad answer being, no it isn’t. So what is it then? We find out after the break.

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IntouchID For iPhone: Auto-Sync Changes To Your Contact Info With Friends’ Address Books

Almost all of us change our contact info at some point in time. Notifying every one of your contacts about changes to your primary phone number or email, or keeping track of all the changes your friends have made to theirs is quite a hassle. IntouchID is an iOS app that helps you out in this regard by automating the entire process. If you are linked with one of your contacts through the app's cloud service, all the changes they make to their contact info will automatically be reflected in your device’s address book and vice versa. Read More

Minus Now Lets You Connect With Users & Play Any Audio/Video Format

Photo sharing has pretty much become a common internet phenomenon. From Flickr to Imgur, Twitpic to 9gag and Imageshack to Tinypic, you will find countless photos being shared by people around the world, in every passing minute. Perhaps that's the reason social network giant Facebook adapted it as a mainstay feature. However, sharing photos is cumbersome task and one has to go through the hassle of sign ups and other procedures to get the job done. Minus changed all, and we here at Addictive Tips, have been closely following the progress of Minus since it first came out just as a web service. We have seen it start as a web-service, which grows towards desktop and android app, and then integrate into Windows ‘Send To’ Menu, and finally get Browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. That's some serious milestone it has successfully achieved. Should you unaware of the service, Minus is a file sharing web service that makes photo sharing just a matter of dragging images over your browser. Minus keeps on getting updates from time to time and it has received another one, including new features such as Explore to see what others are sharing, Galleries that allow you to play all video and audio file types and add tags & comments to images, and Dashboard has been revamped to become Home for all your uploading and following activities. Read More

Create Your Own Linux Distribution With SUSE Studio


CCEnhancer Now Extends CCleaner Support For Up To 500 Applications


HP TouchPad Gets MIUI Custom ROM [Download]

The HP TouchPad just received it’s first MIUI ROM, officially supported by MIUI.US. The impressive tablet has gone on sale for as low as $99 since HP decided to drop the entire WebOS platform. But where HP left of, Android was quick to the rescue, reviving the tablet with it’s first Android ROM in the form of the much popular CyanogenMod 7 ROM. Surely that was just the beginning, and well, at least we hoped so. This release of the MIUI ROM has rekindled our faith in the TouchPad, but enough about hopes and faith, we have MIUI running on the Touchpad! The ROM is still a work in progress with quiet a few things missing, but with the MIUI.US developers working on it, all issues will soon be ironed out in no time. For more on the ROM and how you can get it up and running on your device, read on.

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Chrome 16 Released On Stable Channel With Easier Multi User Management

Google has released the stable version of Chrome 16, with support for multi-user profiles. No one really wants to share their bookmarks, apps and extensions with others, and with the new multiuser feature of Chrome, you can keep your data separate from others. This new feature lets you have your own personal Chrome experience, and lets you sign in to Chrome to sync your stuff.  Multiuser support allows different people to share the same computer and access their own Bookmarks, History, Apps, Themes & Preferences. This new feature will be of great help specially for households, where everyone uses the same PC and browser. Read More