HackStor: A Cydia Store For Your Mac

Too many Apple users jailbreak their devices in order to get Cydia on their devices as they will get a great chance to install jailbreak tweaks and apps without needing to pay for it, so Cydia became one of the most greatest things that you will ever see until this day The underground app store has withstood the tests of time and competition to become the de facto source for apps, themes and utilities that aren’t allowed in the official App Store. But today we have got some good news for Mac users as a new website similar to the App Store have just surfed on the web called HackStor which gives you the ability to install programs, iFunbox, TinyUmbrella and more on your Mac.



That’s not all also HackStor comes with popular apps like Gimp, a well-known open-source photo editing application, and OpenOffice, which is an open-source MS Office-like software suite. Also games yeah Counter Strike, and popular games for your Mac that you had to pay for it in order to play it, with HackStor you will enjoy the free apps without needing to pay it.

What I want to say that HackStor is very similar to the official Mac App Store the same apps, the same design and interface.

For a first go-round, the HackStore is pretty impressive. It’ll be even more so if it can manage to stick around and gain developer support the way that Cydia has. But it’s not like it doesn’t have competition. Bodega, a similar solution, has been around for quite a while.

So what are you waiting for ?! Get your chance and download HackStor on your Macbook Pro from  the official website. Remember, it’s for Mac users only.

 

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Apple Macbook Air pricing in India

The new Macbook Air had just launched all around, with a better processing power and a storage format that actually takes up less place but still doubles the speed of the notebook. It is the 11.6-inch and 13-inch models released, and initially as always it was the U.S. and Europeans getting a touch and info on its pricing. But the official release lately talked about the pricing in India i.e. in INR. It’s comparable to the price of previous versions of the Macbook and Macbook Air.



Here is the pricing according to the press release -

• 1.4 GHz 11-inch/ 2GB Memory/ 64GB Flash storage – Rs 60,900 (Inc VAT)


• 1.4 GHz 11-inch/ 2GB Memory/ 128GB Flash storage – Rs 72,900 (Inc VAT)


• 1.86 GHz 13-inch/ 2GB Memory/ 128GB Flash storage – Rs 79,900 (Inc VAT)


• 1.86 GHz 13-inch/ 2GB Memory/ 256GB Flash storage – Rs 98,900 (Inc VAT)

The new Macbook Air has come with the super flash storage, which increase the performance, and also saves the battery life, making the Macbook Air battery function for around 7 hours when fully charged. The least price in the Air series of Macbooks is for $1000 in U.S. and the same in INR is 60,900. That’s a little pricey but still when compared to the other notebooks of the same range in Apple market, it is a good deal for the given new improvements.

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Apple Releases Flashback Removal Tool for Macs Running OS X Lion without Java

Following yesterday's release of fresh Java updates to remove the Flashback malware system from Macs running OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, Apple today released a standalone Flashback malware removal toolto clean infections from OS X Lion systems without Java installed.

About Flashback malware removal tool

This Flashback malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.

In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.

This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed.

While the most dangerous method of attack for Flashback exploits a security hole in Java that Apple has now patched, various versions of the malware have also used social engineering and other tricks in attempting to gain access to users' systems.


With OS X Lion not having Java included by default, users of Apple's latest operating system who have found themselves infected through other means and do not have Java installed can use the new tool to clean their systems without needing to install Java.

The update weighs in at 356 KB and requires OS X Lion without Java installed.

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Updated MacBook Pro to See Significant Performance Boost with Ivy Bridge

Amid swirling rumors of an imminent update for the 15-inch MacBook Pro driven by a claimed April 29 launch date for Intel's quad-core mobile Ivy Bridge processors, CPU World reports that benchmarking of one of the chips likely to appear in the new MacBook Pro shows fairly significant improvements in performance, particularly in graphics.

The chip being tested was the Core i7-3820QM, a 2.7 GHz processor with turbo speeds up to 3.7 GHz paired with Intel HD 4000 graphics. The chip is scheduled to debut with a price of $568 in high volume, and seems to be the natural successor to the Sandy Bridge Core i7-2860QM that is the current high-end processor for the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro, available as a build-to-order option.


For benchmarking comparisons, the new Ivy Bridge Core i7-3820QM chip was pitted against a Sandy Bridge Core i7-2960XM, which is an even higher-performance "Extreme" chip than is available in the current MacBook Pro. Consequently, any performance increase between the current high-end MacBook Pro chip and this new Ivy Bridge chip would be even greater than outlined in the benchmarking comparison.

Overall, the 3820QM was found to score an average of 9% higher than the Extreme 2960XM chip, a modest improvement but one which should be significantly higher relative to the 2860QM chip from the current MacBook Pro. Taking into account a roughly 10% higher performance for the tested 2960XM Sandy Bridge processor compared to the 2860QM actually found in the current MacBook Pro, the new 3820QM Ivy Bridge processor should offer roughly 20% higher CPU performance than is currently available in the MacBook Pro.

Looking at the CPU performance, using a few tests, we can see how the reduced production process helps the performance for a number of standard tests. In 3DMark Vantage (Entry level preset), Ivy Bridge has a 10% performance improvement over Sandy Bridge for the CPU score, and 9% in the physics score. In Cinebench 11.5, the single thread test showed a performance boost of 4%, and the multi-threaded test gave an improvement of 10%. The performance boost in the Truecrypt 7.0a - AES test was 4%. Finally, using x264 HD Benchmark 4.0, test 1 showed a boost of 13%, and test 2 showed a boost of 11%.

Even more significant gains for the Ivy Bridge chip show up in graphics performance, where the Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics supplants the HD 3000 graphics found in the Sandy Bridge chips. According to the benchmarks, the new HD 4000 integrated graphics outperforms the current graphics by anywhere from 32% to 108% depending on the test.

Apple of course also includes a dedicated graphics chip in its larger MacBook Pro models, giving users the option of higher performance with the dedicated chip or increased battery life with the integrated graphics. And given that the HD 4000 integrated graphics does not yet approach the performance of dedicated chips, those looking for maximum performance will still want to take advantage of whichever dedicated graphics option Apple includes in updated MacBook Pro models.

But significant improvements to integrated graphics performance could show up as a benefit in a number of areas, including providing users with better performance even when opting for the battery-conserving graphics settings. Apple has also reportedly been considering using integrated graphics only in some of its mid-range MacBook Pro models, with the HD 4000 chip making it feasible for the company to drop the dedicated graphics chip on some of those models while still being able to offer acceptable graphics performance.

Finally, the HD 4000 graphics will offer a marked improvement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro, which is expected to debut in June when Intel rolls out its dual-core Ivy Bridge processors. The smaller 13-inch form factor requires that those models rely solely on integrated graphics, meaning that all users would see a significant boost from the current HD 3000 graphics to the new HD 4000 graphics.

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How To Protect Your Macbook Pro From Trojan Flashback Viruses [Guide]

Attention everyone today if you are a Mac user and you love it very much then you must make sure you are safe and away from Trojan Flashback viruses that harms your MacBook pro especially after we reported for you that over 600,000 MacBook pro have been hacked and infected with Trojan flashback viruses. So if you are looking to protect your Mac we have got for you the solution which is disabling Java on your Mac which will make your Mac stay safe and away from any viruses that could harm your Mac data and information.



As most of you Trojan Flashback viruses are infecting Macbooks pro which uses Java. You may say that Java is an exploit for Flashback viruses If you close the gateway so that Flashback has no way of exploiting Java, you’re protected. The good news is that disabling Java is super easy.

 Apple makes it super easy in Safari. Head on over to the Security section of Preferences and uncheck Java. You’re safe!

Now type “about:plugins” into Google Chrome’s address bar and disable the Java plugin.



In Firefox, visit Add-ons under Tools and click the Plugins tab. Disable the Java Applet Plug-in.

That’s it just disable it and you are now safe from any harmful viruses. But really if you can’t disable Java from your Mac then I advice you try out  Mac antivirus tool.

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More Than 600,000 Macs Are Infected With Flashback Trojan, Secure Your Mac Now

When you get a new MacBook pro the first thing you must to to is making sure that your Mac is safe and keep it away from Trojan viruses that harm your Mac and I mean it really. Do you know that everyday there is a hundreds of Macs are getting infected with flashback Trojan and users are also using some secure programs. Today I have got for you a report but it may makes you feel scared about your Mac. As a new report from the folks at Dr.Web claims that over 600,000 Macs got infected with FlashBack Trojan, so make sure you are not..



Dr.Web says that Macs Systems got infected with  BackDoor.Flashback.39 after a user is redirected to a bogus site from a compromised resource or via a traffic distribution system. JavaScript code is used to load a Java-applet containing an exploit. Doctor Web’s virus analysts discovered a large number of web-sites containing the code.

Right now and after you heard this scary news, you may asking yourself how to protect your Mac from Trojan or any other harmful viruses. Well I think you are a very lucky man because yesterday Apple released a security fix for the Java vulnerability. F-Secure has instructions for detection and removal.

Here’s the map which shows where Macs got infected:

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