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Nate Adcock is a system and integration engineer with experience managing and administering a variety of computing environments. He has worked extensively with mobile gadgets of all shapes and sizes for many years. He is also a former military weather forecaster. Nate is a regular contributor for the iphonelife.com and smartphonemag.com blogs and helps manage both websites. Read more from Nate at natestera.drupalgardens.com or e-mail him at nateatiphonelife [dot] com.

Safewallet Contest is Over

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Sorry folks, the SafeWallet contest is now over (but i'm trying to go ahead and get licenses for everyone). Our official winners are:

Genevieve

thollet

jmoors

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By Nate Adcock, May 16, 2009

Last chance to win a version of SafeWallet.!

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We had a litle impromptu security-related contest this week to raffle off some free versions of SafeWallet for iPhone. An app from SBSH Software that will securely store all your critically private information.

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By Nate Adcock, May 15, 2009

MerckTech introduces iEDL group e-mail application!

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Introducing iEDL - Email Distribution List for iPhone™ - group email at your fingertips.

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By Nate Adcock, May 12, 2009

iPhone Security Contest: Win a free copy of SafeWallet!!

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3 lucky readers are going to win a copy of SBSH SafeWallet by giving up their iPhone security secrets. What am I blathering about? Well, I wanna know how you keep your iPhone data secure...? Not still storing passwords and account numbers in the notes application, I hope. Is your phone jailbroken? That could be a problem if it's lost, or malware finds it's way to it.

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By Nate Adcock, May 10, 2009

SafeWallet Released for iPhone and touch!

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 "May 5, 2009 - SBSH Mobile Software announced today the availability of its best selling wallet application SafeWallet for iPhone and iPod Touch devices! SafeWallet is a secure storage application designed to help you manage all your private information in one secure solution!

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By Nate Adcock, May 8, 2009

Top Gun for iPhone and Touch Released!

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 Top Gun, a new aerial combat shooter based on the hit Movie was recently released by Paramount Digital Entertainment (developer Freeverse). This is just my first impressions of the game, and you can get it now for a $1.99, and I think it's worth the 2 bucks. I'll circle round to do a full review later, but it's pretty cool.

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By Nate Adcock, May 7, 2009

VITO Star Walk 1.5 Released

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 "April 21, 2009 - Vito Technology releases the new 1.5 version of its bestseller educational application for stargazing Star Walk. With more than 4 months in the top 25 (appstore - education category) Star Walk is making possible for everybody to admire the sky, to understand it better and to have fun looking at the wonders of the universe."

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By Nate Adcock, April 22, 2009

eWeek's 10 iPhone IT Admin Applications

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Recently, eWeek posted a handy round-up of 10 iPhone IT administration utilities. As it happens, I have to do a fair amount of sys admin work and was looking for just such a list. Only 2 of these apps are gratis (an SSH terminal app and flashlight), but most of them are under 10 bucks.

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By Nate Adcock, April 19, 2009

Win an iPod Touch by finding the Easter Eggs in Star Walk!

VITO is having an Easter egg hunt contest (requires the Star Walk astronomy program) through April 13th, 2009. Prizes include an iPod Touch, and Apple Store gift cards. Continue reading for the full press release...

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By Nate Adcock, March 29, 2009

Use free FStream player for internet radio

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I've been tweaking on Ubuntu lately, trying to get a radio tuner device called a Radio Shark functional in Linux on my laptop. I finally have a pretty good solution, but wanted to be able to stream the output on my home network. I thought what better portable player than my wifi-equipped Touch. One problem, I needed a player to see the SHOUTcast stream that could also play OGG. The free FStream player nicely saved the day.

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By Nate Adcock, March 23, 2009

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