Lock up your Macintosh. Uses FUS to secure your system.

So, you want the ability to have your system login automatically, so that a program can start…  But want to ensure that no one tampers with your system.

Use the Activate Login Screen application below.

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This application calls:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

Which tells the Fast User switching system to suspend your GUI session, and to take you back to the login screen.  All of your applications will still be running, but no one can tamper with them until they login with your credentials.

Add the application to your Login items panel (System Preferences –> Accounts –> Login Items)…  And you will be safer…

How smoke detectors work

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Bill takes apart a smoke detector and shows how it uses a radioactive source to generate a tiny current which is disrupted when smoke flows through the sensor. He describes how a special transistor called a MOSFET can be used to detect the tiny current changes.

Microsoft claims only 100 Windows Phone users experienced latest update issues

Microsoft said on Friday that only around 100 users worldwide are currently experiencing issues with the company’s recent Windows Phone update. Microsoft resumed its Windows Phone update push to Samsung devices earlier this week and…

Do you believe it?  I certainly don’t.  There was a whole lot more outrage out there then could be produced by 100, or even 1,000 users….

What’s your opinion?

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