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Apple FileVault 2 encryption cracked, but don't panic

by Steven Sande (Feb 3rd, 2012)

FileVault 2 is a feature of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that provides a way to encrypt a full disk drive so that it can only be used by those who know a password ... until now, that is. Passware, a company that makes forensic software used to recover lost passwords or open encrypted files to police and ...

TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: The best of Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 1st, 2012)

Last week at this time, I was preparing for a quick round of interviews at Macworld | iWorld 2012. Now the show is over, and all that is left are the memories and the ringing in my ears caused by the drum circle that closed this year's event. Actually, I was gone by the time the cacophonous ...

Pokertini from Smappsoft on display at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

Smappsoft sought me out a few times at Macworld | iWorld this year, so I was glad to see what they've been up to. Last I saw the company, they were working on a puzzle game called Look Again, and since then they've released a few other titles, including Chinese 13 Card Poker and a version of Look ...

SRS takes the iWow universal at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

SRS Labs hosted a booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012 last week for two main reasons. First, the company wanted to show off the iPad version of MyTunes, its music player app that incorporates the company's patented sound enhancement algorithm. Second, it wanted to introduce an update to the iWow ...

Liv Games releases Monster Wars on iOS at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I first met Liv Games' Orian Livnat at last year's Macworld, where he showed me a wild game called Legendary Wars that mashed up a number of different genres and ideas in a mix created by Livnat and his family and friends. At the time I thought the game was a really interesting idea, but even I ...

Macworld | iWorld attendance steady in 2012; many newbies in the crowd

by Steven Sande (Jan 31st, 2012)

Attendance at this year's Macworld | iWorld event was approximately the same as last year's Macworld Expo -- about 25,000 people -- according to IDG World Expo, the group that organizes the "ultimate fan event." A wrap-up news release from IDG World Expo noted that about 40 percent of the ...

Nomad brushes with wide strokes at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2012)

Don Lee, CEO of Nomad Brush, was kind enough to meet with us for a few minutes on the floor of Macworld | iWorld 2012 last week to chat about his creation, which is one of the nicer brushes available for virtual painting on Apple's devices. Nomad's got a few different makes and models for various ...

Readdle previews Remarks iPad app at Macworld iWorld 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 30th, 2012)

During Macworld | iWorld 2012 last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Denys Zhadanov of Readdle. If you're not familiar with Readdle's products, you might be new to the iOS world. The company has been around for four years and has sold over 3.5 million iOS apps, most of them used for reading ...

Foursaken Media's four brothers take on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2012)

Foursaken Media is one of the most interesting companies I got to meet at last week's Macworld | iWorld 2012. It's made up of four real-life brothers who come from different backgrounds (one of them was a math teacher, and with their Dad a former band director and Mom a CS major turned nurse, they ...

Epson shows off the MegaPlex Digital Dock Projector at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2012)

Last week at Macworld | iWorld 2012, the imaging company Epson had set up a large area on the second floor to show off its latest product, the MegaPlex Digital Dock Projector. Epson makes a number of imaging products, including printers and projectors, but this is its first project driven by an ...

Avatron soldiers on with Air Sharing after removing Air Dictate

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2012)

Avatron's Elliot Chase just shrugs when asked about Air Dictate, an app his company had to remove from the App Store after Apple discovered it made use of Siri that they didn't approve of. "There's no good news," he said while talking to us at Macworld | iWorld 2012. The main issue is over Air ...

Macworld|iWorld's South Park talk

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 30th, 2012)

On the first day of Macworld|iWorld, one of the talks on the main stage was by three people who help bring the animated series South Park to life each week: David Lenna (CTO), Ryan Quincy (Animation Producer), and Eric Stough (Animation Director and Producer). It was an interview-format talk, with ...

Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Post Macworld-iWorld Edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 29th, 2012)

Here we are again, another Sunday. What remains of our TUAW crew after covering Macworld | iWorld 2012 (and more importantly, all of the ancillary events associated with MWiW) will be around tonight to chat about the show and whatever else we can come up with to fill out the hour. What's left of ...

Sanho previews CloudFTP at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 28th, 2012)

Sanho had its Kickstarter-funded CloudFTP at Macworld | iWorld 2012 this year, and the project has generated a lot of excitement. Sanho's Daniel Chin originally sought $100,000 in funding through Kickstarter, but wound up with more than 2,700 backers and more than $262,000 by the time the pledge ...

MacPractice introduces an iPad app to go with its healthcare software

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2012)

We've mentioned MacPractice a couple of times before -- professional software for the Mac designed to be used by doctors and dentists to do things like track patients' appointments, keep and share health information, and do all the things a small-to-mid-sized health clinic needs to do. We were ...