First a rumor, now a confirmed launch—Skype is bringing its VoIP client to the iPhone (and iPod touch) App Store tomorrow, with BlackBerrys following in May. Big drawbacks—only works with Wi-Fi, and no text messages. [Gizmodo]
You've got guests coming over in an hour and the place is a disaster. The household mavens at Real Simple explain how to fake a clean house when you don't have time for the real thing.
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The tips range from obvious to useful to even a bit strange, but in all it's a pretty good read. For example, the first tip hits the useful-and-strange nail on the head:
Reserve one side of sofa cushions to be shown to guests. Before company arrives, flip over the cushions to reveal good-as-new fabric. When guests are gone, flip them back.
We can't help but wonder if you'd be better served actually doing a proper cleaning than tackling some of these fake cleaning chores, but the post does offer a few gems.
If you're a master at the quick clean, help out your cleanliness-challenged co-readers by sharing your best tricks and shortcuts in the comments.
According to our siblings-in-hardware over at Gizmodo, Skype for iPhone (and iPod touch, natch) may be released as early as next week—which, if it comes true, should be great news for anyone who's been bumping up against their plan's minutes but doesn't want to suffer overages or up their monthly bill. [Gizmodo]
The Pwn2Own competition challenges security experts to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers, and after the first day of the contest, Google Chrome is the only browser left standing.
Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer, on the other hand, were all handily exploited by the hackers. In fact, Safari was apparently exploited in a matter of seconds. So what makes Chrome so good? According to previous Pwn2Own champ Charlie Miller:
As for Chrome, he says that he has identified a security bug in Google's browser but has been unable to exploit it because the browser's sandboxing feature and the operating system's security measures together pose a formidable challenge.
Score one for the folks at Google. Head on over to Ars Technica for a more detailed rundown of the Pwn2Own exploits.
