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Compiled by MARIE BORAN

Micro Systemation’s iPhone hack

How secure is the information on your smartphone? With the XRY tool from Swedish firm Micro Systemation it’s only a matter of minutes before an iPhone’s passcode can be bypassed and your data backed up, downloaded and decrypted. This tool is being sold to law enforcement and military officials. A lot of information can be retrieved. For example, if you’ve deleted pictures on your Blackberry, they can be easily retrieved from the phone’s data logs. The current version doesn’t work on the iPhone 4s.

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Your digital life with Intel’s What About Me?

As Matt Smith’s Doctor Who might say, infographics are cool. Whether it’s global warming statistics or how much coffee is consumed per capita, infographics have become the de facto way of communicating data. Now Intel has created a nifty way of turning your personal information into an infographic. This tool sucks in your Twitter, Facebook and YouTube profiles and spits out a colourful representation of your digital life.

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Cardonizer for business card inspiration

In the film American Psycho the protagonist Patrick Bateman might be a serial killer but he’s very serious about his business cards.

Colleagues compete with “bone”, off-white, cream and other bland, identical renderings. Nowadays, thankfully, business cards are a lot more kooky and creative. Check these out for inspiration.

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Djay for iPad

It used to take two turntables and a microphone to demonstrate mixmaster talent but now you can unleash your inner disc jockey with the aptly named djay app for the iPad.

Its slick interface displays two virtual turntables where you can practice scratching skills using your iTunes library.

It has automatic beat and tempo detection for syncing songs.

If real-life scratching intrigues you then check out DJ Qbert at /iti.ms/H8AwEX. Wa-wuh-wuh-wicked.

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