MokaFive on Startup City TV

Here's a short video interview I did with Startup City TV a while back. It's a good overview of what MokaFive is about.

MokaFive version 1.5 released!

After months of effort, MokaFive is happy to announce the availability of version 1.5.  This is a major upgrade with some substantial new features:

• • USB copy protection
• • Single Screen Sign-On
• • Bulk USB provisioning
• • Support for local USB printers
• • User personalization for Active Directory
• • Encryption password reset
• • Control of MokaFive Player software updates
• • Clipboard cut/paste policy restriction
• • Bulk user create/update/delete

Windows... on your iPhone!?

I need my computer wherever I go, but I don't want to lug around a laptop.  Virtualization allows you to carry your computer on a portable storage device, plug it in to a borrowed computer, and leave nothing behind.  Instead of carrying a heavy laptop, I now just carry a USB flash drive.  All my programs, environment, and data is there in my hand all the time, and I can work offline whenever I want.

Until now, I've been carrying a USB flash drive as my computer.  USB drives are great, but they are one extra thing to carry around.  I'm already carrying my keys, my wallet, and my phone.  Why do I have to carry a USB drive when my iPhone has 16GB of flash storage?

That's why we developed iPhone Sentinel.  It makes your iPhone appear as a normal drive, allowing you to install a LivePC image on the flash storage on your iPhone.  Now you don't need to carry anything extra.  Just download and run the iPhone Sentinel software, plug in your iPhone, and your computer is there.  You can also use an app like Air Sharing to carry the iPhone Sentinel software on your iPhone, so you don't even need a network connection.  I have two LivePCs on my phone: one is a Windows XP environment maintained by the IT department with MS Office, secure VPN, and the company apps, and the other is the Linux-based Fearless Browser so I can securely browse on any PC with all my cookies and settings.

The iPhone flash storage is not very fast (MLC-based) so we also incorporated a lot of optimizations to make it perform well.  You can also disconnect the phone at any time (to take a call, for example) and execution pauses until you replace the iPhone.

If you have an iPhone, download iPhone Sentinel and let us know what you think!  If you have a different kind of smart phone, we didn't leave you out either.  Just configure your phone as a mass storage device (the default setting for most phones) and use USB Sentinel.

Enjoy your laptop-free life!  Your shoulders will thank you, as will the other passengers in the airport security line.

MokaFive Player/Creator version 1.0.2 released

We are pleased to release MokaFive Player and Creator version 1.0.2, a patch release that fixes a few issues:

• • Fixed some issues with using Active Directory join on encrypted images.
• • Fixed a problem with resolving non-fully qualified domain names.
• • Fixed some upload/download issues when using an ISA proxy with NTLM authentication.

You can download the latest version here.

Project USB Sentinel Technology Preview released!

I'm very happy to announce the first public release of a new technology from MokaFive called USB Sentinel. It works with any standard USB drive to make it more reliable, improve performance, and extend the life of the drive. Click to download it here.

We have a lot of experience with USB drives. Over the years, we've identified some issues with running software on USB drives that limit their usefulness. USB Sentinel is designed to address those issues. See some screenshots.