I’m currently on the first leg of a roundabout run to Eugene for the holiday. As much as I might have hoped for a nice, non-technical few days, it’s become a busman’s holiday. Warning - geeky bits ahead.
There is one problem with the holiday plan. Just as doctors at cocktail parties are sometimes buttonholed by [...]
According to Intego, a new version of an existing Trojan poses a new threat to Mac users. The net result of installing this trojan is that some web requests are hijacked, thus a request for bankofamerica.com, for instance, might be redirected to a site somewhere else which could then gather whatever data a user is [...]
Apple has an exchange program for the new ultracompact power adapter that Apple has been shpping with the iPhone 3G and as a separate accessory.
Some of the adapters Apple shipped may be a fire hazard.
Apple will replace the adapter free of charge. You can go to a nearby Apple Retail Store, or order one via [...]
The Mac is immune to viruses.
Really. Absolutely.
Well, no.
Viruses, spyware, and trojans that affect the Macintosh operating system are few and far between, but they do exist.
One example - DNSChanger. This is a trojan horse (program that masquerades as another - named after Hector’s ruse in Homer’s Iliad) for Mac OS X. It is [...]