Archive for February, 2006

Follow-up: Steve Wozniak criticizes Apple for iPod, Intel? (Updated)

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Ars has a follow-up article on that: Steve Wozniak criticizes Apple for iPod, Intel? (Updated)

The idea that switching to Intel represents “consorting with the enemy” has been largely dismissed by most Macintosh fans, but the fact that Apple no longer provides differentiating hardware inside their machines is undeniable. While most welcome the change, and profess [...]

globeandmail.com : What the other Steve is saying about Apple’s striking resurgence

Monday, February 27th, 2006

globeandmail.com : What the other Steve is saying about Apple’s striking resurgence

From Thursday’s Globe and Mail

Auckland — After being all but written off by the tech industry in the mid ‘90s, Apple Computer Inc. has made a startling resurgence. But that doesn’t mean its latest strategies.sit well with Woz.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — also known [...]

Malware moves up, goes commercial

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Read the full article at Ars Technica: Malware moves up, goes commercial

Engineers at Panda Software, while in the process of researching a new trojan, uncovered evidence this week that led them to a web site touting custom-built viruses for sale. For the low, low price of only US$990, a user gets his or her [...]

Safari vulnerability worth taking note of

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Read on Ars Technica:
Safari vulnerability worth taking note of

2/21/2006 6:51:49 AM, by Eric Bangeman

“Yesterday, we reported on a Trojan horse for mac os X that is just like the entry for Earth in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in that it is mostly harmless. A new vulnerability targeted at Apple’s home-grown web browser, Safari, [...]

OSX.Leap.A was ” a near miss for Mac users”

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Aa reported onMacDailyNews , the Mac “virus” OSX.Leap.A was ” a near miss for Mac users”:

“This week’s ‘Mac virus’ scare turned out to be nothing more than a worm for mac os X that propagates through iChat and infects local Mac applications. OSX/Leap.A is a wake up call to Mac users that we’re not immune [...]

Jabber Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

Looking for a gateway to MSN and others without having multiple online chat applications? use iChat A Jabber account will stand as man-in-between and provide the interface. Better – you can get a free Jabber account for the asking!

An interesing profile ofJabber Australia is to be found on wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Founded in May 2003 [...]