If you can get some unsuspecting user, on any operating system, to install your software, you can gain complete control of their computer. There is a grey zone between trusting third-party developers and being trusting of any third-party (to the point of installing a trojan). Everyone should exercise caution when it comes to installing anything, especially something [...]
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Intego is reporting that there is a Mac OS X trojan on some porn sites that is masquerading as video codec installer for Quicktime. OSX.RSPlug.A (also known as OSX_DNSCHAN.A) is being distributed as a DMG which contains an installer package. Once the installer is run with administrator privileges, the computers DNS settings are altered to direct [...]
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If you have a digital camera with an SD card slot, and have dreamed about wirelessly uploading you digital photos to a website, then dream no more. Eye-Fi is just that. Whenever you are within an open Wi-Fi network, you can upload your photos to many photo sharing and printing sites including Fotki, Shutterfly, dotPhoto, webshots, [...]
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In a press release today, Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history.
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Sherlock is no more in Leopard. Even if you perform an upgrade to Leopard, Sherlock will be removed. I haven’t used Sherlock in years, so it will not be of any consequence to me. I did just now fire it up on a 10.4 machine to see what I may have been missing. The conclusion — [...]
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Before you install Leopard, it is a wise idea to remove Unsanity’s Application Enhancer. You may not even remember installing it, as some third-party installers will install it without any warning. According to Apple’s KnowledgeBase article, the solution is to copy and paste the following commands into the Terminal to remove Application Enhancer. rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/Application\ Enhancer.prefpane rm [...]
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Interestingly, the creators of AppSnapp claim to fix the same TIFF vulnerability that they exploit, leaving your iPhone “MORE secure than it was without AppSnapp!”
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I just watched a video about some of the work that went into the Star Trek Season One HD-DVD. It was pretty interesting that the soundtrack was re-recorded and some effects, such as the Enterprise orbiting a planet, were recreated to add more realism. Measurements were taken of the model of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the [...]
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The OSx86 Scene has posted a tutorial detailing how to get Leopard running on an Intel PC. Some things, such as wireless networking, may not work on your non-Apple hardware. The legality of this is questionable. It is certain that the distribution of the hacked installer disc is illegal, but simply hacking your own retail copy [...]
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I haven’t visited MacFixIt in years, and for good reason. MacJournals writes about the fear, uncertainty, and despair (FUD) that MacFixIt spews.
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