items tagged with Mac OS X
Beware: iWork '09 torrent is a Trojan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-22 15:40:26
Trojans are still the flavour of the month when it comes to getting malware onto Macs. Recent examples have posed as codecs required to view seedy videos, but the latest attack hides behind Apple's iWork application suite.
Read More About Beware: IWork '09 Torrent Is A Trojan...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-22 15:40:26
Trojans are still the flavour of the month when it comes to getting malware onto Macs. Recent examples have posed as codecs required to view seedy videos, but the latest attack hides behind Apple's iWork application suite.
Read More About Beware: IWork '09 Torrent Is A Trojan...
LCA2009: It's a Linux conference - but there's Macs aplenty
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-22 04:56:26
One thing that has been increasing exponentially at the Australian national Linux conference is that shiny, steel-grey laptop - or, at times, the sleek white one.
Read More About LCA2009: It's A Linux Conference - But There's Macs Aplenty...
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-22 04:56:26
One thing that has been increasing exponentially at the Australian national Linux conference is that shiny, steel-grey laptop - or, at times, the sleek white one.
Read More About LCA2009: It's A Linux Conference - But There's Macs Aplenty...
QuickTime 7.6: security patches and more
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-01-21 18:14:40
The latest version of QuickTime for Mac OS X and Windows delivers a smattering of improvements, but many users will choose to install it just for the security fixes it provides.
Read More About QuickTime 7.6: Security Patches And More...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-01-21 18:14:40
The latest version of QuickTime for Mac OS X and Windows delivers a smattering of improvements, but many users will choose to install it just for the security fixes it provides.
Read More About QuickTime 7.6: Security Patches And More...
Newest Mac anti-virus/malware software turns 1.0 (and 1.3)
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-19 22:56:34
Although many Mac users are of the opinion they don’t need anti-virus protection, security companies keep on delivering it, with PC Tools marking two important milestones: version 1.0 of its iAntiVirus software for Mac, after a successful beta process, and a very nice $0 price for home users - although business users are expected to pay.
Read More About Newest Mac Anti-Virus/Malware Software Turns 1.0 (And 1.3)...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-19 22:56:34
Although many Mac users are of the opinion they don’t need anti-virus protection, security companies keep on delivering it, with PC Tools marking two important milestones: version 1.0 of its iAntiVirus software for Mac, after a successful beta process, and a very nice $0 price for home users - although business users are expected to pay.
Read More About Newest Mac Anti-Virus/Malware Software Turns 1.0 (And 1.3)...
Safari RSS vulnerability: take two
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-18 17:11:40
An effective workaround for the Safari RSS security issue flagged last week turns out to be more complicated than originally suggested.
Read More About Safari RSS Vulnerability: Take Two...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-18 17:11:40
An effective workaround for the Safari RSS security issue flagged last week turns out to be more complicated than originally suggested.
Read More About Safari RSS Vulnerability: Take Two...
Apple's OS X trademark application triggers unnecessary speculation
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-15 16:07:32
An observation that Apple is seeking trademark protection for "OS X" is led to a fresh wave of speculation about the company's plans.
Read More About Apple's OS X Trademark Application Triggers Unnecessary Speculation...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-15 16:07:32
An observation that Apple is seeking trademark protection for "OS X" is led to a fresh wave of speculation about the company's plans.
Read More About Apple's OS X Trademark Application Triggers Unnecessary Speculation...
TrustDefender highlights danger of updated Torpig rootkit and variants
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
Read More About TrustDefender Highlights Danger Of Updated Torpig Rootkit And Variants...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
Read More About TrustDefender Highlights Danger Of Updated Torpig Rootkit And Variants...
Safari vulnerable to remote file-stealing attack
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-12 16:37:20
A newly revealed vulnerability in Apple's Safari web browser allows a remote site to read files stored on a Mac or Windows system. According to the discoverer, the vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple.
Read More About Safari Vulnerable To Remote File-Stealing Attack...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-12 16:37:20
A newly revealed vulnerability in Apple's Safari web browser allows a remote site to read files stored on a Mac or Windows system. According to the discoverer, the vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple.
Read More About Safari Vulnerable To Remote File-Stealing Attack...
iWork gains features, heralds online document sharing
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-07 01:14:34
The latest incarnation of Apple's iWork productivity suite for the Mac doesn't deliver any new programs (eg the database that some users have been begging for) but it does beef up the existing trinity of applications with some useful new features including an advance look at forthcoming online document sharing facilities.
Read More About IWork Gains Features, Heralds Online Document Sharing...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-07 01:14:34
The latest incarnation of Apple's iWork productivity suite for the Mac doesn't deliver any new programs (eg the database that some users have been begging for) but it does beef up the existing trinity of applications with some useful new features including an advance look at forthcoming online document sharing facilities.
Read More About IWork Gains Features, Heralds Online Document Sharing...
Apple's iLife revamped for '09
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-06 19:56:22
Apple has unveiled a major update to its iLife software bundle, but the cloud application tipped by some pundits are nowhere to be seen.
Read More About Apple's ILife Revamped For '09...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-06 19:56:22
Apple has unveiled a major update to its iLife software bundle, but the cloud application tipped by some pundits are nowhere to be seen.
Read More About Apple's ILife Revamped For '09...
iWork, iMovie heading for the cloud?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-05 00:36:07
Macworld Expo rumours aren't only about hardware. One theory is that we're about to see a significant jump in Apple's move into the cloud.
Read More About IWork, IMovie Heading For The Cloud?...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-05 00:36:07
Macworld Expo rumours aren't only about hardware. One theory is that we're about to see a significant jump in Apple's move into the cloud.
Read More About IWork, IMovie Heading For The Cloud?...
Watch out for fake Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 torrents!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-24 17:42:24
It’s already started happening – fake ISO torrent files are appearing at TorrentReactor.net in an attempt to fool those eager to get their hands on the official beta 1 “7000” build of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system.
Read More About Watch Out For Fake Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 Torrents!...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-24 17:42:24
It’s already started happening – fake ISO torrent files are appearing at TorrentReactor.net in an attempt to fool those eager to get their hands on the official beta 1 “7000” build of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system.
Read More About Watch Out For Fake Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 Torrents!...
New iPhone nano photo tips up, looks faaaake
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-23 19:12:49
Macrumors has published a “concept photo” of an iPhone nano next to a standard iPhone 3G, but it looks like a photoshopped shrinking of the beloved existing model, and thus looks totally faaaaaaaaaake. What do you think?
Read More About New IPhone Nano Photo Tips Up, Looks Faaaake...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-23 19:12:49
Macrumors has published a “concept photo” of an iPhone nano next to a standard iPhone 3G, but it looks like a photoshopped shrinking of the beloved existing model, and thus looks totally faaaaaaaaaake. What do you think?
Read More About New IPhone Nano Photo Tips Up, Looks Faaaake...
Windows 7 beta release speculation continues
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-22 02:39:03
Reports have put the Windows 7 beta release date at January 5th, 7th and the 13th, while a so-called “publishing error” saw a “Windows 7 beta” download link appear at Microsoft’s Windows 7 site. C’mon Microsoft, when will you release the Windows 7 beta?
Read More About Windows 7 Beta Release Speculation Continues...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-22 02:39:03
Reports have put the Windows 7 beta release date at January 5th, 7th and the 13th, while a so-called “publishing error” saw a “Windows 7 beta” download link appear at Microsoft’s Windows 7 site. C’mon Microsoft, when will you release the Windows 7 beta?
Read More About Windows 7 Beta Release Speculation Continues...
MacNorton 4 enters Boot Camp protection racket
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-19 05:39:46
Even though Mac OS is regarded as being a whole heap more secure than MS Windows, that does not mean that the security software vendors are ignoring it as a potential cash cow, especially when people are running both operating systems on the one box.
Read More About MacNorton 4 Enters Boot Camp Protection Racket...
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-19 05:39:46
Even though Mac OS is regarded as being a whole heap more secure than MS Windows, that does not mean that the security software vendors are ignoring it as a potential cash cow, especially when people are running both operating systems on the one box.
Read More About MacNorton 4 Enters Boot Camp Protection Racket...
Sun's Christmas present: VirtualBox 2.1.0
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-12-18 17:30:19
VirtualBox is increasingly being seen as an alternative to virtualisation software from VMware and other vendors. The latest version presents further challenges to the better-known alternatives.
Read More About Sun's Christmas Present: VirtualBox 2.1.0...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-12-18 17:30:19
VirtualBox is increasingly being seen as an alternative to virtualisation software from VMware and other vendors. The latest version presents further challenges to the better-known alternatives.
Read More About Sun's Christmas Present: VirtualBox 2.1.0...
Mac OS 10.5.6 solves its own updating issue
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-18 14:30:16
Some of the people having trouble with installing the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update have been hit by a bug that the update was intended to solve. Catch-22?
Read More About Mac OS 10.5.6 Solves Its Own Updating Issue...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-18 14:30:16
Some of the people having trouble with installing the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update have been hit by a bug that the update was intended to solve. Catch-22?
Read More About Mac OS 10.5.6 Solves Its Own Updating Issue...
Steve Jobs: the ultimate “one more thing”?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-17 23:36:24
The news has spread far and wide that Steve Jobs won’t be giving the Stevenote at Macworld 2009, or attending future Macworlds, with Apple semi-lamely sending in Philip Schiller, the senior VP of worldwide marketing, to shill Apple’s latest and greatest, instead. Still, could the antidote to the bitter pill of the Schiller make way for the ultimate “one more thing” – a last minute appearance by Steven P. Jobs himself?
Read More About Steve Jobs: The Ultimate “One More Thing”?...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-17 23:36:24
The news has spread far and wide that Steve Jobs won’t be giving the Stevenote at Macworld 2009, or attending future Macworlds, with Apple semi-lamely sending in Philip Schiller, the senior VP of worldwide marketing, to shill Apple’s latest and greatest, instead. Still, could the antidote to the bitter pill of the Schiller make way for the ultimate “one more thing” – a last minute appearance by Steven P. Jobs himself?
Read More About Steve Jobs: The Ultimate “One More Thing”?...
Browser bonanza: all five major browsers updated or patched
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-17 17:03:09
Every major web browser has been updated this week, mostly to deliver security patches.
Read More About Browser Bonanza: All Five Major Browsers Updated Or Patched...
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-17 17:03:09
Every major web browser has been updated this week, mostly to deliver security patches.
Read More About Browser Bonanza: All Five Major Browsers Updated Or Patched...
Microsoft IE vulnerability to receive urgent fix Wednesday
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
Read More About Microsoft IE Vulnerability To Receive Urgent Fix Wednesday...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
Read More About Microsoft IE Vulnerability To Receive Urgent Fix Wednesday...
There are 343 items tagged with Mac OS X. You can view all our tags in the Tag Cloud
