From the monthly archives:

October 2007

If you’re posting about viruses on the Mac, think before you post

October 31, 2007

Mac OS X viruses and trojans | creativebits: “I’m sick of anti-virus companies reporting on supposed OS X viruses and trojans. The latest anti-virus company expressing its greed was Intego, who reported about an OS X trojan that is supposedly out in the wild redirecting unsuspecting browsers to fake sites stealing their credit card info. [...]

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.Mac sync: Still broken. Does Apple care?

October 31, 2007

It’s now 12 days since Apple began its “scheduled maintenance” on .Mac’s synchronisation services, and as yet there’s no sign of when – or indeed, if – it’s going to get back to normal. It remains broken, especially if you’re using Leopard. This is simply unacceptable service, particularly given that there are free services out [...]

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Anyone getting this bug in Leopard Mail?

October 31, 2007

For some reason, Apple Mail is showing two versions of the "On My Mac" folders. It’s not two seperate versions – only one set really exists – but they’re listed twice. Anyone have any ideas? UPDATE: Thanks to both Paolo and Michael in the comments below for giving a fix – all you need to [...]

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Mac OS X malware on the loose?

October 31, 2007

Intego has a report of what looks like a classic piece of malware appearing on the Mac. What it is calling OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse is a trojan which purports to be a codec required to view adult videos, which in fact installs something much more nasty: “This Trojan horse, a form of DNSChanger, uses a [...]

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links for 2007-10-31

October 31, 2007

So Long Apple. The Party’s Over Java developers very, very pissed off with the lack of decent Java support in Leopard. (tags: java apple macosx leopard) Google Announces the OpenSocial API Mark me as “unconvinced”. (tags: google Social socialnetworking web2.0 opensocial api) Cory Doctorow – A Reverse Surveillance Society (tags: corydoctorow net culture)

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And the award for snappiest headline of the day goes to…

October 31, 2007

George Ou, for "Microsoft Unified Communications shuns G.722 wideband interoperability". Sadly. I know what this means. I have obviously spent too long in the hardcore world of telecommunications.

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File under: Things to try with Linux tonight

October 31, 2007

How To: Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like a Mac. And not just any old Mac: a Leopard Mac.

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Could the grown-up at Gizmodo slap Charlie White, please?

October 31, 2007

Oh dear. Think Pink: Like Breasts? Get a 250GB Pink WD Passport Drive to Celebrate. In addition to being one of our favorite holidays, today is the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Besides squeezing a ripe pair of tittles, what better way to celebrate than picking up a pink Western Digital Passport drive [...]

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Why is Google making OpenSocial? The answer, as always, is advertising

October 31, 2007

Lots and lots and lots of talk today about OpenSocial, Google’s social networking platform which it’s finally set to announce. Unlike other social networking platforms, OpenSocial isn’t a walled garden – instead, it’s a set of APIs which link together profile, friends and activities, allowing you to tap into information which Google holds for you.The [...]

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A great headline matters

October 30, 2007

Nick Bradbury is totally right: the best way to grab reader’s attention (and hopefully hook them) is through a good headline. This is something that professional writers have known since the dawn of time – think of those cave paintings as just great headlines about the size of the hunter’s mammoth

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