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Monthly Archives: May 2011
My final word on the whole “Macs don’t get viruses” thing
It’s something you hear all the time when you read forums and comments. Someone talks about malware and instead of saying malware, they say “virus”. And someone pops up to reply “Macs can’t get viruses. [Mac Defender][] isn’t a [virus][] … Continue reading
Posted in Macs
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The bit that John Gruber didn’t quote from Rich Mogull
The bit that John Gruber left out of [his post][daringfireball] quoting [Rich Mogull on the Mac Defender malware][macworld]: >Windows 7 is actually more secure than OS X I wonder how many of John’s readers will pick up on that. [daringfireball]: … Continue reading
Posted in Macs, Microsoft
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New variant of Mac Defender needs no password
There’s a new variant of [Mac Defender](http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-antivirus/ “The Mac Security Blog » Intego Security Memo – MAC Defender Fake Antivirus Program Targets Mac Users”) doing the rounds – and unlike the initial versions this one doesn’t require an administrator password … Continue reading
Posted in Macs
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Is $40m a fair price for Tweetdeck?
Alan Patrick thinks not: Is it a fair price – no, of course not, its a Bubblenomics business case. In any “normal” economy, paying $40m for a zero-revenue feature that uses your own platform to organise what are essentially SMS’s … Continue reading
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Why the spec sheet method of buying a computer is dead
Poor Charles Arthur. Charles wrote a relatively simple post asking the question of why the Mac has proved to be so successful lately, out-performing the overall computer market and growing its market share. And in response, he got a 500+ … Continue reading
Dell’s latest laptop borrows from Apple designs
Engadget reviews the Dell XPS 15z, which is supposedly a competitor for the MacBook Pro series. The short version: it’s cheaper, not as powerful, but does at least look a bit better than the old chunky XPS series. When Dell … Continue reading
Byword updated with Markdown support
Now this is really rather fine. Byword, which is my weapon of choice when it comes to writing pretty much everything, has been updated with support for Markdown syntax. If Markdown doesn’t mean anything to you, then don’t worry about … Continue reading
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Technovia on Facebook
If I’ve set this up right, you should now be able to find Technovia on Facebook. Yeah, I know the logo’s rubbish, but I haven’t had time to do a new one yet. Come along, Like it, and all that … Continue reading
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Why Microsoft bought Skype
Cringely thinks it’s simply to stop Google getting it: “Were Google to buy Skype they’d convert those 663 million Skype subscriptions to Google Voice and Gmail and in a swoop make parts of Yahoo and MSN irrelevant. They’d build a … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Microsoft, Mobile
Tagged Google, Linksys, Microsoft, MSN, NetGear, Skype, Steve Ballmer, Windows Phone 7
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Google Music: Not that great
Venturebeat gives Google’s music beta a first look: “Music Beta in its current form is far from what we’d expect from a Google product— it’s a web of confusing programs without a lot of instruction as to how to actually get … Continue reading
