According to a Google study, 15% of all malware consists of fake anti-virus (or Rogue Antivirus) software. Â What does that mean to the average user, probably nothing, but are you sure that Antivirus warning you just received is really from your antivirus software? Practically, this means that you need to be more aware of your […]
Normally Time Machine is not location sensitive, for example, if you wish to use a specific backup drive at work, and a different one at home, you need to use the Time Machine Control Panel to switch between drives. I back up my Macbook Pro using Time Machine to OS X server at both work […]
Well, Apple has finally decided enough is enough, and publicly sent another Salvo towards Adobe\’s broadsides…. Â And Adobe might just be happy about this one. Apple makes hardware video decoding available to developers In 10.6.3, Apple has now made a new \”Video Decode Acceleration Framework\” available. Â What does that mean? Â Adobe\’s number one reason why […]
Let\’s get this clear, Backdoors in security applications are bad. Really bad… So bad, I won\’t even discuss it… So, when Schneier on Security, mentions that Lock My PC, has a \”Master Password\”. I took a look, and you know what I found… We\’re safe, it\’s a \”Engineering password\”. Sinceit\’s not called a backdoor we\’re […]
If you use a Mac, chances are you regularly adjust the volume using your keyboard\’s volume keys. They\’re handy enough, but the volume increment is pretty large. There are at least two hidden options that people are not often aware of. 1) Fine tune volume in OS X by holding down Alt(Option)+Shift then pressing the […]
They (the Broadband providers) keep saying that we are getting the best service ever, but next time you pay your broadband bill, consider what you are getting for your money. Then consider Hong Kong residents can now buy 1,000Mbps symmetrical broadband service for $26 per month. Symmetrical broadband offers identical upstream and downstream speeds, so […]
Draconian UK law gets SeedF**cked A block of 86 lines of C# code is creating a buzz online following claims it may make BitTorrent downloads untraceable. The code, sweetly named SeedF*cker, is actually an exploit discovered last November that would allow a BitTorent user to fake the IP address of a server from where a […]
After an unusually long wait, Apple has finally released updated models of its MacBook Pro line of notebooks. The 15\’ and 17\’ models offer the latest Core i5 and i7 processors, though the 13\’ model still uses a Core 2 Duo processor. But new processors aren\’t the only improvement; Apple has also seen fit to […]