Year: 2010

Greg’s bite: Trojan attacks Mac OS X in the wild

Greg’s bite: Trojan attacks Mac OS X in the wild

Posted by | Oct 29, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

There have been reports of a trojan attack on the Mac OS X. While not a reason to panic, a “trojan horse” bit of malware has been making the rounds. The malware is called a trojan because it appeals to our vanity somehow and gets us to accept something with a hurtful thing inside.  

It runs a Java applet and is cross platform so Windows users are also vulnerable. The next Mac OS X security update will likely protect you, but for now just don’t download the bait.

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InvisibleShield, ZAGGskins now available for new MacBook Air

InvisibleShield, ZAGGskins now available for new MacBook Air

Posted by | Oct 29, 2010 | , |

ZAGG (http://www.ZAGG.com) is now selling their invisibleShield and ZAGGskins protection for Apple’s new Macbook Air. The new generation of Macbook Air comes in 11-inch and 13-inch models, and is built with flash storage.

The invisibleShield is ZAGG’s patent-pending, military-grade, “virtually invisible” film, available in over 5,000 designs for the most popular electronics. The MacAir version costs US$54.95.

ZAGGskins are customized images and designs fused with the invisibleShield to provide personalized protection. Pricing for the invisibleSHIELD for the MacBook Air starts at $19.99.

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Zevrix delivers Deliver 2.0

Posted by | Oct 29, 2010 | , |

Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has delivered Deliver 2.0, an automatic solution to send and share files across the Internet and local networks.

Deliver lets users send files to remote and local destinations with automatic e-mail notifications, compression, encryption and other capabilities. It supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, MobileMe, AFP, SMB and local servers, and lets users send files to multiple destinations at once.

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