Author: mactech

Macintouch is reporting that the “Simpson’s AppleScript Virus” is starting to make its way to Mac users. Although there have been no reports of destructive behavior, the virus opens Outlook Express in the background and sends a copy of the original message, and the script, entitled “Simpsons Episodes,” to everyone in your address book. Macintouch has contacted the virus centers and are awaiting a response.

People will get a chance to see the first theatrical trailer for Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. this coming Friday at the Monsters, Inc. and Apple Web sites. The trailer will also make its theater debut at Disney’s “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” in Los Angeles and New York. The film is scheduled for release November 2, 2001.

3Com today announced that it expects revenues will fall US$100-$125 million short this quarter, or down nearly 20 percent from previous projections. The company also announced it will be discontinuing its cable and DSL modem business.

ZCast TV’s Matthew Rothenberg discusses the benefits to running Linux on the Mac in his latest column, explaining how the operating system can breathe new life into Macs left in the cold by OS X.

File sharing over the Napster service has fallen more than 90 percent in the past three months since court-ordered filters were implemented against copyrighted works, according to a Webnoize report. The report notes that 360 million files were swapped in May, down from 2.79 billion in February. The average Napster users also now offers just 21 songs, down from 220 in February.