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Intego reports ‘rogue’ MACDefender anti-malware program

Posted by | May 2, 2011 | , |

Intego (http://www.intego.com) says it has discovered a rogue anti-malware program called MACDefender, which attacks Macs via SEO poisoning attacks.

When a user clicks on a link after performing a search on a search engine such as Google, this takes them to a web site whose page contains JavaScript that automatically downloads a file. In this case, the file downloaded is a compressed ZIP archive, which, if a specific option in a web browser is checked (Open “safe” files after downloading in Safari, for example), will open.

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iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for April 29

iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for April 29

Posted by | Apr 29, 2011 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Autodesk has announced TinkerBox, a free iOS game designed to spark interest in physics and mechanical engineering. The mechanical puzzles and challenging physics problems in the app require players to devise imaginative solutions, insert gadgets, assemble components, customize switches and test their inventions.

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Greg’s Bite: RIM stock falls over PlayBook

Greg’s Bite: RIM stock falls over PlayBook

Posted by | Apr 29, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

As I have blogged for some time now, the poorly designed RIM PlayBook is tanking. RIM stock dumped 11% of its value after the market closed yesterday.  

RIM has just reported even worse PlayBook launch sales than hoped for; sales that were projected to be in the range of 13 million the first quarter may be way too optimistic. RIM, according to PlayBook teardown parts pricing, ought to make a profit if they could just sell some, but the company seems to be having a hard time convincing even the BlacKBerry faithful they need one.  

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iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for April 28

iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for April 28

Posted by | Apr 28, 2011 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Bram Stolk has announced Superformula 1.0 for iOS. The Superformula, or Gielis-formula was first proposed by Johan Gielis. The formula can be used to define a wide range of shapes, including shapes that occur in nature. The strength of this free application comes from the calculations used to determine the shapes. Superformula 1.0 uses an OpenGL-ES2 vertex shader.

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Greg’s bite: Apple iOS tracking storm blows out

Greg’s bite: Apple iOS tracking storm blows out

Posted by | Apr 28, 2011 | , |

Yesterday Apple released a 10 point information sheet and did an interview that addressed a lot of concerns iOS users had regarding location logs. It turns out that while the outrage has largely melted away with rational explanations for what Apple was doing, they did admit there were “bugs” in the data logging portion of the iOS, that are going to be fixed soon. Apple’s explanation mitigates my concerns, but doesn’t reassure me that mobile data is as secure as it ought to be.   

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