From the monthly archives:

January 2009

iPhone Software 2.2.1 Released

January 27, 2009

Today (Tuesday, 01-27-09) Apple released another software update for the iPhone and iPhone 3G.
Notes accompanying the update state that the update provides more stability for the Safari web browser, and also fixed an issue where some pictures saved from Mail don’t display properly in Camera Roll.
Plug your iPhone or iPhone 3G into your computer and [...]

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Macs in the West Wing?

January 26, 2009

The previous administration was not particularly computer-savvy, if the reports of PC capacity in the White House are to be believed. Will they be replaced by Macs?
MacUser.com posted the following story by Dan Moren last March, which indicates that our new President is a Mac guy. What else?
Obama and fam rock the iChat
Posted Mar. 11, [...]

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Seagate Drive Problems, Solutions

January 26, 2009

Firmware issue on some Seagate drives
There’s been a lot of noise on the web recently about Seagate drive failures. This is bad news for consultants like me, who’ve endorsed Seagates for the last several years. I’ve been collecting info re: the problems and looking for information, and here’s what I have found.
Is your drive affected?
Seagate [...]

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Belkin Wireless Router for sale

January 24, 2009

A client has a circa 2006 Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router, original cost was $104. Her network needs have changed, and it is now for sale for $40. It’s in perfect condition, and was working flawlessly as of this week, when we changed her network over to the new configuration. If anyone is interested, please email [...]

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New Trojan Horse found in Pirated iWork 09 copies

January 22, 2009

New Mac Virus/Trojan Alert
In my opinion, unless you download porn or pirated copies of software, you are not likely – yet – to have to worry about this issue. Stay tuned for more info…
MacIntouch posted this this morning:
Mac security software vendor Intego issued a warning about a Trojan horse masquerading as an iWork installer:
Mac Trojan [...]

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Security Warning

January 12, 2009

Security Vulnerability in Safari
This was posted on MacInTouch this morning, and elsewhere
Brian Mastenbrook reports a serious security problem with Safari under Leopard, confirmed by Apple, but offers a workaround:
Disclosure of information vulnerability in Safari
I have discovered that Apple’s Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack that allows a malicious web site to [...]

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Will Snow Leopard be Apple’s lever into Enterprise?

January 7, 2009

Another great article at InfoWorld (Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Apple’s secret business weapon?) points out a very interesting idea: that Snow Leopard is aimed “squarely at business and enterprise users, signaling a formal push by Apple to take Windows head on outside the consumer and education markets. “Apple is taking the Mac OS one [...]

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Macs in Business – a Growing Concern

January 7, 2009

To Microsoft, perhaps…
Macs are becoming mainstream in business
In case you hadn’t noticed, Macs are appearing in formerly Windows-only business, and not in the creative departments only. Information Technology Intelligence produced a recent survey showing 23% if respondents had at 30 Macs in their companies, and 12% had at least 4,000 Macs. 68& said they would [...]

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Refurbished iPhones at Best Buy

January 7, 2009

iPhones for Cheap!
Reuters broke the story yesterday… Best Buy will be selling refurbished iPhone 3G for about $50 less than new models.
The phones had been returned within 30 days of purchase and refurbished, will sell for $149 for the 8 GB version, and $249 for the 16GB model. The AT&T 2 year contract is mandatory, [...]

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Macworld – Evolutionary, not Revolutionary?

January 3, 2009

The New Stuff at Macworld
The Experts (that group who know everything) are of the opinion that there will be exciting new products at Macworld, even from Apple.
Evolutionary
Apple
Michael Gartenberg, vp of JupiterMedia, a marketing research firm, who edits MobileDevicesToday blog thinks that Phil Schiller (standing in for Steve Jobs at the Keynote presentation) “isn’t going to [...]

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