I just did something that I never have done in the past…. And I shouldn’t be surprised at the results…
I just read the “What’s the risk” help screen for the ActiveX installer prompt. You know the annoying prompt, where it asks “do you want to install this ActiveX control” or “What’s the risk?”.
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Time Machine is very boolean in it’s operation. It either was successful or failed. So if there is a single file that it can’t backup, it aborts it’s current backup, and shuts down until the next backup cycle. This isn’t exactly an optimal solution. Other Backup software (eg Retrospect) will log an error on [...]
Short Sharp Science: PC giant warns of hardware trojan: “News that Dell may have a hardware trojan problem emerged on a support forum after a user was warned by a Dell call centre that the firm’s PowerEdge R410 server motherboard contains spyware of unspecified function that a Dell engineer needed to come and remove.
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The argument goes something like this:
Fan Boy: “Mac OS X is immune to viruses”
Windows: “No it isn’t. Windows is just more dominant, so of course people are making viruses for it”
Fan Boy: “No it’s Windows poor security”
Windows FB: “Honestly, if OS X was really virus proof, don’t you think Microsoft [...]
According to a Google study, 15% of all malware consists of fake anti-virus (or Rogue Antivirus) software. 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 [...]
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 [...]
This is a heads-up that we will shortly start landing patches for a new WebKit framework that we at Apple have been working on for a while. We currently call this new framework ‘WebKit2’.
WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content (JavaScript, HTML, [...]
Full changelog for Mac OS X 10.6.3 update:
General operating system fixes and improvements provided for:
* performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode.
* printing reliability.
* sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand.
* a color issue in iMovie with HD content.
* glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera.
* an issue in which the Finder reports a -36 error when copying directories to a drive formatted as FAT32.
* reliability of photo screen savers.
* compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications.
* an issue in which shadows in PDF of Aperture book are black instead of gray.
* an issue in which the microphone level in iChat may not increase the volume after reducing it to prevent a feedback event.
* the reliability of certain third-party USB devices.
* the Accounts preference pane can now limit login to members of groups hosted by a non-Apple directory service, such as Active Directory.
* DNS server ordering as specified in Network Preferences and DNS reliability. For details about how Mac OS X v10.6 handles unresponsive DNS servers, see this article.
* the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X.
* Data Collection: Mac OS X v10.6.3 can collect diagnostic and usage information from your Mac and send it to Apple for analysis automatically. The information is only collected with your explicit consent, and is submitted anonymously to Apple. For more details, see this article.
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Having issues with downloading your DragonAge Origins DLC content? Take a look here…..
via – Redeemed DLC Unofficial Troubleshooting and FAQ (PC Only) (Dragon Age: Origins – Dragon Age: Origins PC Technical Support) | BioWare Social Network.
Well, there’s now a new version of iStumbler… iStumbler 99.
If your not aware of iStumbler, it is a wireless discovery tool, allowing you easy access to the signal strength, noise ratio, active channel, frequency, and other wireless information from one useful tool.
iStumbler 99 Requires Mac OS 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) or later. AirPort [...]
