We received a note that F-Secure is investigating a new trojan infecting Symbian Series 60 phones – Skulls. Unlike Cabir, this trojan is actually malicious. Symbian must have anticipated this, having recently signed for McAfee?s virus protection. This trojan [SymbOS/Skulls] has been distributed on Symbian shareware download sites as ?Extended Theme Manager? by ?Tee-222″. If […]
Preferential Treatment is an application that will check your preference files (both in your user?s preference folder and the system?s preference folder) for corruption using Apple’s ?plutil? command line tool. Incredibly useful and cool. If it finds suspect files, it will list the files and allow you to reveal them in the Finder or move […]
In a story last month we reported that XM Radio’s new browser-based Internet streaming service, XM Radio Online, was incompatible with Macs. Well, we’re happy to report that they fixed it and the stream now works with Mac browsers – at least with Safari 1.2.4. Read More…
TiVo, the company known by its rabidly fanatical user base, made a couple of surprise announcements lately that suggest that the company may be turning evil. First the company announced that it would limit the amount of time you can save pay-per-view and on-demand programs, kowtowing to copy-protection demands of Macrovision, then TiVo dropped the […]
Acme Made, known for its ?Slim? line of PowerBook bags and cases, has introduced a line of designer iPod cases. Like their bags, the distinctive iPod cases combine high style with practical functionality to create what the company refers to as ?designed protection.? They are made with some of the finest materials available including imported […]