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Appletell reviews the 8GB Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive for Mac OS X
At a recent meeting with my colleagues, some of the guys were showing off USB drives that were barely larger than an iPhone SIM card. These things were tiny. My colleagues were impressed, I was not. Can something that size be safe from breaking? From being lost? From being eaten by my cat. Not likely, so give me the Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive for Mac OS X any day.
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Major Snow Leopard bug could delete your data
According to numerous discussions on Apple’s support boards, there’s a major bug in Snow Leopard that can delete all of your data with very little effort on your part.
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Safari used to hack MacBook…sort of
It happened last year, and it happened again this year. The tech sector of the internet is seeing a fair share of headlines to the…
Appletell reviews Eikon To Go Digital Privacy Manager
Do you have nightmares about people logging into your account on your Mac and accessing your personal data? Well, Upek has a product for the paranoid types, and it could prove useful for others in the coming days, as well. It’s called the Eikon To Go, and it keeps your… Continue Reading »
Mac Trojan found on pirated Photoshop, iWork ‘09
A new piece of Trojan Horse malware has found its way onto pirated copies of Photoshop and iWork ‘09, according to security firm Intego. The person using the pirated software activates the Trojan when he runs the other program to generate a false serial number. If he enters his admin… Continue Reading »
Safari’s RSS could compromise your personal data
Reports of a new security issue in both the Mac and Windows versions of Safari are stating that there is a “hole” in how Safari handles RSS feeds, which could potentially allow an attacker to capture a user’s personal information, cookies, passwords, etc. through a malicious web page. The discovery… Continue Reading »
Apple encourages antivirus applications for your Mac
If you ask a worker at the Apple Store about antivirus software for the Mac, you may hear that you don’t need it at all because, “Macs don’t get viruses.” However, this information may no longer hold true. At least Apple itself doesn’t think so. According to a recently published… Continue Reading »
MobileMe a major spam risk
Just when you thought nothing else could possibly go wrong with MobileMess, it seems that Apple has created a spammer’s paradise! Learn about it after the break. Continue Reading »
Phishing scam targets MobileMe users
An e-mail has been making the rounds recently, aimed specifically at MobileMe users. Disguised as a billing e-mail, it asks users to enter billing information by clicking a link to a website that is clearly not Apple-related. “We were unable to process your most recent payment. Did you recently change… Continue Reading »
Beefed up iPhone security on the horizon?
A recent career opening from Apple for a job entitled “iPhone Security Engineer” can only mean that Apple wants to improve the security on their iPhones. This full time job would have the employee working at Apple’s Cupertino office. What’s to be expected? The employee would have to “... validate… Continue Reading »
Apple in court over wireless data and circuits
Saxon Innovations, LLC, a small patent holding firm, has filed a lawsuit against Apple and other large PC manufactures claiming they have infringed upon patents for encrypted wireless signals and some inner circuity. The lawsuit was filed in late June in Texas, and Saxon Innovations, LLC is strongly going after… Continue Reading »
SecureMac warns of new OS X Trojan Horse called AppleScript.THT
SecureMac is reporting a new Trojan horse that threatens the Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 installation. AppleScript.THT, a new variant of the infamous Trojan Horse virus, is originating from a hacked website through iChat and Limewire. The Trojan horse allows a malicious user to access a system remotely and… Continue Reading »
OS X’s huge out-of-the-box security hole, and a fix
An enormous Mac OS X selling point has been it’s rock solid security, so one would be pretty enraged to find there is a gaping hole sitting in the operating system that has been reported many times and marked as “behaving normally,” while enabling anyone with GUI access to run… Continue Reading »
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iPhone App Reviews
iPhone Apps. They were great when the App Store was first announced and we could all pick and chose what we wanted, but the number is now overwhelming. Here at Appletell, we'll detail the great iPhone apps we find, and steer you clear from those that aren't worth it even if they're free.
iPhone Game Reviews
As Apple turns the iPhone into one of the most popular gaming devices, the staff of Appletell--gamers and Apple fans alike--are here to help you get the most entertainment value out of your app store purchases.
