Mac security firm Intego announced Thursday on a Trojan horse it spotted hiding in pirated copies of Apple’s (Nasdaq:AAPL) iWork `09. What does the Trojan horse do? Firstly, Mac installer packages are made-up scripts that install the applications and various files in the correct places on a Mac’s hard drive. Whilst installing iWork `09 , [...]
02.2.09 | Mac Tips | Computerexpert
At $86 a share, Apple is now trading on just 16 times forecast earnings, the lowest level in years. Shares no longer requires much growth to justify the share price. And that $86 includes about $18 per share in net net cash and equivalents. The company enters the downturn with a solid balance sheet and [...]
01.28.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
A maker of wireless set-top boxes has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming the company hired away three employees with knowledge of technology that would be included in Apple TV. Apple hired three former Universal Electronics employers during the development of Apple TV. Each of these employees had access to (Universal’s) confidential and proprietary [...]
01.23.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Microsoft is rushing out an emergency patch, while other browser makers are releasing their own updates as well as people worldwide go online to do their shopping. Opera released version 9.63 of their browser, fixing several security issues. The most significant ones allow arbitrary code execution, making these just as critical as the Internet Explorer [...]
01.23.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Is it time for Apple’s Mighty Mouse to get an upgrade? A report noted that a 2007 patent application call for an “arbitrary shaped graspable member” that would utilize positioning and multi-touch detection to interpret a user’s movement. It appears that the button would be replaced by a multi-touch trackpad. The prototype’s aluminum body is [...]
01.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Apple released an update to its Mac OS X operating system, closing 21 security holes in various components, including the software’s kernel, core services and the Adobe Flash Player plug-in. The patch, which upgrades the operating system to version 10.5.6, fixes at least a half dozen vulnerabilities that could allow remote-execution attacks. The fix for [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
