New Mac Trojan targets porn viewers (i.e. Everyone)

October 31st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Intego has issued a rare “critical” security alert for Mac users pertaining to a new Trojan Horse application – primarily spread through visiting adult websites.
Exploit: OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse
Discovered: October 30, 2007
Risk: Critical
Description: A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic […]

Apple Store displaying Jail broken iPhone

October 31st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Who can tell these days if anything on the web is real, what with these newfangled computers and all, but if this flickr pic is not ’shopped, it’s a pretty damn funny shot.

[UPDATE: Faithful Macenstein reader max just sent us HIS pics (see below) of the several iPhones he claims to have unlocked at the […]

Are iCal’s days numbered?

October 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

I am SO sorry for that pun. Please forgive me – I honestly tried not to write it, I really did, but I am just not strong enough.
And no, for the record, I do not really think iCal is on the way out, (after all, would Apple have finally fixed the icon if […]

Leopard fixes iCal’s icon

October 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

I’ve been running Leopard now for about 5 days, and until just now I really couldn’t come up with a good reason to recommend anyone rush out to upgrade to the latest OS. However, thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Bilbo, I feel confident Leopard is worth all of its 12,900 cents. Why? Well, notice anything […]

Using Disk Warrior to repair flaky Leopard Installations

October 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Macenstein reader Jon writes of with his recent experience in running Disk Warrior to help fix his upity Leopard install.
Good morning! I upgraded to Leopard yesterday on two systems and have some information that might be useful to someone else.
After upgrading my iMac, it acted “flaky.” Some System Preferences would hang as would other […]

WOW. Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Mac OS X Leopard in First Weekend

October 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Who even knew there were 2 million Leopard compatible Macs out there?!

Taken from the official Apple Press release:
Apple today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS […]

So, what do you know about AVCHD?

October 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Macenstein has now gotten enough of a readership base that I feel the time has come to abuse our popularity and ask for a little technical advice. The question today has to do with whether or not I should buy an AVCHD camcorder, or, more accurately, whether I should return the one I just bought.
In […]

Now even ugly people can use Leopard’s iChat

October 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Now ugly “facially challenged” people have TWO new visage-obscuring iChat themes to choose from that will allow them to communicate with the outside world!
MacRumors.com forum member Zneo11 has created a brilliant theme compatible with Leopard’s iChat called “iPod Person”. As the name (and photos imply), “iPod Person” allows you to look like (if not dance […]

Rumor: I am buying a new MacBook on Tuesday

October 28th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

According to MacRumors, I will be buying a new MacBook this Tuesday, and I am very excited!
Allegedly, my new MacBook will sport the updated Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics chip, which implies I will be getting the Santa Rosa chipset as well. I can neither confirm nor deny this rumor until I check with my […]