Apple’s 2009 Black Friday deals: All MacBook Pro models $101 off
Update 2: Apple’s U.S. Black Friday sale is up, and while not spectacular, there are some rare discounts to be found. To go back to the same examples we used for the U.K. and Australian Apple stores, the base model 13-inch MacBook Pro is $1,098, down from $1,199. In fact, it looks like all MacBook [...]
Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem
Firefox has a CPU usage issue and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some laptops, particularly ultraportables. That’s what I’ve found over the last couple of years. But don’t take my word for it. This is documented on a Mozilla support page entitled “Firefox consumes a lot of CPU resources.” The page states: “At times, [...]
Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious
Another iPhone worm has been spotted in the wild. Unlike the previous exploitation, which merely changed a jailbroken iPhone’s wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley of “Rickrolling” fame, this new threat allows hackers to steal sensitive information. According to security firm Sophos, which wrote about the exploitation after a Dutch ISP spotted it late [...]
Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share
Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year’s third quarter and this year’s third quarter, according to market researcher Gartner. Figures released Thursday by Gartner show that Microsoft’s mobile OS had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 2008. A year later, it had 7.9 percent. Meanwhile, the [...]
Secure your jailbroken iPhone against worm
If your iPhone was recently “Rickrolled” by a worm that targets jailbroken iPhones, the following six steps will show you how to change the root password–used to connect to your device via a Unix software secure shell–to protect yourself in the future. Before starting, you will need to have MobileTerminal installed from the Cydia store. [...]