Category: 673: WhySync? iSync!, Adobe Flash Vulnerability, Repair of the Week: MacBook Pro Eats iPods

Every so often we come across a machine that destroys everything that’s plugged into it. One such machine made a few trips in for service over the past month and Apple replaced most every component in their Houston, TX repair facility. This customer reports that the computer fried eight iPods (which Apple replaced free of…

Adobe announced that a “critical vulnerability exists in the current versions of Flash Player (v9.0.159.0 and v10.0.22.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat v9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2009-1862) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker…

I’ve been rid of my iPhone for 5 days. I recently restored my backup onto my friend’s iPhone to retrieve my contact list, and then synced that contact list back into Address Book under a group titled “iPhone Imports.” Fast-forward two days–I receive my Sony Ericsson z520a I bought off eBay. My contact list is…

Happy Tuesday, It’s been a cool, soaking wet summer, but the past few days saw temperatures in the eighties with full sun and near 100% humidity. All of a sudden my struggling garden is filled with green tomatoes, tiny pumpkins, more green beans than I’m able to process, and so much more. It’s amazing what…