Category: 722: New iMacs, Katie On-the-Go, iOS 4.3.3 Location Fix, MACDefender Malware Threat

Spring is almost in full bloom, and I can tell we’re on the cusp of summer. There’s a palpable sense of energy in the air, and many neighborhoods are already laced with scents of charcoal grills in the evenings. Vermonters are out enjoying the weather, and soon Burlington will trade many of its college students…

Live near Vermont or New Hampshire? Have some tech stuff to recycle? We’re holding FREE eWaste Events in both Vermont and New Hampshire this year, so come on down! *Our Vermont event is scheduled for Saturday, May 14th at National Life Insurance Headquarters in Montpelier, VT.* “*View website here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/ewastevt *Our 2nd annual New Hampshire event…

Monday morning, antivirus software company “*Intego*”:http://www.intego.com/ posted an article detailing a new malware threat for OS X users. This malicious software–masquerading as “MACDefender”–targets users through Safari via SEO poisoning attacks. Essentially when a rigged link is clicked after performing a search, users are redirected to a page containing JavaScript that automatically downloads a compressed file.…

This Wednesday, Apple released iOS 4.3.3 for its mobile devices. As announced during last week’s executive phone “*interview*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/article/jobs-apple-executives-speak-on-location-tracking-issues/ with All Things Digital, the update focuses exclusively on the controversial iOS crowd-sourced location database cache. The new software addresses the three major points of concern with the company’s previous builds of iOS software. According the the…

I caved. I bought an iPad 2. I couldn’t resist. From the moment I tried out the iPad 2 on demo, I fell in love. I thought the first generation iPad was a cool device, but I just didn’t think I needed one. Now, I can’t figure out how I lived without it. As I…

This Tuesday, Apple released significant updates to its popular line of all-in-one iMacs. Introducing next generation quad-core Intel i5 processors across the line, the new iMac models also feature faster graphics, the recently released Thunderbolt I/O technology and a FaceTime HD camera. Maintaining physical similarities to the previous generation, Tuesday’s update falls more in line…

_Dear Friends,_ This week it’s Ben writing for Don while he’s in San Jose attending this year’s ASMC conference. Each year, over 100 Apple Specialists from all over the US and Canada gather to network, attend special seminars and events and check out the latest in Apple gear. We’ve been busy holding down the office…