Category: 821: Viruses, Malware and Trojans, Oh My, July 9th: ATTENTION!, Battery Monitors

It’s that time of year again: the leaves are on the trees, the flowers are in bloom, the lawnmowers are humming in the distance (__except for mine because it is a human-powered push mower-Mike D.__) and we prepare to honor our Dads and grads. We have three tiers of specials perfect for the person in…

Get ready for motorcycle season with a brand new iPod touch with enough room for all of your Steppenwolf records and the Easy Rider sound track.

The latest malware attack on the Mac OS has largely blown over, though I still hear people talking about Flashback and viruses on the Mac. One thing that keeps coming up are the amount of people calling Flashback a virus when it’s actually a trojan. Intego, an antivirus software company, runs a Mac security blog…

July 9th is being called “Internet Doomsday” by some security firms and trade magazines. Last year, “*the FBI arrested several people*”:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/9/six-estonians-arrested-in-cyber-infestation/ who were running an international scam. They used malware called “DNSChanger” to modify network settings on millions of computers worldwide; instead of going to local DNS servers, these infected systems went to rogue servers…

As Apple and consumers move more and more to portables as their primary machines, the health of the rechargeable battery in the unit becomes more and more an issue. There are many tools available to monitor your battery and its health–how do you monitor it? Apple has included a simple battery monitor display in the…

We are back to work after a glorious 3-day weekend. The weather in Vermont could not have been nicer. It really is what makes putting up with our cold winters worth the effort. *Random Hacks of Kindness* (or RHoK) is this weekend. This is a global event of which Small Dog Electronics is taking a…