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iWorm trojan quietly added to Apple’s Xprotect definition list

The bad news is that there’s another chunk of malware on the OS X platform to worry about. The good news is that Apple included a backdoor fix over the weekend to take care of it. Per The Mac Observer, Apple pushed an update to its Xprotect malware list for the Mac that includes the […]

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Internet News Reading Down 80% Due to Unreliable April 1st Trends

People who are used to getting their daily news from online news sources and blogs have finally given up on reading anything on the web, as the yearly trend to post fake stories to the internet on April 1st continues. The online statistics service AdNumbers stated today that ad revenue from online marketing and banner […]

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OnyX updated to 2.6.8

You can’t knock a helpful update. OnyX, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.6.8. The new version, a 16.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: – Deleting the Internet Cache improved. – Deleting the Fonts Cache improved. – Deleting the Recent Items […]

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Apple releases firmware updates for early 2010 MacBook Air, Pro notebooks, adds Lion Recovery and sleep fix

Firmware updates…they get useful. Late Tuesday, Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.6 for its early 2010 MacBook Pro notebooks. The update, a 3 megabyte download, enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (Early 2010) models. The company also released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.3 for its early 2010 MacBook […]

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Apple releases firmware updates for early, mid-2010 MacBook Pro notebooks

It’s the firmware updates that make all the difference. On Wednesday, Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.5. The update, a 4.1 megabyte download, enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, early-2010 MacBook Pro models. The company also released MacBook EFI Firmware Update 2.1. The update a 3.1 megabyte download, enables Lion Recovery from […]