Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Ten gadgets that defined the decade

Posted: December 30, 2009 in Technology

Ten gadgets that defined the decade — Engadget.

iPod – check

iPhone – check

Titanitum Powerbook – check

Treo – check

XP and OSX – check

boy, I had/have six out of 10 of these … either I’m the tech zeitgeist personified or just a sad gadget freak.

Chrome for Mac is out

Posted: December 8, 2009 in Google, internet, Technology


At last – Google’s Chrome browser is now available for the Mac (OS 10.5 or later, Intel Macs only). You can download the Beta version here.

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 last week, the worm attacks jailbroken iPhone andiPod Touch devices only.

Read more: Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious | Webware – CNET.