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You may have heard the news currently trending on the web about a new Mac virus called Flashback. Flashback is not a virus, it’s actually a trojan. The media always seems to get this wrong. Metaphorically a “Trojan Horse” has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or space. Unlike viruses ...

Via Scoop.it – From the Apple Orchard Bloomberg reports on a visit by Apple CEO Tim Cook to Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou, China, where iPhones and iPads are made, among other devices. Via www.macstories.net

Via Scoop.it – From the Apple Orchard Apple’s newest iPad hit the market three weeks ago and already their have been a number of controversies surrounding the device. As expected, all of the issues fizzled out because there was really nothing there in the first place. Via techpinions.com

#Overview# Ten years ago those people who had networks in their homes were considered fringe geeks and gluttons for punishment. Nowadays, however, home networks are as common as cable television and dishwashers, but they can still be a source of frustration for many, especially to do it right! With that, Dave Hamilton — someone who *was* a fringe geek and *has* gone through all the ...

Adobe’s Photoshop is a powerful graphics editing program. Its ability to edit, combine, and manipulate photos and bitmapped artwork has made it the industry standard. However, with all that power comes a mind boggling amount of features, complexity, and a high price tag. Other Mac graphics programs are out there which can perform many of Photoshop’s functions at a lower price. Some even can do ...

It’s the apps that make the iPad great and Photoshop Touch is perhaps the prime example of the potential of the device and how flexible it is at becoming a great machine for a whole slew of different tasks, from reading, to writing, to viewing to editing and now, to using Photoshop for more than just basic photo edits. Sure, Photoshop Touch is still ...

Have questions about how to use your MacBook, iPad, or iPod? Want to try out our new iMacs, but don’t know where to begin? Members of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group will be available at various times during this eight-week series to offer tips, tricks, and answers to all of your Apple product questions. Drop by! There is no registration needed. * (Mondays 4-6 pm ...

While we wait in anticipation of Doug Dixon’s talk this month, I thought I would take a sneak peak at what he saw at CES. The following is from his blog: Ultrabooks: Small and light and stylish laptops (the PC industry’s answer to Apple’s MacBook Air). Remember netbooks, which were too underpowered and sluggish? Ultrabooks promise to remove the compromises, with power and capacity to ...

Apple has released an (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5048). The update includes the following. The OS X Lion v10.7.3 Update includes Safari 5.1.3 and fixes that: Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X Address compatibility issues with Microsoft Windows file sharing Address an issue printing Microsoft Word documents that use markup Address a graphics performance issue after sleep ...