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Intego is reporting details about a new Trojan Horse software designed to attack the Mac. A “Trojan Horse”, or trojan, is a piece of malicious software that is designed to fool the user into thinking it is something else. In this case, the MAC Defender trojan is designed to look like anti-virus software. > Intego has discovered a fake antivirus program called MAC Defender, which ...

After nearly 25 years as a tech writer, Bob LeVitus has tested thousands of Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad products and accessories and has new and interesting products arriving at his office pretty much every day! This year his presentation focuses on the very best things he’s ever tested—his all-time favorite Mac applications, utilities, and peripherals, as well as his fave i-Device apps and accessories. ...

Take a look at 1Password. I’ve been using it for several years. Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. Syncs across all devices using encrypted Dropbox folder. Compatible with Safari, Firefox and Chrome.

Last month I wrote an article about (http://pmug-nj.org/blog/2011/03/21/how-to-delete-your-hidden-flash-cookies/). While most browser cookies can easily be deleted, Flash cookies and other forms of web tracking can not. This makes it difficult to keep your web surfing habits safe from spying eyes. The folks who develop the Google Chrome browser think that things should be different. They are ...

PRINCETON MACINTOSH USERS GROUP PRINCETON, NJ 08540 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alan Fox PHONE: 973-912-7725 EMAIL: bbritt3@gmail.com PMUG site: http://pmug-nj.org/ TOPIC: Backup Strategies and More SPEAKER: Dave Hamilton, President of The Mac Observer, Inc. LOCATION: 10 Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. See http://pmug-nj.org/ for map and directions. WHEN: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m. FREE: Open to the general public A topic that is — or should be — hot on everyone’s minds these days is backups. While most ...

When Apple released the iPhone 4 last summer they added a front facing camera and updated iOS with a new application called FaceTime. FaceTime allows two people with iPhone 4 to video chat. The feature is very popular with parents who travel a lot. They can use FaceTime to stay in touch with the kids or other loved one.  The Apple ...

On-line advertising agencies and web site managers are using sophisticated means to track our on-line habits. Given that a handful of companies control the on-line advertising space, it can be incredibly challenging to protect your privacy while surfing the web. Most of the modern browsers have features that give consumers some level of control over tracking cookies. Normally this involves restricting ...

I love HDR and I love iPhone photograph apps. I’ve bought about 10 since I purchase my iPhone 4 last spring. Right now I have four in a Photography folder on my iPhone. One of those is a new app, iCamera HDR. iCamera HDR is from Everimaging Ltd, the same developers who produce HDR Darkroom, an HDR application for the ...

Overview Recently my Director lamented the fact that he could not sync his Google account services to his iPad without using iTunes. He had configured his iPad to access his Google mail and calendar but he could not add new entries to the calendar. The sync was one way from Google to his iPad. He was frustrated that he would add a ...

PRINCETON MACINTOSH USERS GROUP PRINCETON, NJ 08540 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alan Fox PHONE: 973-912-7725 EMAIL: bbritt3@gmail.com PMUG site: http://pmug-nj.org/ TOPIC: Mobile and More: ...