Get a Mac...

So.  After years my brother finally bought a Mac.  He called.  He said, "can you come set it up?"  I said, "sure, but you can do it."  I told him to turn it on and follow the instructions.  

He just called back.  He said, "dang that was easy!"  I said, "I have been telling you for years, 'get a Mac.  You will love it.'"  He already loves it.  The network works.  The OS works.  The updates worked.  It just worked.  He is setting-up parental controls for his kids.  He is making accounts for everybody.  He is sending email.  I love it.  Hehehehehe.

You Windblows people have no idea how great we have it.  All I can say is get a Mac.

Update:  We were just video iChatting.  Cool.

Let the Games begin...

It was fun while it lasted:

After years of relative safety, the Apple Mac is becoming an increasingly tempting target for malicious computer hackers, according to a new report published this week.

Security researchers have been aware of the threat to Apple since last year, when they detected the first piece of malicious code – or “malware” – specifically designed to target Apple.

Over the past few months, however, the number of malicious programmes has increased, according to a report published this week by F-Secure, an internet security company.

“Over the past two years, we had found one or two pieces of malware targeting Macs,” said Patrik Runald, an F-Secure security researcher. “Since October, we’ve found 100-150 variants.”

The rising security threat could present a challenge to Apple, which has long touted the security advantages of its platform over those of Microsoft, whose software is a perennial target for hackers.

“As Apple’s platform becomes more visible, it will increasingly come under the gun,” said Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies.

Apple declined to discuss specific steps it was taking to counter the growing number of attacks. However, Apple said: “We take security very seriously and have a great track record for addressing vulnerabilities before they can affect users.”

Mr Runald said the jump in attacks against Apple appeared to be the work of a single gang of professional hackers. The group, known in security circles as the “Zlob gang”, makes programs that infect PCs by tricking users into thinking they are installing software needed to view copyrighted video files.

As with other attacks against Apple, the Zlob gang relies on tricking users to install its malicious software, rather than on exploiting any inherent software vulnerability.

Apple sold 2.1m Macs in the third quarter, up from 1.1m in the first quarter of 2006, according to Gartner, the research group. After years of catering to a niche audience of Mac lovers, Apple now commands about 10 per cent of the consumer PC market, according to Mr Kay...

Keychain problems... 

Any other Mac users having Keychain problems?  I can't seem to get it work.  It wants to rebuild the database every time it is accessed by an App. 

If you did, did you fix it?  How?

Hmmmmm.

Update: I think it is fixed.  I did the Keychain First Aid and may have fixed it.  Let's hope.

Hmmmm... 

I thought you could only get the iPhone at AT&T and 'real' Apple stores.  Based on this, up at the Apple online store right now, I wonder:

In Between...

One year old on the left, new one on the right.

Interesting...

Mac Browser Tip of the Day...

Wow...

Mac Browser Tip of the Day...

Yikes...

That's Love...

Good Stuff...

The universe changed today. You can watch the keynote . You can read the liveblogging. You can look at the images, as it happened. But this is pretty much covers it:


I want both an TV and an iPhone. Now!!

Windows becomes a Mac...

My HD is Full...

Wonder what this Means?...

Explains A Lot...

It Does have Fans...

Windows XP...

Something is Coming...

Cool Stuff of the Day...

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