Monthly Archives: November 2007

VPN for iPhone

HotSpotVPN is available for the iPhone.

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Time Machine problem

I plugged in a 400GB external firewire drive to perform my first Time Machine backup. Formatted, it has 372GB available. However, TM reported the following error. Strange, as the combined size of the data to be backed up is 334GB.

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Trojan infects Mac OS X, with users consent

A trojan horse has been identified that can affect (and infect) Mac OS X. Intego has named this malware the OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse (Intego’s press release). It has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video … Continue reading

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Using Time Machine with unsupported volumes

Volker’s posted Time Machine: How to backup to unsupported volumes. Copy & paste one line into Terminal and your done. Very nice. But, don’t use this method to backup to an AirPort Extreme AirDisk. For more info read what Michael … Continue reading

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FBI director cites YouTube video in Executive Speech

On Wed, November 6, FBI Director Robert Mueller gave a speech at Pennsylvania State University about cyber threats to US national security and what the FBI is doing to meet these diverse dangers. In the speech, Mueller states that the … Continue reading

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Confidential data lost by the Revenue

Confidential data lost by the Revenue – Daily Telegraph, November 9, 2007. HM Revenue & Customs has lost thousands of people’s confidential data on a computer disc that went missing on its way to Standard Life’s pensions department. Names, National … Continue reading

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Now iPhone and iPod touch compatible

The iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme from ContentRobot is now implemented on my blog. If you view the blog on an iPhone and iPod touch you’ll get the theme depicted below.

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