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Thunderbird RSS Feed Fix

Thunderbird RSS Feed Fix I love Thunderbird for reading emails, and keeping track of my RSS feeds. But for some reason RSS tends to become corrupted. I don’t believe it’s necessarily Thunderbird’s fault, although it seems a bit pickier about feeds that are correctly crafted then other RSS readers. A clue that there is a [...]

How To: Check your computer’s IP address

An IP address is a number that identifies devices connected to a network. In short every single computer, mobile phone, printer, server, etc, connected to the Internet is assigned a unique address. Note that this is totally different then a MAC address which is unique and is only assigned to one device. IP address can [...]

iPhone 3Gs announced

Apple formally announced the iPhone 3Gs today. Combined with the coolness that is version 3 of the software, and it’s possible Apple has blown away the market yet again. The biggest features are 3D performance, faster web surfing, and long waited for copy and paste feature. It also includes a built in receiver for Nike [...]

Mac Trojan Horse Virus Found in illegal copies of iWork 09

Intego released a security alert Friday warning of the OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Trojan Horse. Contrary to Apple’s previous press releases, OS X is not totally invulnerable to hacking, virus, or Trojan Horses although it is harder to infect without an admin user. Either way the Trojan is not much to worry about as it’s so far only [...]

How To: Disable ._ Files and .DS_Store on Network Shares

How To: Disable ._ Files and .DS_Store on Network Shares In heterogeneous networks of Macs and Window users, few things tick off Windows users then the “droppings” Macs leave behind in the form of files with . or ._ in front of them. These files are known as resource forks on the Mac side and [...]