Flashback trojan removal tool now available on Mac Software Update

All Mac users should quickly check Software Update (click on the Apple Logo at the top left hand side of the screen) in order to download the Flashback removal tool. Flashback is the Java security breach that affected over 500,000 Macs.  Users visiting insecure websites have been infected by the trojan which then compromises the host computers.

This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.

This update is recommended for all Mac users with Java installed.

For details about this update see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5242

Sony unveils Android-friendly SmartWatch

Sony has just revealed the SmartWatch. This is a $150 watch that integrates with Android smartphones to show text messages, app updates and e-mail, manage calls, and control music and video. It also allows users to snap photos from their Android smarphones remotely. The dust and splashproof watch can run four days on a charge and connects to most Android smartphones via Bluetooth. Good news for hackers, Sony expects SmartWatch specific apps to be made available to the Google Play store.

Anne Geddes’ bestselling baby record book My First Five Years now available from the Mac App Store

World-renowned photographer and New York Times bestselling author Anne Geddes today announced that her ever-popular classic baby record book My First Five Years is available for the first time as a digital keepsake edition from the Mac App Store. Anne Geddes has sold millions of copies of My First Five Years since its first edition was published in 1996. 

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Video: Marketplace shows How iPads are Made

American Public Media's Marketplace takes to Foxconn, the controversial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei,Taiwan. The video shows how Apple's iPads are made and touches on how factory workers try to find jobs in manufacturing at Foxconn. Numerous computer and consumer electronics companies get their products made in Foxconn.