Tagged ‘mac os x’

Half Life, Portal 2 hitting Mac with Steam

March 9, 2010 9:30 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gaming Tags: Apple, Half Life, mac os x, Portal 2, steam, Valve

Portal 2 has broken cover after all those Portal secret messages and the new Portal ending. But even bigger news is that it and tonnes of other games including Half Life and Left 4 Dead are headed to Mac. Valve’s Steam gaming service will launch for Mac OS in April.

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Half Life and Steam for Mac OS X? Valve tease with spoof ads

March 4, 2010 1:45 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Gaming, Gaming Tags: Apple, Half Life, Left 4 Dead, mac os x, steam, Team Fortress 2, Valve

Half Life and a host of other Valve games look set to hit Mac OS X with the developer teasing the arrival of its Steam online game distribution service to Macs. While Valve has been subtle with its hints at new Half Life sequel, it’s Steam on Mac hints are anything but…

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Apple’s Tim Cook says iPad will nuke netbooks

February 24, 2010 4:00 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Apple, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone OS, mac os x, News, tim cook

Apple needs to talk more, according to Adobe. So it’s nice to see Apple Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, talking turkey in public. Unsurprisingly, he was bigging up the Apple iPad and predicts it will be a nail in the coffin for netbooks…

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Facebook Chat headed for IM clients including AIM and iChat

February 11, 2010 10:30 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: aim, Facebook, Facebook Chat, gmail, google talk, ichat, mac os x, Windows 7

Facebook has freed Facebook Chat from the constraints of your browser window, adding support for the Jabber/XMPP protocol. That means you can now add your Facebook contact list to almost any chat client or web chat service.

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Techie Breakie: Apple’s 3D multitouch tablet plans, Foursquare goes global and Nintendo DS gets motion sensitive

January 7, 2010 9:00 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gadgets Tags: 3D, Apple, apple tablet, Foursquare, mac os x, malware, multitouch, NBA Jam, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, snow leopard

The snow might be blighting the buses, shutting the schools and being troublesome for trains but gadget news gets through whatever the weather. We’ll have our CES catch-up for you at 9.30 but first, sink your teeth into today’s Techie Breakie…

In the now daily Apple Tablet rumour mill, the biggest news was a patent that points to a secret plan for a 3D multitouch interface. Why secret? The patent was hidden under some rather more unassuming names than Apple’s.

Meanwhile Apple apparently has a bit of problem in the here and now. Virus experts Kaspersky Lab’s claims the clan in Cupertino has let Mac OS X’s malware protection get out of date. Hop over here for all the details you need to know.

For iPhone, Android phone and Palm Pre owners there’s good news though: location aware app Foursquare is finally breaking out of its metropolitan cage to allow you to check-in from anywhere in the world.

Finally, there’s a pair of nice Nintendo stories. Nintendo’s big boss says Nintendo DS’s successor will pack a motion sensor and classic basketball game NBA Jam is set to return, this time on the Nintendo Wii.

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Is Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker out of date?

January 6, 2010 1:00 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: Apple, Kasperksy Labs, mac os x, snow leopard

Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker has not been updated for months, according to claims posted by a security website. Does a lack of update definitions mean OS X Snow Leopard is in danger?

Threat Post, Kaspersky Lab’s security blog, says Apple has not updated the OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker for six months.

Kaspersky says Apple has not added any anti-malware signature updates to the XProtect.plist file that contained antidotes for OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX.Iservice, two Trojan horses targeting Mac OS X.

The anti-virus researchers at Kaspersky say the file covers numerous variants of the Trojans but that Apple has not expanded the signature base to cover recent viruses targeting Mac OS X.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s anti-malware blocker scans files downloaded with Safari, Firefox and other web browsers as well as Mail, iChat and Entourage.

Updates to the OS X Snow Leopard anti-malware function would usually released via the operating system’s Software Update facility but none have been released in the past few months.

If you’re thinking of upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, try our full OS X Snow Leopard review.

Out now | £xxx | Apple (via Threat Post)

Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker has not been updated for months, according to claims posted by a security website. Does a lack of update definitions mean OS X Snow Leopard is in danger?

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