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Category Archive: Technology

Another malicious version of Transmission

You may recall an earlier infected version of the BitTorrent client Transmission. History has now almost repeated itself: […]

August 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

Is crapware now the price of blocking tracking?

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Are advertisers now deliberately delivering unwanted crapware to those using ad and tracker blockers?

August 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

The app sandbox and how it protects

Unlike iOS, OS X does not require apps to run in a sandbox. But when they do, there are important benefits to the user.

August 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Where the law fails to protect

A chilling tale with a happy ending – for once – which shows how our governments don’t want to improve our computer security.

August 28, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 7 – Rembrandt and surface texture

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His later paintings in particular were the first major works to exploit the visual effects produced by surface texture. How?

August 27, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

AI and robots: a better understanding

We have become confused as to what artificial intelligence might be, and condemned remote-control vehicles as robots. Let’s correct this, and refocus more accurately.

August 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 6 – Rubens and control of paint viscosity

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Rubens’ methods were extensively documented by a contemporary. Do they reveal or conceal any dark secrets?

August 26, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Recovery mode and its tools

Recovery mode includes four basic tools, and gives you access to much more in Terminal’s command shell.

August 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

Playing Safe: what does Safe mode do?

Another commonly-suggested panacea, Safe mode has its uses, if you understand why it is ‘safe’.

August 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware: Mac File Opener, or OSX.FakeFileOpener

Thomas Reed, of Malwarebytes Labs, has recently announced detection of new malware which runs on OS X, including […]

August 23, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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