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f.lux™ Better lighting…for your computer.

Windows/ Mac/ Linux

This might not be for everyone, but if you use your computer at night (as I do), you should check this out:

“Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?

Or have you ever woken up, ready to write down the Next Great Idea, only to get blinded by your computer screen?

During the day, computer screens look good—they’re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn’t be looking at the sun.

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

It’s even possible that you’re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.”

More info/ free download





Viruses and Malware Come to Mac Computers

I’ve been pointing out for years that Mac’s are not immune to virus and malware attacks. Rather, Mac users have been enjoying “security through obscurity”.

There have long been “proof-of-concept” viruses created for Macs by hackers who, rather than wanting to do harm, simply wanted to show that such was possible. Similarly, hackers have broken into Macs simply to prove that it was easy to do so.

If the point of a virus is to self-propagate and infect as many machines as possible, and while Macs have traditionally comprised less than 4% of the market share of personal computers, why would virus creators target Macs?

Ironically, the fact that there have been relatively no viruses in the wild that affect Macs has been one of the selling advantages that have helped drive up the sale of Mac computers in recent years.

I’ve been wondering how long it will take for the Mac platform to reach critical mass and attract the lure of malicious programmers. Apparently, the time is sooner rather than later.

Thankfully, Apple are taking steps to address the growing threats to Macs. They’ve quietly introduced rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, and continue to add virus signatures for new threats as they emerge. And there are already a number of third-party antivirus programs for the Mac by companies such as Symantec, Sophos and Intego.

No need to panic. If you’re running Snow Leopard, simply hit your Software Update utility. If you’re running an older version of OS X, sorry, I’m not sure if Apple have made malware scanning available to your system yet.





Displaying .htaccess with CuteFTP

1. Open CuteFTP
2. Click the Site Manager tab
3. Select the site you wish to modify
4. Select File, then Properties (when in CuteFTP Professional)
5. Select the Actions tab
6. Click the Filter button
7. Check the Enable Remote Filters check box
8. Check the Enable server side filtering check box
9. Enter -a in the Remote field
10. Click OK

Your hidden files should now be visible when you connect to the server.





   
 

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