Hasta La Gadget!

Don’t worry. Mac owners are still (currently) immune from the plagues of the internet, but Apple has issued a curious update to it’s Knowledge Base article concerning Mac anti-virus software:

 

Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult. Here are some available antivirus utilities:

It goes on to list the usual system-killing utilities (seriously, don’t install any of these unless you really know what you are doing) that are available for OS X. But why? So far, Macs have remained blissfully virus-free. Apple even touts this in its Mac vs PC ads, as you can see above.

Our guess is that, while it still believes that Macs are perfectly secure without any such software prophylactics, Apple has posted these guidelines to ward off moronic lawsuits if a virus should affect OS X. It’s easy to imagine the stupid customer’s words: "What? You didn’t tell me I needed an anti virus." Curiously, the article mentions the Mac OS, not Mac OS X, although the software suggestions are very much up to date.

And remember. PC power users (ie. people smart enough not to click on links in email) don’t bother with anti-virus software on their Windows machines, either. As my Dad used to say to me, before it was too late: "If you can’t be good, be careful."

Mac OS: Antivirus utilities [Apple via Apple Insider]

Nikon is finally ready to ship its GPS dongle, the rather lazily named GP-1. First announced back in August, the device slips into the hot-shoe connector of compatible cameras (D200, D3, D700, D90, D300 and the brand-new D3X) and records the positional information to the image. This can be picked up later for geo-tagging images, either at home (most image processing software now supports geo-tagging, including Nikon’s own ViewNX) or by online services like Flickr.

The unit goes about its job pretty quietly. The only tech specs listed concern the GP-1’s flashing blinkenlights — green and red LEDS which indicates just how many satellites have been locked onto. We expect this to be of the usual Nikon set-and-forget quality. Unfortunately, it also has another, less attractive, Nikon trait — the outrageous $240 price tag.

Product page [Nikon via Rob Galbraith]

See Also:

 
• How to Geotag Your Photos

 

• Eye-Fi Adds Geotagging And Hotspot Support

 

• Clip-On Geotagging for DSLRs

 

• PMA08 : Automagically Geotagging Your Shots

Like Wanted come to life, the Pentagon’s now funding $22 million into researching bullets that could change course mid-flight to hit their targets. DARPA, the Defense Department’s R&D office, is handing out $12.3 million to Lockheed Martin and $9.5 million to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging to design .50-caliber sniper rifles with guided ammo.

DARPA had previously thrown money into laser-guided bullets, but the stuff Lockheed Martin’s working on—called Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance (Exacto)—would be able to travel accurately regardless of the surrounding environment.

Though public details are (obviously) scarce, the rifle may include “fin-stabilized projectiles, spin-stabilized projectiles, internal and/or external aero-actuation control methods, projectile guidance technologies, tamper proofing, small stable power supplies, and advanced sighting, optical resolution and clarity technologies.” Is it just me or does this reek of noob h4xxing? [Wired]