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Following the outbreak of the Flashback Mac Trojan, security researchers have spotted two more cases of Mac OS X malware. The good news is most users have little reason to worry about them.  Read the full story at PC World Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120413_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] People with Macs don’t have to worry about computer viruses.  Well, that’s not true, but it’s what most people thought until last week, when a nasty Trojan called Flashback infected about 600,000 Macs worldwide. Flashback is a form of malware designed to grab passwords and other information Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120329_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Wall Street Journal and Parks Associates did a survey of Apple iPhone 4S users to see how much they liked using Siri, Apple’s personal digital assistant.  Not surprisingly, usage is limited and it’s pretty easy to understand why.  Let’s try Siri, schedule a call for me Continue Reading →

The army of startups — some 65 in all — pitching a packed room of investors at Y Combinator’s Demo Day today all begin the same way: Explaining what problem they’re trying to solve. Some resonate more quickly than others. That was the case with Sonalight. Its basic pitch is that it makes a better Continue Reading →

According to former Apple TV engineer Michael Margolis, the new Apple TV update (version 5.0) actually uses designs that were “tossed out 5 years ago because Steve Jobs didn’t like them.”  He also suggested that since the Apple co-founder lost his battle with pancreatic cancer, “there is nobody to say ‘no’ to bad design”… Read the Continue Reading →

Remember the game show 1 vs. 100, where one contestant played against 100 people for a cash jackpot? As the lone contestant built up his/her end of the jackpot (through incredibly inane multiple-choice questions) host Bob Saget (later Carrie Ann Inaba) would call for a decision to play on with this question: Do you want Continue Reading →

With the constant development of new search tools, Google is having to fight harder to keep its place at the top of the food chain. For example, Apple’s voice activated personal assistant, Siri, is changing the way many people search for and consume information. Read the whole story at Forbes.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120312_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] I’m Shelly Palmer and this is Digital Living: You can visit the Apple store and pre-order the New iPad, but should you?  It’s got a faster processor, better camera, it shoots in HD and it’s 4G.  And, although it does not have Siri, the new iPad does Continue Reading →

According to a report by TechCrunch, Google is working on an answer to Apple’s personal assistant Siri. The company is developing software called Google Assistant that takes voice commands to help you accomplish real-life goals. Unlike Siri, Google will let developers integrate Assistant into third-party apps. Read the full article at TechCrunch.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120305_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] According to a report by TechCrunch, Google is working on an answer to Apple’s personal assistant Siri. The company is developing software called Google Assistant that takes voice commands to help you accomplish real-life goals. Unlike Siri, Google will let developers integrate Assistant into third-party apps. In Continue Reading →