Apple has been known to push various security patches for OS X quite often, and 10.6.4 specifically prevents the installation of a dangerous trojan which can be used by hackers to capture data from the target machine. With an ever vigilant stance on security, Sophos noticed an update to a file called XProtect.plist which points to the new threat, codenamed “HellRTS” by Apple. Sophos officially names HellRTS the OSX/Pinhead-B Trojan, which was distributed through a disguised download of iPhoto.
OS X 10.6.4 Updates Anti-Malware
Find My iPhone App Available
Together with the all-new MobileMe, Apple has released the rumored Find My iPhone app for free in the App Store as a universal download for iPhone and iPad. It’s available here.
Apple Is Shipping 1.2 Million iPads per Month
Apple is shipping 1.2 million iPads per month, and should be rising to 2.5 million units per month by the end of this year. According to Digitimes Research analyst Kuo Ming-Chi, shipments stood at 700,000 units per months when the product launched in April.
Apple Launches the New MobileMe
Earlier this morning Apple released an all-new version of MobileMe, just like many blogs reported yesterday.
Reddit Gets Web App, Goes Open-Source
Reddit fans rejoice: on the 9th you guys got a wonderful new web app that plays well with mobile devices. Today, Reddit announced that they’re making their App Store application open-source.
From Reddit’s blog,
“We’re deprecating the advertising-supported free version in favour of making the next version that you help create free. However none of us are iPhone developers, so for this to happen we’re depending on the help of those that are. This is in the community’s hands now!”
Quite so. You can see Reddit’s original post here and TechCrunch’s coverage of the web app here.
Mandelpad brings Sweet Fractals to your iPad
If you’re looking to get your mind blown this afternoon, I highly recommend you download Mandelpad from the iTunes App Store. Featuring everyone’s favorite fractals, it’s a simple application that allows you to explore the world of these infinitely generating masterpieces, so let’s take a look.
MoneyBook Goes 2.0, Adds Categories and Webapp - 3 Codes Up for Grabs
When I reviewed the first version of MoneyBook for iPhone, I instantly fell in love with it. Great user interface, beautiful animations, easy to use and perfect to enter transactions on the go. No surprise it quickly become one of the most popular applications in the App Store. MoneyBook for iPhone was - and still is - the best personal finance management application currently available.
Now the question is, can an already great app be even better? Sure it can, and that’s exactly what happened with MoneyBook 2.0.
iPhone 4 has 512 MB of RAM
If you were curious about just how much RAM is under the hood of the new iPhone 4, there’s 512 MB of the speedy stuff – twice as much as the iPhone 3GS and iPad.
The extra RAM can be taken advantage of by the iPhone 4’s new 720p video editing capabilities, and will make the iOS 4 experience as snappy as ever. Game developers must be cheering as well, which should further improve the quality of titles available from companies like Gameloft and EA on the App Store.
UPDATE: A small bit of proof from a WWDC session on Advanced Performance Optimization.
[via MacRumors]
Preview: My Artists, It Replaced iPod.app On My iPhone
Sometimes a new app comes around and changes the way you interact with a device. It happened before. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here always living on the edge of the App Store looking for new promising pieces of software. The app we’re previewing today is more than promising, it’s a big leap forward, at least for me.
My Artists has replaced iPod.app on my iPhone.