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30 September 2011
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Apple
IFixIt have taken apart the new Apple Thunderbolt Display, and they have found quite a bit of silicon inside. Even for a display that has a more than a few inputs and outputs, there's enough there for IFixIt to glean the information that there's actually a good reason the Thunderbolt display can't pass a video signal to a mini-DisplayPort display — the Thunderbolt connection passes a Thunderbolt connection, not a mini-DisplayPort one.
There's a new piece of Mac malware on the loose, and it attempts to fool people into thinking they're installing a version of Flash player. Flashblack is a new Mac trojan that, once installed, sends back information about the host Mac to a remote server — but seemingly doesn't do anything else.
For those interested in automating a few things on their Mac, and who have already outgrown what the built-in Automator has to offer, Ars Technica have the tutorial for you. Their piece on scripting the Mac with Ruby and the scripting bridge is as technical as it is useful, perhaps for those who aren't afraid of learning something new.
GigaOM says Steve Jobs tried to avoid a big legal battle with Samsung, in order to avoid straining their relationship with Samsung as a supplier of parts and components for many of their products.
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