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Letter Opener
Downloads Letter Opener makes your life simpler. Letter Opener as a Plugin for Apple Mail solves this and makes your life simpler. Do you have coworkers who use Microsoft Outlook and send you schedules or attachments?
[November 9, 2009, 4:52]
DMCA 'doesn't apply' to garage-door opener case
News An Illinois federal court has dismissed a garage door opener manufacturer's claim that a rival's replacement product violated copyright law. Chamberlain, a company that makes home security products including garage door openers, had sued Skylink, a...
[November 17, 2003, 15:30]
Mac users targeted by 'Opener' malware
News The malware, which has been dubbed 'Opener' by Mac user groups, disables Mac OS X's built-in firewall, steals personal information and can destroy data. Ducklin said Opener disables Mac OS X's built in firewall, creates a back door so the malware...
[October 25, 2004, 11:20]
Mac users targeted by 'Opener' malware
Talkback The opener script does not target anything, it can not install itself. The malware, which has been dubbed 'Opener' by Mac user groups, disables Mac OS X's built-in firewall, steals personal information and can destroy data.
[October 30, 2004, 16:21]
I-Opener no longer a $99 Linux PC
News Buyers of the I-Opener Internet appliance, hoping to get what amounts to a full-fledged personal computer for just $99 ($£61) and some hardware tweaking, will soon learn otherwise. I-Opener garnered a lot of attention in March after Las Vegas...
[April 6, 2000, 10:04]
Mac users targeted by 'Opener' malware
Talkback If this is a virus, why is there no mention of how it is transmitted? If you follow the link to the Chris Waldrip posting, you will notice that none of the people who comment on the "virus" posting think it is a virus.
[October 25, 2004, 14:56]
Instant File Opener
Downloads Open files with their associated program (e.g. MP3 files with Windows Media Player) every time you start a Windows session or simultaneously open multiple files with the click of a button. You can add any type of file to the file list: video files...
[July 9, 2005, 2:01]
Mac users targeted by 'Opener' malware
Talkback So if I write a program that for instance, deletes files from a computer and I then include documentation such as a read me or messages in the program itself stating very clearly that the program can delete your files and documentation telling you...
[October 26, 2004, 0:28]
Eye Opener: Microsoft's war for the living room
News Microsoft may have finally found the recipe to capture the couch potato and move PC technology from the living room to the den. The key ingredient is games. The big software maker is busy putting the pieces together to make Windows CE a premier...
[September 27, 1999, 14:10]
Eye Opener: Microsoft's living room war - Part 2
News Part 1: Will Microsoft lose the living room? In August, at the European Computer Trade Show in London, Microsoft reportedly gave private demonstrations of a hybrid game console and DVD player -- code-named X-box -- running its Windows CE operating...
[September 27, 1999, 14:09]
A worm belies Apple's perfection
Talkback Your refrence to Apple denying that "Opener" is a virus lacks its own foundation in the "truth". I read Apple's press release regarding "Opener" and I agree. Opener needs to be allowed in be the owner and once in can not replicate itself.
[November 6, 2004, 14:39]
There's no worm in your Apple - honest
News Apple has denied that the malicious code dubbed 'Opener' is a worm, a Trojan or a virus of any kind. Discovered a week ago, the Opener program - originally called Renepo - has the ability to disable the firewall in Mac OS X and steal user information.
[November 1, 2004, 16:09]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
Talkback sounds like the i-opener debate to me.the problem is that MS is taking a loss shipping a full fledged PC for less than $200.they hope to make this back when you buy games and sign up for service.this business model is called loss leadership, and...
[September 17, 2003, 17:13]
There's no worm in your Apple - honest
Talkback If opener was PC malware, it would be classified as spyware not a virus. Based on these traditional viewpoints, opener is neither a trojan horse, worm, or a hybrid. Spyware is an application or process that is installed (knowingly or unsuspectingly...
[November 1, 2004, 19:07]
There's no worm in your Apple - honest
Talkback Some versions of Opener are worms, all are spyware. The Opener/Worm replicates himself when a / partition of a distant machine is mounted (by an admin of the distant machine). This mode of propagation is very inefficient, and Opener/Worm should not...
[November 2, 2004, 10:21]
There's no worm in your Apple - honest
Talkback Also, the malware was originally called "Opener", as Renepo is just Opener spelled backwards. The Anti-virus vendors classify it as a virus. I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Apple would disagree with an anti-virus company over the definition of 'virus.
[November 1, 2004, 23:30]
The downside to Netpliance's upgrade
News Called "I-Opener 2001," it includes an Internet terminal -- equipped with a keyboard, mouse and 10-inch LCD -- plus instant news channels, iChime direct messaging, and two chat room applications, CommunityCenter and FamilyRoom.
[July 7, 2000, 8:32]
A worm belies Apple's perfection
Talkback As good journalism demands" is particularly laughable in the context of this article and the one you link to wrt to "Opener". You state in that prior article that "Opener is blighting OS X" yet this is pure, unadulterated hyperbole, or put another...
[November 5, 2004, 14:49]
Gateway turning off Net appliances?
News Netpliance, an early pioneer with its I-opener Web-browsing appliance, said in November that it would stop selling the device itself, amid investor reluctance to keep funding a business model that sold the units below cost.
[March 6, 2001, 15:04]
A worm belies Apple's perfection
Talkback What they said about Opener is that it is not a threat and it is not. It is a program that can delete files and mess with settings if you install it with Admin rights. It can do nothing automatically.
[November 5, 2004, 14:57]
