Virus Alert: Insignia Digital Frame Attacks Your Personal computer, Now Discontinued
We hate it when this happens: A computer virus is attached to a gadget (Insignia Digital Frame) during the manufacturing process; the item is sold throughout America in one of the biggest retailers available (Best Buy), and then, after the…
We hate it when this happens: A computer virus is attached to a gadget (Insignia Digital Frame) during the manufacturing process; the item is sold throughout America in one of the biggest retailers available (Best Buy), and then, after the large holiday season, it’s found that many of them will trigger a crash-happy Trojan in Windows-based computers when they’re connected via USB. Not great.
Insignia released a statement on January 19th, oddly labeling the virus on their 10.4″ frame (model number NS-DPF10A), as an ‘older virus . . . easily identified’ by some of the latest versions of popular anti-virus software such as Norton, McAfee or Trend Micro. This statement seemed to encourage consumers to keep their frame since the anti-virus software would supposedly catch their own mistake. Thankfully, the company did the right thing and has now discontinued the model, pulling it from the major stores, including Best Purchase. This is the only model from the Insignia line to include this virus, according to the manufacturer.
If you were one of the people who purchased this digital frame, you can call Insignia’s customer care line at 1-877-467-4289.
Aside: Not to pile on, but isn’t that one of the most unappealing fake pics on a product in current memory?
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$299 iPhone on the Way?
One of the wags at ZDNet massages Apple’s semi-alarming financial results this week, applies a little math and comes to the conclusion that we’ll see a $300 iPhone by Easter to reinvigorate sales. Says he: To vigorously expand its user…
One of the wags at ZDNet massages Apple’s semi-alarming financial results this week, applies a little math and comes to the conclusion that we’ll see a $300 iPhone by Easter to reinvigorate sales. States he:
To vigorously expand its user base, iPhone needs to harvest users who aren’t tied down to AT&T and are a while from cycling out of their two-year agreements. And in an economy that appears to be headed for megastress, Apple will need to lessen the $399.99 pain of buying an iPhone.
Here’s why I predict iPhone will come down to $299 within a few months [ZDNet]
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iPod WiFi: Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
Aah, the mainstream media, always there to advocate new things you need to be terrified of. The Chicago Tribune offers as a new object of alarm the iPod Touch, which of course includes limited WiFi functionality. Which could be used…
Aah, the mainstream media, always there to recommend new things you need to be terrified of. The Chicago Tribune offers as a new object of alarm the iPod Touch, which of course includes limited WiFi functionality. Which could be used by kids! To e-mail bad pics or log on to Facebook! Or could be swiped by a bad man to steal MySpace log-ons for 12-year-old girls!
After warning “It’s not their older brother’s music player anymore,” the authors suggest that Apple add a WiFi lock to the iPod for vigilant parents to activate.
Which sounds like mollycoddling to me. Ban the darn things altogether! I grew up with nothing but a hand-me-down Garrard turntable and a Radio Shack clock radio for music, and it didn’t do me a bit of harm.
Parents: Beware the iPod’s Wi-Fi powers [Chicago Tribune]
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Remember that mobile Firefox announcement from a couple of months ago? Turns out, there’s two flavors in the works: a regular version for vanilla cellphones, and one that’s for touchscreen smartphones like the iPhone. The goal is be functionally consistent with Firefox 3, though Compiler thinks it looks “remarkably similar” to mobile Safari. But could Firefox be superior than Safari? Would you switch? [Mozilla via Mozilla Links via Compiler]
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Samsung will release three new compact digital cameras this spring: the Samsung i80, i100 and S1060. The first comes with an all aluminum case with clean retro 70s, almost Bondesque looks, 8.1 megapixel sensor, 3x digital zoom, 3-inch LCD and integrated MP3 player. The i100 pushes the sensor to 10.2 and adds Dual Image Stabilization system and, for some reason, travel information from 30 countries, all while keeping similar retro look. The S1060 is completely smleh despite. [Samsung]
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You may recall that last Might I told you about Super Hi-Vision, the next-generation in high def that promises an insane resolution of 7680×4320, or 16 times the resolution of HDTV. It turns out that it much be a tiny too high-def; it’s so realistic it might just make you sick.
Yes, fast moving images at that resolution will probably cause motion sickness according to the eggheads at Japan’s NHK who are developing the technology. Adding to the practical issues the format will face is that there’s no real way to cram that many lines of resolution into a display any smaller than 60 inches, and even if you could cram them into a smaller screen there’d be no point to it. You wouldn’t be able to tell the difference anyways at that point.
Despite the fact that the format isn’t expected to be broadcast until 2025, NHK has built what’s probably the sweetest home theatre setup in the world to play around with it: a 500 inch Super Hi-Vision screen hooked up to the world’s only 22.2 multi-channel surround sound system. Take that, Panasonic. [BBC]
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We hate it when this happens: A computer virus is attached to a gadget (Insignia Digital Frame) during the manufacturing process; the item is sold throughout America in one of the biggest retailers available (Best Buy), and then, after the large holiday season, it’s found that many of them will trigger a crash-happy Trojan in Windows-based computers when they’re connected via USB. Not great. 
Insignia released a statement on January 19th, oddly labeling the virus on their 10.4″ frame (model number NS-DPF10A), as an ‘older virus . . . easily identified’ by some of the latest versions of popular anti-virus software such as Norton, McAfee or Trend Micro. This statement seemed to encourage consumers to keep their frame since the anti-virus software would supposedly catch their own mistake. Thankfully, the company did the right thing and has now discontinued the model, pulling it from the major stores, including Best Purchase. This is the only model from the Insignia line to include this virus, according to the manufacturer. 
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