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TUAW's Daily Mac App: AppZapper

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 15th, 2011)

Uninstalling apps on a Mac is easy -- just delete the program from your Applications folder. But what about all the garbage of ancillary files that gets left behind? Zap 'em with AppZapper. AppZapper is an uninstaller that does everything for you and makes sure nothing is left behind. It'll ...

Will Anonymous attack Apple?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 21st, 2010)

Could the Internet-driven Anonymous movement possibly bring its DDOS attacks to bear on our favorite Cupertino company? Apple did remove the WikiLeaks application, after all. Not that you can't still access WikiLeaks on the web, but Apple has got to be one juicy target for the Anonymous group. ...

EyeTV app removed from the App Store over streaming workaround

by Joachim Bean (Oct 17th, 2009)

Update: As of this writing, Total Apps reports that it's back in the UK App Store. We still don't see it in the US store. That sure didn't last long. Just shortly after the discovery of a 3G "backdoor" for the EyeTV app, it has been pulled from the App Store. The workaround let users of the app ...

iPhone hacker says devices "phone home," allows for disabling apps remotely

by Cory Bohon (Aug 7th, 2008)

iPhone Atlas is reporting that Apple has a way to blacklist and remotely remove applications from your iPhone. According to the post, the iPhone will remotely "phone home" and check a posted blacklist of bad applications. These speculations are based on a URL found on Apple's site with references ...

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