March – April 2012 — Vol 34 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2012 • Vol 34 No 2 • 36 pages
Overview
That Was Then, This Is Now (Jay Castillo, 4). Editor's Column (Jay Castillo, 5). Keyboard Shortcuts or Mouse Clicks? (Jay Castillo, 6). HTML5 Forms and Mobile Computing (Sheri German, 11). TechTool Pro 6: Beyond Disk Utility (Lawrence I. Charters, 17). Podcasts and iTunes University (Jed Sorokin-Altmann, 21). Beware the Morphing Flashback Malware (Adam C. Engst, later) — TidBITS founder guest piece.
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| That Was Then, This Is Now | Jay Castillo | 4 |
| Editor's Column | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Keyboard Shortcuts or Mouse Clicks? | Jay Castillo | 6 |
| HTML5 Forms and Mobile Computing | Sheri German | 11 |
| TechTool Pro 6: Beyond Disk Utility | Lawrence I. Charters | 17 |
| Podcasts and iTunes University | Jed Sorokin-Altmann | 21 |
| Beware the Morphing Flashback Malware | Adam C. Engst | — |
Highlights
Flashback Malware — Adam C. Engst
Adam C. Engst — founder of TidBITS — guest piece on Flashback Mac malware (March-April 2012 — infected over 600,000 Macs via a Java vulnerability). Largest Mac malware outbreak to date.
TechTool Pro 6 — Lawrence I. Charters
Micromat TechTool Pro 6 — Mac disk/system diagnostics review.
HTML5 Forms — Sheri German
Sheri German continues web-tech contributions (2011-11 — V33 N05 Practical HTML5: Video for Everyone).
Podcasts and iTunes U — Jed Sorokin-Altmann
iTunes University and podcasts — educational content distribution.
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Sheri German, Lawrence I. Charters, Jed Sorokin-Altmann, Adam C. Engst, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Flashback Malware, HTML5 Series, TechTool Pro, iTunes University References: Flashback Trojan, TechTool Pro 6, HTML5 Forms, iTunes U
Connections to other issues
- Flashback Malware = Spring 2012 outbreak; Adam C. Engst TidBITS founder gives Pi members the guide
- HTML5 Series continues from 2011-11 — V33 N05 (Video) → here (Forms)