Facebook Virus???? iMac Clones and Nokia 5800 is already out.

First off, apologies. According to Mobility Today, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was released on October 2nd. Either i read the original article wrong, or CrunchGear had it wrong. As promised, i'm bringing you the tech specs.

Input method is pretty much the same as the iPhone. The phone features an on screen full QWETY keyboard which can be used in Portrait and Landscape modes. It also features a Guitar Pick like accessory that makes for easier typing, as well as handwriting recognition when the phone is used with the stylus that slides out the bottom. Display is a 3.2" widescreen with 640x360 resolution on a 16:9 ratio, naturally.

The interface features a "Media Bar" with shortcuts to the most commonly used media applications such as Video, Music, Internet and so on. Other features are a 3.2mp camera, integrated sterio speakers, a second camera on the face for video calls (this was supposed to be big at one stage but does anyone even use this feature anyway?) and the usual GPS, Bluetooth, 3G, HSDPA and Wi-Fi.

Most important, the capacity of the device. The phone itself comes with an 8GB microSD card but is capable of using a 16GB. Internal memory is 81mb. I think this is one model thats might just turn the tables in the iPhone arena. The fact it's capable of making video clips (up to 90 minutes long depending on the memory card), and the hardware seems pretty jacked up might mean a cheaper and possibly better alternative to the iPhone. Looks are pretty much the same. But still....somehow the iPhone just seems that much more glamorous than anything else out there, doesn't it?

Argentenian firm OpeniMac has pretty much ignored the Psystar vs. Apple legal issue and released their own iMac clone. The company is currently offering 2 machines. The OpeniMac is only $990 and ships with 2GB of memory, 320GB HDD, and a 256MB ATI Radeon HD Pro. The OpeniMacPRO will run ya, $1,710 but is a 3.0GHz machine with 4GB of ram and a 20-inch widescreen LCD. You probably think i'm against Apple now because i've been writing up on alternatives to their products but thats not the case. Like i said, if i had the cash, i would definitely drop some into Steve Job's pocket, no matter the cost. One more thing....the computers appear to be in Spanish only. Hmmm....

According to Cnet.com, there's a new worm virus thats hit facebook. The virus comes as a private message asking the user to click on a link to view what is apparently a "funny" picture of them. The browser then connects to another website where the user is prompted with a message to update FlashPlayer, which is where things start to go downhill.....provided you're not smart enough to look at the signature of the software manufacturer. IE should pick up that the software vendor signature is not valid and warn you about opening the file.

My advice to stay safe, whenever you encouter a situation like this. Cancel or ignore everything, and go directly to the Adobe website and look for your update. That is, if you are using a browser that doesnt recognise the signatures. (i think they all do but i'm not sure. i'm a Firefox and Google Chrome fanboy so those are the only two i use.)

More info on Cnet.com. Link here.

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