I have said to many people previously: yes they do exist, no it’s not a major problem at the moment but may become one as Macs become more popular, and like Windows it highly depends on your behaviour.

The Virus examples Sophos provide:

1. Dodgy software from legitimate looking websites.
2. Disguised as Pirated software
3. Dodgy web plugins that claim to be required.
4. Twitter links (that may also require dodgy web plugins)

Simple: keep up with updates, only install software and web plugins recommended by friends and/or major trusted websites. On the subject of web plugins, for most usage you only need Flash and even that is becoming less of a requirement. If you view a lot of video online you may also need DivX web player (commonly targeted) and on rare occasions Microsoft Silverlight. 

if you want some top-level chat to spice up your blog or the back pages of your university paper, simply interview Benoit Assou-Ekotto. The Tottenham defender can bite his lip about as well as a toothless baby, bless him, and he’s launched into footballers - and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney in particular - in an interview with French magazine So Foot this week. “The whole problem with footballers is that they take themselves too seriously,” says the left-back, among other - less publishable - things. And you can’t say he doesn’t live by his word, ol’ Benny. Harry Redknapp once revealed Assou-Ekotto - a man quite open about the fact he plays football simply for the money - is the only player who turns up on a match-day and asks ‘So, who are we playing today?’. —  BBC Sport on Assou-Ekotto. Always love his comments

He knows if you’ve been naughty. He Knows if you’ve been nice. And he doesn’t give a sh*t.

I’m intrigued. I have been looking for a reasonable Christmas horror film.

I can’t see Average Joe using One-Time passwords unless they start teaching Internet technology, or at least Security at School. 

(via Luke)

A slightly disjoint explanation.

Simple: Facebook iPhone app’s Sync function uploads and stores your entire address book, when all I want is to download the profile pictures. 

One possible (Mac) alternative: AddressBookSync copies profile pictures and birthdays to OS X Address Book then sync with iTunes. Disclaimer: I haven’t tried it in a while.