Odds & Ends: Webshots sale; MBDF 9 = crash?; more

Webshots for sale We received the following note from Webshots yesterday: "As you may be aware, At Home Corporation (ExciteAtHome), the owner of Webshots, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is in the process of selling some of its assets, including the Webshots business. The buyer of the Webshots business would like to continue providing the Webshots service to you and to other Webshots members. To do so, your consent is needed for the transfer to the buyer of Webshots of your membership account and your Personal Identifiable Information, as described in the Webshots Privacy Policy."

MBDF OS 9 = startup bomb? Martin Röhner traced startup crashes he was havig with Macs running Mac OS 9.2.x to MBDF virus infections.

Using a RAM Disk with Norton The Symantec document of "How to use a RAM disk to run Norton Disk Doctor or Speed Disk when you are unable to start from the NUM CD was updated a couple of weeks ago.

ASIP 6.3.3 v. 2 An updated KB article 16145 now makes mention of AppleShare IP 6.3.3 v2 with support for Macintosh Server G4 (QuickSilver) with AppleShare IP. (Thanks, Andrew McNaughton.)

Stealth Signal may help recover your Mac if it gets stolen.