Filed under: Software Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection Client is a free utility which allows you to connect to Windows computers running Windows from computers running Mac OS X (versions 10.4.9 or later). For those of us who help manage Windows computers, it’s a handy tool to have around, much like Screen Sharing (or Apple Remote Desktop) for connecting from one Mac to another.

Filed under: Retail , Apple Several TUAW readers have tipped us to the fact that many Apple Stores were in the Halloween spirit last night, handing out treats for ghouls, goblins, and Mac nerds who wandered by. However, it sounds like Apple was playing the anonymous homeowner to Charlie Brown , who always got a rock instead of candy in his bag.

Earlier last week, we had written about a new update released by Geohot to his Blackra1n iPhone jailbreaking tool that shall help users on iPhone OS 3.1.X to jailbreak their iPhones. Back then however, Geohot had posted the following disclaimer: “Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2…

Filed under: Retail , Apple We received a question from one of our readers earlier this week that made me cringe, cower in fear, and heavily debate posting the answer. He had just been to the Genius Bar and they had replaced his under-warranty iPhone for a hardware issue. He then asked us what the quality of said iPhone would be; is it new or refurbished, and will it be a problem in the future

Filed under: Apple Corporate , Hardware , iPhone In preparation for the holiday rush, Apple has stepped up iPhone production, according to ITProPortal . Specifically, Apple has supposedly increased orders to both Primax Electronics and Foxconn Electronics (both companies manufacture iPhone components) from 17% to 20%

Filed under: Odds and ends , Snow Leopard If you experienced some odd performance problems on your Snow Leopard-running Mac early this morning — say, right around the time of the Daylight Saving ‘fall back’ — you’re apparently not alone. The Apple support boards are hopping with reports of 100% CPU spikes coinciding with the switchover to DST between 1 am and 2 am, mostly associated with having the menu bar clock enabled and/or having the clock automatic set feature turned on

Filed under: Odds and ends Khalid Shaihk has been indicted by a grand jury for four counts of mail fraud. The FBI says Shaihk was involved in 4 denial of service attacks against the the firm he founded, YouSendIt , which crippled the content delivery company’s servers.

Filed under: Software , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Store wpbeginner has posted a terrific list of 10 iPhone apps that every blogger will love. The first item on the list is, as you’d expect, WordPress for iPhone