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- Microsoft expected to release Silverlight 2 next week
- It sounds like Monday October 13 is the day that Microsoft will announce that Silverlight 2 is done. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Apple Mac OS X, Application Servers, Apple Mac OS, RSS, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed
- Apple has shipped another whopper of a patch to cover a total of 40 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X ecosystem. The Security Update 2008-007, available for Tiger and Leopard, covers a range of third-party components and Mac OS X flaws that could users at risk...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Vulnerability, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, Apple Mac OS X, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- The five products Apple must make
- The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...
- Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- If Apple really is poised to release an $800 notebook, who would be the winners and losers? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Apple Mac OS, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom
- Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox BoomHey Sean, send it over to me when you are done and hurry up! ;)ntOS X sounds complicated[i]I needed to do this because Mac users need to create manually an exception for SqueezeCenter for OS X's built-in firewall.[/i]On Windows, it created this exception for...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Logitech Squeezebox Boom, Hands-On, Logitech, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- Books (tbz)
- Books is a native Cocoa application for Mac OS X that stores, sorts, and searches book collection information. Books assists book collectors with managing personal collections. For international users, Books supports a wide variety of international libraries for retrieving book information.
- Tags: Books, Aetherial, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-01
- Stainless (zip)
- Disclaimer: At this point, Stainless is really just a technology demo and is likely to stay that way (though we might add some novel ideas we have for bookmark, history and download management). Stainless is an independent multi-process browser for Mac OS X that is inspired by the Google browser...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Browser, Mesa Dynamics, Apple Mac OS X, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-09-29
- Contactizer Pro (dmg)
- Welcome to Contactizer Pro, the amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information. Contactizer Pro makes your contact management experience more efficient, productive and inventive. Following the prodigious success of its predecessor, OD4Contact, many users worldwide continue to choose Contactizer Pro for their calendar, organizational...
- Tags: Objective Decision, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-29
- Librarian Pro (exe)
- Librarian Pro is a complete personal inventory system. Organize items into smart collections, add them to the in-program Amazon shopping cart, mark them as lent out to friends, and even export to Web or your iPod. Librarian Pro also supports importing from other cataloging applications like Delicious Library and DVDpedia....
- Tags: Item, Amazon.com Inc., Koingo Software, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-26
- Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for Mac
- Apple today released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 with patches for a total of 25 documented security flaws that could expose Mac users to malicious code execution attacks. Two of the 25 flaws are specific to Apple and could be exploited to launch...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Programming Languages, Apple Mac OS X, Java, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Stuffit Deluxe turns 20
- No self-respecting Mac user can forget Stuffit and Stuffit Deluxe, the venerable compression/decompression utility that turns 20 this year. I still hear a friend sarcastiscly saying "with Expander Enhancer!" in my head whenever I see or hear the word Stuffit. Ah, good times. The popular Stuffit Expander...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Productivity, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issues
- Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issuesSome third-party components.Most people don't use "some" to describe half.RE: Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issuesApple Slow to protect their DRM supporters Thanks but no thanks we Run Linux here.No Exploits? Who Even Would Know?Some Apple apologist will likely...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mega-patch cover, Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X security, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, security, virus
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- News to know: HP; Apple patches; Microsoft; Social networking
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration Larry Dignan: IBM targets HP's server beachhead HP vs. IBM: The looming IT...
- Tags: Security, Facebook, High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shuttleworth, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Apple Mac OS, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issues
- Apple has shipped another mega-update to address security vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X users, warning that the most serious issues could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks. The update, available for Tiger and Leopard, addresses a total of 34 documented vulnerabilities, some in third-party components like ClamAV,...
- Tags: Security, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Password, DNS, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, CVE-2008-1382, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- LightWayText for Windows (zip)
- LightWayText for Windows is a flexible cross-platform text editor for multilingual word processing. Versatile, widely used from programming to various writing - and available for both Mac and PC. It opens even big files rapidly, and has all the features you expect including RTF and a spell checker. It has...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Michiaki Yamashita, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Apple Mac OS
- Software downloads 2008-09-11
- Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes
- Apple today released a major makeover to its iTunes and QuickTime software products, fixing at least 11 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to Mac and PC takeover attacks. QuickTime 7.5.5, which should be considered an "extremely critical" update, address nine different vulnerabilities that could cause some...
- Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Movie, SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Arbitrary Code Execution, Apple iTunes, Application Termination, Movie File, PICT, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Digital Music, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- New software updates for the iPod Touch, iPhone
- At an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discusses new software upgrades for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iPod Touch owners who paid to update to OS X 2.0 will get a free update to 2.1. The new 2.1...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Software Update, Digital Music, Software Upgrade, Digital Media, Apple Mac OS X, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Management, Apple, Steve Jobs
- Videos 2008-09-09
- A big day for Apple - and Steve Jobs
- Once again, Apple has summoned the press to an event - dubbed "Let's Rock" - to be held this morning in San Francisco. I've got my invitation, so I'll be on site to deliver the news. Of course, we run the risk that the news will...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Apple Mac OS X, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- ProtectMac AntiVirus (zip)
- Introducing the next generation security product for Mac OS X, designed to keep you safe from viruses and spyware. ProtectMac AntiVirus allows you to scan any area of your computer or network for both Mac and non-Mac malware. The user-friendly, graphical interface enables you to perform user scans, set up...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Threat, ProtectMac, ProtectMac AntiVirus, Desktops, Scanners, Apple Mac OS X, Cyberthreats, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS
- Software downloads 2008-09-09
- Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?
- The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign aired during the Thursday night kickoff to the NFL season. Did you see it? I missed it on TV but caught it on YouTube. I don't get...
- Tags: Advertisement, Mall, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jerry Seinfeld, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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