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- Mac OS
- MACintosh Operating System In late 1994, Apple officially renamed its System 7 operating system Mac OS and introduced the Mac OS logo. However, the term has been used...
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- First worm for Mac OS X?
- Rape.osx is an alleged worm that targets Mac OS X. According to Slashdot:"Controversy is slowly building over the development of a claimed new worm that targets OS X systems, dubbed by its inventor Rape.osx. Using a currently undisclosed vulnerability in mDNSResponder, the worm is said to give access to root...
- Tags: Security, Mac OS, Hack
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- Leopard screenies posted (again)
- Last Friday I mentioned that Wired had complied with a request by Apple legal to remove several screen shots of the WWDC build (9a466) of Leopard that were posted on their Web site.This time Think Secret has posted a complete gallery of 33 screenies from the Mac OS 10.5...
- Tags: Software, Mac OS
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Leopard 9a466 screen shots
- While details on Apple's new OS Leopard have been fairly skimpy, Wired got their hands on the WWDC build (9a466) and posted a review and some screen shots.Shortly thereafter Apple laid the smackdown on them:UPDATE, Friday, 9:40AM: Apple has requested that we take down these screenshots of Leopard due to...
- Tags: Legal, Leopard, Mac OS, Software
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Beta Nazi: No Leopard for you
- Does it bother anyone else that Apple didn't release public beta of Mac OS 10.5/Leopard today at WWDC in San Francisco? Sure, attendees got a copy of the Leopard beta disc, but the media and public were shut out. Is Apple simply preserving the value of a WWDC attendee badge...
- Tags: WWDC, Software, Mac OS
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Apple: Leopard delayed until October
- Apple will not be shipping Mac OS 10.5 (a.k.a. "Leopard") at their Worldwide Developer Conference in June as originally planned but will instead ship in October. According to a brief statement posted on the companys Hot News Web site, the next major revision of the Mac operating system slipped four...
- Tags: Software, Mac OS
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Google Desktop for the Mac released
- Google today released Google Desktop for the Mac (v.1.0.0.155) a free universal binary application that indexes your Macs hard drive, including applications, files, PDFs, and Web histories from Safari, Firefox, and Camino.Google Desktop is invoked by pressing the Command/Apple key twice and blows Spotlight away in terms of speed....
- Tags: Google, Mac OS, Software
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Leopard to include iWork and iLife?
- Think Secret is reporting that the next major update to Mac OS X (10.5, a.k.a. "Leopard") will arrive in June, probably during Apples Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC. The interesting part of the story is that Apple is reported to be mulling the inclusion of iLife and iWork as free part...
- Tags: Software, Mac OS, iWork, iLife
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Apple releases Mac OS 10.4.9
- Waiting in your Software Update is the Mac OS 10.4.9. Resist the urge to install it tonight, people. Wait at least 72 hours before installing a major software update like this. Personally, Im waiting until at least Monday. The 10.4.9 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Web site development, Web technology, Operating systems, Intel based Mac, Intel Based, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
Additional Resources
- MobileTechRoundup show #141, jkOnTheRun is aquired, Sony Reader, battery life, and more
- I had a good time recording MobileTechRoundup show #141 with the two newest members of the Giga Om Media group, James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel. Don't worry listeners and readers, you will still get the same content from those two and from me here on the podcast for the foreseeable...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Sony Corp., Battery, Sony Reader, Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1
- The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot!According to the story the 2.1 firmware also contains...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple's coming notebook transitionBarking up the wrong tree?I think it might be something else.I think Hell may have frozen over again.What if this 'transition' is actually Apple making MacOS X available for the general PC public as a purchasable product?Think about it. Everyone said Apple would never use Intel....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, notebook, OSX, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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