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MacBook WiFi hacker cancels talk

MacBook WiFi hacker cancels talkIs Apple responsible?You seem to have missed this part of the Boing Boing piece:"one colleague at the show said she spoke to an Apple employee in the audience who denied that Apple had leaned on SecureWorks"the Golden RuleIt's the Golden Rule... He who has the Gold...

Tags: Notebooks, Patches, Wi-Fi, MacBook WiFi hacker, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Maynor

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

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News to know: Vista virtualization; OOXML; OpenOffice; Leopard developers; eBay

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally broadens Windows Vista virtualization rules. Dan Farber: Microsoft’s unveils its grand virtualization strategy Mary Jo Foley: IBM, Google quietly supporting OOXML? Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week David Morgenstern: Mac...

Tags: Developer, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., IBM Corp., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Utility Computing, Notebooks, Storage Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Notebooks & Tablets, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Time Capsule = cash grab?

Time Capsule = cash grab?Maybe, Maybe not.That's a good theory. I remember hearing that this feature was taken out because it was still giving Leopard a kernel panic. I guess that wasn't true :-)I thought Adrian was nuts when he bragged about thisntAll Apple Product areshameless cash grab. Apple consumers...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Time Capsule, Apple Inc., AirPort Extreme, Time Machine, USB 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-01-21

News to know: CES; Gates' curtain call; Office 2003 and old file types; Apple

Notable headlines: CES coverage: Ryan Stewart: Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball. Mary Jo Foley: Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures. Dan Farber: Gates gives CES keynote...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Office 2003, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Napster Inc., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hd Dvd, Microsoft Office, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-07

How long can a Mac survive the hacker jungle?

Apple's Mac OS X has a date with some of the world's smartest hackers.At this year's CanSecWest 2007 conference in Vancouver, BC, a "PWN to OWN" contest will pit security researchers against a MacBook Pro in an experiment to see how well a default Mac OS X install can survive...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Dragos Ruiu, CanSecWest 2007, security, OSX, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2007-03-26

MacBook WiFi hacker cancels talk

Instead of a planned presentation WiFi hacker Johnny Ellch delivered only a prepared statement at ToorCon, San Diegos annual security conference on Saturday.I reported last week that Maynor and Ellch were scheduled to speak at ToorCon, where the inflammatory duos "complete story" of their infamous MacBook WiFi hack was to...

Tags: SecureWorks Inc., MacBook WiFi

Blog posts 2006-10-02

Apple patches Wi-Fi but refuses to give researchers due credit

Apple patches Wi-Fi but refuses to give researchers due creditthanks for following up on thisI was wondering what happened after Apple accused the researchers of falsifying the story. This episode clearly brings out Apple's true colors.Still a HoaxThe simple fact is this "hack" has not been demonstrated on a stock...

Tags: Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Maynor, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, SecureWorks Inc., David Maynor

Discussion threads 2006-09-23

MacBook hack video draws ire of Mac fans

MacBook hack video draws ire of Mac fansThis should only be dismissed by......people who aren't using a 3rd party WiFi card on a Mac. Since most new Macs come with a card from Apple, that means 99% of us can ignore it.And, as I'm sure Harry Bardal will be...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Sorry-it, Apple Macintosh, security, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, video

Discussion threads 2006-08-03