Archive: Mac Software

I use linux. I prefer it over Windows for many reasons. It's more resistant to viruses, less of a target, but that doesn't mean that malware or other viruses are impossible. If someone were to trick …

This is for Mac or Linux. Their servers are VERY busy right now as you might imagine. But, if you've always wondered about crossover wine, see if you can get a copy today at Codeweavers main site. I …

Good linux format review of the new features and the overall feel (if you can get to it this morning. The main openoffice.org site is down at the moment. New features include a plugin for pdf import,…

Windows users know chkdsk, linux users know fsck... users of each MIGHT have heard of SMART. These are different ways of TESTING hard drives. Well, there's also a utility called TestDisk that looks p…

I've mentioned X-Plane before - it's a flight simulator that strives to be as accurate flight modeling -wise as possible. Realism is one of their goals and it's also unique in that it's available for…

If you've been delaying on updating with the recent Apple Mac OS X updates.... don't, there are exploits in the wild now for at least one. It's speculated that this code may have been in the wild bef…

Apple is fixing 15 security flaws with the 10.4.8 version upgrade of Mac OS X. (There is a second update as well.... Security Update 2006-006). In typical fashion there are a bundle of issues in thes…

I saw a comment somewhere else that zero-day was overused and in essense ANY previously unknown vulnerability in open source software is technically zero day... the intent here though is to use the w…

Do you remember the big bruhaha a month or so back about the "apple wireless vulnerability" that everybody picked apart because in the video taped demonstration they used a third party card.... EVEN …

As I've just posted to the security-update-notice category, Firefox and Thunderbird both have been released in 1.5.0.7 version.... the release fixes a number of known security issues and you should u…

Yesterday, of course, Microsoft released it's monthly patches. I found the Windows update site to be painfully slow (and in some cases unresponsive.) It wasn't quite a huge update day by recent stand…

So, the stories are out of the analysis of the code for Mozilla Firefox. It seems there were a large number of potential flaws found (71 potential security vulnerabilities) according to the article. …

Yesterday codeweavers announced a beta release of their Crossover Office product geared towards Apple Mac OS X users. The software will allow certain windows applications to run on top of Apple's ope…

Mozilla is soliciting people to test the candidates for version 1.5.0.7 of both Firefox and Thunderbird, so that sounds as though release is VERY close for that version. It sounds as though there are…

A couple weeks ago the hot story was about the demonstration of a vulnerability in a 3rd party wireless card driver on a Mac. The individuals that demonstrated the vulnerability (in a video taped pre…

HDR - recently I heard someone talking about this with regards to digital imaging. The idea is that you have three identical images (landscapes) taken from a stationary (tripod) camera. The only diff…

It looks as though VMWare is looking to test some of their software for the Mac. Unlike Parallels desktop, Vmware's offering will be geared more towards a corporate environment.

That was a quick turn around.... It appears as though some of the multimedia streaming issues were severe enough to require a quick turnaround for Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 Sans had the initial heads u…

From the look of it Apple has released a bunch of updates for OS X. A number of security issues are detailed. As always, SANS has some good details and links to more info on each of the ~13 issues. M…

Sometimes you run across a site that's a browser snob. You know the type.... you visit it in Mozilla Firefox or (anything other than IE) and it says, "you must use Internet Explorer version 6 or newe…

Again.... this article referring to an exploit related to the cross platform plugin capability in firefox, is a GOOD reminder to be cautious when looking at potential plugins to install for mozilla f…

Well, let's start with the extensions first. Like ANY software, you should be cautious installing something from an untrusted source. If you think an extension looks neat and cool - look for reviews …

On the heels of yesterdays massive update day from Microsoft, Adobe has released an update for the free Adobe Reader. The Adobe reader is one of those ALMOST essential applications that MOST everyone…

and Internet Explorer use has dropped below 80% in the US. Currently 12.93% of online users browse with Firefox. Almost 40% of German web-browsers use Firefox to view the web. It's nice to see Firefo…

Analyzing the state of the computer world.... Sophos Antivirus has suggested that consumers consider a Mac for their next PC if they're concerned about the increasing swarm of malware targetting Wind…

I hope there aren't too many browser developers that have planned on taking July off..... I ran across browserfun.blogspot.com where it is planned to release information on a web browser vulnerabilit…

A couple days ago there was a release of Mac OS X 10.4.7 which addressed several security flaws. There is now an exploit published for one of these vulnerabilities. The attacker using this exploit co…

There are several issues fixed by a bundle of updates for OS X (for 10.4 up to 10.4.6). The new release is 10.4.7 There are a number of issues fixed in addition to at least 3 security related problem…

Adobe has released updates to Acrobat Reader for Windows and Mac systems. I don't see any mention of linux in the advisories, but I do see that the linux version available for download is now 7.0.8 a…

The Official Google blog passes along the release of the Google Video Player for Mac. I'm impressed at the universal binary which means it should work on either PPC or Intel architecture. Here's the …