Apple has released their second update since releasing the Safari 3 beta software. This update is for both OS X and Windows.
According to the Apple bulletin about the security updates included in Safari 3.0.2 it contains all the updates that were in OS X Security Update 2007-006. If Safari 3.0.2 is already installed on Mac [...]
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Apple has released a security-only update for the sixth straight month this year. It’s the appropriately named Security Update 2007-006.This update is needed for 10.4.9 along with the just released 10.4.10. It’s also needed for 10.3.9.
Two security vulnerabilities are addressed. One is in Webcore and can allow cross-site scripting attacks.
The second patched vulnerability was [...]
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I had a couple of minor issues with my Intel Mac Mini after the 10.4.10 update. Neither was apparent right away.
The first was my wireless network settings were lost. I had to go through the connect wizard and reconfigure the wireless network connection. This just involved entering the name (I don’t broadcast the wireless network [...]
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133019/article.html
PC World has published the results of a ISP satisfaction survey. Much to my surprise my experience with two of them matches the survey, usually it isn’t the case.
AT&T Yahoo, my current DSL provider, is rated seventh (out of 16). I found their connection reliability to be excellent and they are rated “Above Average” [...]
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Apple has released OS X 10.4.10 for PowerPC and Intel based Macs. There is also an update to OS X Server but the Server update is not discussed here.
The update includes one security patch which itself is not critical. The vulnerability allows for network performance to be degraded but cannot be used to install malware [...]
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http://news.com.com/Mystery+surrounds+Microsofts+virtualization+flip-flop/2100-1016_3-6192220.html
CNet News has a good analysis of Microsoft’s last minute decision not to expand their license to allow running the lower priced versions of Vista. Microsoft has claimed this is for security reasons since virtualization introduces security risk. Those security risks exist for all Vista versions and in fact for any OS. My favorite part [...]
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