Apple has issued patches for its QuickTime and iTunes software, fixing critical security flaws along with a bug that was first hinted at earlier this year in a book on Macintosh computer hacking.
The updates fix 10 QuickTime vulnerabilities and a single bug in iTunes. The flaws affect both Windows and Mac users and have been patched in the QuickTime 7.6.2 and iTunes 8.2 releases, published Monday.
A chinese blog has blurry photos that appear to show an iPhone -- possibly the next-generation model -- using autofocusing with its camera, movie recording and the digital compass.
Illustrating the scope of a flaw in older NVIDIA graphics chipsets, Apple has extended its special warranty on the GeForce 8600M GT in certain MacBook Pros from two to three years.
Those visiting Apple's support page for the video corruption and failure issues suffered by this portable generation have noticed that Apple has quietly added an extra year to its coverage, giving owners of the affected MacBook Pros free replacements as late as September 2011 depending on the date of purchase.
Psystar has had a rather lackluster showing in its attempt to sell unauthorized Mac clones—besides Apple suing the pants off the company, Psystar has also filed for bankruptcy after just a year in existence. Now, a new company in Los Angeles hopes to somehow escape the wrath of Apple Legal by—get this—opening a brick and mortar retail store. Quo Computer is set to open for business next Monday, June 1.
With Internet access just a Wi-Fi or 3G/EDGE connection away, the iPhone has established itself as a great tool for tracking information. And that now includes tracking information about itself.
While many of the changes present in betas of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard have been discussed at length by Apple followers, one tester has taken to the web with observations on some of the more subtle refinements spread through the most recent build of the next-gen operating system.
The iPhone 3.0 operating system release will include new support for direct downloads of movie and TV content from the iTunes Store, according to people familiar with Apple's internal training materials.
Last week, a Salon blogger covered initial reports of a new iTunes Store interface for downloading movies and TV directly on the iPhone, including support for movie rentals. Beta testers of iPhone 3.0 can already access the new interface from a special URL.
Apple should do more regarding security, even though people believe its operating system (OS) is not vulnerable to security threats and more secure than Microsoft's Windows. This is according to Haroon Meer, technical director of SensePost, who addressed the ITWeb Security Summit, in Midrand, this week.
ProteMac has announced ProteMac NetMine 1.2, their network firewall for Mac OS X. ProteMac NetMine intercepts all network activity traveling from and to your Mac and from every an application of your Mac. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines.
Last week, security researcher Landon Fuller posted attack code for a Java vulnerability in Apple's Mac OS X that hackers can use. "Due to the fact that an exploit for this issue is available in the wild, and the vulnerability has been public knowledge for six months, I have decided to release my own proof of concept," Fuller wrote on his blog.
