Running OS X on a bare-bone PC has been a geek's dream since Apple announced its switch to Intel processors in 2006. While this effort succeeded in some cases, a hacked OS X tends to run only on a limited number of PC configurations and with more than a just a few hiccups: Software updates are blocked until hackers patch Apple's official updates and a hacked OS X, of course, violates Apple's license agreement.
Apple's iPhone, a runaway success in the US and parts of Europe, is struggling to see similar success in Japan, where consumers who've long been privy to some of the world's most advance cell phones are passing over the touchscreen handset for cheaper and more familiar offerings.
The first shipments of Apple's next-generation 13-inch MacBooks have left China ahead of a large-scale manufacturing ramp scheduled for later this month, according to investment bank Citigroup.
In a "Company Flash" bulletin issued to clients on Monday, analyst Rich Gardner said he expects the Cupertino-based Mac maker to introduce its fall line of notebooks "within weeks."
Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical Internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July.
The Mac OS X v. 10.5.5 security update was released Monday, fixing security bugs in Apple's software as well as several open-source components that ship with the operating system. In all, more than 25 bugs have been patched.
The National Security Agency (NSA) has posted Security Configuration Guidelines for Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) operating system.
While the agency's advice may not be sufficient to stop a government agency like, say, the NSA, from accessing one's Mac, it should significantly improve one's security posture against less capable hackers.
The iPhone 2.1 software update, which has been long awaited (long, because despite only being announced at Tuesday’s “Let’s Rock” event, long-suffering 3G users have been waiting for an improvement in 3G support since the iPhone 3G’s launch), has arrived.
Interestingly, once again it installed “Apple Mobile Device USB Drivers,” which had also been installed by iTunes 8.0 when I installed that yesterday (yes, on Vista). The download is 237.8 MB, and for once Apple is fairly open about the changes.
The IPod Nano and Nike TM shoe was a great idea for people to listen to music as they walk, and get information on how much they walked during the time the two systems were synched. Apple has decided to declare war against sneaker hackers, and have a patent to work out if the system of nano and sensor is an “authorized garment”.
Apart of releasing the QuickPwn tool for iPhone firmware v2.1, iPhone Dev hackers have also released an iPhone v2.1 compatible version of Pwnage Tool, their iPhone jailbreaking and unlocking program that allows creating custom iPhone firmwares.
So far only a Mac version of the program was released, but a Windows version is in works. As before, you cannot yet unlock the 3G iPhone model with Pwnage tool, but all other functions are well functional.
Your iPhone is watching you.
If you've got an iPhone, pretty much everything you have done on your handset has been temporarily stored as a screenshot that hackers or forensics experts could eventually recover, according to a renowned iPhone hacker who exposed the security flaw in a webcast Thursday.
Apple Inc. yesterday patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its QuickTime media player, iTunes music store client, iPod touch device and Bonjour network software. More than half of the bugs could let hackers hijack computers or the iPod.
In four separate security updates, Apple fixed nine flaws in QuickTime, seven in the iPod touch's software, and two each in iTunes and Bonjour for Windows.
