Where is Microsoft going with Windows?
October 31, 2007
It’s starting to sound like a broken record: Microsoft has a few problems with Vista and its current Operating Systems strategy. The question everyone is asking now is “What is Microsoft going to do about it?”
Holes in Leopard’s firewall
October 30, 2007
Although Apple is selling its new Mac OS X Leopard operating system on its improved security, researchers at Heise Security have already found fault with its firewall.
Leopard upgraders should be aware of this - while it’s easy to turn the Firewall back on, it is an oversight that Apple will need to address.
(Via CNET.com) Read more
Die-hard Windows User? OSX is now a real option (part 2).
October 29, 2007
By now you will probably have seen a ton of content about Leopard, its many features, and why you should or shouldn’t upgrade if you own a Mac. I upgraded my 1-year-old Macbook to Leopard over the weekend, so I here’s my experience of the process from a ‘previous windows user’ point of view… Read more
Is there really such a thing as “unbreakable” encryption?
October 25, 2007
Russian-based ‘password recovery’ company Elcomsoft has pressed the GPU into the service of password cracking.
While this may be small stuff compared to the ‘Storm Worm’ network, which potentially might have millions of compromised Windows PCs at its disposal, this puts brute-force password cracking within easy reach of the masses… which simply reinforces the fact that NOTHING on your computer is ever really completely ’safe’.
(Via ArsTechnica & TechRepublic) Read more
Die-hard Windows User? OSX is now a real option.
October 24, 2007
With the latest version of the Mac OS (Leopard) being released on October 26th, the barriers to switching for Windows users are being lowered yet another notch. If you’ve only ever lived in a Windows world, you might be thinking “Yeah…so what?” and wondering what all the fuss is about. Here’s a quick insight into what OSX has to offer and why it might be worth at least a cursory look… Read more
Apple estimates 250,000 iPhones sold to SIM unlockers
October 23, 2007
“On today’s Apple Q4 earnings call Apple stated that ‘Apple estimates 250,000 iPhones were sold with intention to unlock,’ and that ‘many of those sales happened after the price cut’.” Really? Surprise, surprise. There must still be huge volumes of people who a dying to get hold of one…
