Tuesday, December 05, 2006
OSX Security Updates
How many time have you talked with a Mac Lover over the argument that Macs are totally hackpoof and far more secure than Windows? I have nothing against Macs, in fact I may get one when OSX Leopard is released, but people please open your eyes. A Mac may be more secure than a PC, but being totally hackproof, having no-exploits, worms etc, that totally another matter.Over the last week, Apple release 31 security updates with several other security still left unaddressed. Like windows, if you search the web, you can find many Mac exploits. However the difference between these vulnerbilities and Windows flaws is that they are all patched and no longer remain a threat until now with the above security holes. And don't forget, with the introduction of Boot Camp and dual booting Windows-OSX, Macs inheritted all the virus that plagues Windows.
I guess in the end, it all comes down to how you would like to be infected with a virus?
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Windows Vienna
Today, Microsoft announces it will start selling Windows Vista and Office 2007 through CompUSA stores starting Nov. 30, two month before general release date in January 2007. As we get closer to Vista's releasing date, Vista will become commonplace and old news; So now, I'll take a look at the Windows Vienna, the Windows OS following Vista.
In Feburary 2000, Microsoft announced Windows Vienna then codenamed Blackcomb as the version of Windows following Windows XP codenamed Whistler. Of course, it suffered major delay and Microsoft introduced Windows Vista codenamed Longhorn as the OS between XP and Vienna. Its very interesting that Microsoft codenamed all their operating system after Whistler-Blackcomb resort in British Columbia.
Some of the features of Vienna include the entire replacement of Windows explorer shell as well as well as a new Start Menu taskbar. Vienna may also include a 'Sandbox' approach probably similar to running a virtual machine inside the operating system to improve security. Finally there will be different ways of input methods such as type auto-complete or voice command. These and other features are of course all tentative, noone, probably not even Microsoft, will know until Vienna comes out in...who knows...ten years?
For more information visit the Windows Vienna Wikipedia Page
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