Even if you feel absolutely secure in entering your PIN every time you unlock your iPhone, there may still be some security shortfalls. Per a blog post by Bernd Marienfeldt, Marienfeldt and fellow security wonk Jim Herbeck have discovered that plugging even a fully up-to-date, non-jailbroken iPhone 3GS into a computer running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx […]
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On Tuesday, Apple released a pair of Java updates for its Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 operating systems. The updates (Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2) make the same changes and per Macworld, offer “improved compatibility, security, and reliability.” The specifics on how […]
In the wake of several weeks of back and forth between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has posted an open letter explaining Apple’s position on Flash, going back to his company’s long history with Adobe and expounding upon six main points of why he thinks Flash is wrong for mobile devices. […]
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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.3 update
Late last week, Mozilla.org released version 3.6.3 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte <a href=”http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.3&os=osx&lang=en-US”>download</a>, sports the following major change: – Fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. Firefox 3.6.3 is available in more than 70 different languages and requires a G3, G4, G5 or […]
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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.2 update
On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released the long-awaited 3.6.2 version of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes: – Fixed a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution (see bug 552216). – Fixed several additional security issues. – Fixed several stability issues. Firefox 3.6.2 […]