Tag archive: Mac OSX

Mozilla has issued updates, all rated as “critical” for both the Firefox 2 and 3 browsers. Firefox 3 receives three patches, the first for Mac OSX, to stop a potential attack by a malformed .gif file. The second fixes a flaw in the uniform resource identifier (URI) that could let external apps access the computer. The final Firefox fix addresses the way the browser handles CSS code. Without the fix, it’s possible for… Read More

How safe is your Wi-Fi? Not as much as you might hope, according to some experts. And much of it is due to compatibility issues.   There are two standards for security in Wi-Fi. The basic one isknown as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). The other, new, standard is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which was updated in 2004 as WPA-2. However, to use either of the improved standards you needWindows Vista, Mac OSX, Linux, or XP with SP2 installed.… Read More

One of the things Apple does vastly better than Microsoft is move their users between operating system versions. With the one exception of a massive installed base bath they took when they moved to OSX, losing about half of their market at the turn of the century (these were folks that probably weren’t buying product anyway), Apple has been well ahead of Microsoft in terms of installed base migrations. To be fair, a lot of… Read More

“The A70 was successful because it found the perfect balance between point-and-shoot economy and pro-sumer control features,” said Mogens Jensen, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe at the camera's launch. “The A85 builds on this success by adding new features that make it even easier to use, while at the same time giving the experienced user more options.” As well as improved ergonomics and refreshed… Read More

It features both a FireWire and a USB 2.0 port, and Mac and and PC software. In addition, it is FireWire bus-powered, making it even more portable. This drive is perfect for backing up large data files, transferring data from one computer to another, making DVD movies and audio CDs, copying CDs, and rewriting CDs or DVDs. It operates at 2x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 8x DVD-Rom, 16x CD-R, 8x CD-RW and 24x CD-Rom speeds. "The Boa Slim DVD-RW drive… Read More

It sounds like a good deal compared to compared to other pay per download sites. However, after extensively surfing the site we found some significant issues. The largest of which is the fact thatthis service is only available to PC users. This limits a substantial portion of the market, but is not unlike Apple's iTunes which is only available to Mac OSX users. When trying to search for a particular artist, we found their search engine non… Read More