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Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
OS X gets Yahoo!
Yahoo! Messenger comes to Mac OS X [MacNN] This is the first release to bring Yahoo! Messenger to OS X and it also offers more chat features that bring the Mac version closer to par with the features in the Windows version.
9:45:03 PM 
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From the "It's a feature" Department: Windows IE users beware
Another Big MS Browser Hole Found. Don't click that back button if you're using Internet Explorer on a PC running Windows: You're opening yourself up to a potential malicious hack. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
And a damning section from the story:
The exploit was discovered by Andreas Sandblad, a Swedish engineering student. Sandblad said he notified Microsoft of the problem last November. He provided additional information to Microsoft on March 25.
"Originally, I was only able to produce the same result when the user pressed the refresh button," Sandblad said in an e-mail. "I contacted Microsoft about it in November and they confirmed the problem. On Feb. 28, I received mail from them saying that they didn't think the problem was serious enough to fix."
Yet another sign that Microsoft doesn't really understand the Internet, the importance of security, or customer support. But you can go ahead and keep sending those thousands of dollars for more of their buggy software, thank you very much...
1:05:30 PM
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Technical difficulties with Mac Net Journal
I am working with the folks at Userland to fix problems with the way Radio is upstreaming Mac Net Journal to my server. Hopefully the look of this page will return to normal soon...
12:23:33 PM
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Wireless just keeps getting cheaper
The Dealmac Web site points to a deal from Outpost.com selling an SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps Wireless Access Point for less than $100. Pair that with the AirPort cards that can be found here and there for around $50 and the cost of entry into wireless computing on the Mac is really quite low.I am still digging the wireless setup I created in my home office with a pair of AirPort cards in both of the PowerBooks my wife and I use combined with an SMC Barricade wireless access point...
9:49:41 AM
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Apple will announce its second quarter financials today
Why should regular OS X users care? Simple: A healthy Apple will keep churning out updates and improvements to the tools we use to work every day. So far throughout the economic downturn, Apple has stayed afloat just fine, but this past quarter the company has suffered from a variety of things - most notably the inability to ship as many of the new iMacs as consumers want...Apple offers information about today's conference call to report results, while Wired News (Apple polishes up for earnings) and Business Week (The secret of Jobs's survival and Grading Steve Jobs) take a look at Apple in advance of the quarterly results.
9:39:39 AM
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OmniWeb gets bumped to 4.1b4
The folks at The Omni Group upgraded their OmniWeb browser to version 4.1b4. The update includes bug fixes for CSS display as well as the fix of a known bug that could causes crashes.
9:29:47 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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