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Firefox 3.0.2 Fixes Security Issues & OS X Bugs

Written on September 24, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 6 people have commented

The Mozilla crew have updated Firefox 3 and Firefox 2 to address security vulnerabilities and (in the case of version 3) bugs & usability issues, including fixes for Mac-specific bugs.
Firefox 3 had five security issues including two critical ones that could lead to either memory corruption or privilege escalation. Firefox 2 fixed nine security vulnerabilities, [...]

Words that Leopard’s spellchecker chokes on

Written on July 10, 2008 by Nick Mediati and 20 people have commented

We trust spellcheckers to be right, right? We expect that the spellchecker will yield an accurate correction, or at the least, real words. Oddly enough, though, I’ve stumbled upon a few misspellings that cause Leopard’s built-in spellchecker to throw up some amusing–though incorrect–results (a friend shared one with me; I discovered two of them). Mind [...]

Leopard’s Green Tint

Written on November 05, 2007 by Nick Santilli and 20 people have commented

Separate from the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death - it’s generally a Windows term, if you’re somehow unaware…) that some folks experienced after upgrading to Leopard, there’s word of a new bluish, or greenish tint that’s occurring on some user’s screens. Up until now I’ve been familiar with the bluish tint that results from [...]

Samba Bug Leaves OS X Vulnerable

Written on July 30, 2007 by Nick Santilli and 1 person has commented

Crunchgear points out PCWorld’s article stating that a bug in Samba may open OS X up to hackers. Samba is the open source file and print sharing software that OS X employs to make those tasks easier for users to setup. Most notably found in the Sharing section of the System Preferences as [...]

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