More on Accessibility: “Captioning Sucks”

Written on April 28, 2008 by Jason Terhorst and 1 person has commented

Closed captioning is a technology that’s been around for a few decades, but it’s changed very little since then. The techniques and processes behind the scenes are even still roughly the same as they were in the beginning. Some Canadians have been complaining that the quality of their captions are even worse than those in [...]

Apple Posts Quicktime 7.6.2 Security Fix + iTunes Front Row Updates

Written on April 03, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 1 person has commented

Apple has posted Quicktime 7.4.5 to Software Update that includes 11 security fixes, three of which only impact Windows systems. Some of the vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution (i.e. bad people can run programs on your system) by just tricking you into viewing specially crafted content. While that may seem unlikely to you [...]

Zero Day Exploit For QuickTime Flaw

Written on January 11, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 3 people have commented

InformationWeek is reporting that an Italian security researcher has posted a exploit for a zero-day vulnerability in QuickTime 7.3.1 that impacts both OS X and Windows versions of the software. This exploit will allow an attacker to execute malicious code on the target system.
The “researcher”, Luigi Auriemma, describes the exploit as being based on a flaw in QuickTime’s [...]

Perian “The Swiss-Army Knife for Quicktime”

Written on January 07, 2008 by Arvin Dang and 13 people have commented

Being a minimalist I quickly became captivated by Apple’s ability to streamline multiple functions into single, easy to use applications. OS X is a clear example of this consistency, every bar, every window and every feature all reflect an over arching goal of practicality and use. My desire for a clean, simple interface quickly [...]

Your .mov’s Flattened

Written on November 26, 2007 by Gareth Jordan and No one has commented

If you do a lot of work with video files you will eventually want to share them with Windows toting friends, family or colleagues and maybe post them somewhere on the web.
It can be frustrating when starting out with your Mac to find the Quicktime (QT) files created by many Mac applications are not [...]

Death to QuickTime Pro

Written on September 10, 2007 by Billy Halsey and 32 people have commented

There might have been a good reason, at some point, for Apple to try selling QuickTime Pro. Not that I can remember such a time. While Apple forges new ground constantly in the digital media arena with innovative hardware and software such as the iPhone, iPod, Aperture, and Final Cut, the online store still [...]

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