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The Objective-C Buzz 2008-08-28
Buzz buzz. Buzz buzz buzz.

Viruses in Space! 2008-08-27
NASA admit way more than they realise.

;DECLARE @S CHAR(4000); 2008-08-22
There comes a time when people just get sick of the shit and pestilence that's Windows.

iPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs 2008-08-21
Can you hear them now?

iPhone: It Burns! 2008-08-19
iPhone explosions next?

The Malware Ruse 2008-08-18
How effective is it? Who gets tricked?

The Microsoft Ghetto 2008-08-18
Aren't we afraid of cockroaches?

They Think It's OK 2008-08-17
Reflections on Wsnpoem and other typical Windows disasters.

Nancy's Nightmare Over? 2008-08-15
Steve's way of thanking twenty years unswerving loyalty.

iPhone 3G Connectivity 2008-08-15
It's OK. It' s not OK. It's OK. It's not OK. No comment.

Wsnpoem 2008-08-14
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

CLIX 1.8.1d2 2008-08-12
Get your free copy while supplies last.

Boston T Party 2008-08-12
The hackers are coming!

Kill Switch 2008-08-11
Steve Jobs reveals Apple have one for their iPhone.

The Case Against Gary McKinnon 2008-08-06
Now it's up to the ECHR.

Mac Users of the World Unite! 2008-08-01
CLIX is here again and this time with - gasp - file sharing.

Apple Pull Out of Black Hat 2008-08-01
Marketing don't approve.

Security Update 2008-005 2008-08-01
A patch for the rest of them.

Bias 2008-07-31
The Kaminsky DNS flaw is all but completely patched. Around the globe. With one company conspicuous in their absence. And it's a good thing they chose to focus on their four simultaneous product rollouts instead - otherwise something could have gone terribly wrong.

UNmobileme.com 2008-07-26
A message from the 1%.

Dear MobileMe Member 2008-07-26
Time to learn from one's mistakes?

Hack out of the Bag 2008-07-25
Kaminsky's hole at Metasploit.

Steve 2008-07-24
Some rush to find the exits; others rearrange the deck chairs.

Shuttleworth 2008-07-24
Some people never learn; some don't want to learn; some want to learn the wrong things.

The Creativity of Spammers 2008-07-24
They always use current events to social engineer people but this is ridiculous.

Perspicacity of Worms 2008-07-23
'If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging.'

MobileMess™ 2008-07-23
'Like watching a train wreck in slow motion.'

Tough Times for Bill 2008-07-19
Nuts on an open fire?

Walking into an Apple Store 2008-07-15
Strange things can await.

iPhone 3G Rollout Flops Down 2008-07-12
Orchestrated like a symphony.

Lex Orwell is Scaring IT Companies Away from Sweden 2008-07-11
Swedish CEOs attack Lex Orwell and PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Lively Not Ready 2008-07-09
The same old thing.

DNS Cache Poisoning - Are You Safe? 2008-07-09
The patch is out after a half year's research but you can still be vulnerable.

'Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure' 2008-07-03
A descent into mediocre abnormality.

Get Root on 10.5.4 2008-07-02
It's possible to 'root' Apple's latest update of their operating system OS X 'Leopard' without hacking or in any way making an effort. Both Tiger and Leopard have a wide open door: another design flaw.

Are you sure you want to close this tab? 2008-06-27
It's contagious. It's a world conspiracy. The aliens did it.

It's Not New It Starts with 10.2 2008-06-26
It goes back to the beginning and it's a part of most everything you do.

Huge, Crazy, Ridiculous OS X Security Hole 2008-06-25
The ARDAgent hole is a lot bigger than previously believed.

Facebookers Security Risk 2008-06-25
It's contagious. It's a world conspiracy. The aliens did it.

Cracking the Tube 2008-06-24
And cracking lots of other cool things too.

ARD Trojan: Anatomy 2008-06-23
The actual source code analysed.

Finder Thinks Hard Drive Full™ 2008-06-23
Computer science can be tricky shit.

Another Open Sauce Lame-Out 2008-06-22
There's no more sincere form of flattery but shouldn't one avoid flattering the wrong things?

You're Toast, Dude? 2008-06-21
Follow the money.

Expressen 2008-06-20
Out there in the big bad world there's something called ASCII.

You're Root, Dude! 2008-06-20
You're also toast, dude! Apple's Leopard OS has a gaping security hole the size of a crater.

Firefox 3 2008-06-18
Flying out of the ashes.

McKinnon Has No Grounds for Appeal? 2008-06-16
This ridiculous case never ends.

File Merge 2008-06-15
Sometimes there's a very good reason you can't do the most obvious things on Apple's OS. This isn't one of them.

Mi¢ro$oft Internet Explorer Users 2008-06-15
Seriously - what do you do with them?

Learning to Scrawl 2008-06-15
And learning to mail. Introducing RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2. Can you find the secret message?

The Petaflop Threshold 2008-06-12
Things are finally on the petascale thanks to IBM's Cell architecture.

One Hand Free 2008-06-12
What better way to idle away these lazy summer months?

Lex Orwell & Intent 2008-06-08
The new voting's on 17 June.

10.6 A Maintenance Update? 2008-06-06
And the codename's 'Snow Leopard'?

It's Massive Disappointment 2008-06-02
That's how Pierre Igot describes OS X 10.5.3.

That Wobbly House That Steve Jobs Built 2008-06-02
In the hysteria to redo everything they've taken on too much.

Weezer Pork and Beans 2008-05-29
Everything about the hit in a single file.

Akamai Report: State of the Internet 2008-05-29
First ever SOTI quarterly.

Latest OS X Update Causing Wireless Problems? 2008-05-25
No one claims Apple Defects have nothing to report; everyone suspects they got an offer they couldn't refuse.

From Under the DRM Cloud 2008-05-25
Suddenly Apple are the odd ones out.

Bodström's Subconscious Writes Book and Movie 2008-05-23
Either that or a television series.

The Price of Bananas 2008-05-18
So much available. Clipothèque works with almost all known formats such as Apple, Break.com, Brightcove, CBS 60 Minutes, Daily Haha, Google Maps, Google Video, graphics, Indiana Jones, NBC, RedLasso, TED, Working Title, YouTube, and ZipperFish. You'll find even more. Run them as is or resize to any dimensions at all including full screen. $17.

Which is the Largest? 2008-05-17
Thank goodness there are lifelines.

goodies.clip 2008-05-14
Clipothèque 1.8.1b adds some stuff.

'Just Throw Them Out in the Trash' 2008-05-10
Latrice gets a clue bat to help in her fight for intelligence.

Clipothèque Standalone Rollout 2008-05-09
Clipothèque's available in the ACP, in the Xfile Test Drive, and now as a standalone product.

Clipothèque Scaleable Vector Graphics Test 2008-05-02
Clipothèque's available in the ACP, in the Xfile Test Drive, and soon as a standalone product.

Truly Sad 2008-04-24
The Hall of Monkeys be getting crowded.

Black Apples 2008-04-22
Not even Charlie believed they'd be this arrogant and irresponsible.

The Partial Relativity of Bullshit 2008-04-12
There are four kinds of lies. Just ask the vast majority.

Four Words for Steve 2008-04-06
You're so loved, Ballmer.

TPB Sued for €1,621,045 2008-03-31
20 music CDs, 9 movies, 4 games.

The Broadband Boomerang's Back 2008-03-31
'It's got to be admitted we've destroyed more investor value than in any other industry ever.'

Outline 2008-03-30
Sometimes things don't turn out so good the first time around.

From 1 to 59 2008-03-28
Things sometimes have a way of sorting themselves out all on their own.

Two Minute Toast 2008-03-28
It was first. It was fast.

The Zero Day Scorecard 2008-03-28
Apple fell behind archrival Microsoft three years ago and still haven't caught back up.

These People Vote 2008-03-25
Because they're stupid.

ACP 2.0.1 Rollout Complete 2008-03-26
Things are looking simply splendid.

Disable a Warning 2008-03-24
Great things seen in small words.

Passed By 2008-03-14
They really don't know why?

Where Are All the NIBs? 2008-03-12
Can I hide my stuff too?

Too Much Work in Cupertino 2008-03-11
It's dirty work - better let someone else do it.

iFree 2008-03-11
Apple lay out their ISV programme for the iPhone.

US Treasury Close Down Website 2008-03-05
It's good for the gander too.

ACP 2.0.1 2008-03-01
Big updates underway.

Invention's Mum 2008-02-24
Talk about improving workflow.

CLIX 1.8.1c 2008-02-12
Another maintenance release.

Barrie Barrington 2008-02-12
When fan turns to rent. Sponsored by Palmolive.

Slider 2008-02-12
Small things can be bigger than bigger things.

Yet Another All Time High 2008-02-08
Or low. You decide. Mister Bill does it again.

Linus on Limb, Fanboys Foaming 2008-02-07
Now we're talkin'!

Linus on Limb, Bohon Falls 2008-02-07
They keep sticking their faces on it.

Windows Still Only Source of Spam 2008-02-06
Hush hush tell no one please.

Linus on Limb, Fanboys Fall 2008-02-06
If Hitler's brown shirts were as stupid as Apple's beige shirts we'd never have had the second world war.

CLIX 1.8.1b 2008-02-04
Another maintenance release.

Opening the Windows Box 2008-02-02
When it comes to certain things like protecting their precious IP Microsoft pull out all the stops but when it comes to uninteresting things like customer safety they simply don't give a shit.

M$ Trying Hostile Takeover of Yahoo! 2008-02-01
The end of the world is nigh.

188458A6D15034DFE386F23B61D43774 2008-02-01
An important key?

Four Defendants 2008-02-01
A last ditch attempt?

It's About Links 2008-01-28
But it's about a lot more. The MPAA and the RIAA go to trial in Sweden.

Kata Chars 2008-01-28
ドヴェン　ュメンラュヲ　ヴヨメヮ　ヹワヵ　ヴヨラヮル。

You Banking Blocked! 2008-01-27
This can't be the same species.

Surgery for Dummies Next? 2008-01-26
The ascendance of the Neanderthal. Extraordinary readers comments at Amazon.

ICO to M&S: 'Secure Your Data' 2008-01-26
This wasn't an ordinary breach - this was an M&S breach.

Office 2008 for the 'Executive' 2008-01-24
When 100775 is an unlucky number.

Office 2008, 502 & You 2008-01-21
Every little baby calls 502 its mama.

Without a DTrace 2008-01-21
Apple subvert an open source tool.

Me Sequel 2008-01-18
Making daddy rich.

MacBook Air 2008-01-15
Nothing's thinner. The new status symbol. They do it again.

Jobs Super Thin, IBM Super Win 2008-01-15
Apple are expected to introduce a new super thin laptop that promises to shake up the industry. Simultaneously IBM boom NASDAQ with news of their coming quarterly report.

CLIX 1.8.1a 2008-01-14
A maintenance release.

AVG Free Edition 2008-01-11
Sometimes you can't just not untest things.

8-Core Servers 2008-01-10
New Apple hardware announced before Moscone.

Xfile 2/Tracker 2.0 2008-01-09
Tracker 2.0 now included in the Xfile Test Drive.

The Return of the Boot Sector Attack 2008-01-08
And back to the original PC.

14 CFR Part 25 2008-01-07
Being of people in high places in high tech not on the latest page or even in the same book.

First Post!!1! 2008-01-02
It's delicious all right!

The Return of Jerry Lee 2008-01-01
'A while ago I tried to talk to a bunch of people on another board and they were telling me Linux is not a Windows program. I'm here to prove them wrong.'

Edited by Host, Flawed by Design 2007-12-29
Apple are blackholing complaints about what some claim is deliberately flagging manufacturing quality.

Teachers Ed Newville PA 2007-12-26
From zip to total Internet savvy in an easy seven step course.

xabatch 2007-12-24
Finally a way for admins to manage file system extended attributes.

Diva Stubs Her Little Toe 2007-12-24
Do like Robin Hood: a Good Thing™.

Contact the Vendor for an Updated Version II 2007-12-22
You weren't supposed to underestimate!

Apple Shut Down Think Secret 2007-12-21
Freedom of speech and the constitution in the US don't prevail.

Active Directory in Leopard? Nope! 2007-12-19
Curiouser and ridiculouser by the minute.

Apple Redact, Close Down Intuit Thread 2007-12-19
If there's a scandal brewing it's their own fault. If they get hurt it's their own fault too.

CVE-2007-5850 2007-12-18
You're permitted to be speechless.

The QuickBooks Disaster 2007-12-17
It works as designed. By Apple. Terribly.

Small Flaws Best Denied 2007-12-16
And a wave of the magic censor wand and they're gone.

Out of Work Barbozo 2007-12-16
He did it.

Back to Work in Cupertino 2007-12-15
Fix your bugs you slimy worms. Updated daily.

Writing Code in Cupertino 2007-12-14
It's dirty work but someone's got to do it.

Bug Three 2007-12-10
And Award Three.

Burpin' Safari 2007-12-08
They refuse to fix it so you might as well have some fun with it.

Contact the Vendor for an Updated Version 2007-12-06
Never underestimate the number of pinhead programmers in Cupertino.

Five Criminals. No Coincidence. 2007-11-30
Give us the keys to your website you fucking cocksucking motherfucker.

MacScam 2007-11-29
'May the scene scorn you.'

2007-06-04: Time to Give Up 2007-11-26
'More than a year has gone since the raid on The Pirate Bay. This travesty of justice gets bigger for every day that passes.' Translated from the Expressen editorial of 4 June 2007.

A Reek of Filth 2007-11-26
Roswall intimates he's ready but what exactly does that mean?

A Leopard Mail Vulnerability 2007-11-25
Apple Mail is again vulnerable to a cheap exploitation in Leopard. This according to Edward Henning of Heise Security. This 'security hole' was given a perfunctory (cheap) band-aid fix for Tiger; now the band-aid's come loose.

The Tool's Tool's Tool™ 2007-11-24
Never pick up a bar of soap for your own Tool™.

Tracker 2.0: Origins 2007-11-24
Rixstep are releasing 'version 2.0' of their unique Tracker. Here a bit of the background.

Johnathan Right 2007-11-21
A new contender. The ultimate tool: the Tool's Tool.

MarsEdit 2.0.4 2007-11-21
Everybody knows what .Trashes is, right?

M A L C O R 2007-11-21
Something's rotten to the core says Malcor.

Virtual Furniture Thieves So Busted 2007-11-15
The international VI (Virtual Interpol) strike again.

Giddy Gadi 2007-11-06
There are evidently several viruses going around. Some evidently produce delirium and nonsensical babbling.

Leopard 'Firewall' Breaks Skype, Warcraft 2007-11-06
Say goodbye to packet level filtering.

Apple's File System APIs 2007-11-06
Time to journey down that rabbit hole again.

Hold Off on Trimmit 2007-11-04
Published by Rixstep at Version Tracker.

trance 2007-11-03
'what kind of problem are you having specifically?'

The Real Hustle™ 2007-11-02
There's nothing the Landed Gentry of Security would love more than to make the Internet unsafe for everyone.

Leopard Firewall: What a Turnoff!!1! 2007-11-02
Shock and horror hits the blogosphere.

Trimmit vs Xslimmer 2007-11-01
Some pictures are worth more than a thousand bytes.

Codec Exploit on the Loose 2007-11-01
Just don't run any installers for a while.

Leopard Roundup Day 5 2007-10-30
A review of how 10.5 is looking through the eyes of those looking at it.

Trimmit: Cheap 'n' Easy 2007-10-29
Give a damn.

APE Bites Leopard 2007-10-27
It's unsane.

Apple! Where's 10.4.11? 2007-10-26
'Upgrade to Leopard if you don't like the bugs.'

Twas the Night Before Leopard 2007-10-25
Apologies to Clement Moore.

Poll: Leopard's New Features 2007-10-25
Results of a CLIX Exchange survey on Apple's new OS.

CLIX 1.8.1: The Final Tygar 2007-10-22
The final Tiger release of CLIX is out - version 1.8.1.

AWS 1.8.1: The Final Tygar 2007-10-22
The final Tiger release of the ACP Web Services is out - version 1.8.1.

Rendition™ 2007-10-21
Will Leopard perform better than Tiger?

Leopard 2007-10-26 2007-10-16
At 18:00 at Apple's own stores and authorised resellers.

Mister Bill Gets Big 'Thank You' from Mother Russia 2007-10-14
Windows users have no clue what dupes they are. But the Russians do.

iBrick Hit by Nokia Broadside 2007-10-12
The market leading (38%) Finns on the attack.

Apple Pick Up Six at 2007 T3 Awards 2007-10-12
UK gadget freaks pick their favourites.

US President, White House Dispute Nobel Committee Decision 2007-10-12
In a terse comment to the press a spokesperson recommended viewing a media clip previously issued to Fox News.

UN, Gore Win 2007 Nobel Peace Prize 2007-10-12
Shared 50/50.

Holman et al vs Apple et al 2007-10-11
The court documents in the $800 million class action filed against Apple and AT&T. From the iBrick News Network.

M$ Web Beaconz™ 2007-10-10
Another de novo innovation from the company you can't trust. So ridiculous only their own font can describe it.

Be stupid. Connect. 2007-10-07
Surpassing the expectations of HIPAA. Today.

Macs: On Campus, In Office? 2007-10-07
At Princeton they're up 400%. How about on Madison Avenue?

Recidivist M$ Up to New Tricks 2007-10-04
You lose with SCO you just try something new. There's little to lose.

Greetings Tbilisi 2007-10-04
ATMs aren't what they used to be. Or maybe they are.

Early iPhone Adopters Thanks For Your Support 2007-10-01
At the Market/Powell Muni stop in San Francisco.

Gmail Cross-site Request Exploit 2007-10-01
Brought to you by the people who don't care about security and don't destroy anything.

M$ Tangled in Own WU Confusion 2007-09-27
They're still too greedy to do the right thing.

Boston Legal 2007-09-26
Investors want insight into Apple's stock options shenanigans - and are getting it.

Happy OneWebDay 2007-09-22
OneWebDay comes once a year on 22 September.

GNOME MacBuntu 2007-09-20
Step aside for user friendliness. The lobotomised kind.

Hacker Finally Publishes Notorious Apple Wi-Fi Attack 2007-09-20
It's no longer under NDA.

M$ Bott & Billy Rubin 2007-09-19
It's a dermatological condition known for discolouring olfactory extremities.

Integrated Fingerprint Reader 2007-09-18
'In an environment full of complexity and increasing security risks customers are looking for easy and secure ways to log on to personal computers and networks.' They don't care how much malfeasant shit gets on those boxes as long as their mates can't get in there too.

537.264 2007-09-18
Why is Apple's iPhone so outrageously priced in the UK? It's not Apple's fault - it has to do with transportation costs.

SCO File Chapter 11 2007-09-15
PJ's due a huge box of chocolates.

$100 Apple Store Credit 2007-09-15
For early iPhone owners. '$100', 'Apple Store', 'iPhone', and 'MacWeb 3.0' are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

Apple Universal Web Wiki™: No Gag 2007-09-15
MacWeb 3.0™ is real.

Apple Universal Web Wiki™ 2007-09-14
Apple's best of breed web browser allows in place editing of - any website.

Apple Sell 999,999 iPhones!!1! 2007-09-08
Soon all the fanboy sites will be reporting on the one millionth iPhone sale but remember: you got the news here first.

$100 Credit: Fanboy Power!!1! 2007-09-06
After first telling the early adopter iPhone fanboys to 'live with it' Steve Jobs did an about face and promised a $100 Apple store credit to all current owners of the $599 iPhone.

The $399 iPhone: MR Fanboys Gone Wild!!1! 2007-09-06
A selection of spicy quotes from the inner circle of (now betrayed) faithful.

Steve-0's Wednesday 2007-09-05
Today's news from Gadget Town USA.

The ACP/Xfile Academic Series
Don't Let Them Laugh at You 2007-08-27
CS 101: Linux Has All You Need 2007-08-27
Punching Your Way Out of the Paper Bag 2007-08-27
There's Ways Around Everything 2007-08-27
What You Get (That You Don't Already Have) 2007-08-27
Something Else You Don't Get 2007-08-27
Something More You Don't Otherwise Get 2007-08-27
Still More You Don't Otherwise Get 2007-08-27