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Innocents in the Enterprise 2008-08-26
Or why a university startup decided to not go with Apple server hardware.
Fighting Malware on Windows 2008-08-19
Why it doesn't work. Why it only costs you more money and heartbreak.
A Leopard Cleanup Script 2008-08-10
Or two. A first look at why 10.5 deserves special attention.
Red Pill 2008-08-09
Certain things should never be seen and certain things should never be released.
Code Sign of the Times 2008-08-09
Twenty eight years later than when initially anticipated.
Weaving One's Way 2008-07-30
Through a Unix file system.
Steve Jobs' Happiness 2008-07-28
Does anybody care?
無駄な膨張と闘う (Bloat Warfare) 2008-07-24
Sometimes you have to take matters in your own hands.
Proactive Mac Security 2008-07-18
Apple might not care what happens to your computers but they will care what happens to their own.
Rooting Apple Can Be So Much Fun 2008-07-18
And oh so much fun it is!
SLIPOC – Root Exploit of Mac OS X 2008-07-18
The system login items proof of concept. It can't get more obvious than this.
Apple's UI Hall of Shame 2008-07-08
Five choice gumdrops to start you off.
ARDAgent on Snow Leopard 2008-07-08
The best way to fix design flaws that result in really dumb root exploits is not to ignore them.
Clipothèque's 'Smart Drop' 2008-07-07
Some call it revolutionary but it's only a hack.
Two Words for Switchers 2008-07-04
Build on the concepts and the details will come.
Toppling Governments 2008-07-04
Today it's almost inevitable.
Rooting 10.5.4 2008-07-02
This wasn't exactly news. Rooting Apple's Leopard 10.5.4 isn't exactly rocket science. The design flaw has been there for years. It just keeps shifting shapes is all.
ARGAgent: Finishing Up? 2008-07-01
The 10.5.4 update didn't patch the ARDAgent hole - nothing in the ARDAgent bundle was updated.
10.5.4: Why Bother? 2008-07-01
He's not gone. His spirit lives on.
Despised by Millions 2008-07-01
Missed by none.
A Suggestion 2008-06-27
Use what you got. Tomorrow too.
Read a Book, Take a Course 2008-06-25
New technologies can be tricky. Sometimes you have to take a step back and let things come to you.
The First Real Malware? 2008-06-25
Discount it to inexperience or hysteria but it's not true and most importantly it's not relevant.
Small by Design 2008-06-25
And that's a good thing.
George Carlin 2008-06-23
Two tragedies.
Apple Redefine 'Epic FAIL'? 2008-06-22
Play it by the rules.
Cath and Di, Steve and You 2008-06-21
Pay them a visit. Fly there for free. Right now.
Three Reasons 3/3 2008-06-16
Apple's 'Leopard' OS remains a system punters can and will adopt but Apple are not within reach of the more important professional market.
The Ultimate Cluestick 2008-06-15
Hit them with it. Sue their pants off.
Revisiting the Safari Vulnerability on Windows 2008-06-15
Are things any better on OS X?
Three Reasons 2/3 2008-06-06
Apple's 'Leopard' OS remains a system punters can and will adopt but Apple are not within reach of the more important professional market.
Three Reasons 1/3 2008-06-04
Apple's 'Leopard' OS remains a system punters can and will adopt but Apple are not within reach of the more important professional market.
10.5.3: The Verdict 2008-06-01
The latest version of Fanboy OS is here. Read what it does.
They're Out to Get You, Peter! 2008-05-17
In situations like this the letter of the law means very little.
One Year Safari Response Timeouts? 2008-05-16
'That should be plenty of time for a server-side process to complete!'
Clipothèque G3 2008-05-15
A few tricks.
Shah Jahan Mumtaz Google Maps & Clipothèque 2008-05-12
See things as never before. Not just easy. Too easy.
Perfect Pixel Demo Reel Jan 2007 2008-05-11
Courtesy Jeff Han Brightcove and Clipothèque. Not just easy. Too easy.
Infinite Wisdom 2008-05-11
Or 'Clipothèque: Another 48 Hours'.
Paperback Cliché 2008-05-09
Courtesy Stylo Rouge and Clipothèque.
Clipothèque Part 1: Add a Clip and Share It 2008-05-02
A quick how-to on adding a new clip to the collection and sharing it via e-mail.
Safari Meltdown 2008-04-27
Crash and burn baby!
No Easter Bunny 2008-04-21
It seems he's been delayed.
48 Hours: The Clipothèque™ Beta 2008-04-12
There is none.
Those Apple Inc JavaScript Wizards 2008-04-19
It takes a village to crash a browser.
A Little Goes a Long Way II 2008-04-19
The yardstick's broken. Smashed.
Kraken: The Second Story 2008-04-15
Find it between the lines.
isEqualToString Doesn't Compare 2008-04-03
Not always at any rate.
A Little Goes a Long Way 2008-04-02
Who's the yardstick now?
LEPIX™ 0.9b (Beta) 2008-03-30
An important departure. The dawn of a new era.
Tick in the Box 2008-03-29
Mozilla CEO John Lilly's out pretending there are windmills to be charged.
One Thousand Two Hundred? 2008-03-27
Actually more. One thousand two hundred ten currently. And counting. And here's how to use them.
.XcodeSCMTemp 2008-03-24
Speed mountains remain.
The Text Encoding Quagmire 2008-03-20
Why leave it simple when you can successfully complicate it? And how complicated is it really?
Thank You for the Music 2008-03-20
By Björn Ulvaeus.
All's Well That Ends (Mostly) Well 2008-03-19
Safari 3.1 brings improvements. Really.
1997-2008 2008-03-15
Everything that has a beginning has an end.
Those Crappy Apple Fonts 2008-03-15
Yeah they're really bad all right.
Microsoft: Fix Your Security 2008-03-14
Microsoft users: switch or get off the net.
NSTableView 2008-03-14
It's obsequious.
What's Bertie Up To? 2008-03-07
How well does Avie's replacement fill the shoes?
Down and Out in Cupertino 2008-03-05
With their stock down 35% Apple are looking for new markets. But are they looking hard enough?
They're Not Coming 2008-02-29
10.5 = 10.4 Apple.
A Litter of Nitwits 2008-02-28
According to the rumour mill Apple hired on a litter of nitwits to complete Leopard. Is this true?
A Road to Daytona 2008-02-26
Start by turning right at N de Anza Blvd.
New CLIX Stuff 2008-02-24 2008-02-24
24 February is a special day for many reasons. It's the one day of the year the world's perhaps finest beer is brewed and it's also time for a new batch of CLIX commands including some of those submitted with CLIX 1.8.1c.
Finder Leading the Lame 2008-02-17
Leopard's attempt to increase 'user friendliness' threatens to undermine the security of the OS X file system.
Rollback 2008-02-15
Trade a bug fix for a feature.
Double Nuts 2008-02-14
Happy Valentine's 10.5.
Rock Solid Foundation 2008-02-12
It's more than Unix.
10.5.2 2008-02-12
The first real release? The first good release?
Safari World's Fastest Browser 2008-02-09
It's not enough to be world's fastest. You also have to be world's best.
Untouchable 2008-02-07
The coming trial of The Pirate Bay in Stockholm could have widespread implications.
-o 2008-02-05
Here we go again.
Artwork by Dali II 2008-02-04
All your screenshot are belong to us.
Philanthropy vs Hypocrisy 2008-02-04
Bringing it all back home.
Tom Petty & the DATs 2008-02-04
No they didn't use DATs but you have to wonder if anything else was genuine.
Digg: Don't Double Dip 2008-02-03
Things to worry about on Super Bowl Sunday.
??? 2008-01-29
How to migrate to a new platform.
Glaring Defects 2008-01-28
Got anything to add to the list? It's unlikely you don't.
Pizza Delivery Man 2008-01-27
Reflections on Dewar/Schonberg.
The Fourth Rule 2008-01-25
It may be mostly unwritten but it's more pervasive than the others.
Just An Ordinary Innocent Little Old Text File 2008-01-24
This can't be intentional. This has to be an accident.
MACLIX 2008-01-24
After a while you don't even see the code anymore. All you see is blonde, brunette, redhead...
Artwork by Dali 2008-01-24
Of Easter eggs and red pill blue pill ruminations.
Fed From the Borg 2008-01-24
There are not three but four kinds of lies.
Silentbanker 2008-01-24
We already know why things like this work.
Red Pill, Blue Pill 2008-01-21
Which one's it going to be?
Industry Friendly Yer Butt 2008-01-15
Record companies plan to use Bezos to destroy Apple and consumer rights.
Apple Buy Adobe? 2008-01-14
Robert X Cringely thinks so.
Reflections on Trusting Trust 2008-01-14
From the CACM August 1984 by Ken Thompson. Courtesy the Wayback Machine.
Javacredibles 2008-01-11
Those with no traction are slipping again.
EWD498 2008-01-11
Dijkstra quotes.
The xargs Speed Boost 2008-01-05
Good stuff for the command line and for CLIX.
Safari: Raising the (Scroll) Bar 2008-01-04
This can't be an accident. This has to be intentional.
The Rock & the Hard Place 2008-01-01
Your choice!
The Russians Aren't Coming 2007-12-30
They're already there, you fools.
The Patriot Act 2007-12-29
For Anya Major wherever she may be.
Holding Web Crawlers to Contracts 2007-12-29
Their world is irrevocably becoming our own.
Free Fallin' 2007-12-27
'It's a long day living in Reseda. There's a freeway runnin' through the yard.'
An Itsy Bitsy Leopard Flaw 2007-12-26
Unexpectedly it's in Finder.
Why Leopard is Better 2007-12-25
And where it's safer. Originally published at the CLIX Exchange.
Apple's Open Source Bait & Switch 2007-12-21
The long term supporters were led down the garden path. Systematically.
The 'Mac' in 'Mac OS X' 2007-12-21
Oh it's there all right.
Apple's Cross-Platform Bait & Switch 2007-12-21
The long term supporters were led down the garden path. Systematically.
A Brody's Brady School 2007-12-19
The School of Beige™ be shaking in its wobbly roots.
Grade A Idiots 2007-12-17
It's their own fault.
Revelations 2007-12-17
Are you back online yet?
Where's the Buttons? 2007-12-17
Things conspicuous in their absence.
Leopard: YMMV 2007-12-14
Apple must still be doing something right.
Errata 2007-12-12
And a few updates.
Tangible Risk for Luser Confusion 2007-12-12
A tangible risk that's very tangible.
Reader Comments 2007-12-12
A smattering.
No. 2007-12-12
Companies all over the world pay monster teams of people to run quality control on their products. Why are these multibillion dollar Fortune 500 people asking their customers who already bought their product in good faith to test it too?
Designers Gone Wild 2007-12-12
5 + 95 > 95 + 5.
/home & /net 2007-12-11
Two new root level directories on Leopard.
launchctl Fun 2007-12-11
'C'mon join the joyride.'
'You have not specified any recipients' 2007-12-11
How many Apple programmer brains fit on the head of a pin?
Leo Takes a Leak 2007-12-10
Dear Steve, We'd really like to run your new Leopard. But the old cats got better bladder control.
Dul Boot 2007-12-09
It's cool. But right now it's also a necessity.
Another Bug, Another Revelation 2007-12-08
Secrets lurk behind crashes.
Clearly Legal 2007-12-07
Putting any object on a pasteboard is fully legal. Even if it's an empty string. Now someone has to get someone else in Cupertino to understand this.
designable.nib 2007-12-06
This is the way it works.
Y.G.B.K. 2007-12-05
R.U.O.D,D?
Leopard Isn't V*STA 2007-12-05
No way.
People to Meet (2) 2007-12-04
It's a big 64-bit leap.
Leopard: OS Xhumation 2007-12-03
Old bugs see the light of day.
People to Meet (1) 2007-12-03
It's a long line.
Second Day of Leopard (2) 2007-12-02
Your worst nightmare?
Second Day of Leopard (1) 2007-12-02
Getting high on believing?
First Day of Leopard 2007-12-02
Ougachaka ougachaka ouga ouga ougachaka.
Tom Gives Steve Early Holiday Gift 2007-11-29
He's giving you a gift too.
CNET UK: V*STA Top Ten Suckiest All Time 2007-11-27
Why didn't they improve what they already had? Clue: they did - this was it.
A Genuine Destruction of Culture 2007-11-26
Neither a way to make money nor a way to make friends.
A Country You Didn't See In SICKO 2007-11-25
And it's only one of many.
Malcor Loses It 2007-11-24
And already after but two defacements. That's not a good sign.
CTGradient and the Landed Gentry of Mac Development™ 2007-11-21
It's all about CTGradient but it's not about CTGradient at all.
Why Spatiality is Nonsense 2007-11-15
Today's complex systems demand navigation by hierarchy.
Cocoa Bloat: How You Get Rid of It 2007-11-14
Dissecting the Trimmit script. It helps understanding what you're doing.
Wallsaver 1.3.6 2007-11-12
'A 126 byte command line turned into a 1.7 megabyte AppleScript app promoted by a 51 megabyte video. This might be a new record.'
performFileOperation: 2007-11-06
Apple Cocoa file system APIs fail...
Why Cocoa Bloat is Nonsense 2007-11-03
This is for 'developers' who still don't have a clue but it's primarily for you, end user. Read on.
Two Things 2007-11-02
Cross your fingers, hold your thumbs, and knock on wood: they're on the right track.
Apple Peelcock 2007-11-02
HP is such a pain.
Leopard Firewall: What a Turnoff!!1! 2007-11-02
Shock and horror hits the blogosphere.
A Reek of Quality 2007-11-01
The fanboys might not like it but the suits do.
Don't Let APE Monkey with Your System 2007-10-28
Computers and humans: it's a layered approach.
Seriously Demented 2007-10-26
It's almost over.
The Perfect Crime 2007-10-26
Why doesn't Linus react?
Field of Dreams 2007-10-26
Ray Kinsella believes.
Deploying Frameworks 2007-10-22
If Arnold knew he'd be royally pissed.
Secure Your Mac the Mac Way 2007-10-19
Get out your metal detector.
They Don't Give a Shit 2007-10-18
'Apple Sweden? Comments?'
Quote of the Century 2007-10-17
A case of where computer science shouldn't be rocket science. If not for the rest of us at least for the most of us.
The Story of Mel 2007-10-15
Posted by Ed Nather (<nather@astro.as.utexas.edu> / utastro!nather) to Usenet 21 May 1983.
Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal 2007-10-15
Submitted to Datamation volume 29 number 7 July 1983 by Ed Post of Tektronix Wilsonville Oregon US.
SCO II: Steve Ballmer's Intellectual Property Interoperability Framework 2007-10-14
'So in July one Microsoft executive arrives; then as of October 1 there is the second - a patent guy. October 9 IP Innovation, a subsidiary, sue Red Hat. And Novell. So much for being Microsoft's little buddy.'
Trends in Bullware 2007 2007-10-11
Google sponsored StopBadware are proud to release their 2007 update on the state of badware. Good for them.
The Fatal Trap 2007-10-08
There is no escape.
Yo Yer Paths II 2007-10-06
The promised followup to the original article.
STEVE JOBS IS YOUR BIG BROTHER AND HE IS WATCHING 2007-10-04
It's one thing to run your own forums like a totalitarian but it's quite another to try to run everyone else's forums too.
Apple, 陰陽, and the Power of Love 2007-10-02
クランチのクランチ。
Last Vendor Standing 2007-10-01
Brace yourself already today - just in case.
Document Specific Extended Attributes 2007-09-29
User friendlier at no cost to anyone.
Not a Good Starting Point 2007-09-29
Apple's Tiger combo boxes don't know when to butt out.
Apple's Wi-Fi Fallout 2007-09-25
Think about it next time you sit down to a latte at Starbucks.
OneSpamDay 2007-09-22
There's a day to celebrate the web but there's no day to celebrate spam.
trim-app 2007-09-21
If you can't keep a tidy house hire professional cleaners.
Scottie's Follies 2007-09-12
Eight one hundredths of an inch: shape up, Apple!
Oh Where Oh Where Did My Resource Fork Go? 2007-09-09
Oh where can my Finder info be?
Secure is User Friendly 2007-09-03
It's the #1 feature of them all.
Getting Around HFS+ Private Data 2007-09-03
Passion is the enemy of precision.
GDE Screenshots 2007-09-03
The art is in the whys: the ability to read between the crumbs, not to mix metaphors.
GDE-FAQ 2007-09-02
A few words on looking for things.
The Leopard You Don't Yet See 2007-08-29
Does the name '\342\220\200\342\220\200\342\220\200\342\220\200HFS+ Private Data' ring a bell?
The Hackers Handbook — Afterword 2007-08-24
It was easy to write a nasty worm for OS X. Last of many parts.
The Hackers Handbook — Penetration 2007-08-17
It's easy to write a nasty worm for OS X. Here's how. Third of many parts.
Screaming Apple Fanboy Idiots 2007-08-16
There's good and bad.
The Hackers Handbook — Propagation 2007-08-15
It's easy to write a nasty worm for OS X. Here's how. Second of many parts.
Wormtongues 2007-08-14
Feedback on the Hackers Handbook series.
Apple >= Everybody Else 2007-08-14
Time to discuss common strategies?
The Hackers Handbook — Foreword 2007-08-10
It's easy to write a nasty worm for OS X. Here's how. First of many parts.
iPhone security concerns 'exaggerated' 2007-08-06
'Overblown' is another word that may come to mind.
Opening the iPhone 2007-08-05
NerveGas has the spirit.
Wooden Leg 2007-08-04
Even Steve Jobs doesn't like it.
Hacking the iPhone 2007-08-03
Never before has the calamity of giving in to fanboys been more apparent.
Lanci Doesn't ♥ M$ 2007-07-30
Gianfranco Lanci doesn't see the current dip as something ephemeral. No no, it's going to keep on going, says Gianfranco Lanci - thereby demonstrating he's capable of divining what every two-bit pundit has already seen.
Tracker Fact Sheet 2007-07-30
With increasing awareness simple 'uninstallers' like AppZapper just don't do it there's a need to explain exactly what Tracker does and why.
Something to Talk About 2007-07-18
Ask yourself this: has the world of computing changed for you in the past year or two? Do you notice anything different?
HFS: The Good & The Bad 2007-07-18
Is it something to keep?
Yo Yer Paths 2007-07-14
A system's gotta know its limitations.
Masterbater 2007-07-14
The NeXT played with everybody. By definition. The Apple plays with no one but itself.
iPhone and Security 2007-07-12
They were thinking.
Messaging and Middlemen 2007-07-11
Objective-C's a quantum leap - not a fetish.
iPhone Ramdisk 2007-07-10
A archeological look at a few key modules.
iPhone and Full Disclosure 2007-07-09
Are you fat, dumb, and happy?
iPhone and the Media 2007-07-07
Give 'em an inch and they'll take out a full double page spread.
iPhone 2007-07-07
Weakest link?
iPhone OS X System Architecture 2007-07-07
A first look.
iPhone 2007-07-03
Telephony Armageddon?
It's a Way of Thinking 2007-06-25
And it can't be summed up easily.
Script Kiddies 2007-06-23
The world wouldn't be where it is today were it not for the printing press.
Google Desktop Tracked: The Aftermath 2007-06-21
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Google Desktop Tracked 2007-06-21
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
3662262—2 2007-06-18
Some things change; some stay the same.
Way Too Much Sudo Fun 2007-06-12
Bashing bash again because it's so much fun and above all so easy.
MDItemMarkAsUsedWithPathAndCatInfo 2007-06-10
'The day Linux gives the Mac diagnostic that you can't open a file because you don't have the application is the day Linux becomes non-Unix.'
Take a Stroll with Xfile Part Three 2007-06-08
What do you have on your HDD today?
Take a Stroll with Xfile Part Two 2007-06-08
What do you have on your HDD today?
Take a Stroll with Xfile Part One 2007-06-08
What do you have on your HDD today?
The Headline Syndrome II 2007-06-03
They're at it again - and this time it's the celebrated BBC leading the charge.
SECURE 2007-06-01
Part of the CLIX 1.8.0a package released today.
OO's a Tool - Not a Fetish 2007-05-31
You use what's right in any one given situation - right for the customer that is.
Coding So You Don't Look a Tosser 2007-05-26
Programming is not a wannabe art - it's a science.
Building and Packaging OS X Applications 2007-05-26
The reason for this article should be obvious: too many OS X third party developers do an absolutely terrible job of building and packaging their software.
The Headline Syndrome 2007-05-22
The web is buzzing with reports of Apple foisting substandard displays on consumers. That's what the headlines say at any rate.
'We'll Be There' 2007-05-14
Ten years is a long time and as far as time goes Bill's had his.
A Tale of Woe 2007-05-07
There's a rumour about - again. And when historians refer back to this they'll likely call it 'The 2 May Incident'. An epic drama in three parts.
McCracken's Gone and They Don't Care 2007-05-06
Harry McCracken is an award-winning journalist. He was with the IDG for sixteen years and at PC World for twelve. As editor in chief.
Using CLIX 2007-05-05
Rixstep can offer CLIX; it's up to you to take advantage of it.
When Ignorance < Blissful 2007-04-18
Apple Matters columnist Matthew Bookspan discovered a second 'users' directory on his computer - /usr. Reasoning he already had a 'user' directory - /Users - he deemed it redundant and deleted it. All 10-15,000 files.
Sudos & Sudon'ts 2007-03-20
Systems can offer security; it's up to you to take advantage of it.
Moments of Fright 2007-03-17
Deprogramming. Escapees from all cults deal with this and so must Apple survivors. IT'S ONLY A COMPUTER. IT'S WRONG TO ATTACK YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE STEVE HURT THEM. Just because the Apple product they bought does not work doesn't mean Apple are trying to hurt them - to ostracise them.
Ready to Go Back 2007-03-16
Apple have a lemon on their hands and there's only one person to blame. And he might have billions in the bank but to his customers $2000 is a big outlay and they can't afford to get entangled in Apple bullshit as he ships them third rate 'made in China' computer hardware and then dances a jig around their misery, deleting forum threads where these issues are discussed, refusing to replace computers defective right out of the box, inciting the Oneistat brothers to riot, and so much more.
From Zero to Twenty Five in 90 Seconds 2007-03-15
It was a slaughter. Over two dozen rapid fire crashes. Uptime all told maybe ninety seconds.
From 14 to 6 to Zero 2007-03-14
That's a first: having to slow down an app to make it work well with the rest of the world.
Microsoft: Not in the Appeasement Business 2007-03-14
But they'd like you to believe they are.
Seriously, Apple 2007-03-12
The journey's just begun.
Summary: Symantec's OS X Threat Landscape Document 2007-03-09
'OS X is not immune to worms and virii. Don't kid yourself.'
CyberSlice Press Release 2007-03-08
'NeXT Software today announced that CyberSlice, an online pizza ordering service, has used WebObjects(TM) Enterprise software to build its inaugural web site. The ground-breaking WebObjects application, at www.cyberslice.com, integrates geographical information systems (GIS) from MapQuest with telephony software from APEX to let consumers order pizza via the Internet from all registered pizza restaurants in their respective areas.'
Apple/NeXT Merger Details 2007-03-08
'Apple will maintain NeXT's commitment to cross-platform and cross-processor support, and will continue to develop, sell, and support products currently available, including those for Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, and NEXTSTEP. In addition, we plan to add support with Rhapsody on PowerPC processors. Cross platform support for WebObjects and OpenStep aligns perfectly with Apple's overall strategy of moving core software technologies such as QuickTime cross platform.'
Every Bundle Counts! 2007-03-06
Deploy your software.
Intel, Not Universal! 2007-03-01
OS X users are increasingly protective of their disk free space.
Project Honey Pot 2007-03-01
Any project that can help stop spam is worth getting involved in. Project Honey Pot out of Park City Utah is such a project.
BatChmod 1.37 2007-02-25
To entertain staff your call was monitored.
The Fellowship of the Ring 2007-02-22
The virtual planet is perhaps at long last finally approaching its tipping point and Sauron might be truly shaking in his Made in Mordor™ ActivePleather® Boots®. If not before at least now.
Andrew Myers in Country of Sweden 2007-02-20
Andrew Myers works for the US FBI. See Andrew. See Andrew work. Sometimes Andrew talks. For example, he talked on 11 May last year. He talked about 'Game Piracy: Protecting Your Product'. Andrew talks too much. Sometimes Andrew flies. See Andrew fly. See Andrew fly to foreign countries. See Andrew fly to Sweden.
Consumer Grade: What it Means to You! 2007-02-15
Disgruntled Apple customers sent magnificently substandard computers are getting a crash course in 'consumer grade' quality. Here's how it applies to you and your quality Apple computer!
Rebel Scum: More Attacks on 'Expected Behaviour' 2007-02-12
There's something astir in the Empire. Third party vendors quietly defy Cupertino and help protect OS X users from what Apple officially consider 'expected behaviour'. The Force is strong in some of these insurgents - this rebellion must be crushed before it gets out of hand.
Hosing OS X with Apple's Idea of 'Expected Behaviour' 2007-02-11
A demonstration of how a fully up to date Apple OS X computer can be destroyed.
4893378: 'Expected Behaviour' 2007-02-10
Apple insist their extremely dangerous file system intrinsics are 'expected behaviour'. In such case they have a heady task ahead cleaning their own house and chastising ISVs including Microsoft.
4893378 FAQ 2007-02-08
Pursuant to discoveries of dangerous behaviour in Apple OS X file management a number of bug reports were filed. They've been dismissed by Apple with the worn out mantra 'works as designed'.
Tainted Love: The Apple Maccie Fanboys 2007-02-08
Maccies are a disease for which - as with AIDS - there's no known cure.
Too Much Sudo Fun 2007-02-04
As demonstrated in 'Sudo Fun' it's possible to hijack use of the Unix sudo to obtain less than optimal results. OS X boxes can namely be compromised in a number of ways. What's been further demonstrated at this point is that 'Sudo Fun' also works on 'generic' Unix: Ubuntu's 'Dapper Drake' release has been shown to also be susceptible.
MOAB FAQ 2007-02-02
The Month of Apple Bugs is over but all too many questions remain unanswered. It's now time to tell all. The following interview took place in the studios of Show TV on 1 February 2007. It was translated into English by Tėʼngā Źăvüğkŧn Jr.
Sudo Fun 2007-02-01
Yes there's fun to be had - but whose fun is it?
You Don't Have to Wait for Leopard 2007-01-30
Interest in OS X programming is growing but is it the right kind of interest?
2002 - 1997 = 5 2007-01-29
Apple had a ready and rock solid OS to release in 1997 but they didn't release it. Instead they started tearing it apart only to build it up again and release it five years later. What did Apple do in those years - the five most crucial market years in the history of personal computing - that could ever justify not releasing their OS sooner?
Why Go Through All the Trouble... 2007-01-29
Things would have been so easy, so relatively carefree; passing the buck would have felt as natural as anything.
What the World Needs Now is Fewer Beige Box Idiots 2007-01-26
The following section appears to use a much larger font but in fact does not. It's just that what you're reading's so scary the words seem to leap out at you.
Leet & Leeter, Fanboy & Fanboyer 2007-01-21
As with Steve Jobs, Nancy Heinen, and Fred Anderson, backdating is generally a Bad Idea™.
Oh-Ess-Ten-One-Oh-One 2007-01-18
Here's the official paths directory for OS X. It's embedded in every running OS X system. There's a reason for this.
A Month to Chocolate 2007-01-15
Chocolate Day 14 February 2007 will be a year since OS X users got hit by Oompa Loompa, an OS X way of saying 'ILOVEYOU'. Could things possibly be even worse this time around? Yes they could, according to the security researchers at the Month of Apple Bugs.
What the World Needs Now is More Hackers 2007-01-14
Got a great program? Yes? Will it open Pandora's Box? No? Are you sure? Is it going to bankrupt you to hire someone to find out?
A War Lost Long Ago 2007-01-12
Meet Rick Wesson and Adam Waters. Rick's CEO and Adam's COO of the data gathering company Support Intelligence. They are part of the fight against the increasingly hopeless situation on the Internet with over 900 million catastrophic - and now criminal - Windows computers.
Apple Security 2007-01-09
They're unaware of the threats lurking outside.
A Month of Rixstep Bugs 2007-01-04
It's a win-win proposition.
Hello Switchers 2007-01-02
It's time to unwrap your presents.
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