Rixstep

Test Drive Xfile

Xfile from Rixstep is the only file manager for OS X capable of seamlessly handling all file systems - fdesc, HFS+, HFS+ case-sensitive, UFS, volfs, ZFS. It's the only file manager capable of detailing all file information available on OS X - and offering full editing capabilities for all these system features.

And Xfile is the only file manager for OS X that shows you everything - literally everything. Without exception. You'll be amazed - perhaps even shocked - at how much is out there that you never saw before.

Xfile is the only file manager offering you the power you're accustomed to on other platforms.

Available for all OS X versions Jaguar through Snow Leopard. Get behind the wheel today.

The Technological: The Objective-C Buzz

Ubuntu: the open source Unix with the stable market share. 1% today, 1% tomorrow.

The Technological: Viruses in Space!

NASA admit way more than they realise.

Red Hat Diaries: Innocents in the Enterprise

Or why a university startup decided to not go with Apple server hardware.

Hall of Monkeys: ;DECLARE @S CHAR(4000);

There comes a time when people just get sick of the shit and pestilence that's Windows.

Industry Watch: iPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs

Can you hear them now?

Learning Curve: Fighting Malware on Windows

Why it doesn't work. Why it only costs you more money and heartbreak.

Industry Watch: iPhone: It Burns!

iPhone explosions next?

The Technological: The Malware Ruse

How effective is it? Who gets tricked?

The Technological: The Microsoft Ghetto

Aren't we afraid of cockroaches?

The Technological: They Think It's OK

Reflections on Wsnpoem and other typical Windows disasters.

Industry Watch: Nancy's Nightmare Over?

Steve's way of thanking twenty years unswerving loyalty.

Industry Watch: iPhone 3G Connectivity

It's OK. It' s not OK. It's OK. It's not OK. No comment. Oh maybe Arnie has a way out for Steve.

The Technological: Wsnpoem

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Industry Watch: CLIX 1.8.1d2

Get your free copy while supplies last.

The Technological: Boston T Party

The hackers are coming!

Industry Watch: Kill Switch

Steve Jobs reveals Apple have one for their iPhone.

Learning Curve: A Leopard Cleanup Script

Or two. A first look at why 10.5 deserves special attention.

Developers Workshop: Red Pill

Certain things should never be seen and certain things should never be released.

Industry Watch: Mac Users of the World Unite!

CLIX is here again and this time with - gasp - file sharing.

The Technological: The Case Against Gary McKinnon

Now it's up to the ECHR.

Red Hat Diaries: Code Sign of the Times

Twenty eight years later than when initially anticipated.

Industry Watch: Apple Pull Out of Black Hat

Apple security engineers expected to take part in a public discussion of the company's security practices at Black Hat in Las Vegas this year.

They've been pulled.

Industry Watch: Security Update 2008-005

A patch for the rest of them.

The Technological: Bias

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.

Rixstep/7

Forums for discussion for the ACP, Xfile, the XPT, and CLIX.

Learning Curve: Weaving One's Way

Through a Unix file system.

Industry Watch: Conventional Wisdom

It's time to smash a bit of it. From April 2004.

Red Hat Diaries: Steve Jobs' Happiness

Does anybody care?

The Technological: UNmobileme.com

A message from the 1%.

The Technological: Dear MobileMe Member

Time to learn from one's mistakes?

Industry Watch: Hack out of the Bag

Kaminsky's hole at Metasploit.

The Technological: Steve

Some rush to find the exits; others rearrange the deck chairs.

The Technological: Shuttleworth

Some people never learn; some don't want to learn; some want to learn the wrong things.

Learning Curve: 無駄な膨張と闘う (Bloat Warfare)

Sometimes you have to take matters in your own hands.

Hall of Monkeys: Perspicacity of Worms

'If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging.'

Industry Watch: MobileMess™

'Like watching a train wreck in slow motion.'

The Technological: OS 10.4 - Virus?

Activity Monitor up to its old tricks again.

Offsite: Microsoft: The Most Ridiculous Software Company in the World

By Paul Rako of EDN. A loving homage to Bill Gates and Microsoft. A must read.

Industry Watch: Tough Times for Bill

Nuts on an open fire?

Red Hat Diaries: Proactive Mac Security

Apple might not care what happens to your computers but they will care what happens to their own.

Red Hat Diaries: Rooting Apple Can Be So Much Fun

And oh so much fun it is!

Hotspots: SLIPOC – Root Exploit of Mac OS X

The system login items proof of concept. It can't get more obvious than this. For those who didn't get it - or didn't want to bother: there's now a complete POC kit available for the root escalation exploit for the 'system login items' design flaw in Apple's OS X.

Learning Curve: ARDAgent on Snow Leopard

The best way to fix design flaws that result in really dumb root exploits is not to ignore them.

Developers Workshop: Clipothèque's 'Smart Drop'

Some call it revolutionary but it's only a hack.

Learning Curve: Rooting 10.5.4

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.

Red Hat Diaries: Despised by Millions

Bill Gates leaves computing behind on 1 July of this year. Mostly. In but a few days. Most people will not lament his departure - they'll applaud it. But nothing much will change at Microsoft: Bill's goons have long ago established the mindset that will continue to hold sway over the corporation and the industry.

Bill wants to devote more time to 'fighting viruses in Africa' and has his beady eyeballs on a Nobel Peace Prize [yes you read that right] all the while he's not particularly concerned about the viruses his software inflicts on the computing world. That's a rather unique personality to say the least; it's not something to admire.

Industry Watch: McKinnon Has No Grounds for Appeal?

This ridiculous case never ends.

Industry Watch: One Hand Free

What better way to idle away these lazy summer months?

Industry Watch: Latest OS X Update Causing Wireless Problems?

No one claims Apple Defects have nothing to report; everyone suspects they got an offer they couldn't refuse.

Industry Watch: Clipothèque Standalone Rollout

Finally there's a way to organise and enjoy your multimedia collection. With Clipotheque you store the links to your media files - not the files themselves. You can preview them directly in Clipotheque or view them in your default web browser.

And it's available starting right now. The link to the free test download is in the article linked here.

Industry Watch: ACP 2.0.1 Rollout Complete

Things are looking simply splendid.

Red Hat Diaries: LEPIX™ 0.9b (Beta)

An important departure. The dawn of a new era.

The Technological: Too Much Work in Cupertino

It's dirty work - better let someone else do it.

The ACP Big Box 2.0 (Leopard)

Business is the usual: the project Xfile, the ACP Web Services, and CLIX come from. 90+ Cocoa apps and command line tools. A Unix file management system for OS X - the only one available.

Taste complete freedom. Get used to going where you want to go and doing what you want to do. Get control and protect yourself all by yourself. Now fully 'universal' with legacy builds (10.2 10.3 10.4) still available.

Red Hat Diaries: Down and Out in Cupertino

With their stock down 35% Apple are looking for new markets. But are they looking hard enough?

Red Hat Diaries: Reflections on Elections

Updated hourly.

Industry Watch: Kanachars

ドヴェン　ュメンラュヲ　ヴヨメヮ　ヹワヵ　ヴヨラヮル。

Red Hat Diaries: Ten Years After

'Man, things were sure different back then.'

Red Hat Diaries: Apple/NeXT Merger Details

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.

We firmly believe that Apple's acquisition of NeXT will increase the market acceptance for the NeXT technology in which you've invested time, resources, and money. Apple is firmly committed to enhancing, selling, and supporting this technology in the future, and to providing NeXT customers with innovative technology for cross-platform development of mission-critical, enterprise solutions.

Red Hat Diaries: The Patriot Act

For Anya Major wherever she may be.

Red Hat Diaries: Holding Web Crawlers to Contracts

Their world is irrevocably becoming our own.

The Technological: Diva Stubs Her Little Toe

Do like Robin Hood: a Good Thing™.

Hotspots: Apple's Open Source Bait & Switch

The long term supporters were led down the garden path. Systematically.

Hotspots: Apple's Cross-Platform Bait & Switch

The long term supporters were led down the garden path. Systematically.

The Technological: Back to Work in Cupertino

Fix your bugs you slimy worms. Updated daily.

The Technological: Out of Work Barbozo

He did it.

The Technological: Writing Code in Cupertino

It's dirty work but someone's got to do it. Updated daily.

Hotspots: Reader Comments

A smattering.

Red Hat Diaries: No.

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?