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Falsified Documents 2006-12-29
Apple and Steve Jobs in particular are increasingly feeling the heat from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
US DOD Ban Use of HTML Mail, Outlook Web Access 2006-12-28
Better late than never.
$eason$ Greeding$ from Micro$oft 2006-12-23
You thought you knew him?
Sanity Check at Microsoft - The Code 2006-12-21
Microsoft add significant usability features to their previous generation web browser. Check it out!
Sanity Check at Microsoft 2006-12-21
Microsoft add significant usability features to their previous generation web browser. Check it out!
Sanity Checks at Apple 2006-12-20
OS X user folders are getting hosed - again.
January 2007 the Month of Apple Bugs 2006-12-19
Thirty one in all, one per day, all month long.
Zettabyte: ZFS the Last Word in File Systems 2006-12-17
Increasing capacity by 1,800,000,000,000,000,000,000%.
iTunes iPlummets, iPods iBreak 2006-12-14
Forrester Research mark a dramatic decline in iTunes sales; iPod owners are getting increasingly angry with how they're treated by the Cupertino company.
Of Assholes Gadflies Graybeards & Trolls 2 2006-12-14
When you don't have a lot to say - when you don't know what you're talking about - it's highly advisable to couch your declarations in BIG (POLYSYLLABIC) WORDS. This can serve to throw fans and pursuers both off the track.
Of Assholes Gadflies Graybeards & Trolls 2006-12-14
One thing's for sure: you don't have to pull a 'John Dvorak' to get the Maccies in a fluster - all you have to do is speak the truth.
QuickSpace: A Worm in the Apple? 2006-12-12
Apple's OS X may not be the target of a worm outbreak but their QuickTime technology is.
iPods Don't Die, Nick Wingfield! 2006-12-09
Apple HATER Nick Wingfield of the Wall Street Journal has published an ill-considered and ethically reprehensible attack on Apple perfectly timed to hurt our beloved computer company in the holiday season market.
9 December 2006: a CLIX Update 2006-12-09
CLIX 1.7.2.g 'update' is a full update of this award winning program.
The End of the Word as We Know It 2006-12-06
One thing never to be taken away from El Channel Reg: their sense of humour.
AWS Update 2006-12-04
A total update of the free version of the ACP Web Services. Now with 1,218 resources. Get your copy now while supplies last!
Enhancements vs Security 2006-12-01
Apple's dismissal of the 'InputManagers hole' as an issue of enhancement rather than security at first caught security researchers off guard. For the umpteenth time. As the same hole's been filed as a bug for years and dismissed the same way each time. But happily The Technological are now able to show why Apple were in fact correct all along. Put simply: Apple are professionals. They're not alarmists. And time and again history finds the great corporate entities speaking words of calm when everyone else is running around like the posters at the Mac Rumors forums.
F-INSECURE Spreading FUD Since '94 2006-12-01
It would seem there are others who find the antics of F-Secure a bit like - er, antics.
product-security@apple.com 2006-11-30
The 'InputManagers' security hole exploited by the likes of ichatHack, mailHack, safariHack, Oompa Loompa, InqTana, and iAdware is not a security issue - it's an enhancement issue. Don't believe it? You read it here.
The Not So Sinister Finisterre 2006-11-30
The reason security research on OS X is so interesting is that Apple take the injudicious move of branching off from tried and true Unix code to create something they're rather reluctant to call Unix anymore. Unix has had a good thirty years to mature and more researchers inspecting it by an order of magnitude. Apple use a closed source model and they're venturing out into new territory where the risk for exploits grows geometrically. And they're carrying with them legacy ideas from the birth of NeXT which predates the birth of the web. And they don't listen.
Fucking Insecure 2006-11-28
When it comes to chops in OS X and Unix that's exactly what Kamil and his friends at F-Secure are. And you know you don't have to wait long for the Cooperites to pick up the ball and run with it.
It's Nice to See Things 2006-11-23
Introducing Undercover.
Once Upon a Time! 2006-11-19
Being a fairy tale.
There Goes That Tongue Again! 2006-11-17
Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents! Patents!
Microsoft™ — Cheap 'n' Stupid 2006-11-14
Now in these days of the big Microsoft Windows Vista rollout it's time to finally take a look. Normally nothing like this can produce more than a big yawn but the KLoWnZ of Redmond now claim they have a final product. So it's time to take a peek.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-11-11
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Fawlty Bill 2006-11-08
Say goodbye to European opulence forever. Bill Gates is attempting to buy the Four Seasons hotel chain the flagship of which is the George V in Paris.
Smashing a Diebold for Fun and Profit 2006-11-07
Ed Felten's Princeton team do it again.
Microsoft XMLHTTP ActiveX Zero-Day Exploit 2006-11-05
It's yet another Windows zero-day exploit. Meaning no one - least of all Microsoft - knows where it comes from or how it works. And it affects nearly all Windows systems. But Windows is otherwise almost as secure as Unix. Of course it is.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-11-04
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Novell + Microsoft == YES? 2006-11-03
Redmond and Waltham make an announcement that's puzzling the industry.
High Priority! 2006-11-03
Microsoft announce the release date for Windows Vista.
Daring Phucball 2006-11-02
HD Moore publishes an Apple exploit. And simultaneously sends a greeting to an old friend.
Governance of the Internet: the Tasks Ahead 2006-11-01
Vint Cerf's speech before the IGF. Transcribed originally by Anne-Rachel Inne.
BLOGME.GR 2006-10-29
Satire is now officially illegal in the fountainhead of democracy.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-10-28
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Unhappy Anniversary 2006-10-26
Today marks the one year anniversary of the local heat dropping by on a pretense of looking for witnesses in an illegal car rental ring and absconding with our computer equipment on the ridiculous and arrogant premise that we were somehow involved in spamming people we met on the street.
Steve Ballmer: The New York Times Interview 2006-10-23
Actually it's more like a chat. But it's unexpurgated in contrast to the previous release. Contributions from the Shanghai Peoples Daily and the Osaka Morning Sentinel. Moderated by Bert Lahr.
New 5th Anniversary iPods Macworld 2007 2006-10-23
Another Rixstep exclusive: photos of the top secret fifth anniversary Apple iPods.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-10-21
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Steve Jobs in Contempt - Twice 2006-10-19
Steve Jobs, in court today to defend himself in a traffic accident case, was held in contempt of court twice and consequently faces several nights in gaol and considerable fines.
Jeff Gamet 2006-10-19
Jeff Gamet fancies himself a 'design and prepress pro'. He's also 'morning editor' for The Mac Observer.
Patrick Gray 2006-10-16
Patrick Gray of ZD Australia is so stupid you almost want to hug a fanboy.
Toppling Linux 2006-10-16
He is corpulent and slovenly with long scraggly hair, strands of which he has been known to pluck out and toss into a bowl of soup he is eating. His own website says he engages in 'nasal sex' with flowers. And though he fancies himself a crusader for tech 'freedom', he labours mightily to control how others think, speak and act, arguing in Orwellian doublespeak that his rules are necessary for people to be 'free'. He's Richard Stallman and he's bringing down the work of giants around him.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-10-14
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Borelius Resigns 2006-10-14
Maria's now gone down in history not as a Swedish cabinet minister of finance but as an incredibly stupid crook.
The Saturday Apple Review 2006-10-07
Things have never been brighter for the Cupertino company.
Damage Control 2006-10-06
A wise old programmer who'd done his masters degree on the NeXTSTEP operating system and who was personal friends with Dan Gillmor, Andrew Stone, and Avie Tevanian, once cautioned a group of his fellow engineers about how to approach the new owners of NeXTSTEP about what they'd done.
Whither, Fred? 2006-10-06
Apple CFO resigns, along with Nancy Heinen under investigation.
Saved by the Blixt 2006-10-06
Ivar Wenster's computer destroyed by lightning, prosector closes case.
Toorcon: No Show 2006-09-30
Jon Ellch and David Maynor were to tell all today at Toorcon 2006 in San Diego, but at the last moment SecureWorks and Apple pulled them out.
Iceweasel 1.6? 2006-09-26
For the first time in centuries FOSS make an inroad into the Microsoft hegemony with the Firefox browser. They build up interest and brand recognition. Now that all may be for naught because, as per usual, the open sorcerers can't stop squabbling amongst themselves.
For Apple, This is the Year That Wasn't 2006-09-24
From has-been to hip in ten years - and then from hip to never-was in six months.
It's All Over 2006-09-21
Fanboy hopes dashed - again.
iTunes Se7en 2006-09-14
It's no longer a lucky number.
Maccie Fanboys Try to Shut Down Rixstep 2006-09-12
But they failed - and now court proceedings are underway to locate the ringleaders and bring them to justice.
Apple Banned 2006-09-06
You can't take it with you.
BMWs Made in China? 2006-09-03
Apple computers continue to go where no computers have gone before.
AWS: the Amazon Resources 2006-08-28
105 searches added.
Apple Recall 1.8 Million Batteries 2006-08-24
Dell beat them by a week.
Pirate Party Launch World's First Commercial Darknet 2006-08-15
You can test the system for free until the Swedish national elections in September.
Dell Recall 4.1 Million Lithium Ion Batteries 2006-08-15
The industry have been aware of the lethal potential since 1991 but recent events pressure them to think again.
The Object Oriented Cake 2006-08-14
I finally got to watch the NeXTSTEP 3 Release Demo the other night. People have been pointing me to the link for ages. I couldn't get this equipment to work and so had to forego it. I told everyone 'been there done that' as NeXT Software about the same time had given me the complete kit with NS for 486, NeXTSTEP the Movie, the Garfinkel book, the works. We'd all seen what this blazing platform could do, so no one expected much new from the clip. I was in for a surprise.
MIT Survey Complete 2006-08-12
2,800+ Apple Intel notebooks logged.
Reformatted to Fit Your Screen 2006-08-10
Pay close attention!
That Schicklgruber Clone Does It Again! 2006-08-10
There's no stopping MacUpdate's Joel Mueller - unless it's a US federal arrest warrant.
Dugg! 2006-08-10
There's really not much point in talking about the Slashdot effect anymore. Slashdot are so 1990s. But getting dugg is an experience.
Call Centre 2006-08-09
May not be missed for all the money in the world. There are several others there.
Another One Bites the Dust 2006-08-08
Another Apple 'hottop' has exploded - but in contrast to what's happened in previous incidents, this was not an Intel notebook and the battery which caused the explosion was not amongst those slated for recall.
Eastpoint Drop TPB 2006-08-06
Claims the ad agency now want to focus on SEO don't hold water.
Norwegian PowerBook Catches Fire 2006-08-05
'The kind of fire one saw in Kuwait during the first gulf war.'
MacScan 2.2 2006-08-03
Software you can trust.
Scary Movie 2006-08-03
Bury the grudge. Burn the village. Do it with an Apple hottop.
Safari KHTMLParser::popOneBlock 2006-08-03
A new bug in Apple's web browser causes it to crash and may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Tiger Phone Home? 2006-08-01
It's not just the sneaky tricks - as with Microsoft and Sony, it's the stupid way they're done.
Sending the Wrong Message? 2006-07-28
The Pirate Bureau get unwanted attention.
OpenDarwin Shutting Down 2006-07-26
Rob Braun's had it.
TPB Update 2006-07-15
And interviews with The Pirate Bay cofounder Neij, prosecutor Roswall, and Swedish tax authority representative Ahlqvist.
€280 Million 2006-07-12
Steve Ballmer to appeal.
TPB Raking in Millions 2006-07-08
It's all coming together - in Switzerland and Israel.
Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel? 2006-07-07
Gary McKinnon is to be extradited to the United States to help cover up US government ineptitude.
MacSpam 2006-06-30
Holier than thou Joel Mueller's latest pompous move.
Scratch It! 2006-06-29
The Cupertino Chinese comedy continues.
Yet Another Apple Defect 2006-06-28
There's more than one. And the list is endless.
The Apple Defect 2006-06-26
Actually there's only one.
Anatomy of a Career 2006-06-24
The MPAA and the RIAA pressured the Bush White House to threaten Sweden with sanctions if they didn't close The Pirate Bay, but why did prosecutor Håkan Roswall seize over three hundred unrelated web servers?
Intel Hotter, IBM Cooler 2006-06-20
Here comes Apple's 'ex' with a new speed record.
CLIX, CSV, DSV, ESR & the Meaning of Life 2006-06-19
CLIX 1.7.2.g - out now - represents a full update of this award winning program.
The Gozerian Returns 2006-06-15
At last a plausible explanation.
A Postcard for Benny 2006-06-15
And free software for you.
Discolouration 2006-06-14
They tremble as they kneel before their almighty god, voicing their pain and hurt, but afraid to hear what they themselves are saying.
iPod City 2006-06-14
Join in on the fun.
Anti-DRM March on Apple 2006-06-10
Demonstrations underway in at least seven US cities.
A Genuine Disadvantage 2006-06-08
Microsoft admit they need to better inform Windows users their computers 'phone home' on a daily basis.
Friends, Citizens, Pirates 2006-06-06
Rickard Falkvinge's speech at the Saturday demonstrations in Stockholm. Published on this Sweden's national holiday.
Files Complaint Against Himself 2006-06-05
Karlskrona culture minister files police complaint against himself for file sharing.
Steve Ballmer: The KRN Interview 2006-06-05
The Klingon Radio Network proudly present Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Barely Legal 2006-06-05
It could happen to you.
On Our Side 2006-06-03
'This is precisely what we wanted to achieve.'
It's War! 2006-06-03
New attacks are planned for the websites of the police, government offices, and the news media.
Anti-Pirate Bureau Closed 2006-06-03
They weren't attacked - they just ran for it.
A Trip to Washington 2006-06-03
Representatives of the Swedish government traveled to Washington in April to discuss the file sharing situation with the White House.
'I Knocked Them Offline' 2006-06-03
A 17 year old student from rural Sweden thinks he did it.
Declaration of War 2006-06-03
'Bodström will have hell to pay.'
Cat and Mouse Game 2006-06-03
Translated from the Expressen editorial.
Download Bodström 2006-06-03
Translated from the Expressen editorial.
The Police Bay 2006-06-03
'It was a declaration of war.'
Microsoft Vista: The End of the Road? 2006-06-02
Microsoft's latest operating system is close to release. The most recent beta shows what's in store. And long time Windows users are throwing up their arms in defeat.
Pirates & Anti-Pirates 2006-06-01
It's all coming together.
La Nouvelle Shiloh 2006-05-29
The following is a public service announcement.
Wired Release Whistle Blower Documents 2006-05-23
Living in the US? Feeling cozy? Then think twice about reading on.
The All-New Apple Toaster 2006-05-21
The heat is on - again.
Black is Back 2006-05-16
And it's beautiful. But...
OS X Security Update 2006-003 - Update III 2006-05-15
Close only counts in horseshoes.
OS X Security Update 2006-003 - Update II 2006-05-14
There are other critical flaws still not fixed, says Tom Ferris.
OS X Security Update 2006-003 - Update 2006-05-12
Thirty one fixes is impressive but all may not yet be well.
OS X Security Update 2006-003 2006-05-12
Apple pull out all the stops.
CLIX 1.7.2f 'f' 2006-05-10
Some things get better with time. But they're rare.
Steve's Thermal Grease 2006-05-10
PPC laptops are presently in great demand again.
Nancy's Gone 2006-05-08
What was it the band played?
Don't You Whine Either! 2006-05-06
An history of how things that supposedly just work don't.
Stop Whining! 2006-05-03
Disgruntled MacBook Pro owners are taking action.
Mosh Pit 2006-05-02
Washington Post security blogger Brian Krebs assembled Apple's security track list to compare it with previous studies of Microsoft and Mozilla. The results were not encouraging. And after Bud Tribble got in the action to deny everything, it turned into a free for all in the mosh pit.
Opener 3.9 2006-04-28
A rundown of Opener 3.9.
Total Crash 2006-04-26
It takes everything with it.
17-inch MacBook Pro 2006-04-25
The art of more.
Xshelf 2006-04-24
It's a place to put things.
10.4.6: Multiple Vulnerabilities 2006-04-21
They're rated 'highly critical'. They do not depend on social engineering and they do not require any user interaction. And they exist in Apple's latest 10.4.6.
The Boot Boot Camp Can't 2006-04-14
It would seem the fanboys have a new hero.
CLIX 1.7.2e 'lipo' 2006-04-10
Could something be wrong?
Boot Camp 2006-04-05
Experience the misery of Windows on fancy hardware, you slimy worms.
Enemy Action 2006-04-02
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action, Mr Bond.
Jobs Out Gores In 2006-04-01
It might be 1 April but this is not a joke. Unfortunately.
Tracker Grows Up 2006-03-29
Post mortem analysis on OS X.
Mark Shuttleworth 2006-03-25
Introducing the cosmonaut founder of Ubuntu.
The Failure of Apple 2006-03-24
They were assumed to be leading the open source initiative against Redmond. We were fooled.
Full Disclosure 2006-03-21
Apple don't believe in it. You suffer.
The Rabbit Hole Goes Deeper 2006-03-14
Apple's 'Unix' still runs arbitrary code. Yes, as root.
OS X: Still Not WYSIWYG 2006-03-14
Apple release their second security patch for Tiger.
The Legend of Oompa Loompa 2006-03-12
A week after a week after, people were already shrugging it off, calling it 'FUD', and priding themselves in debunking yet another 'OS X exploit myth'.
The Story of Renepo 2006-03-11
It wasn't a worm. It wasn't a trojan. It wasn't a virus. Of any kind.
The Other Shoe 2006-03-08
Apple 'fixed' their vulnerabilities - at application level. If you're using their own web apps, you're safer - sort of. If you're using anything else - Camino, Firefox, Thunderbird - you're still totally wide open.
Apple's 'Unix' Runs Arbitrary Code on Boot? 2006-03-06
Why should a trojan try to 'get root' on OS X? Can't it just wait for the system to restart?
CLIX 1.7.2d 'pk' — Explosive Action! 2006-03-05
It's a tasty concoction of exquisite Cocoa sensations! It's a stone cold soul groove! It's a major lifestyle move!
Sweet Three 2006-03-02
Xfile was released 2 March 2003, three years ago today.
Seeing Double 2006-02-21
It's been going on for twenty two years. The jump to Unix changed nothing. Welcome to Apple Computer.
Oompa Loompa Quotes 2006-02-17
It's actually lots of fun.
The Chocolate Tunnel 2006-02-16
Oompa Loompa hits OS X.
DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE ! 2006-02-05
The SuperBowl are spying on you - just like iTunes tried to do.
Comes Another Under Cover 2006-02-03
While the whole world waited for the Kama Sutra shoe to drop, the virus writers outflanked them with new attacks.
IE Se7en 7W0 (2) 2006-02-02
'IE Se7en 7W0 has encountered a problem and needs to close.'
IE Se7en 7W0 2006-01-31
'You people have to stop prosecuting us all the time. We have to be free to innovate.'
This Week's Windows News: The Nyxem Countdown 2006-01-30
It's a surprising move.
Joel Mueller: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunitiion 2006-01-29
Censorship is a good thing - as long as it furthers the cause.
StopBadware.org 2006-01-26
Who's paying who?
Heil Apple 2006-01-26
Got several thousand dollars you want to throw away? Give it to Apple.
Another Microsoft First™ 2006-01-19
Official announcement expected momentarily.
Inside the MacBook 2006-01-16
One inch thin, miles deep.
Stevenote 2006-01-10
It's happening now.
No Wild Weekend 2006-01-06
It's out now.
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 2006-01-06
LEAP TO IT! LEAP AHEAD! LEAP NOW!
Rixstep Issue Immediate Solution to the Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF) Security Flaw 2006-01-05
Get the free Rixstep WMF solution now.
The Face of Evil 2006-01-05
Don't trust him. He could hurt you. Trust only Microsoft. Only Microsoft is your friend.
 Ou Ou The Sky Is Falling! 2006-01-04
Ou Ou.
WMF Followdown 2006-01-02
Everyone is scrambling but Bill Gates.
The WMF Flaw 2005-12-31
Seasons greetings from Microsoft.
Really Super Get File Info 2005-12-29
People are worried what's on their disks? Why?
MacUpdate Goes George Jesus Bush 2005-12-25
If it had to happen, it had to happen within the 'Mac community'.
CLIX 1.7.2(a) 'Ilgaz' 2005-12-23
Send those AppleScript tools into the dustbins forever.
Printer Setup Repair 2005-12-08
You're supposed to feel sorry for them.
CLIX Alert! 2005-11-28
Accept only the real McCoy.
Wear Hat Proudly 2005-11-22
Seven years.
Greek Backtrack 2005-11-18
Consumers labeled it as 'illegal' and 'an abuse of power'.
Greece Joins Dark Ages 2005-11-17
Internet use is growing - albeit at a snail's pace - and too many complaints from ordinary telephone users have made the position untenable.
Internet Software Services 2005-11-15
'We must act quickly and decisively.'
Mac OS X Hints Desktop 2005-11-15
You can't have your Mac OS X hints closer at hand.
CLIX Manpage 2005-11-12
You can't have your Unix documentation closer at hand.
Mark on Sony 2005-11-12
A different kind of trick or treat.
Criminology in the New Millennium 2005-11-09
An interview with Nimrodopoulous Ridikulosonou.
The BoYs from PeLaSgIa 2005-11-07
What do the Athens police and Yahoo have in common?
Greek Police Arrest Programmer Because People He Met Got Spammed? 2005-10-29
'Ancient Greece'.
Whacked with a Clue 2005-10-26
'I'd appreciate any response on this.'
Doom 2005-10-25
You played the game - now go see the movie. If you dare.
The Root of All Evil 2005-10-23
Whose clue is it anyway?
The New iPod 2005-10-12
15,000 songs. 25,000 photos. 150 hours of video.
CLIX 1.7d 2005-10-11
The command line interface for OS X now has over 1,000 commands.
Hardley Go Down 2005-10-07
'Young men like you have to be deterred from committing this kind of offence.'
Mostly Virus-Free 2005-10-06
More and more Windows users agree that OS X is 'mostly' virus-free.
Snoogle? 2005-10-04
Fasten your seatbelts?
Phishing Tales Can Come True 2005-10-04
It can happen to you.
Blah Blah 2005-09-27
Amazing what a tongue can do to a bloke.
They Gotta Go 2005-09-26
Things are happening in Redmond.
Bug Free Code™ 2005-09-26
A new de novo innovation from Microsoft Corporation.
Magical Vista Tour 2005-09-25
It's begun: the psychological warfare predicted on these pages.
Hi I'm Rob Enderle 2005-09-21
Thanks to our leak for finding this document.
Sweet Sixteen 2005-09-18
It's somebody's birthday today.
Anatomy of an Innovation 2005-09-15
And not just one but many; and not just ordinary innovations either but the ultimate kind: 'de novo innovations'.
Gates on Apple, Google - and Microsoft's Future 2005-09-15
Speaking at the most recent Unprofessional Developers Conference.
Ballmer's Cracked Wagger 2005-09-15
Thanks to Chinese medicine, the world can now better understand Steve Ballmer.
Yahoo!segow for Shi Tao 2005-09-08
Investments have to be protected.
Sexier Than Ever 2005-09-07
Introducing the iPod nano.
Gates Charged with Manslaughter? 2005-09-07
He's already been convicted of being a monopolist.
The OS X Achilles Heel 2005-09-03
Why are Apple servers so slow? It's not the hardware.
Tongue Wags Ballmer Again 2005-09-03
Or does he have a plausible explanation?
Tidy Up Quotes 2005-08-26
At last a temporary relief from more things Microsoft.
Creative? Yahoo? 2005-08-23
But it's only one page that's changed.
Banking Online with MS 2005-08-23
It's never happened before. A total shocker.
MS05-039 2005-08-18
Current estimates are way too optimistic.
AWS Resource Page 2005-08-14
Get it all at the same URL - and contribute too.
K(l)utztown 2005-08-10
Taking the 'l' out was a good move. Now it's time to put it back in.
1,061 2005-08-06
The ACP Web Services break the thousand mark.
Apple+Intel+Infineon 2005-08-04
Apple sneak DRM/TPM onto new Intel boxes.
Vista Leaks! 2005-08-04
Happy days are here again.
Owning IOS by Michael Lynn 2005-08-01
How are you going to ship out patches when every router is dead?
Yardstick 2005-07-29
Microsoft are being measured by it.
Bringing clarity to your world 2005-07-28
Deny thy horns and refuse thy name, but don't expect to smell like roses.
Yahoo Buy Konfabulator 2005-07-28
Apple have 15 million users; Yahoo have 181 million.
Steve Ballmer & Open Source II 2005-07-26
This one is for you, Uncle Steve - chew well and swallow hard.
London 2005-07-10
They made one very bad mistake.
The Unsung Villains 2005-07-07
Scott Adams could have a field day.
One of many goes on trial 2005-07-05
Some get betrayed, others get MBEs and invites to Live 8.
Oh No Mister Bill! 2005-07-02
'Most people don't know it, but I can in fact hold a tune.'
Mister Bill Crashes Live 8 2005-07-02
A surprise visit onstage at the concert in Hyde Park.
Introducing the ACP Service Browser 2005-06-24
It's in the past, DP.
The Not So Secret Secret 2005-06-08
Of Marklar and Rosetta.
Apple's Sense of Humour? 2005-06-08
Perhaps they have one after all.
Why'd He Do It? 2005-06-06
BRTV caught up with Steve Jobs outside Moscone West after the day's WWDC sessions.
OS x86 2005-06-06
Apple and Intel strike a deal.
Photocopiers Revisited 2005-06-04
It was an eighteen month head start on Microsoft.
CERT: Multiple Vulnerabilities 2005-05-19
Technical Alert TA05-136A from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team at CMU.
The Fun's Begun 2005-05-19
The world's first worm for 'Tiger' in the wild?
Ubuntu 2005-05-19
The free Debian distro 'just works' on the Mac and PC both.
10.4.1 2005-05-17
Apple update their 'Tiger'. Already.
Zaptastic 2005-05-09
You've come a long way baby.
Windows Friendly Attachments 2005-05-09
Nothing like bashing Microsoft when you're stuck with your thumb in the pie.
More Shakers 2005-05-02
Ye who've preferred clicking to learning are getting your just rewards.
Cocktail Shaker 2005-05-01
That perfect mixture for OS X got a bit mixed up.
Introducing: the Bill mini™ 2005-05-01
Uncle Steve's vision of the $100 computer has come true thanks to the capable arm of Microsoft Research.
Microsoft Windows 98 System Builder Preinstallation User's Guide 2005-05-01
When Apple realised Copland was not to Be, things moved onto NeXT and BeOS suffered at the hands of you-know-who.
They Can't Be Wrong 2005-05-01
MS InactiveUniverse™ is in a shambles, but Sir Bill still won't admit anyone uses any other browser.
Never Spoken Too Soon? 2005-04-28
Who could have thought anyone could have beat Bill Gates and Microsoft Corporation to the punch? But it's true! You can download it here: the first-ever full-featured preview of Microsoft® Windows® Longhorn®! And it runs on OS X!
OS X 10.5 Leopard 2005-04-28
Think Secret were wrong in revealing details of Apple's OS X 10.4 Tiger before its release, but things have changed now: Microsoft are actively campaigning with an operating system that does not exist and may not exist before December 2006 if ever. Normally leaks such as the following would therefore have to be ignored; but in the interest of all that is just and fair, here it is.
The Altair™ Peripherals™ 2005-04-28
Jim 'Leno' Allchin, head liar at Microsoft, has come out and claimed OS X is just a peripheral to the iPod. Which of course is true, but he cleverly sidestepped the more important fact that Windows is in fact just a peripheral to the Altair™. Here's the true story™.
Le Pauvre Jasper Rine 2005-04-26
They're coming to get you, boy!
Vapori$e M$ 2005-04-24
Watch out for the feature machine.
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts 2005-04-21
A list for our brothers in arms on that other platform.
MS ActiveVapor Revisited 2005-04-19
Applications do not an operating system make.
Q&A: Allchin® Talks Turkey® About Longhorn® 2005-04-19
Reprinted from Information Week®. Used by permission.
2005-04-29 2005-04-14
The Tiger's being unleashed.
1.7 2005-04-08
Some age, others mature.
iBook 2005-04-08
An article for Windows users originally at Radsoft.
The Sudo Hole 2005-04-08
It's real but...
Microsoft Acquire Rixstep 2005-04-01
It was never about the money.
OS X 10.4 Tiger $94.99 2005-03-29
Order now and save $35 - no shipping charges.
Cooperites 2005-03-27
Are we witnessing a power struggle within our most reliable online source of information?
Binary XML 2005-03-24
Who's complaining anyway?
SP2: Windows File Protection 2005-03-17
Welcome to the world of Windows. Welcome to chaos.
It's All Legal 2005-03-11
They got a court order.
Five Minute Job 2005-03-08
That's all it takes.
Wsaupdater.exe 2005-03-08
They stand behind their software.
MS ActiveUsability™ 2005-03-06
It's not about user friendliness - it's about something much worse.
Uncle Foobar 2005-03-06
Where do they all belong?
Your Majesty 2005-03-04
She's a pretty nice girl.
Look at all my powerful friends 2005-03-02
An ignoble end user best left ignored.
Good Night Sir Knight 2005-03-02
And you thought you'd seen everything again.
We Have Multiple Funding Sources 2005-02-24
And you thought you'd seen everything.
The SP2 Firewall Backdoor™ 2005-02-21
The fun never stops.
IE Se7en 2005-02-17
The torture never stops; the ordeal is never over.
Feet in the Med 2005-02-14
Rixstep have now relocated to the Mediterranean.
Mac mini 2005-01-11
Stop thinking about it - just get it.
Gates Euphoric Over 88.9% 2005-01-08
There are no bugs.
MS ActiveImelda® 2005-01-07
Is it fair?
Plays Maybe, Plays For Now 2005-01-06
One design and one design only.
Ballmer Trial Begins 2004-12-29
Chaos reigned at King County Court House.
Black Christmas 2004-12-27
You can help.
Shoulders of Giants 2004-12-18
Over the edge.
MSN Search 2004-12-14
Jump right ahead.
Are They Back? 2004-12-03
They're still hungry and we're the blue plate special.
The Emperor's New Clothes 2004-11-28
Nothing on at all.
No Flaw 2004-11-23
They know best! Don't they?
Steve Ballmer & Open Source 2004-11-21
Steve Ballmer is, as per usual, lying through his teeth.
Ballmer Behind Bars 2004-11-18
Microsoft CEO arrested and released on $5 million bail.
It's About Time 2004-11-06
The road to Cupertino is long and winding.
Data Trails 2004-10-29
Shocking news that won't shock you.
Going Away For The Weekend? 2004-10-14
Leave your computer at home. Let SPX Nighttime work for you.
SP2: Chaos & Confusion 2004-09-26
When was the last time Bill Gates gave you anything - for free?
MSN Music: Off To A Great Start 2004-09-03
Bill & the Microsofties do it again. They never disappoint.
Gates' War on Terrorism 2004-08-31
Things are slowly becoming clear - maybe.
Not A Problem 2004-08-25
Herr Torvalds might have to sue.
Hanson Divided 2004-08-24
Windows has perhaps 100,000 attack vectors in the wild; OS X has none. Despite this, OS X - and Unix - are not more secure. Just ask security expert Daniel Hanson.
MG3 2004-08-21
It takes only twenty minutes for a Windows box to get smashed but it takes ten years to get someone to do something about it.
SP2: The Other Shoe 2004-08-20
Barely hours after users started securing their PCs with Windows XP Service Pack 2, security experts have found ways around it.
BellSouth Sniffles 2004-08-17
US Internet service provider BellSouth are sniffing all outgoing SMTP mail traffic.
Bursting At The Seems 2004-08-16
XPSP2 seems to break some apps, it would seem - seemingly...
Rixstep I Salute You 2004-08-16
Curmudgeonism exposed.
Acme Autoparts 2004-08-16
It could have been evolution.
Google Founders Bare All 2004-08-12
Can you find the PLAYBOY™ rabbit™ on Sergey's dress?
BellSouth Down! 2004-08-02
Google might have recovered elegantly from the MyDoom attack, but others are not faring so well.
ACP 1.2a Demo 2004-07-22
The free demo of the AppleCore Project version 1.2a is available for immediate download.
The Long Run 2004-07-19
The master of the lock-in, Gates has unwittingly perpetrated the cruellest, most irrevocable lock-in upon himself.
Code Blue 2004-07-17
That Microsoft Corporation of Redmond Washington have attempted to corrupt the electronic world shall have escaped no one.
Crime of Negligence 2004-07-15
The Oxford University network is a criminal's dream.
IE Bash 2004-07-12
It all started in Amit Yoran's office.
The PivX Enigma 2004-07-11
How does one refuse an offer from Vito Corleone?
Baker Street Blues 2004-07-01
Mrs Hudson knows.
An Apple And Its Tiger 2004-06-28
Legal eagles and gossip columnists, sharpen your pencils.
Berbew: The Aftermath 2004-06-26
A tempest in a teapot? 'Click.'
Berbew 2004-06-26
Microsoft technology under attack - again.
ACP Web Services 2004-06-08
Nearly fifty reasons to not wait for a Sherlock channel update. The Internet's ever-changing virtual library comes to your desktop.
Apple Security Update 2004-06-08
Apple have plugged the 'protocol hole' after a fortnight - deftly done.
Come Fly With Me 2004-05-14
The joke was that airplanes powered by Microsoft were safe - they'd never leave the ground. The bigger joke today is that they do - but it's not a joke anymore.
The Love Bug - A Retrospect 2004-05-04
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Love Bug aka the ILOVEYOU worm, a watershed in the online connected experience.
RPA/RAA 2004-04-22
The 1st (and possibly only) annual Rixstep Productivity and Appendix Awards presented to the most (and least) useful products in IT technology.
Open Reply 2004-04-22
A response to Bill Gates' infamous letter.
RPA 2004-04-21
Rixstep are contemplating a move towards product activation. This move would be solely for the benefits that can accrue to software subscribers.
Pusher Man 2004-04-20
In a very real sense Bill Gates is a purveyor of contraband.
Open Letter 2004-04-20
The infamous Gates letter from 1976.
Conventional Wisdom 2004-04-19
It's time to smash it a bit.
Freedom To Innovate 2004-04-10
Open sorcerers need their own killer apps.
Poker Man 2004-03-05
The objective is clear: Bill Gates wants to destroy open source. SCO have now attacked the person of Linus Torvalds directly, accusing him of personally stealing their code.
Graduation Day 2004-02-12
Who's graduating? The World Wide Web of course.
Double-Clicks 2004-02-10
The reason the security gurus of the world won't tell you the truth is that if they did, they'd be out of business tomorrow.
Clicks 2004-02-09
That's right: all the catastrophes with viruses and worms and trojans and keystroke loggers only affect Windows machines. None other.
FLI 2004-02-09
Anti-virus researchers contacted last week in the wake of the MyDoom outbreak acknowledged for one of the first times that the battle may be getting away from them.
KDE 3.2 2004-02-03
KDE 3.2 is the result of a combined year-long effort by hundreds of individuals and corporations from around the globe.
Seattle Weather Channel 2003-12-29
It all started dawning on Charlie Demerjian as he stood in the midnight queue for the premiere of Return of the King. The queue was long, and slow, and by the time Charlie had his ticket, his theory was well-formulated and nearly ready for print.
Weakest Link 2003-12-26
If companies relying on spam to sell their less than honest products could not make any money with this marketing tactic, we would not have spam - pure and simple.
Muckraking 2003-12-19
Mac OS X has proven itself as a worthy operating system for both consumers and business alike.
Monster 2003-10-31
Mac users are roaring in rage because of a nasty installment glitch that erases data on external hard drives.
Xcode 2003-10-26
It's impossible to turn Xcode down, when it works faster than Project Builder, and when its executables are smaller (although this should be credited to gcc 3.3), but the UI is still very shaky and needs a lot of work.
Fish II 2003-10-19
Doctor Gerry: 'I am unable to feel shock and suprise at the thought that Mac users don't know what sudo is or how to use 'mv' or 'tail -80 messages | less' or even that there is a Unix shell underneath Aqua at all and why anyone should touch it.'
JAH2 2003-10-10
SunnComm Technologies, Inc. announced yesterday morning it would sue first-year graduate student John Halderman over his recent critique of the company's new CD copy-protection method, but by the end of the day SunnComm president and CEO Peter Jacobs said he changed his mind.
JAH 2003-10-09
SunnComm Technologies, a developer of CD antipiracy technology, said today it will likely sue a Princeton student who early this week showed how to evade the company's copy protection by pushing a computer's Shift key.
Panther 2003-10-08
Panther - OS X 10.3 - will be released on 24 October 2003 at 8:00 PM local time.
Fish 2003-09-28
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for but a day; teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.
Ganda 2003-09-06
The 'world' continues to be hit by Microsoft Outlook worms. Ganda recently in the Nordic countries, now Palyh and Petik. The method is the same - and they all work, which is absolutely amazing.
IRM 2003-09-02
There's a spectre of a new setback on the horizon, that of Microsoft's planned Information Rights Management (IRM). IRM tools will be included in the professional versions of all Office 2003 applications, and will require Windows Server 2003 to operate.
No Dots 2003-08-25
Much more than a thousand words.
.DS_Insecure 2003-05-28
Why belabour an old security advisory? Because it has been Apple's policy to not mention these insidious critters to anyone - even when the online threat was serious.
Dumberest 2003-05-28
Security guru Ronald Guilmette goes off the deep end.
Fix Yer Modem! 2003-05-28
There is nothing wrong with the physical Apple modem; there is, however, something very wrong with the driver they've let out the door.
Dumbest Guy Alive 2003-05-24
One of the most important tools of the spammer is finding a relay that completely disguises sender addresses, and no tool out there does the job as well as AnalogX's Proxy.
.DS_Store 2003-05-21
What's the matter with .DS_Store? The idea is good enough; the implementation is not.
Nick 2003-05-14
Nick was taken care of at a very early age by his uncle Steve and aunt Eunice. Uncle Steve worked at Mac and Lisa's boarding house, and aunt Eunice worked in a laboratory far away, but Eunice came back home to help support Nick, and she and uncle Steve combined forces to take care of him.
Doomed to the Margins 2003-05-05
Bill Gates wasn't always the bastard towards Steve Jobs. He once offered the Apple founder some good advice. Become a software company, said Gates. License your operating system to hardware OEMs. Stop playing the proprietary Piper.
Apple Modem Blues 2003-05-05
Sometimes it gets so bad you want to go back to Windows. The modem built into Apple's PowerBooks and iBooks is flawed. Either that or the software written to run it is. One of the two, and it doesn't matter which: dial-ups on Macs do not work dependably.
Exploited Proxy Servers 2003-05-02
On 18 April Ronald Guilmette published a list of 1,196 unsecured proxies that had been exploited for spamming purposes within the past 7 days. At first, Guilmette thought his colleagues were indifferent to what he'd found.
Opera Spyware? 2003-04-21
Andrew Busigin of The Inquirer discovered some very mean things going on under the hood of the Norwegian web browser. Which shouldn't shock anyone: the Opera people have a reputation which precedes them.
Xfile 2003-03-04
28 February 2003 marked the unveiling of the first 'alpha' release of Xfile, a 'Finder Killer' from Rixstep. It was previewed to select subscribers and on 2 March 2003 was made available to the public.
In Praise of Hard Drives 2003-03-09
They say the quality and capacity of hard drives increases annually by as much as prices drop - 60%. The hard drive is an old - some would say outdated - technology, and yet it remains one of the most dependable - and important - we have in the world of IT.
Apple Nazis Strike 2003-01-12
Apple monitor their own discussion forums closely.
MWSF 2003 2003-01-10
Steve Jobs wowed the crowds in San Francisco this week with the introduction of a new line of PowerBooks, adaption of X11, and the brand new web browser Safari.
The PowerPC 970 2002-12-16
The PowerPC 970 is the first in a new family of high-performance 64-bit PowerPC microprocessors from IBM.
Jagwyre 2002-12-16
'Using Mac OS X is like touring a land of fabulous ancient treasures,' says Andy Orlowski of The Register, 'with a tourist authority that's still busy renovating them, and that hasn't quite completed the infrastructure. The sights can be breathtaking, but the roads are potholed and incomplete, and sometimes you have to get out and push.'
Jaguar Journaling 2002-11-12
Apple's new update to Jaguar, version 10.2.2, includes a 'journaling file system' which should be interesting at least to system administrators.
New Apple Laptops 2002-11-06
Apple have announced a new series of PowerBooks and iBooks which are pushing the price barrier more than ever before.
Mach-O is CISC 2002-10-21
According to a developer at Unsanity, the Mach-O application binary interface (ABI) used in OS X comes straight and unaltered from OpenStep where it was optimised for CISC processors.
IBM's New PowerPC 2002-10-20
The new CPU from IBM is sending tremors throughout the industry. The PowerPC 970, a derivative of the awesome Power4, was officially announced the week of 14 October 2002 and was presented at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose.
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