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I think what it should really be doing is a simple scan when you do an action which *COULD* launch code in the Finder (where the vulnerability really lies) when opening a file, and if it is executable code with an extension that isn't .app (Extension-less apps could be assumed fine for CFM...

Okay, that is normal behavior. In MacOS, when you click a window, you only bring that window into focus. It has been like this for ages. Floating windows are the exception, coming into focus when one of the app's windows is in focus. (Adobe/Macromedia apps make heavy use of floating windows)...

Looking at the image, this is pretty darn possible to happen, especially with Open/Save dialogs. However, I wonder what you did to bring the Finder windows forward. Could you give more information as to what you did that causes this? If this is a case of windows magically popping forward, then...

Passwords on OS X act very much like they did on OS 9. The keychain is the nice old throwback from OS 9 which was a great thing to keep. Yes, OS X has things laid out differently, and while you say it has no documentation (I am assuming you mean documentation on paper), the help menu is...

Well, let's just hope SJ keeps his word this WWDC and shows off 3Ghz machines. Rest assured, there won't be two releases... Panther already has a 64-bit version of the memory management code for the G5s included. They won't need to split 10.4 into two releases for any reason (everything has...

Well, Apple doesn't need to offer 2 different versions to get the speed boosts for the G5. The only release of OS X that was different for the G4 and G5 was 10.2.8 when the G5 first came out. It is pretty easy to create something similar to FAT binaries in OS X... the format for software...

There would have to be some sacrifices to achieve that... such as no Gigabit ethernet, the video card would be older hardware, the FW/USB would be semi-crippled compared to current machines. (Apple's machines actually assign a bus to each port for USB, and might do the same for Firewire) And the...

I got this decoder card awhile back, works well, but I just don't use it or need it. It is an Apple-branded DVD decoder card, without any boxes or the like. I am asking for 70$/obo. I will ship using first class USPS for no extra charge, but priority USPS would be an extra 3$.

There is cost, but that isn't the total calculation of market share. Market share is based on yearly sales. Even if Apple is selling more and more units per year, if the overall units sold per year increases faster than Apple's increases, then the market share for Apple shrinks. Plus, there are...

Actually, I remember MS touting those ports as a feature of Windows XP before it was released... a method that they could help you when you had problems. The backlash from the tech community that heard about it was enough to make them quiet down and not tout it as a feature, but they never...

While the work-load is more, it doesn't make it impossible. While I have had my share of issues with Windows Update and the like, the fact that the fix was available for months (and in a couple of cases, over a year), is just silly. Hmm, I can think of plenty of apps/etc that help prevent...

You will never reclaim VM swapfiles. The OS manages this, and prevents ANYONE from touching them (even root). When they aren't needed, they are deleted off the disk automatically. The reason for this is the swapfile stores a copy of a program's RAM state (when it isn't being used by the...

This is the key... keep your platform up-to-date. Look at the number of large worms over the past year for Windows. How long was a patch available to fix the vulnerability before the worm hit? 1-3 months on average. Those are some LAZY admins. I would say that MacOS X is as vulnerable as...

The funny thing is that first quote... If I make a Windows-compatible OS, I am bound to be vulnerable to Windows-compatible exploits. It is just the nature of the business. However, I would like to note the Unix-based exploits require access to at least a user account, and some sort of weakness...

Hmm, I don't think Apple would have gone into this (especially with SJ at the helm) without knowing what they were doing... plus I would hardly call Apple Computer in the SAME market as Apple Records. Apple Records is a record label that handles artists and the rights to created music while...

Unfortunately, no. 10.3's zip files only work on 10.3 systems when you archive something with a resource fork (like a Carbon app designed to run on 9). However, if you are archiving data files that are designed to work on both Mac and PC systems, you can use it with no problems. Rule of thumb...

I could easily name a couple people. The problem being, how many people who participate in such activity are likely to hang out here talking about their piracy? Taking a sample of a group like this is not going to do anything but prove your point. There is a reason why piracy rings/etc are...

The article is talking about the porters like Aspyr and MacSoft, not about the industry in general. In this respect, I would happen to side with the porters on this, because if I port a product to the Mac that someone else wrote, I am already on leaner margins because of the licensing fees...

The problem with this is the amount of time it would take to stare at the code, twist the bottle to make out the full code... and memorize or write it down. While it is possible, the amount of effort to do so is not worth it. I would rather pay the 99 cents (our local soda price) for a song and...

Well, we started getting the goods about 3 weeks into Feb south of Seattle, WA... finally started seeing Sierra Mist bottles today... and I hate Pepsi and prefer Sierra Mist.