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I am curious how many Windows users have worked with Vista already? I have been using it a little bit more now still trying to get a feel for it. I know the beta version I am running is not what I expected Vista to be after years and years and years since XP was released. Even if you are
Apple and Mac OS x was not the only operating system to get some attention at the Black hat conference, it seems that Windows Vista was hacked as well, this probably should come as no surprise, but considering the amount of time that Microsoft has put into securing this product. It is very discouraging [news.com]
Seems the Apple gang was a little pissy about the article running on ZDNet yesterday. A challenge has been put forth to hack a Mac Mini setup as a server. I am sure this box will be able to handle the thousands of attempts to hack it, (not) but it will be a interesting experiment, it's amazing to watch the
For those of you techies out their that have never had the pleasure of working with VMware well the truly hardcore of you out their will be able to get a no cost version. I have had the pleasure or should I say the pain of working with VMware in the past. It is a very powerful platform and used
This could get interesting! Tell a Friend!! :) [Google PCs? :: AppleXnet :: Alternative Mac Tech News, Analysis, Reviews, and Opinion]
The above quote is from John C. Dvorak from PCmag.com, PC magazine and his article, “Windows Vista: Where’s the Buzz?” We have all come to think of John as a Apple hating, Unix hating, Windows PC user over the years. So that’s what makes his latest article so unusual. He starts out by making fun of the Vista name, which everyone does, including me, so just skip over that part. John then looks at why there is no buzz for Vista. He comes to the conclusion that many of us have come to and that’s that Windows Vista will offer nothing that it had originally promised 5 years ago. But he then looks at an interesting scenario.
The SANS Institute reports that 422 new vulnerabilities were discovered in the second quarter of 2005. This is an 11 percent increase over the previous quarter. The increase in the number of security vulnerabilities stems from malicious crackers changing focus from attacking operating systems to webbrowser and other connected applications, such as digital music applications.