http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/best.mac.os.launch.in.years/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mac OS X Snow Leopard has been Apple's best OS launch in years, at least in terms of sales numbers, according to the NPD Group. Tracking figures are said to show sales more than twice those of the Leopard launch in October 2007, generally considered a success in its own right. The sales are also four times those associated with Tiger, released in April 2005.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/best.mac.os.launch.in.years/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/long.list.of.vulnerabilities.addressed/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/updatesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple on Thursday released security updates for Mac OS X v10.5.8 and v10.4.11, including the standard and Server editions. The updates resolve a variety of security vulnerabilities relating to maliciously crafted alias files, resource forks, image files, PDFs, scheduler requests and PixarFilm files, among others.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/long.list.of.vulnerabilities.addressed/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/win.7.vs.snow.leo.debunk/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A controversial report today has accused Apple of borrowing or being late to features previously available in Windows. The PC World story argues that Apple is behind in implementing 64-bit and that Exposé's new integration with the Dock, the enhanced PDF preview, and QuickTime X are all either derivative of features first seen in XP or Vista or else available separately. Author Randall Kennedy g... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/win.7.vs.snow.leo.debunk/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/06/mac.os.x.tiger.updates/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/tiger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In parallel with the distribution of Mac OS X 10.5.8, Apple has posted four security updates for its last-generation operating system, Tiger. Two target PowerPC and Intel systems running the core OS. Similarly, the remaining updates address the PowerPC and Universal Binary codebases for Tiger Server.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/06/mac.os.x.tiger.updates/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/28/digital.camera.deals/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/dealnn/content/0811/BlackFriday.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A variety of digital cameras are currently featured at DealNN with special Black Friday pricing. CircuitCity.com has reduced the price on the Samsung 8.1MP digital camera -blue from $99.99 to $79.99. TigerDirect.com has reduced the price on the Canon HD camcorder from $899.99 to $559.99, that's an instant savings of $340. Until 11/30/08 Newegg.com is offering the Kodak EasyShare 9.2MP digital c... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/28/digital.camera.deals/ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/09/security.update.2008.007/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0809/apple-logo-30.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple on Thursday unveiled Security Update 2008-007, resolving numerous holes in the system that mainly allowed for arbitrary code execution, but also pertains to several other vulnerabilities. The Weblog server was patched to fix an issue where users with multiple short names on the access control list would cause the server not to observe access rules properly. Security Update 2008-007 is availa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/09/security.update.2008.007/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/05/apple.gains.corp.traction/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/corporate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is beginning to pave significant paths into the corporate world, says the research firm Yankee Group. Following a recent web survey of 750 global IT administrators and C-level executives, the firm says it has discovered that approximately four out of every five businesses have Macs running on their network. In general, says Yankee analyst Laura DiDio, adoption of Apple computers is said to... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/05/apple.gains.corp.traction/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/04/snow.leopard.performance/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At its current stage of development, the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard beta is not outperforming 10.5 Leopard by any wide stretches, as developers dive into the new OS with GeekBench. The Netherlands' Mac Zone writes that benchmarking numbers indicate that 10.6 performs better than 10.5, but only by a small margin. This hardly is conclusive of the final product, however, given that 10.6 Snow Leopard ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/04/snow.leopard.performance/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/quickcam.vision.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/logitechquickcamvisionpro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Logitech this morning made one of its rare webcam offerings for Macs with the advent of the QuickCam Vision Pro. A close cousin of the QuickCam Pro 9000, the USB camera is targeted at Mac mini and Mac Pro owners whose computers don't already have built-in iSight cameras but who want a better-than-average replacement for iChat, Skype, or other video apps. The Vision Pro not only has true glass op... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/quickcam.vision.pro/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/19/remote.mgmt.exploit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/lep_071128_leopardsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new vulnerability connected to Mac OS X's Remote Management feature has been discovered, says the security firm Intego. The issue is specifically associated with ARDAgent, a component of the feature, which has a "setuid" bit set. Running an executable of this type gains root control, and so ARDAagent may potentially be used to gain access to base functions without a password.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/19/remote.mgmt.exploit/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:05:00 GMT