11:13 by Alayna Bonds?.

Dear Leo,

 How do you delete an Aol email account?

13:28 by steve?.

Go to you master screenname and hit the keys Ctrl + K and type in SN.

Then scroll down to the name you want to delete and it will allow you to delete it

16:31 by Buzzrr?.

Happy Easter Leo!

17:57 by dan.

is there n e website or place that i can get a orignal face plate for my ipod so i can send it in and get pro. intalled?

20:23 by Tim?.

does anybody know anything about Windows update trying to update the same update over and over?

06:11 by ChrisS1563.

Leo mentioned about the taxes he had to pay on yesterdays show. Here is an interesting little tidbit for you Leo:

Chicagos Mayor Daley Tax information -

the Daleys paid total federal taxes of $46,015 on their taxable income of $172,387. Given how much had been withheld, that meant they cut a check for $10,001 to send to the IRS on Friday.

09:29 by John?.

I am trying to make a message board for my webpage. I like your posting ability on your webpage. How do I make the same thing you have?

Can I do it off of dreamweaver?
www.tatankalodge.org
email me back here if you know how it is a fill in on my webpage http://www.tatankalodge.org/Coment%20Form.html
Thanks

09:56 by anonymous.

Hey Leo,

10:12 by anonymous.

Merry X-Mas

11:13 by Darin from Newport Beach?.

Tell the store they sold me a bunk phone, and request an even better one for giving me such poor quality hardware.

11:13 by Gilhern?.

Use a hairdryer immediately for wet electronics. Also a good idea is to have the tools to remove the case cover. You want to dry it out as fast as you can.

11:20 by none?.

I missed the first few min, but Leo’s saying he flushed it down the toilet…so how did he get it back? I think he means he dropped it in the toilet!

11:21 by Jimmy in New Jersey?.

I was told there is a water sensitive tab in the phone that will turn to a different if it become wet. So they will know if you trying to pull a fast one.

11:22 by James from Van Nuys?.

I saw on an episode of diggnation that some phones now have a built in indicator of water damage. The model shown was the Moto Razor.

11:23 by able101.

my cell phone company has a no questions asked

warranty.

11:23 by Sam from Claremont?.

yeah i saw that too, they said you could just cover it up haha

11:24 by Jimmy in New Jersey?.

I was told there is a water sensitive tab in the phone that will turn to a different COLOR if it become wet. So they will know if you trying to pull a fast one.

11:24 by Mr Magoo?.

What works well is washing the phone in de-ionized water. Then shake out as much water as you can. Then place it in a gas oven with just the pilot light. Leave it there for at least 48 hours.

My so’s phone fell out of her pocket into a bath tub being cleaned. Phone worked for a couple of years.

11:26 by Doc Norton?.

Sell your phone on ebay leo - you’re a celeb ;)

11:26 by Sam from Claremont?.

What the?!?

11:29 by anonymous.

MAC address could be used to track you because they are unique.

11:29 by TimR?.

Some routers let you specify a MAC address in their web interface.

The MAC is sent with every packet (just like the IP), but AFAIK nobody can really do anything with it.

11:30 by WITechGuy.

Leo about the Cell phone issue, it all depends on the user.

Not everyone can afford to buy a brand new good cell phone to replace the damaged one.

So some may bend the following statements so we can still keep our good already paid for cell phone

 * How the phone was damaged, It maybe a small fib but I don’t think the cell phone provider will make a big deal of replacing a cell that only really cost them a few dollars to buy.

• If the damage could have been really prevented; as we all are not perfect.

Anyone who knows me don’t worry as I only use brand new products for servicing your PC.

11:33 by anonymous.

here is another interesting security check website http://projectip.com/ Some people don’t realize websites can read the clipboard.

11:35 by Sam from Claremont?.

Why? Macs and Pcs are both great for different things pcs are good for gaming and programming while

macs are good for media purposes….im a filmaker and i could not imagine editing on a pc…and i have
its awful…pc and mac are much different…but maybe John C. Dvorak is right…maybe apple will switch to Windows…

11:35 by Tom in Universal,City TEXAS?.

Leo,many cellphones have a “tattletale”, a little piece of paper inside that tells on you if you get the phone wet. That voids the warranty of course and they can tell right away. Many people drop their phone in their cup holder whenthey aren’t using them, if there is enough moisture in the cup holder it can seep inside and short out the phone.

Also, Dick’s suggestion of the hair dryer is a good idea, but you should take the phone apart because the water will hide under the display and chips and then short out components days later.

11:39 by able101.

my daughter washed her Ipod and I got it replaced

there was not a line on there web site to check
unit was washed. white lie?

11:42 by WITechGuy.

You can always replace that water senor tab.

11:43 by Radio Head?.

“Sam from Claremont”, you are so full of it! The VAST majority of Video Editing software is NOW only for Windows based workstations. Apple has managed to run off Adobe, Media 100 is essentially out of business and AVID, THE INDUSTRY LEADER is predominently used on Windows! The Majority of Professional and COMMERCIAL video productions are done with AVID, NOT Final Cut Pro!

Only ONE TV show “scrubs” was done with FCP, and it’s been cancelled!

11:49 by Sam from Claremont?.

Haha wow someone is angry….haha well if you knew 80% of the “industry” is not using avid know why? um

probably because the “industry” isnt just in hollywood, and most independents are using fcp. Also i have been in disney’s, warnerbrothers, sony’s, USC’s Northridges editing studios…and while they use avid….hmmm thats odd i see them using g4/g5′s!

11:50 by WITechGuy.

It’s way overdue that cell phone providers start offering better customer support & service such as the one way of replacing a cell phone no matter how it was damaged. As they already get a load of money from us every month for cell service.

Alltel Offers a phone replacement service for $7 per month for replacing for phone no matter how it damaged or even lost.

Leo you just showed us all how many need to unite & take back customer service from those low paid India call centers.

11:51 by dougwalk?.

Way to go Jeffrey. I look forward to hearing more from you. I suspect you will do great things.

Doug in Livermore

11:52 by Sam from Claremont?.

amen

11:57 by fafner?.

Wow! an eleven year old is doing a tech podcast. Hey Leo, don’t look back, someone may be gainin’ on you.

11:58 by Arizona Steve?.

Taking the phone back under warranty after it’s been wet won’t work because there’s a sensor dot inside that changes color. They have already thought of that. Sorry.

11:58 by Spokavriel.

[color:blue]Leo I am glad the voice message got through Odeo showed an error so I ended up trying it again.

The Error I got was “Error Rails” not sure if it would be important to the situation or how it happened but glad you got it.[/color]

11:59 by Spokavriel.

Don’t mind the tags I just got too use to typing on Leo’s forum.

11:59 by anonymous.

I heard that cell phones have a sticker inside that changes color when exposed to water. usally behind the battery.

12:07 by PC and Mac?.

*Yawn*

Trolls are trolls… be they Mac or Win types.
Get a life, it’s a freaking MACHINE!
Kissed a girl yet?
40, and still living in mom’s basement?

12:09 by TimR?.

I guess the only thing to be thankful for re. the phone incident is that it didn’t fall in before you flushed!

12:10 by -Santa Rosa Steve?.

Tim-

I had this problem with Windows Defender last month. Microsoft provided the answer at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915105 .

12:11 by WITechGuy.

I think more then enough us knew about that odd water tab in here.

I can’t believe Leo knew noting about it. It in plan sight if you crack open the phone.

12:14 by goldendd?.

I dropped my company cell phone in the urinal at work. I told the truth and they (the manufacturer) made me pay for it. My company has hundreds of accounts. What do you think I am going to do the next time? The good the part of the story is my co-workers have a funny story to share with others and I am not harboring a secret.

12:16 by Sam from Claremont?.

Haha you crack me up why argue with someone who is obviously right? Goodness me let me bow down to you!

Grow up, making stabs at grammar and spelling, I’m so sad. Oh yeah and if I’m such a typical mac dweeb then why have I only owned Pc’s for the past 10 years (I dont even own a Mac) Oh and yes I do have a girlfriend and am 17 not 40

12:18 by -Santa Rosa Steve?.

Could not get the KFI audio stream for yesterday’s show. Cannot it again today. It was okay last night. Any suggestions?

12:26 by anonymous.

Merry X-Mas

12:28 by Spokavriel.

Another Dead USB port. My Canon printer is on a USB And it has stopped working the port can’t be found.

Mother board is an A-Bit IS7.

12:28 by Gregg?.

Hey Leo can it be that maybe the driver for the PS2 has been disabled somehow? Maybe by installing some new software? Maybe this person can try to reinstall the PS2 driver from the Motherboard disc?

12:28 by anonymous.

Great show! I listen all the time. However, the screener needs to get a new excuse for NEVER taking the call. “Call back in 30 minutes because…”. That’s all I ever get? For crying out loud! One time she even said “we’re only taking calls about telephones” and there wasn’t ONE question on the show about phones for the next HOUR!! It was FRUSTRATING, to say the least. I got through 12 times this weekend and I got the “30 minute” excuse EACH TIME. Nice show, but frustrating screener.

12:31 by nmoore6676?.

RE: Used Laptop: Even if you don’t get the disks, if the price is good, buy it. I just got a set of recovery disks for an HP Pavilion for $25 and change including FedEx next day. I’ve gotten E-machines for less than $30.00 a year or so ago, so I would guess most other brands have similar pricing.

12:34 by anonymous.

12:34 by Arizona Steve?.

My LG phone is waterproof, it has been under water at least 2 times that I know of and didn’t hurt it. Made the dot turn red though.

12:36 by nmoore6676?.

RE: Audi0o Stream: My problem a couple of weeks ago was due to SpyBot. I had left it on my computer and apparently it blocked the stream. I found that not just the KFI stream wasn’t working, all of my stations I stream from were off too. Also for Leo’s show, best to connect early, the heavy load sometimes causes a failure. During other shows(except Handel) the number of listeners is probably a lot lower and there is no problem.

12:37 by anonymous.

I get the radio stream any day, any time without problems. So check with internet provider. We don’t care if you can’t get the stream. Get it fixed!!

12:44 by anonymous.

how to bakcup & restore outlook address book from one computer to another. ( not the contact but address book)

12:44 by WITechGuy.

RE: KFI Audio Stream

Here’s a few helpful tips:

• Try KFI Repeater Stream at:

http://a814.l1977144512.c19771.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/814/19771/v0001/reflector:44512

• Try streaming KFI radio via WMP Open URL command or using Video LAN.

either of these tips should fix this problem. even know I have not have problems with the stream since using Video LAN & or Replay Radio v5.2

12:46 by Radio Head?.

Sam from Claremont - 7 or 17? Not surprised considering our pathetic (hope that word isn’t too big for you) educational system. The imaturity in the posts is at the wrong end of your accusations (oops another too big word for you)

12:49 by Radio Head?.

Hey anonymous.

Just exactly is a “bakcup”?? Is that something you make cookie or cupcakes with?

12:49 by Embarrassed but phone-happy?.

I dropped my Motorola SLVR in the toilet the first day I had it. I let it dry, taking out the battery and the SIM card, and the little flash memory card that holds the iTunes music. It was fine after a couple of days of air-drying. Now I use the speaker-phone when peeing.

12:53 by Arizona Steve?.

For the guy with the Thinkpad, that’s a common problem. If power is turned off while running it can corrupt data in the flash memory chip that holds the passwords and configuration data, an Atmel AT24RF08. The only fix is to replace the motherboard according to IBM but the chip can be hacked to replace the data, it’s not easy to do though.

12:56 by Gregg?.

Opps meant USB2, not PS2. I must be in my gaming mode. Sorry.

13:03 by Arizona Steve?.

BTW, cheapest way to fix a Thinkpad with this problem is get a good motherboard on ebay. Should be able to find one for around $79.00. You will find others with that won’t run same as the bad one and ones with lost Admin password so don’t get any like that. Make sure the Admin password is not set or you will still have to hack the Atmel chip to clear it.

13:05 by dman?.

Hi Leo,

What’s a good cordless phone to use at home for my elderly parents?

13:07 by Sam from Claremont?.

*Anyways if you want to continue this moronic argument we could, well forever*

13:08 by Rick?.

1 thing I forgot to mention when I was on the air was a great website for learning about building a carpc is mp3car.com I learned everything -except whether to choose between a mac mini or aopen pandora :)- from there

13:10 by Tokyo Jim?.

A friend who ran a pager company would tell customers with comode-submerged pagers to soak them in alcohol, on the theory that the alcohol drives out the water.

13:13 by anonymous.

does anyone knows where outlook address book data stored in hard drive

Thanks

13:20 by WITechGuy.

13:13 by anonymous.

does anyone knows where outlook address book data stored in hard drive

Look in Outlook Local Settings Folder

13:30 by Compu-Tor?.

Grab it all here:

Documents and Settings”your User Name”Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlookOutlook.pst

13:33 by Eric Albright?.

Anonymous:

The default location is:

Documents and Settings<username>Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook

13:35 by Danny?.

I’m having the same issue as the guy with the ThinkPad—but with a Compaq Evo N600c. I was about to unplug the adapter from the laptop when it randomly shut off, and it hasn’t come back on since. When I press the power button with it plugged in, the power light comes on for a second, but then shuts back off (and the battery light blinks once). Popping the battery didn’t work for me either, but HP’s site recommended replacing the AC adapter. Haven’t been able to try that yet, though.

13:48 by Don?.

Leo,

Have you heard anything about problems with the latest Microsoft security updates this week?

After automatically installing them and restarting my computer, my address book in Outlook Express was lost. I also was not able to send or even reply to any emails although I could receive them just fine.

One other thing, the MSN search via the address bar was also disabled by the updates.

When I uninstalled the updates, everything worked fine again.

However, Microsoft automatically updated AGAIN, and everything stopped working again.

I uninstalled the updates again and changed Microsoft Updates to “notify” and not automatically install.

Couple of questions:

Are these updates absolutely necessary? If they keep shutting down my email program, then are they worth it?

If they are necessary, how do I keep them from disabling my address book, email sending, and MSN search?

13:49 by WITechGuy.

“RE: BackUp Data/Drive”

I suggest you just use a secondary HD just to store your documents.

Then you can easily run a clean install on your main HD without having to worry about backing up all your personal files every time you need to reformat.

It’s also a good idea as then you can just make a quick image of the data drive with you would like when you would like a updated backup copy of your data drive

It also a good way to protect your data from virus es etc.

Leo inform everyone on the show about this long time great idea most networks use, just like TechTV did then.

13:52 by Arizona Steve?.

With a Compaq laptop it’s easy to check the AC adapter with a voltmeter. However, it’s more common for the connector to break loose on the back of the laptop than for the AC adapter to go bad.

13:53 by CalExplorer?.

Designing Websites - The New Paradigm

Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails is an opensource web framework that’s optimized for programmer
happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoiring
convention over configuration. That may be but prepare for a learning curve.
http://www.rubyonrails.org/

Cheat Sheet for Ruby
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-cheat-sheet/

Podcast for Ruby
http://podcast.rubyonrails.com/

Getting Your Feet Wet With Ruby on Rails
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/05/28/index4a.html

http://www.43things.com/things/view/5040
Learn Ruby on Rails

Rails Confidence Builder
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2005/08/09/Rails-Confidence-Builder

Secrets Behind Ruby on Rails
David Heinemeier Hansson - Developer, Ruby on Rails
IT Conversations - Audio Program ( mp3)
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail658.html

Ruby on Rails 1.1 Released - RJS Template - Easy XML Serialization and more…
http://ajaxian.com/archives/ruby-on-rails-11-released-rjs-template-easy-xml-serialization-and-more

Why Ruby on Rails Will Ultimately Dominate Software Development
http://web2.wsj2.com/ruby_on_rails_11_web_20_on_rocket_fuel.htm
The new 1.1 version of Ruby on Rails almost seems to drive the final nail into the coffin of .NET and J2EE. Enterprises will take their time but everyone else will start turning out great software. Includes rare video interview with Rails creator and detailed overview of Rails 1.1.

14:33 by Elliot Jordan?.

14:32 by Elliot Jordan?.

Hey Leo-

Please tell listeners a Beg. Linux Class will be held at Culver City Adult School Sat. 4/22 from 9–12 Noon for 5 weeks. Great for newbies. Spreading the open source Kumbuyah!

14:39 by Radio Head?.

I don’t believe for a minutes that Leo didn’t get all his Macs, iPods and Apple software for free from Apple to Pimp for them on every public outlet he’s on.

The Media is full of paid-off Apple pimps - IDC publications, Wall Street Journal, etc. They NEVER EVER talk about or point out the MAJOR failings in Apple Products and the constant buggy software releases from Apple that you can find DAILY on sites like macfixit.com and MNN.

An obvious tip-off that the “media Mac Fan Boy” is paid off, never a word about all the Apple Bugs and Flaws!

14:55 by Leo Laporte.

Let’s see. G5 Tower - $3500 from Mac Mall. Powerbook g4, $2500 from Apple Store. iPod Photo, $499 from Apple Store. 12″ powerbook, $3000 from CompUSA. Mac Cube, $2700 from MacAdam. Have I spent enough for you?

The iMac is on loan from Apple for review purposes, and will go back to them at the end of the month.

15:16 by TED?.

Moving address file folder from one computer to another.. Search for *.pab, note location.Move pab to a media. Copy .pab file to the same location on the new computer

15:44 by anonymous.

DUDE GET A DELL 299 for a cheap pc right now..

15:51 by nihilitas?.

Radio Head, easy to make wide sweeping allegations about things, also pretty irresponsible. How about backing up some of the charges you make about things? If you “feel” that Leo doesn’t buy his equipment, get over it. If you know and have proof, then you’ve got something worthwhile. I won’t hold my breath for that…

16:16 by Bill in Tucson?.

Leo

Can you update the links on “Past Shows” on leoville.tv home page? Would like to have a direct link to Podcast show notes when “Podcast” are released. Search is required now for any show above #230

Thanks

16:23 by moop?.

Clean up crew needed to remove all the flaming entries from Mr. “Radio Head” who is also “Honesty in Radio”, “Inquiring Mind wants to Know” etc.

All “his” posts show that his IQ only has 2 digits. He feeds upon negativity, and thinks that he is so funny. The fact that he is trolling this show notes all the times means that:

A. “Radio Head” is getting paid by a “special interest” group to crusade against Leo, the show, the station, and the listeners.
B. “Radio Head” is getting paid by a certain company who’s product is ridden with tons of bugs, security hole and threatened by Apple and Mac OS X to troll this show note.
C. “Radio Head” still works at the same fast food place cleaning up the floors for so many years.
D. “Radio Head” is too chicken to actually call the show. For sure that “Radio Head” doesn’t have the capacity to make any logical arguments. Look at his posts.
E. All of the above.

16:25 by moop?.

One other thing….

“Radio Head” said that “Scrubs” is cancelled?
The opposite is true. “Scrubs” is not cancelled.

This proved that “Radio Head” is getting paid to spread FUD.

The jig is up, “Radio Head”!

18:17 by anonymous.

I’m getting tired of “Radio Head”/”Honesty in Radio”/”Inquiring Mind wants to know”/”Jennifer”

putting up all of his/her propaganda. I think that He/She is just jealous of Leo and wish that He/She could do a show as well as Leo does. I think that Leo is doing a very good job and I’ve become better informed about things in technology. His show is three times better than the show he replaced. he talks about other hi tech items other than computers. Keep up the great work Leo, and I hope that you continue to be on KFI for a long time. Thanks, Vernon

18:57 by anonymous.

Podcast is going downhill…

23:10 by Janet.

Late, but I hope you and your family (and all the podcast listeners ^_^ ) had a happy and blessed Easter. =-D

05:08 by Antipodes?.

Happy Halloweenie, Yahwankees… (Full Moon and Fall Autumn here in OZ_Down Under, Mate)

…thus closing our 2006 “seasonal” year.

06:05 by Darren Christie?.

Leo, great podcasts. Just came across this one. Been listening to your other ones for a while now.

I’m so impressed by the quality of your work that you put out, the standard is so high. And even more amazed at the quantity you put out.
I don’t know if you have suggested this in the past but a good book for the home XP user to get is Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks (I think there is a website to go with this as well http://www.annoyances.org/. And for home networking problems, Home Networking Annoyances. (Sorry not had the opportunity to read any of your writing yet).
I don’t want to get involved in this XP/Mac OS debate. And I know you recommend home users use Mac’s because of ease of use for the home user. Which is a good point. But a lot of users as you have pointed out also use Windows in some form at work. And from that angle I would say that people could benefit from using Windows at home as well, as it will benefit them and their employer with being more familar with Windows.
I have to say I have not really used Mac OS. But come from a Windows/DOS/Unix background. And I hold the opinion that I don’t care about the OS, all that matters is if it is the right tool for the job I want to do. And I think a lot of these zealots on all sides of the arguement should remember that.
May I also comment about a comment you made about Vista and MAc OS, wich was about Apple rewriting the OS from scratch for Mac OS X (or whatever the number is), and that MS havn’t as they are still using NT technology. Isn’t this misleading, because as you keep saying underlying Mac OS X is based on BSD Unix, which I believe (or remember correctly) just a tad bit older than NT.

Keep up the good, sorry amazing work

07:21 by anonymous.

Since I don’t have the required password for the week, a possible edit for the Ans. to “1–2p Bradley in Chattanooga, TN - Leoville Labs setup”.

Systm episode #4 describes the equipment used for the radio show. [insert details/URLs for headphone, ISDN codec and flash memory recorder here] (time index 13:00–16:15) Also, the equipment used in Leo’s other podcasts like TWiT. (time index 16:15–28:00) [insert more details here]

Systm
http://www.systm.org/

1. 4

http://www.revision3.com/systm/podcasting/

TWiT
http://www.twit.tv/

09:18 by Streamcaster?.

Is it true, Leo said he’s going to get the podcasts of this show out much sooner now. Almost topically contemporary? If so, that’s great because I thought that was the biggest drawback of the show for those who can’t listen live or self-podcast while they’re out for a long bike ride.

Prime example was the whole XP running on a Mac saga. Things change SO fast that if Leo doesn’t get the show out at least that same week, its not just old news…its antique!!

AS a p.s., Leo sort of inadvertently(sp?) made the best argument against Macs in his response to Radio [pimple] Head—those prices are shockingly high to me at least and I’m a semi-hardcore gamer who needs very good components, if not the best. Was the 23″ display included in there somewhere at least? WOW!

09:52 by Radio Head?.

AAPL 65.45 −1.02, Wall Street knows something?!

Monday, April 17 2006 @ 08:10 AM PDT
Special Report: Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.4.6 (macfixit.com, YOUR own Mac site!!!)

• General purpose workarounds
• List of updated Apple applications
• Update process recommendation
• AirPort network not automatically re-joined after sleep
• Bluetooth: Connectivity issues
• Dock Auto Hide/Show function broken
• Double restart is expected behavior
• Energy Saver issues — system will not automatically shut down, etc.
• FireWire problems
• Font issues
• Improvements
• iSync Issues — Issues with hacks for unsupported devices; Sony Ericsson K700i won’t synch
• Menu bar items missing
• Networking issues: Problems with proxies
• Photo booth distortion
• Printer issues
• Problems logging in from Windows systems
• Reminder: Have enough free drive space before installing
• Reverting (downgrading) to Mac OS X 10.4.5!!! Bwah ha ha ha …
• Safari: Image loading problems
• SCSI drives not recognized
• Server volumes cannot be written to
• Special permissions messages no longer appear in Disk Utility
• Spotlight issues — make sure drive is not in Privacy tab
• Startup problems — will not proceed after update, etc.
• Streaming Audio — fixes
• Third-party applications: Fix for Photoshop save on crash; Word crashes; more
• Update Installer cannot find destination drive

Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah ha ha ha ha…..

MacIntel: “Think Just Another Me TOO Chinese PC”, made for pennies an hour sweatshop labor, sold to stupid Apple Kool Aid Drinkers for the Mac Premium!

Ps. Isn’t childish that Mac Droids always resort to name calling when they CAN’T find any facts to respond with!?

19:14 by anonymous.

Posted Late but Happy Easter Leo!

19:15 by CommanderRyalis.

^ is me I didn’t realize you could put who the author is

15:10 by TastesLikeLead.

Mike_B, you missed a few up there.

20:42 by NotFoolinAnyone?.

Researcher Finds a Mitt Full of Mac Bugs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060421/tc_pcworld/125510

Robert McMillan, IDG News ServiceFri Apr 21, 7:00 PM ET

A Mission Viejo, California, security researcher today posted code that exploits a number of newly discovered and unpatched bugs in the Mac OS X platform.

The software, posted by independent researcher Tom Ferris, could be used to crash applications or even run unauthorized code on the Mac by taking advantage of bugs in the Safari browser and Mac OS X operating system. Ferris’s “proof of concept” code exploits a total of seven bugs.

Apple Computer has already been made aware of the bugs and plans to fix them in “the next security release,” Ferris said in a posting to his Security-protocols.com blog.

“There [seem] to be some problems with the claimed solid-as-a-rock Unix OS,” he wrote on his blog. “Getting Safari to crash in many different spots is trivial, as where Firefox is very tough.”
Background

Long considered to be more secure than Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Mac OS X has increasingly been the focus of security researchers like Ferris. In February a number of malicious programs, including one called OSX/Leap, were released targeting the Macintosh.

The SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center rated Ferris’s bugs as “highly critical,” and warned that there are no patches or workarounds available for the majority of these vulnerabilities.

Ferris made headlines earlier this year when he discovered a bug in the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 preview browser within minutes of the product being released.

Apple representatives were not immediately available to comment for this story.

(Apple Representatives seen selling Apple Stock as fast as possible … Screaming “They’re found us out! They’re found us out! They know it’s a piece of crap!!!?”)

Bwaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ….. Apple Fan Boy MORONS!

01:12 by Darren Christie?.

All this Apple vs MS crap, is exactly that.

WHO CARES? As long as the OS you are using does what you want it to. That is all that matters.
Both sides should stop being so childish, and just get on with their life. The majority of people don’t care which is better. All they care about is does it allow them to do what they want to do, and how much does it cost.
So give it a break, and get a life.

01:30 by .

I confess to all.. I am a moron with di*k envy, because all I can afford is this P3/266 that my daddy gave me, after my sister left him for that man in the trailer down the way

03:44 by doop?.

There’s no Apple vs Microsoft.

There is only a TROLL who’s feeding on the negativity by posting junks on the show notes.

Please don’t feed the TROLL.

09:30 by DP TROLL?.

DOOP your a TROLL by post what you said

08:43 by Krash Coarse?.

great mirroring program to use with an external hard-drive:

http://www.ice-graphics.com/ICEMirror/IndexE.html

Does full, or differential back-ups directly to another drive. Not heavy on resources, decent to run in background.