MacBook | MacPhobia

Mar 26

Macs are EASIEST to break

Below excerpt is from the interview of the Man who broke into MacBook within 2 minutes in Pwn2Own contest.

Alan: How much of your work today is focused on securing Macs vs. PC vs. Linux? Who is your typical customer?

Charlie: At work, I mostly look at application-level security. Most of this is really independent of operating system. For example, source code reviews or reverse engineering binaries doesn’t depend much on the operating system. I’ve spent a lot of my research time on Macs because I like them and they also happen to be pretty easy to break!

Most of ISE’s customers are small to medium size companies that care a lot about security and want to make sure their applications are secure. The companies that only want a check box usually go somewhere else because we are pretty good at what we do and consequently charge more than many other consulting firms.

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Mar 04

Apple Powerbook explodes

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STAFF IN THE London office of a marketing company were left shocked and reeling yesterday after an Apple PowerBook burst into flames.

The company asked not to be identified, as IT manager Steven told how he was called to the scene by reports of smoke billowing out of an employee’s computer.

Following is found in The New York Times blog . A good read. ( Apple Imperfecto , ApplePhobia or MacPhobia ) . Oh is there a domain available with name ApplePhobia ? . Oh yes it is . I am gonna book it .

For Apple, these are the best of times and the worst of times.

The Cupertino, Calif., consumer electronics company is on a tear like never before. It’s winning market share from Microsoft, enough to persuade the software giant to embark on a costly ad campaign that’s being described as a belated response to Apple’s Vista-baiting Get-a-Mac ads. Apple stock has outpaced Google’s, and in the space of a year the iPhone has turned the telecommunications industry in a knot trying to find a way to respond.

But there have also been dramatic stumbles. A botched launch of MobileMe — the company’s new data-syncing service — has led Apple to make repeated offers of free services to frustrated customers. And there have been teething problems for its generally well-received 3G iPhone, including flaky reception and weak battery life. Last week, the company apparently offered a software patch for a festering Achilles’ heel that caused repeated freezes in the Macbook Air, more than seven months after customers began complaining about the problem.

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