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Well as I said: there are some people who just think Apple is simply infallible in whatever they do...

Judging from the way you've made your reply (with frequent stabs at the commentators themselves), I'd say you're a fanatic and I guess if Apple would go and sell you a solar-powered flashlight, you'd still defend it to no end and say that it's pure genius...

C'mon, when a good word about the Mac comes from a site called macobserver.com, you say that they're very respectable... but when Mac critics from the New York Times, Computer World and other publications make their own opinions and observations known, you say they're trash and you go on accusing them of being Windows users who have no business handling a mac. I think that's called generalization.

BTW, I've been reading the apple forums and apparently there are a lot of people getting a Blue Screen of Death after freshly installing the Leopard upgrade. I guess the BSOD isn't an exclusive MS problem after all. Wait lemme guess: it's the user's fault.

Peer Review: Leopard's secret flaws revealed!

 

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Have you heard? Mac's newest OS, Leopard, hit stores on Friday. It's the biggest product launch since Apple's last product launch, and so far Leopard has garnered the same swooning reviews the press so frequently gives Apple products. Putting together a decent round-up of opinions about a system upgrade that has as many features as Leopard (300) is nearly as difficult as rounding up all the absurd cat and spot wordplay from the reviews' headlines (Leopard is an upgrade that roars is a typical example).

 

But universal approbation is so boring. We know that the system comes with Time Machine (a.k.a the best automated back up system ever), a new, improved (pre-installed!) Bootcamp, a prettier Finder, better parental controls, blah, blah, blah. Call us grumpy, but we've mined the reviews for any criticisms we could find of the system, and put them all in one place. Check them out after the jump.

 

.Mac remote has firewall glitches

"I was able to use [back to My Mac] at times but also ran into snags trying to remotely connect from a computer in a hotel and from USA TODAY offices in Virginia to a Mac in New Jersey." — Edward C. Baig, USA Today

 

See through menus make no sense

"The most serious misstep in Leopard is its new see-through menus. When the menu commands— Save As, Page Preview, whatever — are superimposed on the text of whatever document is behind them, they’re much harder to read"— David Pogue, The New York Times

 

Time Machine is a Mac (and Leopard) snob

"While Time Machine can perform backups over a network, the backup destination can only be a hard disk connected to a Mac running Leopard." — Walter Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal

 

We like Spaces, just one tiny caveat

"[spaces] can get a bit confusing at times"— Stuart Miles, The Times (UK)

 

Time Machine can get testy when you first use it

"If Time Machine hasn’t made a backup yet to visit, clicking the Time Machine button completely borks OSX…least it did for me. I took me a number of restarts and some serious banging of the keyboard (no CTRL+ALT+DELETE on a Mac) to fix it."— Duncan Riley, at That porn you tried to erase? Time Machine keeps it forever

"Time Machine has a serious problem: there is no way (that I can find) to remove a file from a Time Machine backup. This is a pretty glaring omission... people who are thriftier than I would probably do better to hold off on [purchasing] this update." — Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review

 

Stacks: not so useful

"The Dock's new Stacks feature is a mess, replacing a utilitarian approach to stashing folders in the Dock (click to open the folder, click and hold to see a list of the folder's contents) with a snazzy but generally less useful pop-up window" — Jason Snell, PC World

 

Plus, this statement isn't critical, but we think it's a major Leopard flaw

"If you're still running Mac "Classic" OS apps, forget it. Leopard drops support for what was once Mac OS 9." — Ken Mingis and Michael DeAgonia, Computer World

 

Just so you don't get the wrong idea: though we've printed criticisms here (albeit minor ones), the reviews from which we quoted were all positive. We had to mine each glowing article to find them. And according to some sources, the system is completely flawless. Take this review from The Dallas Morning News, for example.

 

What do you think? Have you already spent the $129, or are you waiting for 10.5.1?

 

— S.E. Kramer

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2007/1...leo_1.html#more

Hmmm... I'm sensing a pattern here somewhere... when something goes wrong with the Mac... it's always the user's fault. If something bad happens to the PC, it's always the OS's fault...

So all this talk of Cap being dead is just hot air since in another storyline he is alive and well and selling issues at that.

 

Although I don't think they would do a database reset with the 616 Universe, if things fail there, since they still have Ultimate going, they could just carry on with the Ultimate storyline.

 

It's like 616 is the dependent variable in the experiment, right?

But as Larry said, the Ultimate Universe will never replace the 616 Universe since the storyline and characters in the Ultimate characters are more dynamic (i.e. lots of people dying and lots of characters behaving unlike their counterparts in the 616 universe). Take for example the gay Ultimate Jarvis and Colossus.

In short, the Ultimate Universe isn't dependent on the 616 Universe at all... except for the character names. Some heroes in the 616 Universe are actually villains in the Ultimate Universe...

Why would it baffle you? It's Apple.

I agree that the old costume ismuch better. I can't comment on the Ultimate Cap because I'm not reading that series and I'm not very familiar w/that costume.

 

This costume looks nice. The gun would be passable because Cap is a soldier and the knife too. It's just that I'm really not comfortable w/Cap having a gun and knife.

Actually that's why Cap having a knife and gun isn't that much surprising to me since the Ultimate Cap do carry a gun sometimes. He prefers brawling than shooting, though.

You should pick up a copy of the Ultimates. It was hilarious how Cap was able to defeat Giant Man one on one when he learned that Giant Man was abusing his wife.

What I'd like to happen if they're gonna bring Steve Rogers back is to tranfuse the Ultimate Captain America from his universe to Marvel 616. But then the Ultimate universe wouldn't have a Captain America anymore...

Nah... I like his old costume better than this one. And I like his Ultimate costume better than the other two. The gun is ok since he is a soldier, but I have to agree with the canteen. Of course I realize the triangle is meant to resemble his old shield, but it still looks awkward. Especially so in Steve Epting's painting of Cap standing over the gargoyle. The triangle seems to be dangling from his neck... which is weird.

Hay naku. Seeing that, it reinforces my belief that Alex Ross isn't really creative. A skillful painter, maybe. But not creative.

I am not following the Captain America series.. So correct me if I am wrong.. But I have not heard any news that Captain America has already been replaced.. Any clarification would be appreciated.. Baka naman yung costume na pinakita ay parang plans lang..

 

A far as I know, its a toss up between Hawkeye and Winter Soldier.. In the Captain America book/series, the storyline revolves around the Winter Soldier.. I believe that if Cap would ever be replaced anytime soon, it would be the Winter Soldier because he has been the main focal point in the Cap series for some time now..

In the current Captain America storyline, Tony Stark was sent a "if I happen to die" letter from Steve Rogers saying that whatever happens, there should always be a Captain America.

The most likely contender is Winter Soldier since the new costume and Winter Soldier's current costume have the same star insignia on the shoulder. In any case Steve Rogers is dead and won't be coming back according to the writer.

This new costume was designed by Alex Ross. His character design skill really sucks.

yeah. it's that tapered end in front and at the back of the costume that i don't like. It looks like he's wearing an apron.

It also sorta reminds me of Star Trek TNG costumes....

I don't like the new Captain America costume...

And I didn't like Anne Heche's voice on Lois Lane. For some reason everytime I hear Lois say her lines, my mind subconsciously replaces Lois' face with Anne's... and the fact that I know she's a lesbian makes it hard for me to believe that she and Superman has a relationship going. This is bad because it distracts me from the flow of the movie.

But I can safely say that the DC animated movies are better than the Marvel ones so far. The only Marvel animation that I liked (in terms of character design) is X-Men Evolution. I just wish they'll use the character design template from that series to create their other animations in the future.

Saw the Superman doomsday na... sayang the cheek bone lines made him look ugly doon. Nice na sana except for that.

Alex Ross' art looks boring now. Too saturated I guess, that his art no longer stands out...

Yay Thor!

Was "Rome and Juliet" (Mylene Dizon and Andrea Del Rosario) released in VCD/DVD?

 

I can't seem to find titles such as "Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang" and "City after dark" by Ishmael Bernal. How I loathe the death of our film industry.

You can try contacting Unitel for that... I think they have website up at cinefilipino,com and they're releasing said titles soon...

Well I for one hope it will be as widespread as the Moto RAZR...

Well... now there's not going to be a 'WOW - i have something that you don't have' factor anymore since everyone and their kid brothers can afford an iPhone... and judging from the number of early adopters who complained about the price drop, the effort to line up to get an early iPhone seems to be not worth it for them...

must be referring to the CECT P168...

Apple enthusiasts will buy it no matter how limited its functions are...

hehe...but im sure "status symbol" groupies would save for this gadget so they can "flash" (not the firmware) it in front of chums...sikat ba

...as well as flash it to would-be snatchers... heh heh...

you know what i checked the other board particularly philmug the moderator of that board informed us that this is all a hoax. in short di totoo.

I think this is the 'Saksi' episode you were looking for.

As stated, any device that connects to the internet and allows program to be installed are prone to viruses. Even a stand-alone GPS device can get viruses, why not a mac/iphone/ipod? It's just plain ignorance that people dismiss it as so. After all... why would Norton make an anti-virus program for the Mac or mobile phnes/devices if it's not vulnerable to viruses? Virus writers/programs are just ignoring the macs for now because of the limited user-base...

OT: I beg to differ about Windows productivity not being lost as compared to Macs. Aren't the Mac ads focusing on it being an entertainment computer rather than a work computer, the reason why the bundled softwares are time-wasters like iLife/iTunes and not "flowchart" making softwares?

I think he was asking who hacked it first (pinoy ba o hindi), not if there is already a hacked iPhone in the Phils... Personally mukhang urban legend na naman yan Pinoy hacker na yan.

Mga chief confirm ko lang may nakausap ako sa chat sabi ung iphone mas unang na hacked ng isang pinoy dito sa atin or sa abroad. Alam ko recently lang sya na hacked ng isang 17 yo teenager na amerikano. Ang sabi ng kausap ko may mas naunang pinoy na ka hacked doon na feature pa raw sa saksi. I noticed na hindi naman sya ganoon ka tecnhically proficient when it comes to computers. Di ko alam kung ayaw nyang magpatalo kasi binibida nya na may pinoy daw na naka hacked sa iphone. Sabi ko I need to see the news first before believing yuo.

Isn't that a a scary thought? Kung isang not technically proficient na teener nakaka hack ng iPhone, what makes you so sure hindi nakaka gawa ng virus ang mga technically proficient geeks para dito eh internet-centric pa naman itong iPhone.

iPhone’s Got a Virus!

21 07 2007

 

Gizmodo is reporting a possible iPhone virus. A user called it in and Apple support told him in four very scary words that it must’ve been a virus. The user never took a picture. The solution from Apple support seems to have worked and nothing else was seen or heard.

 

A Gizmodo reader is claiming that his iPhone got what Apple support said “sounds like a virus.” Last night he heard a received SMS ring but there was none. Instead, the iPhone’s date was replaced by the text “Player Haters (red alert).” Since the first external app was compiled this week, it’s hard to believe. There are other explanations. [Gizmodo]

 

We want to help Gizmodo find more evidence of this virus, so if you happen to have an iPhone seen something something weird on the screen, post it in the comments section.

Mac/Apple users should get the idea off their minds that they are immune to viruses and worms because the fact is that they're not. Nobody just has taken a great deal of time developing a virus for these devices.

Shortly after the iPhone was released, a group of security researchers at Independent Security Evaluators decided to investigate how hard it would be for a remote adversary to compromise the private information stored on the device. Within two weeks of part time work, we had successfully discovered a vulnerability, developed a toolchain for working with the iPhone's architecture (which also includes some tools from the #iphone-dev community), and created a proof-of-concept exploit capable of delivering files from the user's iPhone to a remote attacker. We have notified Apple of the vulnerability and proposed a patch. Apple is currently looking into it.

 

A member of our team, Dr. Charlie Miller, will be presenting the full details of discovering the vulnerability and creating the exploit at BlackHat on August 2nd. This site will be updated to reflect those details at that time; until then, we have decided only to release general information about exploiting the iPhone.

How the exploit works

 

The exploit is delivered via a malicious web page opened in the Safari browser on the iPhone. There are several delivery vectors that an attacker might utilize to get a victim to open such a web page. For example:

 

* An attacker controlled wireless access point: Because the iPhone learns access points by name (SSID), if a user ever gets near an attacker-controlled access point with the same name (and encryption type) as an access point previously trusted by the user, the iPhone will automatically use the malicious access point. This allows the attacker to add the exploit to any web page browsed by the user by replacing the requested page with a page containing the exploit.

* A misconfigured forum website: If a web forum's software is not configured to prevent users from including potentially dangerous data in their posts, an attacker could cause the exploit to run in any iPhone browser that viewed the thread. (This would require some slight changes in our proof of concept exploit, however.)

* A link delivered via e-mail or SMS: If an attacker can trick a user into opening a website that the attacker controls, the attacker can easily embed the exploit into the main page of the website.

 

When the iPhone's version of Safari opens the malicious web page, arbitrary code embedded in the exploit is run with administrative privileges. In our proof of concept, this code reads the log of SMS messages, the address book, the call history, and the voicemail data. It then transmits all this information to the attacker. However, this code could be replaced with code that does anything that the iPhone can do. It could send the user's mail passwords to the attacker, send text messages that sign the user up for pay services, or record audio that could be relayed to the attacker.