Apple Plugs AirPort Hole
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Software update patches bug in wireless drivers that left systems vulnerable.
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The oohs and aahs from Tuesday's unveiling of Apple's new MacBook Air have died down -- mostly. Now it's time to take a closer look at just what Steve Jobs pulled out of that envelope at the Macworld Expo.
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Ken Mingis writes for Computerworld, âWith its latest Airport Extreme base station, Apple has done more than revamp the look of its popular wireless routerâ¦In addition to adopting 802.11n  â  a whole new standard in Wi-Fi that promises faster transfer speeds and better range  â  it is also making a foray into home storage networks.â
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Bob Levitus writes for the Houston Chronicle, âI love when Apple introduces a product like the new AirPort Extreme Base Station, which is significantly faster and more capable than its predecessor and cheaper to bootâ
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Editor's note: This story was reprinted from Computerworld. For more of Computerworld's coverage of the Mac, visit its Mac Knowledge Center.
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If, like me, you travel everywhere with your Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod, you&#39;re painfully aware of the need to carry some kind of charger, whether is a dock connected to a PC running Microsoft&#39;s (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people
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MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday updated the company's iBook consumer notebook, adding built-in AirPort Extreme across the line. The new machines feature a 1.33GHz processor at the high-end, and a low-end model that sells for under US&#36;1,000.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple Inc. Friday issued security updates to patch four vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and the Safari beta, marking the second time in eight days that the company has had to fix its newest browser, which runs on both Mac and Windows XP and Vista machines. The 2007-006 update for Mac OS X 10.3, "Panther" and 10.4 "Tiger," fixes a pair of problems in Safari -- the production-quality versions bundled with the operating system -- including a memory corruption vulnerability that could end with an attacker in control of the Mac. "Visiting a maliciously crafted Web page may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution," Apple said in its alert. The second bug, and to Apple, the less serious of the two, is a cross-site scripting flaw (XSS) in Safari that could be used by phishing sites to steal usernames and passwords. Apple Friday also updated the Safari beta, first released June 11, to version 3.0.2 for both Mac and Windows. Mac Safari 3.0.2 patches another XSS bug, while the Windows edition fixes that, plus a separate vulnerability that could let an attacker disguise the browser's address bar, perhaps as part of a spoofed site meant to trick users into divulging confidential information, such as bank account passwords. For Mac users, 2007-006 and the Safari update are mutually exclusive. If a Mac user has installed Safari Beta 3, only the Safari update will be offered; users who haven't bothered to try out the beta will see only the standard Mac OS X update. Windows users can update Safari to 3.0.2 by downloading the new version from Apple's site, or by running the optional Apple Software Update utility. The just-patched Safari bugs were credited to a team at Adobe Systems Inc., as well as to researchers at Westnet, an Australian Internet service provider, and Westpoint Ltd., a U.K.-based security company. None were accredited to Dave Maynor, one of several researchers who dug up vulnerabilities within a few hours of Safari 3.0's launch last week. Maynor, who said he had found half-a-dozen bugs straight away, refuses to disclose his findings to Apple, part of a year-long feud that goes back to a wireless hack demo Maynor and another researcher gave at last August's Black Hat security conference. "Due to the cries of 'it doesn't count, it's beta,' we are waiting to release any further information till the browser is released in a final state," Maynor said in an e-mail earlier this week.
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NEW YORK - The only surprising thing about the fact that Apple Computer has now locked RealNetworks out of the iPod is that it took so long for it to happen.
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RealNetworks takes on Apple... again.
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Update free with upcoming base-station box Apple has posted software that will allow Macs with 802.11n-capable Wi-Fi adaptors to support the latest incarnation of the as yet non-standard next-generation wireless networking technology. And yes, the company wants $1.99 or Â£1.25 for it, depending on your location.â¦
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As if a slew of new iPod Shuffles wasn't enough, Apple has updated its wireless line with a new AirPort Extreme Base Station and an enabler patch for unlocking 802.11n capabilities on certain Macs.
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Apple Computer has released AirPort 4.1, an update to the drivers for its wireless networking hardware running under Mac OS X v10.3.
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Mac users who had hoped the latest update to Mac OS X would allow them to use Time Machine to back up their computers wirelessly to hard drives attached to their Airport Extreme base stations are out of luck -- at least for now.
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Mike Wendland (Detroit Free Press) was âimpressed but skepticalâ at first. But the skepticism quickly passed after he had the opportunity to take MacBook Air out for a flight test. Itâs âan absolute delight to look at and to use,â but itâs âthe convenience of the MacBook Air that I think has been underreported,â Wendland observes. âFor the corporate worker who runs from meeting to meeting, this is the gadget you want. Itâs not much bigger than a legal pad in a binder. And, with Wi-Fi now being standard in most of the corporate world, you have full access to your calendar, your address book, e-mail and the Internet, so youâre never out of touch.â
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Steve Jobs is a master when it comes to figuring out ways to help the masses savor songs digitally. Now Apple's boss is counting on a new lightweight mobile base station called AirPort Express to continue to bang the drum for digital music.
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Buffer overflow risk neutered In all the hoopla surrounding Apple's announcement of its revamped line of iPods on Wednesday, many users might have missed the company's update to iTunes, which includes a fix for a serious security flaw.â¦