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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/amazonmacosx.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/amazonmacosx.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16eb1ee --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/amazonmacosx.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Despite the fact that there's no firm release date yet, Amazon is [already pre-selling][1] Apple's forthcoming OS X Leopard. Mac fans can place their orders now for $129 and Amazon is offering its price guarantee so if the OS goes on sale (unlikely) between now and whenever it is released, you're covered. + +For more info on some of the features in Leopard check out our review and for the eye candy, have a look at the [photo gallery of the beta version][1] that was handed out at last week's WWDC (Apple asked us to pull some of the shots from the gallery, however, a little bird told me that Google's search page has something called "cached" I have no idea what it does, I'm just saying, [it exists][3]). + +[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Version-10-5-Leopard/dp/B000FK88JK/ "Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/screenshots_mac.html "Screenshots! Mac OS X Leopard" +[3]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Leopard+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.wired.com%2Fmonkeybites%2F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/safari3.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/safari3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..856565c --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Mon/safari3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +After a being publicly dressed down for security flaws, Apple has released an update to its Safari 3 browser for OS X and Windows which patches three serious security flaws. + +[The Safari 3.0.1 update][1], which was released last week, fixes three flaws in the Windows version of the browser including the very serious bug [we mentioned][2] when the initial version was released. + +Although the first beta of Safari for Windows probably could have used some extra testing, at least Apple was able to turn around an update rather quickly. Thor Larholm, who discovered one of the more serious bugs that the update fixes, says that the quick turnaround time is a positive sign for Apple's beleaguered entry into the Windows browser market. + +"I want to congratulate Apple for fixing a serious security vulnerability in such a short time frame," Larholm [writes on his blog][3], "their usual response time can be counted in weeks to months." + +Still there are other known flaws which have yet to be patched and LArholm suspects that a variation on his initial attack may still be possible. "Quotes and whitespace are now filtered on any requests to external URL protocol handler applications," he notes, "but other characters are still being passed without filtering so I expect to find some variations pretty soon." + + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ "Download Safari 3" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/safari_for_wind.html "Safari For Windows: Six Security Exploits In One Afternoon" +[3]: http://larholm.com/2007/06/14/safari-301-released/ "Safari 3.01 released"
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