What's New - Dec 19, 2007

Introduction

• General issues, workarounds and fixes
• New Software and hardware
• Software and hardware updates/patches
• Apple Inc. related news

Contents

1. 2007-009 Security Update
   
2. QuickTime 7.3.1
   
3. Java Upgrade???
   
4. MS Office 2008
   
5. Apple Retail News
   
6. iPhone
   
7. Humor
   

2007-009 Security Update

• Upgrades Adobe Flash and Shockwave
• Newest versions plug holes
• Perl
• Fixes to regular expression compiler
• Color Sync (10.4 only)
• Fixed memory corruption issue
• IO Storage Family (10.4 only)
• Malicious GUID dmg's
• Software Update (10.5 only)
• Man in the middle attack
• See for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

QuickTime 7.3.1

• Malicious RTSP (real time streaming) movies
• Malicious QTL (QuickTime media link) files
• Multiple vulnerabilities in QuickTime's Flash media handler
• See for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176

Java Upgrade???

• Apple serving up a lukewarm cup of joe?
• 10.4 upgraded to the same Java version as 10.5
• Java 5 1.5.0_13 and Java 4 1.4.2_16
• Still waiting on Java 6
• Java 6 for Leopard was just released in a developer preview
• see: http://developer.apple.com/java/

MS Office 2008

• Shipping January 15th (has gone GM)
• Three editions:
• Home and Student: $150
• Business: $400
• Special Media Edition: $500
• "Super Suite Deal" Promotion
• buy Office 2004 now ... get upgrade to Office 2008 Special Media Edition for price of S & H (good till Jan 14th)

Apple Retail News

• Apple is dreaming of a "green" Christmas
• The retail "perfect storm"
• "Mac OS X Leopard, refreshed iMacs, and iPods have formed a perfect storm that hint Apple will exceed its already optimistic quarterly sales goals" - investment Bank Bear Stearns
• Apple barely keeping ahead of demand

iPhone

• Apple in talks to bring iPhone to Japan
• It better go 3G to compete in the Japanese market
• iPhone enterprise ...
• Apple hiring an Exchange test/sync engineer
• Consumer Reports
• iPhone trumps BlackBerry
• iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile
• Beats Windows Mobile sales in Q3 ... but still far behind BlackBerry

Humor