I was in CompUSA the the other day and noticed quite a few people in the Apple section. I realized that this was becoming increasingly common everywhere I went. Indeed, much Apple love these days. But why now? I mentioned to an employee in the PC section that Apple interest seemed to be getting stronger overall, and asked…
Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past
Yesterday I wrote about Joanna Rutkowska’s work that highlighted a serious security flaw in Windows Vista. Her finding was that in Vista, many applications require that they be installed with administrator privileges, and that during the install process users are given two options: 1) install with elevated privileges, or 2) don’t install the application at all. Yesterday’s post…
Leopard Instead of Vista: Three Reasons Why Your Next Computer Should Be A Mac
With the new release of Microsoft’s Vista operating system, many are considering their upgrade path. Is it time for a new PC? Should I wait for Vista? What’s this Mac stuff all about? In this article I’m going to put forth a very simple argument, which essentially boils down to this: For anyone wanting to perform basic computer…
OS X vs. Windows Security: Discovered vs. Undiscovered Vulnerabilities
With Apple OS X’s surging popularity many are wondering how vulnerable Apple’s OS X operating system is relative to Windows. You essentially have two sides — one saying that it’s inherently more secure (and hence less successfully attacked), and the other side saying that it’s only because of marketshare that fewer issues have surfaced. A Model I think…