Do you have an iPad that is physically accessible to everyone in the family, but you would like to limit the restriction of who can use the touchscreen device? Have a nosy roommate or friend who likes to check out your messages or changes the status of your social network accounts? The Apple iPad has [...]
12.3.11 | Mac Tips | Computerexpert
According to a well known and quite the infamous hacker-turned-security expert, Marc Maiffet, Apple and its users are quite ignorant when it comes to the security fo their systems. There is apparently a mass misconception that Apple Macintosh is far more secure than PC’s. In the words of Maiffet, “they are wrong and ignorant about [...]
04.26.10 | Computer News | Computerexpert
It has recently come to light that Apple Mac’s biggest rival may not in fact be Windows, as has been the speculation for close on 26 years now – but in fact it has been revealed that Apple itself may be the cause of the downfall of Mac as a personal computer platform. As the [...]
03.22.10 | Computer News | Computerexpert
What could possibly be more powerful than the world’s most advanced operating system? Well – none other than the upgraded and more refined version of said operating system, further building on the foundation for future Mac innovation. Mac OS® X Snow Leopard â„¢ is the latest offering from Apple Macintosh, building on a legacy of [...]
08.3.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
The second advertisement in Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters advertisements series implies that buying a Mac means purchasing for brand and aesthetics. Approximately two weeks ago, Microsoft kicked off the latest installment of its Windows Brand Campaign with a series it dubbed Laptop Hunters. Now the second advertisement introduces
04.26.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
During the Pwn20wn contest at CanSecWest, three of the most used web browsers, Apple’s Safari version 3.2.1, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 8 and Mozilla’s Firefox version 3.0.7 were found to be vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution. One of the authors of these vulnerabilities is Nils, a computer science student, who discovered the vulnerability in [...]
04.18.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
The multi-touch control familiar to Apple iPhone users will be built-in to Microsoft’s Windows 7. Microsoft believes multi-touch Pc’s will become popular in retail, public spaces, on laptops and “kitchen PC’s”. Some Windows machines already feature basic touch input and Apple is also adding touch for displays in its Snow Leopard OS update. There are [...]
04.14.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Dina Dai Zovi, an independent security professional in the financial services industry, demonstrated at a conference how to defeat Mac OS X by gaining access to its root memory. A few lines of arbitrary code will enable any attacker to take over a computer, establish a TCP connection and download additional malicious code.
03.23.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
This week’s Apple news: More Mac mini details: soldered processor, drive upgrades: This information is regarding the new Mac mini and how it can (or cannot) be upgraded. This may make or break your buying decision. The case for – and against – an Apple netbook:
03.22.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
A vulnerability was reported in Apple iTunes. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system as well as sending a Digital Audio Protocol (DAAP) message containing a specially crafted Content-Length parameter value to cause the target iTunes application to enter an infinite loop.
03.18.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
