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According to a 6 month vulnerability report posted on CSO online - Microsoft Vista is far more secure than OS X. 

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WSJ columnist Walt Mossberg calls Apple’s new phone a “breakthrough” handheld computer, but with flaws.

See the video below:

According to Arabian Business, i-mate (traditionally Windows based) will reveal the most advanced mobile phone ever in September in Dubai.

“The Ultimate phone range will be vastly superior to anything the Middle East has ever seen,” Morrison told Arabian Business from Seattle, USA.“No other phone device will be able to drive a 42-inch plasma TV, project high definition videos from the phone onto a TV, play and download iTunes - you can’t download iTunes onto another phone.”

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Apple has released a guided tour of the upcoming iPhone - pretty much a user manual in video format. You can download the video - it is, however, a 175MB zip file.

 You can watch it from the iPhone section on the Apple site. 

The topics covered are:

• Getting started (overview of buttons and and basics)
• A revolutionary mobile phone
• Calling, Favorites, Recents, Contacts and Keypad
• Visual Voicemail and Conference Calling
• The best iPod we’ve ever created

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The latest version of VisualHub has been released and there is now support for high-resolution format for widescreen video on iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, Mac, Win, Linux, PS3 and Xbox360!
Other enhancements: 

• Full support for 8-core Mac Pros.
• Support for PSP firmware 3.30 and up. Full resolution 480×272 video is now possible!
• Raw FLV files are now created with appropriate metadata.
• Up to 100% speedup when converting to DV on Intel Macs!
• The Apple TV preset will now create full 720p video from PAL HD sources.
• Tweaks to Apple TV and iPod bitrate presets and rate control.
• Xgrid conversions no longer have the potential to create huge log files.
• Two Pass conversions can now be cancelled during the first pass.
• When creating streaming MP4 files, a lower distance between keyframes is now used.

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If you’re developing a web application or a site for iPhone, you can either adjust a Safari window to be 320×480, or you can download the free app iPhoney and give it a try in a more pleasing context according to Mac OSX Hints. 

iPhoney has an embedded WebKit view, so the behavior should be more or less accurate, although it doesn’t yet support pinching and zooming or other iPhone functionality. 

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Apple has released, what is probably the final update to OS X 10.4 - the following issues are addressed:

Bluetooth

Addresses an issue in which a Bluetooth headset may show up as an available device for sound output in the Sound preference pane after it had been removed from Bluetooth preferences.

Third-party

• Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic DMC-LX1, Panasonic DMC-LX2, Leica M8, Leica D-LUX 2, Leica D-LUX 3, Fuji S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, and Canon EOS 1D Mk III.
• Resolves an issue in which some DNG images may appear tinted or distorted.
• Improves compatibility of Mathematica 6 with 64-bit Macs.

USB

• Improves reliability when using the IR remote control after waking from sleep.
• Improves reliability when mounting external USB hard drives.
• Resolves an issue in which a TomTom GO 910 may not be recognized when connected via USB to an Intel-based Mac.

Other

• Improves responsiveness when using the Control-Eject key combination to display a shutdown dialog.
• Addresses a specific issue in which users importing video from a DV camera may experience dropped frames.
• Includes recent Apple security updates.
• Addresses issues with calendar calculations in certain applications.
• Addresses issues when rounding decimal numbers for display in certain applications.
• For Motion, addresses an issue in which some texture corruption could appear in Motion if VRAM is full.

Apparently Yahoo!Sync is also added in this update according to TUAW

I have installed the update with no problems - the update required a restart of the machine. As usual it is a good idea to repair permissions before and after the update.

Get it from Apple Support Downloads or via your Software Update.

This is a 72-293 MB download for Intel Macs (depending on your current version)

The installation took about 4 minutes - that was actually the first time my Apple TV was booted since I got it back in March 2007. The box restarts a few times and flashes the only light it has and eventually it comes back to life with the great little Apple TV movie.

YouTube is added to the menu and you can access:

• Featured
• Most viewed
• Most Recent
• Top rated
• Favorites
• History
• Search
• Log in / Log Out

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Apple today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube’s originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube’s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone’s stunning 3.5 inch display.

In addition, Apple announced that YouTube is now live on Apple TV™. Users can download the free software update using Apple TV’s built-in software update feature, and then easily navigate through YouTube’s familiar video browsing categories or search for specific videos. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favorite videos.
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Apple today announced that iPhone will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January.

iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback.

In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

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