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Security Expert: “Mac OS X Is Safer, But Less Secure”

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Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
He says OS X is full of security holes. There are lots more than in Windows, he claims.
And yet: OS X is a safer system to use. Why? Because, in the words [...]

Apple Devotes Entire Home Page To Jerome York Obituary

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If ever you needed a sign that Apple was a different kind of technology company, this is it.
What other computer manufacturer would remove its top-selling, hype-inducing, industry-altering new product from the prime spot on its website home page, and replace it with an obituary to an investor?
This is one of those “Here’s to the [...]

Coming Soon: Steve Jobs, the Sitcom

Fake Steve creator Dan Lyons just signed a deal to bring Steve Jobs to another small screen near you.
The half-hour series called “iCon” is billed by the presser as “a savage satire centering on a fictional Silicon Valley CEO whose ego is a study in power and greed.”
Making sure the barbs prick will be the [...]

What’s Next For the iPad? A Tabletop iPad, According to Xerox PARC Circa 1991

Way back in 1991, just as Apple was transitioning from 68k to PowerPC chips, the braniacs at Xerox PARC were predicting it’s entire iPod, iPhone and iPad strategy. And next up for the iPad is a blackboard-sized device.
Nearly 20 years ago, just as personal desktop computers were taking off, researchers at Xerox started thinking about [...]

Objects of Desire: Apple Stars in Design Film

“Objectified” the indie documentary film about industrial design that gives you a rare peek into Apple designer Johnathan Ive’s studio is out in movie theaters now — with a limited number of screenings from Stockholm to San Francisco.

The 90-second trailer is punctuated with Apple products (iPhone, MacBook) and a nice-close up of Ives.

At least one reviewer said Ive’s contribution — where he explains how a laptop emerges from just about one piece of metal — is a highlight of the effort by director Gary Hustwit.

If you catch it, let us know what you think.

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Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. Since 1999, she's been tapping away at zoomata. You can also find her on Facebook, Linked in and Twitter.

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4 comments

    looks intresting

    I caught the screening in Chicago, and although I completely recommend the movie to anyone who’s even remotely interested in product design, as a movie it’s a B+.

    (My initial review from May 1 can be read here if you’re interested: http://blog.iloveflycasual.com/index.php/2009/05/objectified-in-chicago/)

    I want the LITTLE CLOCK!!!!!!!!! cool

    What nonsense ….
    All anyone does — from the iPod on — is copy “futuristically cool” devices from comicbooks [rectangularish, slight curve, etc.] & apply that everywhere.

    Concerning the “Great CloseUp Of Jony [or however he's spelling his name this week]” remark ….
    Easy there, guy — it lasts 1.3 seconds.
    People may tend ta get the wrong idea.

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