Apple has dropped a couple of monumental password security clangers with the release on OS X Lion, according to security blogger Patrick Dunstan.
He discovered Apple’s developers had made user security worse in two important ways: firstly, it’s possible to change the password of the current user without needing to know the original password, as Dunstan explains.
[The lion eats one bad apple!!!!]
The last update to Roku’s line of portable streaming video players came in 2010, right as Apple was announcing the all-new Apple TV. Roku’s tiny devices were overshadowed by Apple’s even tinier (though heavier) black box. This year Roku has updated its players yet again, adding features while outdoing the Apple TV with boxes that are smaller and lighter than Apple’s $99 player.
It’s clear that the Roku 2 players—there are three models, ranging in price from $60 to $100—are inspired by the new Apple TV design. They’re slightly taller than the Apple TV, but smaller in the other two dimensions, and lighter.
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A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/175
An attack tool is circulating in the wild. Active use of this tools has been observed.
The attack can be done remotely and with a modest number of requests can cause very significant memory and CPU usage on the server.
That’s right folks, another ten best! But this time I’ll wager you’re not familiar with any of them, or at best one or two. The free/open source software world is vast and full of excellent applications for all occasions. An interesting trend is the growth of large distributed projects such as OpenTox and AMEE. FOSS presents a natural platform for building large distributed projects because of the low barrier to entry– open code, open standards, and freely-available robust, high-quality high-performance software.
And now I shall cease nattering, and invite you to enjoy the following best unknown open source software projects.
Generally speaking, there are three kinds of wild berries in the world: Berries that taste great, berries that will make you wish you were dead, and berries that will make you actually dead. Wild Berries and Herbs HD is a detailed, though perhaps a bit pricey, guide for determining which is which using an abundance of information and high-res photos.
Wild Berries and Herbs HD, an app from Alphablind, is available for US$8.99 at the App Store.
[Very useful app with vital information that can save lives.]
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