I tempi cambiano...

… o almeno iniziano a farlo. Io personalmente non avevo mai letto niente a proposito di test/challenge per il cracking di sistemi MacOSX (ce ne sono stati, ma sempre per dimostrare la robustezza di questi sistemi e di Linux rispetto a W32). Ebbene, ne sono stati lanciati già 2 (ma sicuramente altri ce ne sono e non ci (mi) sono pervenuti): RM MY MAC Mac OS X Security Challenge ...

March 7, 2006 · 4 min · 650 words

Studiando Cocoa

Salve. Era da parecchio tempo che mi ripromettevo di farlo: finalmente adesso ho trovato il tempo per cominciare il mio studio del framework Cocoa. Ma prima, una citazione da Wikipedia: Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. In the United States, ‘cocoa’ often refers to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids. By itself it has an extremely bitter flavor. ...

March 6, 2006 · 3 min · 607 words

WWJD 3

What Would Jobs Do? A beautifull gallery on Engadget. Some of these are pretty COOL! The first entry, for example.

February 28, 2006 · 1 min · 20 words

Il resoconto in Real-Time del Keynote di oggi

28 Febbraio 2006: come al solito, MacCityNet.it ci delizia con questa pagina dedicata al Keynote che, a partire dalle 19 di oggi, sarà aggiornata ad ogni nuova dichiarazione/annuncio/novità che sarà fatta/presentata sul palco del Town Hall Auditorium. Mai come questa volta é giusto dire “stay tuned”.

February 28, 2006 · 1 min · 46 words

Town Hall Auditorium - #4 Infinite Loop

#4 Infinite Loop Apple Computer Campus Cupertino, California, USA click and drag to pan and tilt shift and control to zoom in and out, respectively. Today Apple will present… new funny products! ;)

February 28, 2006 · 1 min · 33 words

Mac Book Pro: naked!

Everyone dreams it (ME! ;-( ). Someone loves it (… ME! ;) ). Anyone colors it (very very nice in black). Only ONE undresses it!!! p.s. What courage?! 8O

February 22, 2006 · 1 min · 29 words

New products from Apple at february 28

I’m waiting!

February 22, 2006 · 1 min · 2 words

Tablet Mac: Another Patent

Yes, another patent from Apple. That patent describe interaction-patterns in details, with particular attention on a “virtual keyboard” that appear in a “contextual-way”. Apple seems to be ready for an HCI REVOLUTON!!! Finally! Example images: Source, Melablog.

February 19, 2006 · 1 min · 37 words

Gentoo: the Mactel-Linux Project

I was one of the first Gentoo-on-iBook-7450 installer: I have an idea of the obstacles that Apple make (voluntarily?) to stop the “waste” of our hardware. The installation of Gentoo on Mactel is only a “time issue”: EFI was, for me, the biggest problem (elilo rulez!). But I don’t know the internal hardware of that new machine. Anyway, Good Work guys. Source, Melablog.

February 16, 2006 · 1 min · 63 words

Mac OS X Update 10.4.5

10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: -Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary and Font Book -iCal, iChat, DVD Player, Mail, Preview, Safari and Stickies -Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, Software Update -usability of Dashboard and widgets -viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall -time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007 -RAW camera support, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers -sharing using AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP file sharing protocols -reliable access to Open Directory, LDAP and Active Directory services -VPN connections to Cisco servers when using NAT -AirPort and Bluetooth wireless connectivity -compatibility with third party applications and devices -previous Mac OS X updates and standalone security updates ...

February 15, 2006 · 1 min · 145 words