Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Mac OS X 10.8 in the works? How about 10.7.5 ASAP?

Posted by | Nov 4, 2011 | , |

“MacRumors” (http://www.macrumors.com) says Apple has already started work on Mac OS X 10.8. While I’m sure that’s true, I suspect we’ll see some major updates to Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) before 10.8 arrives.

Apple’s major OS X releases are normally released every other year: 10.3 in 2003, 10.4 in 2005, 10.5 in 2007, 10.6 in 2009, and 10.7 in 2011. Based on this pattern, as “MacRumors” notes, we expect Apple to preview Mac OS X 10.8 sometime in 2012, with the final public release happening in 2013.

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My crystal ball: the MacBook Air Pro is coming

Posted by | Nov 3, 2011 | , |

The Japanese web site, Macotakara (http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/index.php?ID=14648) says Apple is working on a thinner, lighter version of the 15-inch MacBook Pro. I think they’re on the money.

In fact, within 24 months, I predict that the Apple laptop line will consist of the MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch models) and the MacBook Air Pro (15-inch and 17-inch models). Yes, a 17-inch MacBook Air model.

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Greg’s Bite: Duqu Trojan uses MS Word

Greg’s Bite: Duqu Trojan uses MS Word

Posted by | Nov 2, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

To a hacker, an un-patched zero-day vulnerability is extremely valuable and never frivolously wasted. The Duqu worm seems to have used an unknown Windows vulnerability just to get information for a future attack from “secure” computer networks. No money was stolen. That who ever wrote the worm was more interested in information than money says a lot about who might be behind the project.

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