Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

SSL Certificate issue exposes bug in Mac OS X

A bug in the Mac OS X Keychain software was exposed when a recently a Dutch certificate issuing authority has issued a fraudulant SSL certificate for *.google.com. This was caused by a hack of the DigiNotar system and 200 certificates were issued. DigiNotar is one of the largest certificate issuing authorities, it is trusted by [...]

Apple Mac OS X Lion – A treasure chest of new features

My previous post outlined how to upgrade to the new Mac OS X Lion, Below are just a few of the 250 features that the new OS has. It is by far one of the best operating systems built so far with support of a wide range of services, items etc. Accessibility Built-in Voices: VoiceOver [...]

Apple’s Mac OS X Lion released today

Lion is said to be the best Mac OS X version yet and it has been made available in the App Store from today. This is the first version of the Mac OS that is available for download-only. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing. “Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.”

Mac OS X Lion – First Look

Apple released the new Mac OS X Lion to developers yesterday 24 February, 2011. The new OS is a step up from the previous versions and has some very cool features added to it. A notable feature is the Resume function which the user time by not having to launch them again after restarting from [...]

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