Archive - Oct 2007

The Fast Icon Studio has released a new icon set: "Halloween Emoticons", which contains 5 freeware icons.

This icon collection is available for download for Mac OS X, Windows Vista as well as a handy PNG files for Linux, web or blogs.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., October 31, 2007 -- MacTech Magazine today announced that not only is its November issue dedicated to Leopard with articles that have been months in the making, but that MacTech is releasing one of the best DTrace introductions available to help troubleshoot and investigate Leopard.

BEDFORD, Mass. - Oct. 31, 2007 - Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit 8.7.1, an update to its professional strength text editor.

Exploit: OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse
Discovered: October 30, 2007
Risk: Critical

Mireth Technology Corp. has released version 5.8 of ShredIt X, its simple to use file shredder and hard drive cleaner software for Mac OS X. Version 5.8 adds support for Leopard as well as enhancements to the user interface.

IDG News reports on comments by Taiwan's Asustek Computer that Intel was unable to keep up with the high demand on mobile CPUs. Laptop sales are expected to hit record highs this year, and so is demand on Intel's mobile CPUs.

CUPERTINO, California—October 30, 2007—Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history.

Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of Syncro SVN Client, has announced the immediate availability of version 2.5 of its Subversion (SVN) client.

Version 2.5 of the Syncro SVN Client introduces the options of associating a file type with an editor and of specifying an external application for diff operations and fixes various bugs.

My good friend Gerald Buckley posted a really cool article on how to install Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard From a DMG. Here is the article:

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