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Mon, 24 Mar 2003
Security Update 2002-03-24
Apple has released a new security update, available through the Software Update panel, which addresses problems with Samba & OpenSSL.
Security Update 2002-03-24 addresses a Samba vulnerability which could allow unauthorized remote access to the host system. The built-in Windows file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba and is off by default in Mac OS X.
OpenSSL is also updated to address an issue in which RSA private keys can be compromised when communicating over LANs, Internet2/Abilene, and interprocess communication on local machine.
It is recommended that all users install this Security Update.
O'Reilly releases Mac OS X Hacks
O'Reilly has released Mac OS X Hacks: 100 Industrial Strength Tips and Tricks, a new book for Mac OS X users.
Mac OS X Hacks, By Rael Dornfest & Kevin Hemenway, reflects the real-world know how and experience of those well steeped in Unix history and expertise, sharing their no-nonsense, sometimes quick-and-dirty solutions to administering and taking full advantage of everything a Unix desktop has to offer: Web, Mail, and FTP serving, security services, SSH, Perl and shell scripting, compiling, configuring, scheduling, networking, and hacking. Add to that the experience of die-hard Macintosh users, customizing and modifying their hardware and software to meet their needs: System Preferences, GUI mods and tweaks, hardware tips, vital shareware and freeware, AppleScript, AppleTalk and equivalents, keyboard modifiers, and general Macintosh-style tomfoolery.
You can also buy it from Amazon, to help support MacMegasite.
Final Draft AV Version 2 Released
Final Draft Inc., makers of the top-selling screenplay software Final Draft, announced today the availability of Final Draft AV Version 2- an upgrade to their self-contained, full-featured script processor specifically designed for dual-column, audio/video scriptwriting. It retails for US$199.00 from Final Draft, Inc. at (800) 231-4055 or International +1.818.995.8995. Final Draft AV Version 2 is available in Windows and Macintosh format as well as an electronic version (downloadable). Registered users may upgrade electronically at no charge or receive a boxed product for $29.00.
Final Draft AV Version 2 combines powerful word processing with a variety of industry formats in one self-contained, easy-to-use application. The dual-column, audio-visual script format is used by writers, producers and directors who create commercials, corporate videos, documentaries, music videos, radio spots, news, infomercials, speeches, corporate presentations, etc. Besides the ability to keep columns aligned, Final Draft AV Version 2 also includes a customizable header and footer, a full-featured spellchecker and thesaurus, import and export capabilities with Final Draft and other word processors as well as 100% cross-platform compatibility.
System requirements:
Macintosh:
PowerPC
MacOS version 9.1 or later
32MB of RAM
20MB of available hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive
Windows:
Pentium or better
Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP
32MB of RAM
20MB of available hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive
About Final Draft, Inc.
Final Draft, Inc. was founded in 1991 to develop a scriptwriting program that allows the writer to concentrate on the creative process and not on Hollywood's stringent formatting rules. Since then, Final Draft has become the Hollywood professional's choice and the world's #1-selling scriptwriting program. As technology changes, the company continues to evolve and adapt its products. Final Draft won the 2000 Golden Satellite Award for Best Interactive CD-ROM.
Final Draft is the software of choice of such industry giants as Alan Ball, Tom Hanks, Oliver Stone, J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay. Television shows such as "The Sopranos", "The West Wing", "Band of Brothers", "Sex and the City", and "Six Feet Under", feature films such as "Titanic", "Forrest Gump" and any of the "Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter" and recent James Bond movies are all the results of scripts written with Final Draft.
Through its partnership with other companies, Final Draft, Inc. continues its commitment to making all facets of the production workflow run smoother, from concept to writing to scheduling and budgeting to shooting to non-linear editing.
Final Draft, Inc. also publishes Final Draft AV, the only dedicated multi-column script processor specifically designed for writing commercials, corporate videos, documentaries, presentations, DV shorts, etc.
The company's headquarters is in Encino, California. More information about the company is available at www.finaldraft.com.
ToThePoint Software Releases ProjectHQ
Product Name: ProjectHQ
Version: 1.0
Type: Shareware
Category: Productivity
Price: $12.00
Version Release Date: Sun, Mar 23, 2003
System Requirements: Mac OS X
Trial Period: 20 days
Purpose:
ProjectHQ makes it easy to manage your project resources (folders full of project documents, resource creation and editing applications, individual documents, etc.).
Description:
ProjectHQ is a unique resource management solution that makes it easy to organize your project resources. Gather, link to, create, and organize project resources. You can coordinate resources for any number of projects and create unlimited styled topic documents for each project. Due to its inherent flexibility, ProjectHQ is perfectly suited to a wide variety of projects in which you might need to deal with numerous resources (folders full of documents, multimedia files, resource creation and editing applications, internet resource sites, online encyclopedia information, etc.).
Features:
GATHER PROJECT RESOURCES
- search with Sherlock
Open Sherlock from the toolbar.
- search email messages
Open your email application from the toolbar. Use your email application's "Find" function to locate project related messages.
- search with internet search engine
Choose an internet search engine from the toolbar.
- search hard drive folders
Choose a folder and search within its documents for text. Optionally search within nested folders too.
- open documents
Open any document on any mounted disk from the toolbar
- search research application data
Open a default research application such as World Book or Groliers
- search topic documents
Find specific text within saved topic documents
NOTE: See CREATE PROJECT RESOURCES below for what to do with found information.
LINK TO PROJECT RESOURCES
- project specific resource links
Use drag and drop to create a list of project related document, application, and folder links. Double click an item in the list to open it.
- general project resource links
Use drag and drop to create a list of general document, application, and folder links. These items will be available to all projects as well as the current project. Double click an item in the list to open it.
CREATE PROJECT RESOURCES
- creating topic documents
Create topic documents related to a project. Enter, paste, or drag and drop text into topic documents.
MANAGE PROJECT RESOURCES
- project notes
Keep general project related notes
- organize information by topics
Create topic documents to categorize information related to the project
- resource link lists
Group resources (documents, applications, folders) by project
Maintain links for access by all projects
- pending items
Maintain a list of tasks and events. Attach notes to list items.
- calendar
Click calendar dates to create or view memos
Product URL: http://www.ttpsoftware.com/projecthq.html
Download URL: http://www.ttpsoftware.com/projecthq.sit
Home Page: http://www.ttpsoftware.com
Contact: mailto:contact@ttpsoftware.com
PHP-Nuke happenings
A few interesting events occurred in the PHP Nuke community over the weekend while we were down.
PHP-Nuke 6.5 will be released to the public shortly, and I plan to upgrade MacMegasite to that version after I'm able to test it. One major enhancement in 6.5 is that the current forum system has been replaced with phpBB, which is a lot nicer.
The PHP-Nuke site was hacked a few days ago. Although the author fixed the security holes which allowed it to be hacked, his immediate overreaction was to announce that he plans to rewrite PHP-Nuke and make it closed source. Thankfully, the overwhelming negative response encouraged him to reconsider, and PHP-Nuke will remain open source.
As long as PHP Nuke remains open source, I will continue to use it at MacMegasite. However, in the event that he does decide to close it in the future, I will most likely switch to one of the open source variants such as PostNuke, or whatever branch the latest open source version takes.
We're back
We're finally back after major problems with my web hosting provider (bounceweb) which required me to restore everything from my backups.
I'm now looking for a more reliable web host with pricing & features similar to BounceWeb. If you have any suggestions, let me know.