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Mon, 31 Mar 2003
QuickTime Player for Windows Security Update
A potential vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime Player for Windows could
allow a remote attacker to compromise a target system. This exploit is
only possible if the attacker can convince a user to load a specially
crafted QuickTime URL. Upon successful exploitation, arbitrary code
can be executed under the privileges of the QuickTime user.
CVE Candidate ID: CAN-2003-0168
Versions affected: QuickTime Player versions 5.x and 6.0 for Windows.
QuickTime Player for Mac OS and Mac OS X are not affected.
Recommendation: Install QuickTime version 6.1 for Windows
QuickTime 6.1 for Windows is available via:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
- or -
"Update Existing Software" menu item in QuickTime Player
Credit to Texonet (http://www.texonet.com/) for discovering this
vulnerability.
Apple Product Security: http://www.apple.com/support/security/
QuickTime 6.1.1 Released
QuickTime 6.1.1 is now available via the Software Update panel as a 19.4M download (restart required). It delivers important bug fixes to MPEG-4 streaming.
Hydra 1.0: collaborative text editor
Hydra is a collaborative distributed text editor, combining the simplicity
of TextEdit and the power of Rendezvous. It allows to share documents on a
local network (with Rendezvous) or on the internet. Every participating
user can type simultaneously and see what others are typing. You can even
follow others users to see what they are up to.
The idea of collaborative editing is being researched for years, with
notable results. But now, for the first time it has been implemented in a
way you actually want to use. Using Mac OS X 10.2's unique Rendezvous
feature you don't have to edit long lists of preferences anymore,
configuring servers and clients. It's as easy as editing a local file, just
click the share button and type away.
Hydra features true simultaneous editing for multiple users. Text changes
are highlighted in a different color for each user, allowing easy
identification of your coeditors' changes. The scrollbar indicators give
you a quick overview where others are working in the document. The "follow"
mode even allows you to watch them typing. Hydra's Rendezvous browser shows
all shared documents in your local network, including name and picture of
the author.
In addition to its rich networking capablities, Hydra does everything you'd
expect from an advanced text editor. Encodings and line endings are handled
seamlessly. Programmers benefit from customizable syntax coloring and
function pop-up, bracket matching and indenting.
Hydra's Website: http://hydra.globalse.org
About TheCodingMonkeys: http://www.codingmonkeys.de
DEVONtechnologies celebrates its first birthday
In April, DEVONtechnologies is going to celebrate its first anniversary with a one-month "Happy Birthday" offer: Everyone who buys DEVONthink PE this April will only pay US$ 30 US dollars, US$ 14.95 off the regular price. This offer is valid for all customers buying at the DEVONtechnologies Online Shop and is limited from April 1st to April 30th.
DEVONTHINK PERSONAL EDITION 1.5.3 AVAILABLE
Bietigheim-Bissingen (Germany, EU), 31st of March, 2003 -- DEVONtechnologies updates its revolutionary information manager and freeform database again, to version 1.5.3.
DEVONthink Personal Edition 1.5.3 now imports iChat log files (requires Mac OS X 10.2), comes with a slightly extended help file and corrects a few minor cosmetic bugs.
Without the need for indexing, DEVONthink fully or semi-automatically classifies elements, lists similar contents and words immediately using fuzzy algorithms, finds and compares text and even images, summarises texts intelligently and provides high performance concordance tools. As a Cocoa application it's perfectly integrated into Mac OS X including it's own services for storing and summarising text clippings, has advanced text editing functions including rulers and provides a Finder-like interface with contextual menus, Dock menus, different views and drag-and-drop. Finally, DEVONthink is the first product based on the powerful and language independent DEVONtechnology which is suitable for a wide range of applications.
DEVONthink Personal Edition 1.5.3 runs on Mac OS X 10.1 or higher and is immediately available as a free download from www.devon-technologies.com. It must be registered for US$ 44.95 (US$ 30 from April 1st to April 30th) after the evaluation period.
For more information, visit www.devon-technologies.com.
Soybo lets you access applications from the web
Soybo is a cross-platform server application which lets you publish your Mac OS X applications on the web as services and access them from other computers, mobile phones, or PDAs.
The Soybo server is a free, open source application written in PHP & MySQL. Services can be written in PHP, AppleScript, and other languages.
Soybo works with Mac OS X's built-in Apache web server.