Windows Reckoned more secure than OSX

HACKS AT ZDNet have made a brave claim that Apple operating systems are much less secure than Windows.

This will almost certainly get a flood of anonymous emails from Apple Fanboys who will shout about how there are no viruses for Leopard. ZDNet has based its findings on all the known security flaws and placed them side by side. The results are fairly compelling.

The vulnerability statistics come from Secunia and ZDNet broke them down by Windows XP flaws, Vista flaws, and Mac OS X flaws.

During 2007 Apple had more than five times the number of flaws per month than Windows XP and Vista in 2007, and most of them were serious. Windows Vista had less flaws than Windows XP.

The article admits that the problems could be much worse. Apple do not admit that it ever has problems with its software until it releases a patch for it. This means that it could be sitting on huge security holes that it has not told anyone about.

So, while there might not be viruses for your shiny Apple computer, there are some fairly juicy security holes for hackers to exploit.

ZDNet admits that all this goes against the conventional wisdom that Apple is somehow more secure than Windows. But since the conventional wisdom is a result of some canny marketing by Apple this is not not really surprising.

Windows 7 rokin, does Snow Leopard Stand a Chance

Windows 7 has hit the ground running. It is getting five star reviews from the worlds toughest tech critics and many blogs have said that Windows 7 Beta is ready for prime time. Meanwhile we know nothing about Mac OS X Snow Leopard. As far as we know Snow Leopard adds new features are:

• Microsoft Exchange Support
• Better support for Multicore Mac’s
• Open CL
• Minor Media and Internet upgrade
• Support for 64-Bit

Not really what I call exciting. (You can see that list with more details at: http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard) Snow Leopard doesn’t have half the features as Windows 7. I do not think that the average Snow Leopard users would appreciate the new features. The only people who would appreciate the new feature are programmers.

There are too many new features in Windows 7 to talk about so here are some of them:

• Graphic thumbnails for open windows
• Switch between multiple windows by just hovering over the taskbar thumbnail
• Icons are big enough to be selected easily with the new touch feature
• Applications can use the taskbar to provide information (a progress bar for example)

Libraries (new)

• Libraries are containers similar to folders, but their content is based on file properties such as file type, pictures by date taken, or music by genre
• There are default libraries (documents, music, pictures, etc.) and one can create personalized libraries
• Libraries can contain files, not network shares, which are indexed by Windows Search

Jump lists (improved)

• Jump lists are automatically populated links in the Start Menu to frequently accessed sources (apps, documents, etc.)
• Taskbar items, the Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player will have them too, allowing you to jump directly to a certain task of a program

Windows Sidebar (improved)

• Is no longer a sidebar
• Gadgets are now placed on the desktop
• Gadgets are resizable
• Aero Peek lets you see gadgets behind open windows

Windows Explorer (improved)

• New user interface (have to find out more)
• New copy engine: fewer prompts, shows file names being copied, more reliable

Scenic Ribbon (new)

• Paint and WordPad now have a ribbon similar to the one in Office 2007
• Third-party developers can integrate ribbons into their apps

Start Menu Search (improved)

• Searches in Libraries (also external files)
• Search results are grouped according to Libraries
• System administrator can define up to five external search destinations
• Search will be executed on the server

Windows Search 4 (improved)

• Input recommendations based on previous searches
• Dynamic filters to narrow down results
• New relevance algorithm
• Word highlighting in results
• Search Federation: search external resources (servers, Sharepoint, Web sites (OpenSearch))

Tablet PC enhancements (improved)

• Supposed to have improved handwriting recognition
• Supports handwritten math expressions
• Personalized custom dictionaries, and supports new languages

Sticky Notes (improved)

• Ink support
• Paste support
• Note colors
• Resize possible

Accessibility (improved)

• Improved speech recognition
• Magnifier (whole desktop or portion of the screen)
• Accessibility support tools for developers

Windows Touch (new)

• Windows 7 can be controlled by touching the screen
• It also supports multi-touch allowing you to use more than one finger

Other desktop enhancements (improved)

• More styles
• Region specific styles
• Multilingual browsing no longer requires font installation, language-based font

Free iPod may not be a scam

Everyone knows about the get a free iPod nonsense. Most of the claims are fake but the Electronic Playground has found two that we have tried out and found out was real. Our new iPod came 5 days later:

(The link is under the video)

The link that is to the right of the video

www.xpango.com-ref=91503480

The products we ordered where brand new, came with warrantee, official documents and the companies seal was not damaged.  The web site offers High Definition Televisions, Cell Phones, iPods, mp3 players, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii. So go ahead and get your free stuff

Free iPod may not be a scam

Everyone knows about the get a free iPod nonsense. Most of the claims are fake but the Electronic Playground has found two that we have tried out and found out was real. Our new iPod came 5 days later:

(The link is under the video)

The link that is to the right of the video

www.xpango.com-ref=91503480

The products we ordered where brand new, came with warrantee, official documents and the companies seal was not damaged.  The web site offers High Definition Televisions, Cell Phones, iPods, mp3 players, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii. So go ahead and get your free stuff