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Also fixes flaws that made researchers call the firewall ‘a mess’

Apple Inc. today issued the first update for Leopard, its three-week-old operating system. The update fixes a wide range of out-the-gate bugs and patches three security-related design flaws in the revamped firewall.

The update to Mac OS X 10.5.1 includes changes to a host of Leopard features, including some that have given early adopters fits, such as a gaffe that cripples some software, including Skype, when the firewall is set to the most flexible option. It also tackles problems formatting drives before they can be used with Time Machine, the integrated backup and restore software.

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Although Apple is closing security holes with the update, hackers have kept opening up the devices.

Apple has released, only through their iTunes application, a 1.1.2 system update for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

This addressed an “ImageIO” vulnerability that could allow the execution of malicious code through the viewing of a doctored TIFF image, according to Apple. The malicious TIFF image could cause a buffer overflow that could either crash an application or run code, according to Apple’s technical note on the issue. But in real life, its used to jailbreak iPod and iPhone.

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Still few hours from the official release, Wired.com has managed to get the new Zune 2.

Microsoft was kind enough to drop off an 8GB and 80GB to Gadget Lab headquarters a few days ago and we’ve got all the unboxing photos for you to scope out. Scroll down to see ‘em all.

• Better building materials (glass screen instead of plastic.)
• Retooled controls (bye-bye scroll wheel, hello 4-way touchpad.)
• More native video codecs for h.264 and MPEG-4.
• Synchronization of video from your Media Center PC.
• Wi-Fi sync to a host computer.

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The oft-rumoured Apple Tablet PC is actually very real, and on its way soon.

CNET claims to have spoken to an anonymous tipster at Asus who claims to be working with Apple to produce the tablet. ‘We’re guessing it’ll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we’ve seen in the iPhone and iPod touch.

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As rumored, Apple has quietly updated the MacBook to the Santa Rosa architecture with mild speed bumps and the GMA X3100 integrated video.

White 13.3″

• $1099.00 2.0GHz/1GB RAM/80GB/Combo/GMA X3100
• $1299.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/120GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100

Black 13.3″

• $1499.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/160GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100

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It took Apple approximately six weeks to ship its 2 millionth copy of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005.

Apple said Tuesday that it sold 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 the company’s history.

Sales included copies sold at Apple’s retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store, under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac computers. In comparison, it took the Cupertino-based Mac maker approximately six weeks to ship its 2 millionth copy of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005.

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Leopard vs. Vista: it’s on.

There no doubt, Vista and Leopard are both extremely advanced, feature rich consumer operating systems. But way back in January when Vista launched knew we had little choice but pit the two in a head to head chartngraph Thunderdome competition.

NOTE: This chart is only for out of box features, and does not take into account 3rd party software.

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The exact details of AT&T’s revenue-sharing agreement with Apple have not been disclosed, but one analyst thinks that over the two-year life of a user contract, the amount exceeds the actual price of the iPhone.

Silicon Alley Insider spotted a research note from Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster estimating that Apple is receiving $18 per month for each iPhone subscriber, under the revenue-sharing agreement between the two companies. Apple has confirmed that such an agreement exists, but has not shared the details about exactly how much cash it’s getting from the revenue AT&T makes on iPhone customers using the carrier’s data network. In July, Munster estimated Apple was receiving just $3 per iPhone subscriber and $11 per iPhone customers new to AT&T, but he’s rethought the numbers after Apple’s latest earnings release.

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Despite the official release date of 10/26, the newest OS from Apple has been leaked on torrent site.

The leaked file is in DMG format and with a size 6.56GB, so you need a D9 disk to burn it. It can be installed in original Apple hardware directly, but with some modification, you may also try your luck on the PC(a.k.a hackintosh).

The version number is 5A581, which believes to be the GM(golden master), identical with the one ships two days later. Some users have managed to install the shining new Leopard and post screen shot.

Download the torrent

Size of DMG (downloaded as separate .RAR files):7156338431
MD5 (osx-leopard105.dmg) = c38902e728dc47a4ccb34aa6143b9bbe

Also add these trackers for optimal performance:

http://inferno.demonoid.com:3416/announce 

http://www.moviex.info:2710/r12xjr0azivx42cjuyzn3c73mdqxj31q/announce 

http://vip.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce 

http://araditracker.com/announce.php?pid=241eac72250a7cd33b0ae3c7080e2e7d

Apple has pulled the beta of Boot Camp, the application that lets Mac users run Windows XP or Vista on their Intel-powered machines, from its servers in preparation for Friday’s launch of Leopard.

Although a Boot Camp 1.4 beta page remains live, clicking on the download link brings up an error message that reads: “The page you tried was not found.” A graphic of the Mac OS X 10.5 packaging appears in the background.

Earlier this month, Apple reminded users that the license to Boot Camp would expire when Leopard shipped. The application’s beta has been available free of charge for Mac owners running Mac OS X 10.4, commonly known as Tiger.

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