LOOPRumors is reporting that a new iTablet is on the work and might be unveiled on January 2008. According to them, the new device will run a customized version of Mac OS X Leopard. The device is not meant as a replacement for the MacBooks but rather to complement them.

They are also reporting that this device might use Mini dvd drive instead of a regular drive which actually doesn’t sound likely to me. I believe this device should be able to support regular dvd drive if its coming out. No point going backwards.For more information regarding this rumor visit LOOPRumors. 

Researchers at heise-security have found a flaw in the new Mac OS Leopard’s mail client. It has to do with the way apple mail handles image attachments.

Files on a Mac can contain additional information like what program should be used for opening a file. The OS store these in the file system in “resource fork”, which is linked to the file. This type of informatin is most cases limited to the local system but for emails the MIME format apple allows resource forks to be attached which are then automatically read by Apple Mail.

Attacker can easily create an attachment with .jpg extension with a JPEG icon. But when a user opens the picture, mail will automatically execute the command depending on the resource fork. This can harm the user’s computer without the user even being aware of it.For more info visit heise-security.  

Firefox 3 Beta is now available for download. I downloaded the Mac OS X version for my macbook. It looks more closely integrated to the OS than previous version of Firefox.This has been one of the deviation from previous versions where they tried to keep same look and feel across different platforms.

Summary of features of Firefox 3 includes

• Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
• Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
• Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
• Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
• Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.

Note: This download is only recommended for testers and developers