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The MacBook Air
Steve Jobs introduced the world’s thinnest notebook, the MacBook Air. He first ditched the disadvantages on most subnotebooks, including smaller screens, slower processors and a shrunken keyboard.
The MacBook Air has a 13.3 inch wide screen LED backlit LCD, afull sized keyboard, an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 processor that was customized by In tel to fit into this ultra-thin notebook and an iSight camera. All these cramped into an aluminium case that is only 0.16-0.76 inches thick. This MacBook Air will retail at USD $1,799.
The Hidden Danger of iTunes
Have you installed all the Windows updates? Good, because most of the attackers invade your PC through loopholes in the operating system. But this can change soon. Due to the popularity of IPods, iTunes has been installed withwith QuickTimes on many computers. Hackers are now diverting attention towards this software as their new target. Meanwhile, there are bulk of updates published every few weeks for the QuickTimes software to repair the critcal loopholes there were six updates in November alone.
If there is a security loophole, a manipulated video file, for instance, is sufficient for hackers to gain access to the computer. If java is installed on the systems, attackers can confer more rights in combination with QuickTime applets, which aren’t exactly termed as being reliable. There are bugs even in the image processing routine of QuickTime enabling hackers to read the PC.
You must install the latest version of the iTunes software to view videos safely. The latest QuickTime version with all patches is available at their website. Source www.apple.com/itunes
