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Lincoln
8 Mar 2006, 5:10pm
Recent security concerns have focused a harsher light on the operating system.

February was a horrendous month for Apple's OS X, as security analysts revealed four bugs in what appeared to be an impenetrable operating system. Apple has long held the safe position in the market, but last month proved to be dreadful for the iPod maker. Granted the bugs weren't nearly as serious as Microsoft's Windows encounters on more than a few occasions, but is Apple's OS X the next target for malicious code writers?
Source: CoolTechZone (http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Apple%3A_Mac_OS_X_Doomed?_200603062213/)
Leonardo
8 Mar 2006, 6:27pm
Apple: Mac OS X Doomed? Why must websites use sensationalist, a la National Inquirer-type headlines to get one's attention. I guess there's such paucity of news outlets writers feel compelled to cry 'The Sky is Falling' to get attention. Although I'm not a Mac user, I'd say that a more bogus headline couldn't have been written.
Nosferatu
9 Mar 2006, 1:05am
Notice it's from the same site as Firefox Community: Sickly Out of Control (http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Columns/Firefox_Community:_Sickly_Out_of_Control_200603062212/). It seems CoolTechZone trying to drive traffic to itself by acting as a sensationalist tech news site.
TheSmJ
9 Mar 2006, 2:31am
Wern't these the same guys that said AMD might be "doomed" last month?
muddocktor
9 Mar 2006, 5:50am
That's what I was thinking too. Post a bunch of traffic-driving BS headlines. :rolleyes:
Enverex
9 Mar 2006, 11:11am
Wern't these the same guys that said AMD might be "doomed" last month?

Yup, everyone is "doomed" apparently.
RWB
9 Mar 2006, 1:19pm
This just in...

Enverex is DOOOOMED!
profdlp
9 Mar 2006, 3:38pm
I am doomed-er than anyone!!111!
Lincoln
9 Mar 2006, 5:35pm
I was just posting what articles/editorials seemed most interesting. I'll try to be a little more discerning. :)
profdlp
9 Mar 2006, 6:08pm
I was just posting what articles/editorials seemed most interesting. I'll try to be a little more discerning. :)
I think an increase in the discovery of OS X security flaws is quite newsworthy. Since many exploit/virus creators lean toward copycat tendencies it's likely that this is just the beginning of a new trend.

Sorry about my smart-alec comment - it just goes to show how very doomified I really am... :bawling;