New pictures: First snow of 2002. I was under the impression that I was buying a luxury-Southern-living-North-Carolina-style package that explicitly did not include snow. Do houses come with refunds?
AIM security hole [via Slashdot] Windows version only. Allows remote execution of arbitrary code without warning. Temporary solution: ‘go into your Preferences and in the Privacy section click “Allow Only Users on My Buddy List” under “Who can contact me.”‘
Preliminary reports indicate that AOL can fix this permanently on their servers by filtering the overflow packets; thus, you will not have to upgrade your AIM client. Just do the temporary solution to protect you for the next few days, or don’t run AIM.
For a more permanent solution, use one of the alternative clients that can connect to the AIM network, like Trillian (Windows) or one of the multitude of Jabber clients.
CNET: Apple fuels Macworld speculation.
Dave Jacobs: it’s an iDock.
SpyMac: it’s an iWalk.
Silicon.com: it’s a flat-screen iMac.
GraphicPower: it’s a MacGameCube.
MacObserver: could be an iMac, could be an iBook, but isn’t it strange how quiet the usual rumor sites have been?
MacWorld: we don’t know what it is, but we’ll know on Monday.
BlackHoleBrain: it’s an iPot. The iPot will ship with a removable, dual functioning ceramic pipe and pen/pointing device, and one complementary seed from Jobs’ personal greenhouse collection.
Happiness in the inbox
Dean Allen answers his email. Of course I’m happy — I’m wall-eyed with happiness.
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