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Submission + - EFF Privacy Advocate Photographed by Google's Stre (lawbean.com)

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Spamicles

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @01:42AM

Spamicles writes: "From the you've got to see it to believe it department, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney has been photographed by Google's Street View. The funniest part is, this isn't the first time this has happened!"

Submission + - Mac OS Becoming Juicier Target for Virus Writers (foxnews.com)

Submitted by imamac on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @12:55PM

imamac writes: An article posted at Fox News is broadcasting Mac Security as becoming more like Windows." It notes that exploit code was written very quickly for a set of updates released on May 24. "It is very Microsoft. It's something we've grown to expect in Microsoft: The descriptions of patches lead people to write exploits for something that's been patched." Yet the opening statement says that "compared with Windows, the Macintosh platform is still largely untouched by vulnerability exploits." So which is it?

Submission + - Reporter Arrested on Orders of Giuliani Press Sec. (jonesreport.com)

Submitted by on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @12:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: Freelance reporter Matt Lepacek, reporting for Infowars.com, was arrested for asking a question to one of Giuliani's staff members in a press conference. The press secretary identified the New York based reporter as having previously asked Giuliani about his prior knowledge of WTC building collapses and ordered his arrest on the grounds of criminal trespass, despite protest of CNN staff. He had a proper press pass.

Submission + - iPhone runs "real" OS X

Submitted by Sugar Water Salesman on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @12:22PM

Sugar Water Salesman writes: Reading through the coverage of Steve Jobs' appearance last week at All Things Digital, I stumbled across something that I haven't seen discussed before. According to Jobs, the iPhone runs a full version of OS X. . From AllThingsD.com:

"Whoa. Jobs says iPhone runs "real OS X, real Safari, real desktop email." Walt follows up: If that's true, could other OS X applications run on the iPhone? Jobs says no. "They're not designed to."

Submission + - Mandy Amanno "Mac Chick of the Month" (Jun (macenstein.com)

Submitted by

Ed over in Accounting

on Sunday June 03, 2007 @08:06AM

Ed over in Accounting writes: "Anyone remember Apple and Pepsi's iTunes "Under the cap" promotion of 2005? The ad campaign was launched in a highly publicized Super Bowl ad, and featured a pretty girl named Mandy Amano. She reached instant internet fame, and eventually ended up in Maxim. She is apparently a die-hard Apple fan as well, and is this month's "Mac Chick of the Month" over at Macenstein."

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