petard - Slashdot User

Comment Bullshit. (Score 2, Informative) 136

by petard on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @11:33AM (#26132959) Attached to: Realtek's Wireless Driver Drives Thoughts of an Apple Netbook

The driver is not specifically for the wind. That's the same chip used in cheap USB wireless adapters like this one and RealTek has been providing their OS X driver for some time. The driver and associated utility do not work very well, FWIW, and I don't suggest trying to use them with a Mac unless you really have no other option.

Submission + - Apple Patches Flaw That Lets Sites Photograph You

Submitted by Gruber Duckie on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @08:55AM

Gruber Duckie writes: Apple's security update 2006-008, posted yesterday, is a little more interesting than it sounds. According to information (and a demo!) posted at Macslash the "information leak" mentioned in Apple's advisory actually makes it possible for a web site to send whatever your (isight) web cam sees up to the server. I'm glad they fixed this quickly.

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