New and Noteworthy: Adobe Premiere coming back to the Mac; Third-party Mac tablet?; more

Adobe Premiere coming back to the Mac A press release from Adobe says that Adobe Premiere, will be back for the Mac soon, with its first public demonstration during the Macworld 2007 Conference and Exhibition at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, January 9 - 12 (Booth 901). The release states "The next version of Adobe Production Studio for Macintosh and Windows is expected to be available in mid-2007. Adobe Production Studio as well as Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Encore DVD, and Adobe Soundbooth will be available for Intel-based Macintosh computers; the next releases of Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator will be offered as Universal Binaries for the Macintosh." More.

Third-party Mac tablet? A company called Axiotron plans to unveil a new product at Macworld Expo SF 2007 dubbed the ModBook, and billed as "the first ever Mac tablet computer solution." engadget reports "While we'd have to take issue with the claim of first, since resourceful hackers have been modding up their own Mac laptops into tablets for years now, but the fact that these two companies are bringing the slate-style notebook to the masses for what we presume is a high but attainable price point is plenty noteworthy. The touch input comes courtesy of WACOM, and thanks to Apple's Inkwell technology, there's already plenty of pen-based interfacing available in OS X." More.

Former Apple engineer patching Month of Apple Bugs-revealed flaws SC Magazine reports that a software engineer has vowed to provide solutions for flaws in Apple's OS X operating system exposed by the Month of Apple Bugs project (MoAB). "The two security researchers behind the project, Kevin Finisterre and a former hacker known as LMH, are revealing bugs in Apple software throughout January, as well as exploit code for any flaws they find. However, former Apple engineer Landon Fuller has set up an unofficial operation to fix the flaws. 'If I have time, I will attempt to patch the other vulnerabilities, one a day, until the month is out,' he said on his blog. 'Part brain exercise, part public service, I have created a runtime fix for the first issue using Application Enhancer.'" More.

The good, the bad of bug campaigns ZDNet looks at the negative aspects of bug finding campaigns such as the aforementioned "Month of Apple Bugs." "While the researchers argue that the public airing of flaws is for the greater good, not everyone agrees. After all, broadcasting details of a bug in software without informing its maker and without a patch being available puts users at risk, critics say. It goes squarely against the "responsible disclosure" practices advocated by software companies. For example, the Month of Apple Bugs includes detailed exploit code that could provide ammunition to cybercrooks for use in attacks. Software makers are sent scrambling to address the flaws." More.

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