New and Noteworthy: First Look: Boot Camp Vista Support; Apple cracking down on Apple TV hacking?; more

First Look: Boot Camp Vista Support Wired has a first look at installing VIsta on an Intel-based Mac running Boot Camp beta 1.2. "I bit the bullet this morning and updated my Vista partition to check out the new drivers. Everything worked as advertised, including the iSight support which was the main thing missing from my previous installation. Other nice bits include a new system tray icon that will bring up a Boot Camp help center with troubleshooting tips and how-to hints for new Windows users. The keyboard driver support is now Vista compatible giving me backspace for the delete key and fn-delete for delete." More.

Apple cracking down on Apple TV hacking? Another Wired post reports that modifications made to the box are being rolled back remotely by Apple. "Apple TV hacker "IPP" writes: 'Several of us over in the Awkward TV IRC(l0rdr0ck, myself, and others) have had our Mod?d Apple TV?s played with over night(SSH/VNC disabled), our guess is apple has started to fight back the mod?d Apple TV?s. This is a warning to all of you to block your Apple TV from the internet by going into your routers settings and denying it internet access!'" More.

iTunes Introduces Complete My Album Apple has announced "Complete My Album," a new iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album. The albums must be purchased within 180 days of the initial track(s) purchase. More.

Why Microsoft should fear Apple Computerworld opines that Apple has become smarter about how it competes with Microsoft on several fronts. "What's especially intriguing to me is that many IT managers have reported that execs of all stripes are switching to the Mac at their companies. I've seen the same phenomenon. At my company, three very highly placed execs have used Macs for many years. The vast majority of people have used Windows. Over the course of the last year, however, several new Mac users have appeared, including three in my area of the company. Mac users are beginning to come out of the woodwork. And the word is spreading that it's OK to do that." More.

Hack a Mac contest at CanSecWest CNET reports that the organizers of CanSecWest (a security conference) are organizing a "PWN to OWN" contest. "Two Apple MacBook Pro computers will be set up as hacker targets. The person who successfully breaks into the machine can keep it. The conference will be held April 18-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia." More.

Previously on MacFixIt:

• Adobe CS3 apps (including Photoshop CS3) to ship in late April/early May
• Boot Camp 1.2 beta released: Windows Vista support added, updated drivers
• Mac OS X 10.4.9 (#10): Reducing system volume; Quicken: .Mac backup failure (cont.)
• Apple TV (#5): Incorrect time; Problems synchronizing photos from iPhoto; Fails to connect to Internet; more

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