The Mac as a forensic tool; On the prowl for antique Macs; more

The Mac as a forensic tool Roland E. Miller writes "A detailed forensic analysis of a Mac OS X system using primarily open source forensic utilities on a Mac OS X analysis system is now available as a Microsoft Word document. The paper clearly illustrates the potential of using Mac OS X for forensic analysis as well as some of the issues related to analyzing Mac OS X itself; in this case the Public Beta. The analysis is contained in Part I of the paper located at http://www.giac.org/practical/Roland_Miller_GCFA.doc."

On the prowl for antique Macs A Reuters report takes a look at the market for antique Macs and PCs, reporting that some users are paying premium prices for vintage machines. "Yesterday's computers, so often dumped for the newest model, have finally come to be treasured as historical artifacts. Techies, known more for their skills than sentiments, are waxing nostalgic for vintage models from Apple to Zenith--and occasionally paying good money for them. For example, the Apple 1--designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in a California garage and sold as a kit in 1976 for $666.66--fetched $25,000 at an auction in 2000." More.

The Net's 20th birthday CNET reports that according to one Net pioneer, the Internet celebrated its "most logical" 20th birthday on New Year's Day--barely three months after its 33rd birthday. "A posting this week from Bob Braden on an influential mailing list states that the most logical origin of the Internet is Jan. 1, 1983, 'when the ARPAnet officially switched from the NCP protocol to TCP/IP.'" There are others who put the age of the Internet much earlier. On Sept. 24, 1999, a group of Internet luminaries gathered at a private estate in the San Francisco suburb of Atherton to mark the 30th anniversary of the Net. More.

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