Friday, December 20, 2002
Top Stories
Is Apple Growing Leaner?
Apple Computer laid off 180 employees in its fourth fiscal quarter and said that it's facing increasing pressure in the education market, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple today released an update for Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, bringing the current version to 10.2.3.
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10-K Filing Offers Insight To Apple's Past, Future
Apple noted a seven percent increase in net sales from 2001 to 2002, but said that Mac unit sales were relatively flat from year to year. The company attributes sluggish demand in the European and Japanese markets as one possible explanation for the lack of worldwide growth.
Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered In CUPS
Security firm iDefense, which released details of the vulnerabilities yesterday, said exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow local and remote attackers, in the worst of scenarios, to gain root privileges on a victim's computer.
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AND I'M OFF for my mini-vacation for my mind :-) Minimal updates until Saturday night. See you then.