Mac OS

Apple released its 7th security update for this year, security update that fixes several bugs in the system, some minor security updates but also several critical updates such as a bug that allowed arbitrary code execution within the OS. The update addresses several other issues such as Weblog Server’s vulnerability, a heap buffer overflow in the MySQL Server and an Apache server update.

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Presenting Adeona, your free software driven laptop angel from The University of Washington. The great thing about Adeona is that it doesn’t rely on any centralized web service or any 3rd party. Shortly, this means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and…that’s it.

How does Adeona work?

Adeona is designed to use the Open Source OpenDHT distributed storage service to store location updates sent by a small software client installed on an owner’s laptop. Adeona monitors the current location of your laptop, collecting all types of informations such as IP addresses and network details.

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