Did you install Apple OS X on a lowly Intel Atom-based netbook? Proud of your tech-fu?

If you answered yes, then be sure to skip the next Snow Leopard update from Apple. According to reports, Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2 is incompatible with Intel’s netbook powerhouse, the Atom processor, delivering a blow to folks that want to (unofficially) rock some ultra-portable OS X computing and keep current with the latest OS updates.

Source: Wired

Adobe’s Flash Player (versions 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87) had a bit of a security issue that could have allowed malicious individuals to crash Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems and run arbitrary code which could compromise a system.

Given how pervasive their software is they’ve found it prudent to patch their software so heading over to their flash site and installing the latest version (10.0.32.18) as it is a critical security issue.

One has to wonder how quickly this flaw will be exploited, this could get messy.

Platforms are built by developers, not so much by the ones hired by companies for the initial design but by the devs that decide to write programs for your brand new operating system or fancy gadget. Apple’s iPhone has been on of the most popular smart phones around which could conceivably net developers a fair bit of fame and some spending cash should their app become a hit.

InfoWorld writes on the iPhone App creation, annoyance, rejection, and frustration process developers are running into:

So I guessed a bit, duplicated some of the users’ problems, and rushed out a bug fix. There was no need to scramble, though, because the App Store team took about two weeks to approve the dozen or so new lines of code I had added to my application. What was the holdup? Who knows, but users continued to be frustrated, and I couldn’t get the new code to them even if I knew who they were. Other developers report the same problems trying to fix bugs.

A maddening process to be sure, thankfully developers are usually a hard headed bunch so their pestering of Apple will no doubt bring about some change to the system.

Palm Pre had a nice little launch gift for Apple iTunes users in the form of displaying itself as an iPod once connected to a computer which allowed it to sync music onto the phone.

Apple hasn’t taken too kindly to Palm’s gesture so they’ve updated iTunes to version 8.2.1 in the guise of offering fixes to a number of bugs and it conveniently blocks the Palm Pre from using the software.

Is it a permanent fix or will Palm find a workaround in order to get Palm users back into their iTunes music stash?

Source: InformationWeek

Apple’s iPhone 3GS represents a major upgrade for the company’s smart phone lineup offering a number of improved components that boost its speed and multimedia capabilities. Unfortunately some of its software updates might be silently robbing the device of battery life leaving users in a bit of a jam.

PC World delves into what could be causing the power drain issues and what users can do about it. Here’s a look:

A possible explanation of this phenomenon comes from Wired  ’s Brian X. Chen, who says that it’s likely the iPhone 3GS units with the reported battery life problems are defective. But an interesting explanation comes from the Examiner’s Daniel Nations, who says this is a software problem related to the 3.0 software update rather than defective iPhone 3GS units.

Software updates usually resolve issues…well yeah they’re known to bring up their own fair share as well so you can’t be too harsh on the company if that’s the real cause of the power drain.

In case you missed the veritable flood of news concerning the topic Mozilla’s Firefox version 3.5 final has been released. The latest version boasts improved performance and standards compliance which is always nice.

As far as the performance claim there is a marked improvement compared to the 3.0 releases which was evident even during the beta and release candidate phase so the final version should offer up the same great speed as it doesn’t appear to have changed much outside of some bug fixes.

Go on and grab your copy from their site or check for updates under the help section of your current Firefox install.

Can’t attend WWDC? Neither can we, but you can be there virtually thanks to the live-blogging skills of the following sites.

New iPhones? Will Snow Leopard show its spots? Steve Jobs? Click below to find out…

Gizmodo Live Blog

Phil Schiller keynote live from WWDC 2009 – Engadget

Live coverage from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference – AppleInsider

MacRumors Live Coverage

Crave’s WWDC 2009 Live Coverage – CNET

Ars@WWDC – Ars Technica

Live Coverage of the WWDC Keynote Address by Phil Schiller on June 8th 2009 – The Mac Observer

Enjoy! But lay off the F5 friends, most of them auto-refresh…

Adobe has announced that all currently shipping and supported versions (Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1, 8.1.4, and 7.1.1 and earlier versions) of its Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF browsing applications are vulnerable to an exploit which may allow for malicious code to be executed on your PC. This issue affects Windows, Mac, and Unix versions of the software and their current plan to defend customers is to have them disable their application’s JavaScript functionality.

The process goes a little something like:

1. Launch Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
2. Select Edit>Preferences
3. Select the JavaScript Category
4. Uncheck the ‘Enable Acrobat JavaScript’ option
5. Click OK

There’s no current timetable for a fix so stay alert.

Source: Adobe PSIRT Blog