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Standard and Poor's have upgraded Apple Computer to a 5-start stock. Meanwhile, one security analyst has officially kicked-off the "Month of Apple Bugs." And over at Apple.com, the company is having some fun with its faithful — posting its first pre-Macworld teaser in five years.
Standard and Poor's analyst Richard Stice on Friday upgraded shares of Apple from a 4-star "Buy" to a 5-star "Strong Buy," saying the most recent formal disclosures surrounding its stock-option issues are helping to alleviate lingering uncertainty for the company.
"While the entire scenario is cause for concern, we believe these formal disclosures will help alleviate lingering uncertainty for the company," he wrote. "Moreover, we think fundamental business drivers remain intact."
Stice maintained his 12-month target price of $110 on shares of Apple.
Month of Apple Bugs tips-off
A security analyst who vowed that January would be the "Month of Apple Bugs," is making good on his promise this week with an inaugural bug listing titled "Apple Quicktime rtsp URL Handler Stack-based Buffer Overflow."
"A vulnerability exists in the handling of the rtsp:// URL handler," the analyst wrote. "By supplying a specially crafted string (rtsp:// [random] + semicolon + [299 bytes padding + payload]), an attacker could overflow a stack-based buffer, using either HTML, Javascript or a QTL file as attack vector, leading to an exploitable remote arbitrary code execution condition."
The issue has been successfully exploited in QuickTime Version 7.1.3 and Player Version 7.1.3, according to the report. Previous versions should also be vulnerable on both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Apple posts teaser on website
Apple this week updated the landing page of Apple.com with a new graphic and teaser for the new year. "The first 30 years were just the beginning," the company wrote. "Welcome to 2007."
As noted by MacRumors, the last time Apple posted pre-Macworld teasers was in 2002. In that instance, the company changed its teaser text daily in the week leading up to Macworld San Francisco 2002.
Graphic teaser appearing at Apple.com | Source: Apple Computer, Inc.
"This one is big. Even by our standards," read one message. "Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond," said another.
The 2002 conference eventually gave way to the flat-panel iMac, a 14-inch iBook, iPhoto and the first Macs to ship with Mac OS X as the default operating system.
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Standard and Poor's have upgraded Apple Computer to a 5-start stock. Meanwhile, one security analyst has officially kicked-off the "Month of Apple Bugs." And over at Apple.com, the company is having some fun with its faithful -- posting its first pre-Macworld teaser in five years.
S&P upgrades Apple
Standard and Poor's analyst Richard Stice on Friday upgraded shares of Apple from a 4-star "Buy" to a 5-star "Strong Buy," saying the most recent formal disclosures surrounding its stock-option issues are helping to alleviate lingering uncertainty for the company.
"While the entire scenario is cause for concern, we believe these formal disclosures will help alleviate lingering uncertainty for the company," he wrote. "Moreover, we think fundamental business drivers remain intact."
Stice maintained his 12-month target price of $110 on shares of Apple.
Month of Apple Bugs tips-off
A security analyst who vowed that January would be the "Month of Apple Bugs," is making good on his promise this week with an inaugural bug listing titled "Apple Quicktime rtsp URL Handler Stack-based Buffer Overflow."
"A vulnerability exists in the handling of the rtsp:// URL handler," the analyst wrote. "By supplying a specially crafted string (rtsp:// [random] + semicolon + [299 bytes padding + payload]), an attacker could overflow a stack-based buffer, using either HTML, Javascript or a QTL file as attack vector, leading to an exploitable remote arbitrary code execution condition."
The issue has been successfully exploited in QuickTime Version 7.1.3 and Player Version 7.1.3, according to the report. Previous versions should also be vulnerable on both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Apple posts teaser on website
Apple this week updated the landing page of Apple.com with a new graphic and teaser for the new year. "The first 30 years were just the beginning," the company wrote. "Welcome to 2007."
As noted by MacRumors, the last time Apple posted pre-Macworld teasers was in 2002. In that instance, the company changed its teaser text on a daily basis in the week leading up to Macworld San Francisco 2002.
Graphic teaser appearing at Apple.com | Source: Apple Computer, Inc.
"This one is big. Even by our standards," read one message. "Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond," said another.
The 2002 conference eventually gave way to the flat-panel iMac, a 14-inch iBook, iPhoto and the first Macs to ship with Mac OS X as the default operating system.
Holy rigatoni!
I think I just dropped a deuce in my pants! Can't wait!
Clean your shorts, babies! Must look presentable for MWSF! ...the insanity is really ramping up now...
Holy rigatoni!
Haven't enough of your posts been deleted? Are you going for a record or something?
Tying this image to a previous MacWorld teaser is an incorrect assumption behind the intent of it. It doesn't say "Welcome to MacWorld" but to 2007, implying the whole year and not the upcoming event next week. This is along the same lines as when S.J. said the previous year will be "the year of HD", just this year will be more than just HD. I'm sure MacWorld will usher in some new products and insight on Apple's direction for the year but will no way be the whole ball of wax.