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On Tuesday, Apple updated its QuickTime media software to version 7.6.9, patching 15 vulnerabilities. The security update is intended for Windows and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 users, as Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5 already includes fixes to the vulnerabilities.
QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows is a 32.86MB download. Mac OS X 10.5 users can obtain the update through Software Update or the QuickTime website.
The update addresses several issues with JP2, GIF, PICT and FlashPix images, as well as AVI, MPEG, QTVR, Sorenson and other movie files. Most of the issues resolved could have resulted in unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution if exploited.
MobileMe
MobileMe will "get a lot better in 2011," according to an email ostensibly from Jobs obtained by MacRumors. The email was sent in response to a customer complaint that MobileMe is "almost unusable."
MobileMe subscribers have questioned the service's $99 a year price tag as of late, especially after Apple made the Find My iPhone service free to use for devices running iOS 4.2.
Some experts speculate that MobileMe could see an overhaul of its iDisk or Gallery services when Apple begins to utilize its new 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., which is schedule to begin operation "by the end of this year."
Emails purportedly from Jobs should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt, as these recirculated emails have become increasingly common, with many of the emails unverified or blatantly falsified. This summer, a top Apple spokesperson "emphatically denied" that Jobs authored statements attributed to him in a supposed email exchange over the iPhone 4 antenna issue.
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MobileMe needs updated and made a free service that becomes the center of the Apple user experience. I think Apple has known this for a while and will move in this direction very soon.
I still say that Apple making what public roadmap as may be contingent on random emails to individuals from the CEO is completely insane.
I don't mind most of Apple's eccentricities, but this one really makes Apple seem like the plaything of one man.
I’ve had some Notes syncing issues with MobileMe, but that’s the only issue I can say that I have. For $60/year it’s well worth the value I get for it.
I do hope this data center is for a lot more services, including a revamped iDisk that mimics Dropbox’s functionality.
I still say that Apple making what public roadmap as may be contingent on random emails to individuals from the CEO is completely insane.
I don't mind most of Apple's eccentricities, but this one really makes Apple seem like the plaything of one man.
I wish they would stop, too. I thought they had finally stopped after the debacle earlier this year. Guess not.
MobileMe needs updated and made a free service that becomes the center of the Apple user experience. I think Apple has known this for a while and will move in this direction very soon.
I don?t see the whole of MobileMe being free, and I don?t want this to be a free service like Google offers.