Monthly Archives: January 2007

Adobe After Effects – Photoshop Integration #3

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Adobe After Effects video tutorial

Adobe After Effects – Photoshop Integration #3: Lightning Strikes a Bird

Once in a while, we have a visitor from the sky at the balcony of our house. And one day, I just happened to see a bizarre scene involving this bird. He was just sitting on a rail, and then ominous-looking clouds came out of the blue. And a lightening struck the bird! I just couldn’t believe it. I have no idea what happened right in front of my eyes. I’m glad I caught this incredible scene on my video camera. Maybe, I should post it at YouTube. Continue reading →

Security Alert: DiskManagement Vulnerability

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Mac DiskUtility

The Month of Apple Bugs (MOAB) is a group of security experts who have chosen January 2007 as the security month for Mac OS X applications. And MOAB has issued a new vulnerability report concerning DiskManagement. According to MOAB, an exploiter may be able to take advantage of a “vulnerability in the handling of BOM files,” which will enable him/her to “set rogue permissions on the filesystem” through Apple’s DiskUtility.

Click on the button to read MOAB’s report. VTC

The Movies Demo for Mac OS X Released

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Just before the last year ended, Feral Interactive released a Mac port of a simulation game, The Movies. And Feral Interactive has also released a demo version of the game, which is available at Macgamefiles. The file size is 800 MB.

The movies is not quite like The Sims’ Superstar but rather a tycoon game. At first, you start off as the head of a Hollywood movie studio. Your job is to hire/fire staff, build facilities and produce movies.

This is a one-year-old game. The PC version was released in November 8, 2005. The overall rate given by Gamespot (www.gamespot.com) is 8.2 out of 10.

Click on the button to visit Macgamesfiles.com to download the demo game. VTC
Click on the button to visit Feral Interactive for The Movies. VTC
The Movies Mac

Screenshot by courtesy of Feral Interactive

Security Alert: iPhoto Vulnerability

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Mac iPhoto

The Month of Apple Bugs (MOAB) is a group of security experts who have chosen January 2007 as the security month for Mac OS X applications. And MOAB has issued a new report concerning iPhoto. MOAB notes that exploiters can take advantage of iPhoto’s Photocast function, which allows the user to share its photo albums.

Click on the button to read MOAB’s report. VTC