Apple has released important updates for Mac OS X 10.4 this week – which will take care of some of the bugs and patches that people have been dealing with over the past few months. Apple has made the update available on their website for downloading or through a system software update.

There are two choices to make before you download. You can either choose the 10.4.11 – which is for users who have all of the latest releases. The other choice is to download the 10.4.9 – which is for users who have the early versions of Tiger. The size of the updates for the Intel Macs is approximately 128MB’s and the combination update is about 321.5MB’s.

We are happy to see that there will be many security updates available with the 10.4.11. You won’t have to worry about taking extra time to download these updates because they will be included in the whole package.
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Microsoft is preparing to release the new 2008 Windows Server system – which will be available to consumers Feb 27th of next year. Usually Microsoft leaves us in the dark about what they have prepared for us – but this time they have decided that the best of course of action is to lay it all out on the line.

All eight versions for Windows Server 2008 will be equipped in 32 bit and 64 bit editions. The Itanium version will only be available in 64 bit. Those businesses who are looking to save a few dollars can choose to use the Standard, Datacenter, and Enterprise editions without the Hyper-V technology (the server virtualization technology for Microsoft).
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Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 7.10 (codenamed Gutsy Gibbon), the latest version of the popular Debian-based Linux distribution. Ubuntu 7.10 includes the GNOME 2.20 desktop environment as well as recent versions of Xorg, OpenOffice.org, and Firefox.

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Several significant new features have been added in Ubuntu 7.10. The Compiz window manager, which adds rich visual effects to the Ubuntu user interface, is enabled by default on systems with compatible hardware. Ubuntu 7.10 also includes support for display hotplugging and Bulletproof X, which simplify graphics hardware configuration and make it easier to use multiple displays. Other new additions include automated printer installation, support for writing to NTFS partitions, the Tracker search and indexing system, and a more energy-efficient kernel that will reduce heat output and extend productive laptop usage time.

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Chicago (IL) – Mozilla has released a new patch for Firefox, which will update the browser to version 2.0.0.8 and install a handful of security fixes and brings support for Apple’s upcoming operating system MacOS X 10.5 “Leopard”.

The update, distributed since earlier today via the software’s auto-update feature, patches eight vulnerabilities. Two of them are rated as “critical” and could allow an attacker to run code or install software on a client PC.

 The new version brings two new localized versions of Firefox, Georgian and Romanian.

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