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MacFixIt has posted pictures .of their misshapen MacBook Pro due to their swollen battery. More …

Camino is the Mozilla Project’s Mac OS X-native Web Browser and an excellent one. Camino is our backup to Safari when a web page doesn’t work with Safari which fortunately is getting rarer all the time. Here is what v1.0.2 brings:

* Fixed several critical security issues, including those fixed in version 1.8.0.4 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
* Fixed an issue in Camino 1.0.1 where proxy auto-config (PAC) files were ignored.
* Fixed an issue where Camino’s bookmark metadata could not be added to the list of locations Spotlight is prevented from searching.
* Fixed an issue where using Camino on a network with many Bonjour hosts could significantly degrade performance.
* Fixed an issue where Camino would ignore the “Link from other application” tabbed browsing preference in certain cases.
* Fixed an issue where Camino displayed some search fields on Apple.com incorrectly.

Update!!!!!

Security vendor Bit9 claims that some mainstream applications, including Apple’s Safari and QuickTime, are vulnerable malware, Baseline Mag reports.

The list includes Mozilla Firefox, iTunes, QuickTime, Skype, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Sun Java Runtime Environment. This is not an exhaustive list, but comprises the top 15 which are well-known and used commonly. For instance, the very old FireFox 1.0.7 has a number of security flaws.

None of the updated versions are included

CNNMoney, quoting Reuters, “Jobs said to want a flat price of $9.99 a movie, but Hollywood executives balk, news reports say.” More …

AppleInsider reports: “Apple is acknowledging internally and through its network of service providers that some 60GB fifth-generation video iPods may be plagued by random resets during normal use.”

Opera Software has announced the release of Opera 9, a “free” web browser that’s not open source and considered by many to be best-of-class. Available in 25 languages, this release comes after a lengthy public beta period and is said to feature:

• Widgets (small web programs, but different from Apple’s Dashboard architecture)
• Integrated BitTorrent support
• Saved sessions
• Secure browsing
• A skinnable UI

Download your copy of Opera 9 here (13.1MB).

Apple has released iPhoto 6.0.4. Here’s the one tender bit o’ spin the company’s offering with this dot-fix:

This update to iPhoto contains a variety of new Greeting Card and Postcard themes for use with Apple print services, including invite and thank you card designs for summer parties, weddings, birthdays, etc.

Of course, you can download iPhoto 6.0.4 directly from Apple (35MB) or get it via Software Update (36.4MB).

About.com’s Brian Koerner grades Texax Guaranteed’s breach in which personal data was lost, and included, “1.3 million American Students who borrowed funds from Round Rock, Texas based Texas Guaranteed (TG), who administers a U.S. family educational load program.” More …

What is the responsibility of companies, which store your data, then loose it or let it be copied>

Sometimes Mac OS X may not seem to respect the automatic disconnect setting that is defined in System Preferences (which is 10 minutes of inactivity by default). More …

MacFixIt continues “to report on severe battery failure — apparently due to overheating — from some MacBook Pros.” More …