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The Associated Press writes about a growing network of people online who’ve gone a step beyond hotels, hostels and even apartment swapping in their travel planning: They sleep on each others’ couches. A number of Web sites have sprung up to help pair travelers searching for a place to crash and hosts with a spare couch. Sites like hospitalityclub.org, couchsurfing.com, globalfreeloaders.com and place2stay.net are often free, serving only as middlemen and offering tips on how to find successful matches. More …

Radar reports that Mac guy “aka Justin Long” will no longer be appearing in Apple’s Mac vs. PC ads.

Meanwhile, the campaign’s other principals, director Phil Morrison and journo-humorist John Hodgman, are both returning for another round of spots, according to sources. Reps for Morrison and TBWAChiatDay (Apple’s ad agency) all declined to comment, and Hodgman’s rep could only confirm that new ads were in the works. Why was Long dropped, specifically? Perhaps for striking people as a ’smug little twit,’ in the words of Seth Stevenson, ad critic for Slate. More …

The most severe impact of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Other effects include forging an RSA signatures and denial of service. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
Forging an RSA signature (VU#335392) may allow an attacker to craft a TLS/SSL or email certificate that will not be detected as invalid. This may allow that attacker to impersonate a website or email system that relies on certificates for authentication.

These vulnerabilities are addressed in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 and SeaMonkey 1.0.6. According to Mozilla: Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until April 24, 2007. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 2.

With prices starting at just $1,099, the new MacBook lineup includes three models: sleek white 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz MacBook models, and a stunning black 2.0 GHz MacBook model. With Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo processors, the new MacBook is up to 25 percent faster than the previous MacBook and up to six times faster than the iBook, making it even easier for consumers to manage and enjoy their digital content with iLife ‘06. Consumers will also benefit from the added power in the new 2.0 GHz models, including double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as well as a double-layer SuperDrive for burning professional-quality DVDs.

# 1.83-GHz white; $1,099
* 512MB memory
* 60GB hard drive
* Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive

# 2.0-GHz white; $1,299
* 1GB memory
* 80GB hard drive
* 6x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW)

# 2.0-GHz black, $1,499
* 1GB memory
* 120GB hard drive
* 6x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW)