Stan's List

CERT posted two vulnerabilities about Mozilla products, and Mozilla software updates are available These vulnerabilities are addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.4, Firefox 1.5.0.12, Thunderbird 2.0.0.4, Thunderbird 1.5.0.12, SeaMonkey 1.0.9, SeaMonkey 1.1.2.

Security Update 2007-005 1.1 is to address an install problem with the original update. Those that successfully installed the previous release, do not need to install this update, which comes in Universal and PowerPC versions

Apple announced that it is offering a new Apple TV build-to-order option with a 160GB hard disk drive. The standard Apple TV hard disk drive is a mere 40GB. The higher capacity hard drive could benefit those whose Apple TV accesses multiple Apple TV with a 160GB hard drive is available today for a suggested retail price of $399, the 40 GB model at $299, not bad for 4x increase

Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV. YouTube will add thousands each week until the full YouTube catalog is available this fall

“This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it’s really, really fun,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV is bringing it directly from the Internet onto the widescreen TV in your living room.” More …

SeaMonkey 1.1.2 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey advances to the same level of security as its siblings, Firefox and Thunderbird, which are issuing updates for the same problems this week as well. The project team strongly urges users to upgrade to SeaMonkey 1.1.2, as the old 1.0 series will not be maintained further. The 1.1 series, on the other hand, is being actively maintained and also features some new functionality such as spell checking in web forms and mail tags. More …