"After much speculation, Apple has confirmed that the next version of its Mac OS X operating system, Leopard, will hit stores on Friday 26 October, at 6 pm. The company has stated that Leopard, which was delayed this spring due to the high-profile iPhone, includes more than 300 new features in comparison to its predecessor, Tiger."

Not sure what the 300 new features are (half are probably for new rounded corners in menus and apps), but the ones that are public aren't that revolutionary. The new Finder is much needed, and the new Stacks looks good though. Price is AU$158, or AU$145 for academic.

"I've been noticing several requests for us to add OneNote to our Mac product portfolio. I should say that, as a non-Windows user, I've never used it myself and have no personal opinion about it. I've heard good things about it from both Windows and Mac users, though, so I'm curious."

Check out the comments here - I don't think I've seen so much Microsoft love from Mac users ever! Nice they agree though - OneNote is a wonderful product that is very underpromoted and used.

"An anonymous Info Sec researcher claims to have developed a fully automated and ready to use Mac OS X worm. How long can Mac users rely on Apple to protect them from security threats? It comes as no surprise to me that Mac OS X, like any other large-scale coding project, contains bug. Serious bugs. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fantasy land. But what bothers me about each and every Mac bug that’s uncovered is how trusting the majority of Mac users are in the fact that Apple will be able to protect them against all future threats through the existing software update mechanism that is in place. "

Just like I've been saying. But it's not the mac nerds that are in trouble (they can protect themselves if needs be), but the rest who are tricked into this false sense of security.

"So you and your friends have a wild party and you wake up in the morning to realize someone has changed the admin password on your beloved mac and you can no longer access your computer. No problem, you can just pop in the OS X DVD that came with your computer and reset the password....but wait, that's missing too."

Wow, it's actually surprisingly easy. I'd hazard a guess that it's easier than on a PC. Ok, so you could encrypt your stuff, but who does that? Gonna keep this trick in my book :)

"Cocoa# is an interface between the world of Mono and C# on the one hand, and Apple’s Objective-C Cocoa framework on the other. The idea is that, with Cocoa#, C# developers get access to the rich functionality contained in the Cocoa libraries. More importantly, it means that Mono applications on the Mac automatically get the native look and feel that Mac users expect."

Awesome stuff, much easier to use than Objective-C (I thought C was bad...) or the mangled python/ruby bridges.

"The OS of the future will not, like the current crop of OSes, feel it is necessary to toot their own (car) horn. The truth is Leopard and Vista are not user-centric, but instead are ego-centric...In the future, however, the OS and the computer, will become a true utilitarian tool, just like other tools where form follows function not determines it. "

I agree to a certain extent. I don't think they'll disappear, but they'll definitely be much less important, relegated to the significance like the type of hifi system I have.

"Numerous postings on Apple's user-to-user support forum recounted various misfortunes regarding the new test release. Only hours after Safari 3.0's launch, users were reporting the browser not launching along with Cocoa, iTunes, Coda, Adium and other applications failing to start. Some users went as far as saying they would never use Safari again."

Looks like Apple's experiencing Microsoft's issue with mass updates. Growing pains...

Ah, another massive Apple fanboy convention comes along. I was expecting some new hardware maybe, it something more exciting on Leopard, but no. I do love the new desktop stuff though (http://www.lifehacker.com/software/mac-os-x-leopard/leopard-desktop-improvements-heavy-on-the-eye-candy-light-on-the-useful-267883.php) and the Finder update was long overdue. Cover flow for everything? Bit over the top, and Quick Look, well Vista beat Mac to that.

Ah well...

"But it just blows me away sometimes how they managed to pull off something like this. I mean wouldn’t it have been easier to just use a native application, so they didn’t have to composite a Mac application onto the Windows desktop?"

Way over-analysing, but clearly someone at the advertising agency buggered up for no real reason, why not just a Mac OSX screenshot, or a Vista screenshot? There are some other odd things in the screenshot too in the post.