It's IT Blogwatch: in which we delve into the murky depths of the iPhone application blacklist -- can Steve Jobs remotely disable your apps? Not to mention Paris Hilton responding to McCain...

Brennon Slattery blogs:

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I know 2008 is far from over and we have many more Apple products to look forward to. It just seems to me that Apple has profoundly changed the technology landscape again, and people are starting to realize it. In a few years, 2008 will be known for one thing: The Apps store.

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Microsoft halted a long loss of market share to both Firefox and Mac in July, as both Mac OS X and Firefox usage stalled or dropped. It's too soon to know whether this will stop Windows and Internet Explorer's long slide, but it's certainly good news for Microsoft.

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Today's IT Blogwatch isn't canceled: in which two Apple-related talks at the Black Hat security conference are pulled at the last moment. Not to mention Error'd...

Robert McMillan reports:

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How to semi-legitimately tether, if you don't mind gray areas and some tinkering (but nothing illegal, I swear!)

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It's one thing to have a skunkworks operating system project, Midori, that could conceivably replace Windows. It's another to actually have plans on how to switch users from Windows to Midori. Guess what? Microsoft actually does have such plans.

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It's inevitable that technology progresses faster than IT's budget to keep up with it. But some people don't want to give up their tried-and-true methods. They'd rather stick with what they know than learn the new toy that's swayed everyone else with its bells-and-whistles.

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As my colleague, Preston Gralla, wrote today, the potential for the very serious DNS exploit to leave your Macintosh and your network prone to attacks is significant. While most ISP's DNS servers are patched (Comcast and Verizon) or will be shortly (AT&T), some smaller companies have yet to update their DNS servers.

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Yesterdays post about the potential for glass touchpads on upcoming Macs gained a lot of attention. Most of the analysis on the Web focused on whether or not there would be a screen below the glass trackpad - frankly, I don't think it would be that useful in a traditional setting. How much time do you spend looking at your trackpad? On that issue I am torn.

What surprised me is that no one is talking about the potential "death of the mouse button".

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As I hinted in my "fun" blog, I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's line of portable computers. The talk amongst insiders on the new MacBooks are kind of scattered but here's a summation of what I've heard...

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Even the legitimate, commercial part of the Internet cannot be considered safe.

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Jobs is basically healthy. That's good news.

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MobileMe continues to have significant problems even two weeks after its launch. Apple's solution? Keep users informed of outages and updates via their first ever, "blog"...

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