leo@leoville.com (Leo Laporte)

Hosts: Leo Laporte , Alex Lindsay , Scott Bourne , Andy Ihnatko , and Jeri Ellsworth Apple Java vulnerability, Palm Pre with iTunes, Microsoft Bing, Zune HD vs. iPod, and more. Apple releases iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2 Macworld article about the current state of Mac security Apple has failed to patch a Java security vulnerability despite it being a known issue Macworld.com provides steps to protect your browser Palm says that the Pre will sync directly with iTunes Did the iTunes 8.2 update break this functionality preemptively? Jon Lec Johansen aka "DVD Jon" thinks that Palm is spoofing Apple USB Vendor and Product ID's to achieve this. Leo predicts that Apple will announce AND ship a new version of the iPhone on June 7, 2009. Several Recent Microsoft Announcements Is Microsoft Bing a viable competitor to Google? Will the Zune HD be a viable competitor to the iPod Touch? Project Natal provides a way to play games on the XBOX 360 without a controller Google Wave When will Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" ship, and what will the benefits be? Picks of the week: Leo Laporte: Prezi - Free; or paid options Alex Lindsay: Autodesk Mudbox; 3D digital sculpting andtexture painting - Free Trial; $745 Scott Bourne: Hulu Desktop - Free Andy Ihnatko: EasyBloom Plant Sensor - $59.95 FriendFeed converstion for this episode Audible pick of the week: iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way , Unabridged, By Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith, Narrated by Patrick Lawlor. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak . Wiki show notes for this episode Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly . Running time: 1:34:05 show less