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Whoa! that was fast wasn’t it. Apple just released Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.1 for the general public that fixes a lot of nagging problems with the initial release of Leopard. Mac OSX 10.5.1 comes out after about 20 days since the official launch. Considering the time Apple had in developing this update, it looks like a rock solid upgrade and improves the stability of Leopard comprehensively.

According to Apple, the update is recommended for all 10.5 users and the 110MB download includes “general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac”.

Most notably the fixed issues include issues with data loss when moving files, some firewall stuff, and some of the Time Machine problems. Actually the update includes quite a few improvements for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. Official list is after the jump.

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The latest series of Windows Updates have wrecked thousand’s of PC’s worldwide bringing them to a standstill. A lot of server administrators are furious over Microsoft for doing this and preventing the job from being done for the companies meaning higher expenses for them. Well this time around Microsoft decided to automatically install a resource hungry application called Window’s Desktop Search on computers worldwide. This slowed down corporate networks bringing the network to a standstill. What is more important is that all this happened even though administrators had configured their systems not to use the search tool.

 "The admins at my place were in a flap this morning because Windows Desktop Search 3.01 had suddenly started installing itself on desktops throughout the company," says a reader by the name of Rob. "The trouble is that once installed, the indexer kicks in and slows the machines down."

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