Polishing Apple and Windows

A 26MB patch for Mac OS X has been posted on Apple's download servers, promising improved networking, a number of bug fixes and updated graphics drivers, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Version 10.3.8 doesn't sound crucial and it's a bit big for a dial-up connection but this will probably be the last upgrade before Apple unveils Tiger, AKA OS 10.4, sometime in the next couple of months.

Microsoft has also been beavering away plugging cracks - there's 8MB of serious bug fixes waiting for you at Windows Update. Turning on Automatic Updates (via Control Panels) is also a fine idea, though the feature didn't grab the patches quickly enough for my liking, forcing me to do a manual update.