According to The H Online, Charlie Miller, a security researcher, has said he will disclose information about 20 zero day security flaws he has discovered that affect the Mac. While he hasn't named which applications or OS components are affected, it's believed that common applications such as Safari, Preview, and Flash may be on the list. According to Charlie:

"OS X has a large attack surface consisting of open source components (i.e. webkit, libz, etc), closed source 3rd party components (Flash), and closed source Apple components (Preview, mdnsresponder, etc). Bugs in any of these types of components can lead to remote compromise"

Charlie plans to make his disclosure at the CanSecWest security conference, which runs from March 24 - 26. Charlie has said he will not be disclosing the actual threat mechanism, but instead the processes he used to discover and identify them. Charlie uses a method called 'fuzzing,' which sends corrupt data to an application's input methods. He then monitors the application to see what events occur because of the intentionally bad input. His talk at CanSecWest is titled 'An analysis of fuzzing 4 products with 5 lines of Python.'

According to AppleInsider, Apple will release a new 27-inch Cinema Display based on the same panel used in the 27-inch iMacs. The 27-inch LCD panel uses LEDs for backlight, and has a 16:9 aspect ratio with 2560x1440 pixels.

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The panel as used on the 27-inch iMacs has received praise for its outstanding display sharpness, color depth, and performance, as well as taken its share of knocks, with early complaints about image flicker and a yellowish cast.

Both of these issues seem to have been corrected in the 27-inch iMac, which may be why Apple is ready to launch a new Cinema Display based on the same LCD panel. AppleInsider also speculates that Apple held off on releasing the new Cinema Display because the panel costs were so high. By using the panels in its popular iMacs, Apple was able to drive demand and lower the unit cost on the panels, making them attractive for a standalone monitor like the Apple Cinema Display series.

Apple won't be the first to offer this panel in a standalone monitor. Early last month, Dell introduced the UltraSharp U2711 at an MSRP of $1,099. Apple's current 24-inch Cinema Display lists for $899, while the 30-inch model retails for $1799.

Apple today mourned the loss of Jerome B. York, who suffered a brain hemorrhage Tuesday night. Jerome was a longstanding member of Apple's board of directors. After joining the board in 1997, Jerome was seen as one of the key reasons for Apple's financial turnaround.

"Jerry joined Apple's Board in 1997 when most doubted the company's future. He has been a pillar of financial and business expertise and insight on our Board for over a dozen years," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "It's been a privilege to know and work with Jerry, and I'm going to miss him a lot."

Jerome started his professional career as an engineer working for Chrysler, working his way up to eventually become CFO of not only Chrysler, but also late in his career, CFO of IBM, and President, Chairman, and CEO of Harwinton Capitol. Jerome was also known for a somewhat prophetic incident, advising GM in 2006 that it needed to shed some of its brands in order to sustain and grow a core group of automotive offerings. GM did not heed Jerome's recommendations, and we know what happened to the company a short time later.

Jerome B. York, 1938-2010. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Apple today updated the iWork.com beta site with new capabilities designed to make sharing iWork files easier for mobile devices, specifically the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The new user interface is optimized for touch-based scrolling, and brings higher resolution images of documents to iPad users.

iWork.com is Apple's cloud computing strategy, intended to allow iWork users to share documents and collaborate with groups, social networks, web sites, and more. You can also use iWork.com simply as online storage for your iWork documents, letting you work on or view current projects no matter where you are (Internet access required), or what Mac, PC, or mobile device you're using to access the Internet.

Currently iWork.com, which is still in beta, is a free service. Apple hasn't revealed pricing for the final version of iWork.com yet. It may be part of the cost of iWork, along with a yearly subscription, or it may be an optional service for MobileMe users.

You can find out more about the public beta of iWork.com at Apple's web site.