Mini G4 vs Mini Intel fan noise

I've been digging around the net and even starting a thread on Apple discussions regarding this issue. The majority of replies indicate that the Intel Mini version is more silent than the G4. One post told me though that his Intel Mini fan has a higher noise level than a G4, most likely due to some hardware problem is my guess. So, will I be buying a new Mini, well I'm not sure yet. We have to see what Apple will be releasing in the autumn, when I thought about getting a Core Duo Mini.

Firefox and security...

I got to thinking about security today when I discussed it with a friend of mine. I love the Firefox webbrowser with all the possibilities it has with extensions and addons. However, how can I be sure that these extensions does not hide malware or keyloggers? How are the source code of the extensions validated and verified that so they do not contain anything else than what it should? Wouldn't it be quite simple to create an extension and then spread it as a useful extension, and all the time hide malware of some form within the code?

I'll be starting a new thread on a forum and ask developers and people how they guarantee that the extensions are safe. One of the reasons I switched from Win to Linux, from Linux to Mac, is that I did not feel my data was secure on Windows at all, on Linux I felt more secure, and even more so on the Mac platform. Yes, you might argue that the OSX is filled with undiscovered security holes, but it still feels more as a solid and secure platform. Anyway, it wasn't OSX I wanted to discuss, but the security of extensions for Firefox. Perhaps I'm just being paranoid, but in todays digital society one have to be a bit paranoid about security and ones private data.

Searching the MozillaZine.org forums I came across this post:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=371859

I'll be continuing my search...

Showing off...

Yes, today I got to sing the gospel of my Mini for one of my friends. He was very amazed at how small the Mini was and how silent it is. Yes, he has a PC ("Hello, I'm a PC!", ok couldn't resist that one...). I'm not sure wether he liked OSX, couldn't get him to try it out, but I showed him iLife'06 and how well Mac OS X works. I said that you do not need drivers for connecting your digital camera, iPhoto will work extremely well with your digital camera. I also told him about the newer model of the Mini which comes with Frontrow and a remote. If he liked the Mac I'm not sure, but one thing I know, is that he was amazed at the size of the Mini and its silence (just as I was), surely some of the more stronger selling points of the Mini.