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Flashback OS X Malware Could Have Netted Its Authors $10K a Day

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Chris Hauk

A security firm says that the “Flashback” malware that plagued hundreds of thousands of Macs worldwide may have made as much as $10,000 a day for its authors.

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Oracle to Provide Direct Java Updates for OS X at the Same Time As Windows

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Henry Taylor-Gill

Oracle’s Henrik Stahl has announced the release of a Java SDK pack (Java Development Kit 7 and JavaFX Software Development Kit 2.1 included) to kickstart their expanded support for OS X.

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Apple’s Mac App Store Achieves 10,000 Application Milestone

Posted on 27/04/2012 by Chris Hauk

Apple’s Mac App Store for OS X has reportedly crossed the 10,000 application milestone this week. It launched in early 2011 with just over 1,000 applications available for download.

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Kapersky: ‘Apple is Ten Years Behind Microsoft In Terms Of Security’

Posted on 26/04/2012 by Henry Taylor-Gill

Anti-virus creator and guru Eugene Kapersky has declared that Apple is ‘ten years behind’ Microsoft when it comes to security and that the Flashback malware was only just the start.

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Apple Offering Free Snow Leopard Upgrades to MobileMe Users

Posted on 19/04/2012 by J. Glenn Künzler

In an apparent effort to drive increased iCloud adoption, Apple is offering free OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVDs to MobileMe customers so that they can upgrade to OS X Lion and migrate their accounts to iCloud

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How Apple Created OS X

Posted on 13/04/2012 by J. Glenn Künzler

Among Apple’s many intriguing designs over the years, Mac OS is perhaps the most iconic (or at least the most well-known). But how did that evolve into the OS X we know today? Graham Barlow takes us on the exciting journey of how it all happened.

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Apple Seeds New OS X 10.7.4 Build to Developers

Posted on 29/03/2012 by J. Glenn Künzler

Apple has just seeded a new pre-release version of OS X Lion 10.7.4 to developers. The update has a build number of 11E27, and developers are asked to focus on the App Store, graphics, iCal, Mail, and QuickTime.

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Lion Compatible Quicken 2007 Now Available

Posted on 09/03/2012 by Chris Hauk

Intuit announced last December that it would be developing a version of its Quicken 2007 for Mac software compatible with OS X Lion. The software is now available directly from Quicken.

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Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Posted on 29/02/2012 by Henry Taylor-Gill

Microsoft have finally pulled the wraps of Windows 8, offering a consumer preview for download.

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Flashback.G Trojan Hits the Mac, Exploits Old Java Vulnerabilities

Posted on 24/02/2012 by Chris Hauk

A new variation of the Flashback trojan, called “Flashback.G” is reported to be “in the wild” and exploits two vulnerabilities found in an old version of Java run-time. People running Snow Leopard and an older Java run-time are at the highest risk.

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30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes (Video)

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Chris Hauk

Cult of Mac has come up with a video showing some of the great new features of the upcoming OS X release, Mountain Lion.

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When Beta Ends, Messages Will be Mountain Lion Only

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Chris Hauk

The OS X Messages Beta that was released to the wild yesterday will only work for Mountain Lion users once that version of OS X is released.

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Secret Apple Project Worked to Port OS X to ARM Processors

Posted on 07/02/2012 by Chris Hauk

Did Apple investigate the idea of running OS X on iPad style ARM processors? A report from iMore says they did.

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Apple’s 15 Years of NeXT

Posted on 26/12/2011 by Chris Hauk

AppleInsider has a lengthy article about the 15 years since Apple’s purchase of NeXT, which was the brainchild of Steve Jobs during his time “in the wilderness”.

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Apple is Running Out of Cats! Will OS X Ocelot be Next?

Posted on 30/11/2011 by Chris Hauk

Brian Caufield of Forbes takes note that Apple may be running out of cats to name their operating systems with. Could “Ocelot” be the moniker for the next version of Mac OS X?

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Parallels Desktop for Mac Updated – Allows Lion, Windows 8 Installations

Posted on 02/11/2011 by Chris Hauk

Parallels has updated their Parallels Desktop 7 virtualization software for the Mac, adding in support for OS X Lion installations, as well as for preliminary builds of Windows 8. The update also includes numerous fixes and improvements.

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