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  • Jobs: Jaguar, new iPods, new iMac and. . . Windows?

    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • Sophos founder claims Mac viruses are spreading

    The co-founder of antivirus firm Sophos said that the Apple Mac is not a virus-free platform; he also believes that Windows can be as secure as Linux -- if it is configured correctly.

  • Ancient flaws leave OS X vulnerable?

    OS X contains unpatched security flaws of a type that were fixed on alternative operating systems more than a decade ago, according to a security researcher credited with finding numerous bugs in Apple's increasingly popular platform.

  • Apple shows Leopard's spots

    Apple Computer on Monday in the US introduced the Mac Pro, the company's first Intel-based professional desktop, and also gave developers a preview of Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X.

  • Mac clones to start shipping in seven days

    Mac-compatible systems running on standardised hardware will start shipping in seven days, according to a US firm which claims to have developed them but skeptics doubt whether the system exists.

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    OS X security record threatened by iPhone?

    If the iPhone does as expected and takes a decent chunk of the growing smartphone market then the overall penetration of OS X will skyrocket and attract some serious attention from malware writers.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Suicidal Apple almost ruins AusCERT

    Within hours of arriving at the AusCERT conference in the Gold Coast on Monday, my PowerBook decided it would rather commit suicide than listen to Microsoft's top security executives answer questions about Vista.

Features and Case Studies (19)

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

    Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

  • Torvalds: Next Linux due by June

    The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.

  • Gosling: Rebirth of Java on desktops

    Java has come full circle, and James Gosling has watched the 12-year journey. Gosling, who helped invent the Java programming language, talks about how Sun Microsystems plans to return Java to its roots and the role of the newly launched JavaFX Script.

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  • Jobs: Jaguar, new iPods, new iMac and. . . Windows?

    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

    The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.

  • Nine lives for Mac OS 9

    Apple Computer has pulled back from a plan that would have made Mac OS X the primary operating system on all new Macs starting in January.

  • The best software for OS X

    Worried that OS X will relegate your software to Classic mode? These five apps should ease your mind.

  • Apple replants its eMac orchard

    Apple Computer has refreshed its line of eMac computers, upgrading their processing power and graphics performance, and offering a new low-end model.

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