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• Mac malware volumes 'spike' without pain

  Apple Mac users have a good reason to feel more secure than their PC-using cousins: compared to malicious software created for Windows systems, malware writers have left OS X in relative peace.

• Apple previews OS X 10.6: Snow Leopard

  Apple has previewed OS X 10.6 at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, code-named Snow Leopard.

• Apple's WWDC: New iPhone, new OS X, new .Mac?

  Expect to hear new details about the future of Apple's Mac OS X and Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference and we think there might be a new iPhone, too.

• NSW schools cashed up in AU$772m tech bonanza

  The NSW state government handed down its 2008-09 Budget last night, with a surprise spend on video conferencing for schools, a boost to health tech outlay, and a pledge to tighten ICT capital expenditure.

• Apple releases 'huge' Mac OS X update

  Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching over 40 security holes.

• Browser faceoff: IE vs Firefox vs Opera vs Safari

  Web 2.0, with its complex sites and rich Ajax applications, is an increasingly demanding platform for a browser. In this review feature, we look at how the leading browsers measure up.

• Yahoo and Google attempt to improve the browser

  A year after Google launched its Gears project, Yahoo has decided to make your browser better, too.

• Apple's latest Leopard now on the loose

  Apple has released the latest version of Mac OS X Leopard, just weeks before its annual developers' conference.

• Security spend hits $10bn as SMEs wise up

  Gartner says the US$10.5bn figure will be reached by the end of 2008, rising to US$13.1bn by 2012, as SMEs intensify their focus on security.

• Apple to fix flickering MacBook video flaw

  Apple has acknowledged it has problems with the video software used in the latest shipment of MacBooks and MacBook Pros.

• Ubuntu more secure than Leopard, Windows Vista?

  Ubuntu Linux was the only system left unscathed in a multi-platform hacking competition last week, but does that mean it is more secure?

• Apple's Leopard hacked in 30 seconds

  Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival OSes Ubuntu and Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to OWN competition.

• Safari 3.1 update fixes 13 security flaws

  Apple has released Safari 3.1 for users on Mac OS X and Windows. Along with new features are 13 security updates, most of the fixes address cross-site scripting flaws.

• Rio Tinto invests AU$10.5m for WA Uni's mining tech

  Rio Tinto is upping its investment in mining technology by entering into an AU$10.5 million partnership with Curtin University of Technology in Perth.

• Patents boom -- but are they any good?

  Patent applications are booming, with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) announcing a 4.7 percent year on year growth of applications filed under its patent cooperation treaty -- but questions have been raised over how valuable the filings really are.

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