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Fewer companies are eyeing a move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a new survey by patch management vendor PatchLink Corp. More said they will stick with what they have or move to Linux or Mac OS X.
Symantec is warning that an unpatched Mac OS Samba bug similar to the one discovered in May is a likely attack vector, now that the popular Metasploit hacking framework has added an exploit that targets it.
Office continues to be a quiet profit machine for Microsoft, which has seen strong sales after revising its pricing strategy for the desktop applications suite with the release of Office 2007.
Apple today reported a profit of $818 million for its fiscal third quarter, with record sales of Mac hardware and strong demand for iPods. Details on sales of the new iPhone, however, were nil.
You can compare the technology, perhaps, but when it comes to numbers there's no contest: Vista's share of online users is growing substantially in comparison to those for Mac OS X.
The more unhinged subset of Mac fandom strikes again, as the security researcher who claimed to have created a worm targeting Macs has been hounded with death threats and hacks to his blog.
The unknown researcher who allegedly crafted a Mac OS X worm plans to pass on his or her findings to Apple Inc. -- eventually.
Who was that masked man (woman? group?) and how'd he (she? they?) own that MacBook? The details aren't yet known, but an anonymous hacker(s) claims to have punched a hole in the OS X operating system -- and says s/he/it's got remote root access to compromised systems.
TheBrain Technologies has released a new version of its PersonalBrain software, which can be used to better locate and organize files and data on a computer.
Here's the lay of the land at Auto Warehousing Co. and the plan for how the transition from Microsoft to Apple will happen.
While AWC IT staffers rewrite the company's main VIPS software application in Java, Parallels Desktop will enable AWC to boot Apple's OS X operating system on Intel Macs and run Windows apps like they were native to the Mac.
Auto Warehousing Co. is making an companywide switch from Microsoft to Apple. As an unexpected bonus, AWC's enterprise application works on the iPhone.
Efforts by the hacker community to get to the heart of the iPhone continue. A push last week to modify the gadget's bootloader was stymied by effective use of an RSA private key, and attention has now turned to a promising assembler-utility strategy.
Michael Gartenberg spent a few months as a Mac user in a Windows world and found relatively few hassles.
Microsoft Corp. temporarily had Mac amnesia this week when it omitted mention of the Mac edition of Office in a write-up that accompanied one of Tuesday's security updates.
Apple today released updates to two of its applications that patch eight different vulnerabilities in QuickTime and corrected a problem introduced in the last version of iTunes.
Adobe Systems Inc. has released fixes for three critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player that could let hackers infect Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems.
The use of computer graphics in movies is now common, but when
Tron debuted 25 years ago, that wasn't the case. John Knoll, a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic looks at how cinema technology has grown in the intervening years.
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If you don't own any Web development programs yet and are looking to start hand-coding Web sites, Coda is a good first step.
VMware Inc. has unveiled the first release candidate of its Fusion virtualization software, with the final version due out next month.
Apple has released a patch designed to stop annoying audio problems that users began reporting after updating their systems to Mac OS X 10.4.10 almost two weeks ago.
Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. today unveiled three new service plans for the iPhone; all offer unlimited data transfers and range in price from $60 to $100 a month.
Last week's update to Mac OS X 10.4.10 seems to have come with a little something extra for some Apple customers: A glitch that creates a persistent popping sound.
Apple Inc. has released security updates for four vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and its Safari beta browser, marking the second time in just over a week that the company has had to fix the app.
A copy of the beta version of Mac OS X 10.5 released to developers at WWDC last week has shown up on a pirated software site.
Xcode 3.0 and the updated Objective-C will result in high-performance, native-code applications for the Mac, and that will be a windfall for Mac users post-Leopard.
An assortment of camera-functionality additions, tweaks to Bluetooth and USB support and a single security patch are the bulk of Apple's first-ever dot-10 upgrade.
A Microsoft executive claims that Microsoft is faster at patching flaws in its software than its rivals. And while a security expert says the claim may be valid, all of the companies need to do more to protect users.
Despite the buzz building around next week's release of the iPhone, research firm IDC said success is not guaranteed; user expectations, network limitations and price could all hinder sales in the long term.
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X gained in the OS market last month, while Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox suffered its biggest-ever drop in browser use, according to Web metrics company Net Applications.
Analysts are still speculating on the rationale behind Apple's decision to release a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows: It could be a play for more marketshare, a bid to bring in more revenues or a way of helping developers reach a wider audience.
About 19 million U.S. cell phone users are ready to buy Apple Inc.'s iPhone, nearly double the number Apple projected it would sell by the end of 2008, according to a new survey.
A Mozilla Corp. executive yesterday blasted Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs as "out-of-date" for thinking that the browser battle on the Windows platform is between just Safari and Internet Explorer.
Apple's beta version of its Safari Web browser -- released this week for Windows users -- is a speedy app with new features that works as promised. It also offers another glimpse of the big picture: Apple is suddenly, seemingly, everywhere.
Features including Directory Services and Groups set up in Mac OS X Server will be respected by the virtual machines running on any given Xserve, making it easier for IT managers to configure multiple operating systems.
Some Mac users who tried to install a beta version of Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser are complaining that an installation snafu caused problems on their systems -- and they've had to rely on each other to find a solution.
Apple's beta version of its Safari Web browser -- released this week for Windows users -- is a speedy app with new features that works as promised. It also offers another glimpse of the big picture: Apple is suddenly, seemingly, everywhere.
Apple took just three days to update the beta of its Safari browser for Windows, releasing a new version today that patches three vulnerabilities.
Computerworld's Seth Weintraub took the newest version of Parallels out for a virtual spin this week and found that the upgraded virtualization app offers a solid set of improvements for Mac users who need to run Windows-only software.
