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Apple releases Leopard update, Flashback removal tool
Apple has released a security update for Leopard, the first in quite a while, as well as a Flashback removal tool for that version of the OS.According to Apple, Leopard Security Update 2012-003 "disables versions of Adobe Flash Player that do not include the latest security updates and provides t...
You're the Pundit: When will Mountain Lion launch?
When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is Mountain Lion.During the Q2 financials, Apple told us it would debut "late summer," but some sites insist we may see it ea...
Passwords stored in plain text after Lion update
Legacy FileVault users (those who used FileVault before Lion) running a recently updated version of Mac OS X Lion should consider changing their login passwords. According to a report in ZDNet, an Apple programmer inadvertently left a debug flag in the latest 10.7.3 version of Mac OS X that turns...
How To Use Android With Your Mac
As Mac users, we’re often expected to fit within the lines of the Apple “ecosystem” – a Mac, iPhone, and maybe even an iPad. But the fact of the matter is that for many people, using something other than an iOS device just makes sense.With that in mind, I’m going to ...
Flashback was earning about $10K per day
People often wonder about what motivates the creators of malware. In the case of the Flashback malware that infected several hundred thousand Macs, it turns out that the motivator was money.A post on the Symantec official blog listed the stages of infection from Flashback:A user visits a compromi...
The road to OS Xi: Where iOS and OS X suffer a teleporter accident and merge
Remember The Fly? That's the one where Jeff Goldblum tries to teleport but instead gets his genes all mixed up with a fly."[T]he Telepod computer, confused by the presence of two separate life-forms in the sending pod, merged him with the fly at the molecular-genetic level."Look at Lion/Mountain...
Twenty percent of Macs examined infected with Windows malware
Sophos looked at 100,000 Mac computers and found that one in every five has some form of malware. This might sound alarming, but before you stare at your machine in disgust, you should get some perspective.The survey looked at 100,000 OS X machines that are running Sophos's free Mac anti-virus so...
Google launches Google Drive
Google launched Google Drive, an online service that lets you create, share and store your documents online. You can use the desktop client to upload videos, photographs, Google docs and more to Google's cloud. When you're on the go, you can access these files using a mobile client.Google Drive i...
Apple seeds OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E52 to developers
Apple has seeded the fourth build of OS X Lion 10.7.4 to developers. Build 11E52 lists no known issues and asks developers to focus on graphics, iCal, Mail, Printing, and Time Machine. The fourth build of 10.7.4 weighs in at 1.43 GB for the combo update and 716 MB for the delta update.OS X Lion 1...
Why I Think Siri Is the Future of the Mac
For decades now, voice control over any type of hardware has been the epitome of immersive user interface. From Star Trek to Iron Man, you have seen the benefits of vocal commands used over and over in many forms of science fiction. To date, technology still tries to mimic the essence of voice co...
