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Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date

Company adds site-by-site Java management tool to Safari for all users... more
InfoWorld poll: How you'll replace Windows XP

Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Windows XP support and updates in May 2014, so users need to... more
The death of the PC: Invented by Apple, accelerated by Microsoft

Apple's iPad was designed to change computing, but Microsoft's bungling of Windows... more
IDC: PC sales drop precipitously, Mac sales also decline in major market shift

The reviled Windows 8 shoulders some of the blame, but a shift to mobile devices is also cited... more
Straight from Tim Cook's brain, it's tomorrow's Apple headlines today

That is, if you believe all the blog talk about biometric iPhones, a 'Playboy' app, and... more
Apple introduces Mac OS XX Lioness

Women have come a long way, baby -- and so has Apple with an operating system specifically intended... more
Unix: When pipes don't make sense

Knowing when to pipe and when not to pipe remains a sign of Unix mastery... more
Unix: Rooting out the rootkits

Finding a computer infection that is designed to remain hidden is not easy, but neither is it... more
Apple updates Mountain Lion, patches Safari

OS X 10.8.3 adds Boot Camp support for Windows 8, patches 14 security vulnerabilities... more
Apple in business: The support IT doesn't know about

Apple is no Microsoft, but it has more IT options for supporting Macs and iOS devices than you... more
Unix: Rootkit detection and prevention

If a rootkit is hiding files, processes, log-ins, etc., how would you know? If you can't see... more
How to script: A Bash crash course

An easy step-by-step guide to the Bash command-line shell and shell scripting... more
Gnome co-founder explains why he dumped Linux for Mac

Miguel de Icaza says desktop Linux 'never managed to cross the desktop chasm'... more
Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard

If past practice is a clue, Apple will support Java 6 on Snow Leopard until second half of 2014... more
Unix: Rootkits -- Still scary after all these years

Rootkits remain one of the stealthiest and most worrisome forms of malware compromising systems... more
Macs dig in as standard business PCs

Enterprise backup of Macs is the latest in a string of products that show OS X is becoming part of... more
Microsoft pilots Mac Office and Office 365 training program

Program preps Apple consultants and techies for Microsoft's new cloud-friendly,... more
Unix: Under the spell of magic numbers

If you've ever wondered how Unix systems identify files, you might be surprised to learn that... more
Apple rolls out update for Java on Macs in wake of malware outbreak

iPhoneDevSDK rumored to be a source of the malware that has infected machines at Apple, Twitter,... more
OS X Snow Leopard stubbornly rejects retirement

Apple's Snow Leopard extends its run of trumping the newer OS X Lion in usage share to four... more

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Latest Mac OS X news and articles

Company adds site-by-site Java management tool to Safari for all users... more

Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Windows XP support and updates in May 2014, so users need to... more

Apple's iPad was designed to change computing, but Microsoft's bungling of Windows... more

The reviled Windows 8 shoulders some of the blame, but a shift to mobile devices is also cited... more

That is, if you believe all the blog talk about biometric iPhones, a 'Playboy' app, and... more

Women have come a long way, baby -- and so has Apple with an operating system specifically intended... more

Knowing when to pipe and when not to pipe remains a sign of Unix mastery... more

Finding a computer infection that is designed to remain hidden is not easy, but neither is it... more

OS X 10.8.3 adds Boot Camp support for Windows 8, patches 14 security vulnerabilities... more

Apple is no Microsoft, but it has more IT options for supporting Macs and iOS devices than you... more

If a rootkit is hiding files, processes, log-ins, etc., how would you know? If you can't see... more

An easy step-by-step guide to the Bash command-line shell and shell scripting... more

Miguel de Icaza says desktop Linux 'never managed to cross the desktop chasm'... more

If past practice is a clue, Apple will support Java 6 on Snow Leopard until second half of 2014... more

Rootkits remain one of the stealthiest and most worrisome forms of malware compromising systems... more

Enterprise backup of Macs is the latest in a string of products that show OS X is becoming part of... more

Program preps Apple consultants and techies for Microsoft's new cloud-friendly,... more

If you've ever wondered how Unix systems identify files, you might be surprised to learn that... more

iPhoneDevSDK rumored to be a source of the malware that has infected machines at Apple, Twitter,... more

Apple's Snow Leopard extends its run of trumping the newer OS X Lion in usage share to four... more

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