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  • Windows 7 passes Mac OS X in market share race

    Windows 7 passed the 5 per cent market share milestone last weekend, which put it, if only temporarily, above the total market share of all versions of Apple's Mac OS X, a Web measurement firm said today.

    Written by Gregg Keizer25 Nov. 09 07:08
  • The best free open source software for Mac OS X

    Most Mac lovers love the Mac for the carefully wrought user interfaces and the crisp design, and never pay attention to the open source at the heart of the operating system. But underneath this beautiful facade is a heart built upon the rich - if often chaotic - world of open source software.

    Written by Peter Wayner14 Oct. 09 21:04
  • Apple fixes Flash snafu in Snow Leopard, patches 33 bugs in Leopard

    Less than two weeks after Apple launched Snow Leopard, the company today issued the new operating system's first security update. In a separate upgrade, Apple patched 33 vulnerabilities in 2007's Leopard, and about half as many in the even older Tiger.

    Written by Gregg Keizer11 Sept. 09 13:18
  • VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems

    Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your chosen OS. However, sometimes a task demands an OS that you are not currently using. That's where virtualization programs like Sun Microsystem's VirtualBox 3.0 come in.

    Written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols10 July 09 08:24
  • Angered by Apple delay, hacker posts Mac Java attack

    In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw.

    Written by Robert McMillan21 May 09 04:46
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