An estimated 600,000 Macs were infected by the Flashback trojan earlier this month. The botnet apparently collected personal information and web browsing logs. It exploited a Java security hole that, while patched by Oracle some time ago, had not been fixed by Apple. Apple has now released a removal tool that will deal with “most common variants” and has patched […]
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Rumour: Retina Display coming to MacBooks
Buried in the latest developer release of OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) are hints that Apple could bring its Retina Displays to its desktops and MacBooks. An Ars Technica source with access to the upcoming OS has found double-sized graphics in “some unexpected places,” suggesting that high pixel-density screens could be in the works. One example give shows the double-sized […]
Apple Mac App Store downloads top 100 million
Apple today announced that over 100 million apps have now been downloaded from its Mac App Store. Much like the App Store lets users download apps for iOS devices, the Mac App Store allows users to find apps, buy them using their iTunes account, download and install them on their Macs in one step. “In just three years the App […]
Rumour: Apple to unveil 15-inch MacBook Air in Q1 2012
Apple is set to refresh its MacBook Air lineup in Q1 2012 as it prepares to face more competition from other ultrabooks. Both the 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch models will get updates. They will also be joined for the first time by a 15-inch model. The Digitimes reports sheds no light as to what improvements we can expect. Digitimes’ sources indicate […]
HTC acquires Inquisitive Minds, makers of kid-friendly Zoodles
US-based company Inquisitive Minds, the creators of Zoodles (a kid friendly interface and app manager), today announced that it has been acquired by HTC. Today we are excited to announce that we will be joining HTC with the goal of bringing Zoodles to the billion+ children in the world who haven’t yet played and learned with our product. Like Zoodles, […]
Apple launches new MacBook Air with OS X Lion and updated specs
On the heels of another impressive quarter, Apple today launched Mac OS X Lion and revamped a good portion of its product line. The MacBook Air was among those and now sports new processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, a backlit keyboard and the aforementioned Mac OS X Lion. “Portable, affordable and powerful, MacBook Air is the ultimate everyday notebook,” said […]
Summary of the Apple WWDC 2011 keynote address
Once again, Steve Jobs took to the stage to deliver the WWDC keynote. Here is the summary: Setting the stage for the keynote, Jobs said, “If the hardware is the brain and the sinew of the product, the software in the middle is the soul.” Apple now has 54 million Mac users worldwide with notebooks now accounting for 73% of […]
Steve Jobs to unveil iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion, and iCloud at WWDC
Apple today confirmed that Steve Jobs, the company’s CEO, will deliver the keynote at the upcoming WWDC. As expected, it will focus on software: At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad, iPhone […]