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CA's Apple Mac lives with 100,000+ viruses

June 27th, 2007 by Munir Kotadia

Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.

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Much ado about iPhone kill switch

August 8th, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Apple's iPhone "kill switch" has prompted much hand-wringing, despite the fact that no one knows exactly what it does.

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Are PC users diluting the IQ of the Mac community?

January 25th, 2008 by Liam Tung

According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?

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Is Apple Mac's popularity creating insecurity?

November 2nd, 2007 by Liam Tung

Macs are still less likely than PCs to be exploited by malware, but Apple's rising popularity and Wednesday's discovery of a Mac-targeted Trojan could spell the beginning of the end for the Mac security haven.

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Numbers game: Macs safe but not so secure

April 10th, 2008 by Tom Krazit

The scalp of Mac OS X has been waved trophy-like after being hacked in controlled environments, yet security researchers are hard pressed remembering the last time a Mac was compromised in the wild.

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Review: OS X Leopard

October 27th, 2007 by Elsa Wenzel

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is Apple's first major operating system upgrade since Tiger more than two years ago. The changes include close to 315 new features which, while not earth-shattering, further streamline the experience of using a Mac. Please check back soon for performance test results of Leopard from our Labs.

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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

October 26th, 2007 by Elsa Wenzel

The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.

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