Topic: Mac OS X

26 February 2009

Hacker challenge offers $10,000 for smart phone bugs

By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

A high profile hacking contest is to offer a cash prize of $10,000 (£7,000) to anyone who can break into the most popular smart phones, including Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry. Read more...

13 June 2007

Schwartz right, Croll wrong - Leopard does have ZFS

By Chris Mellor

It's all clear. Sun' CEO Schwartz was both right and wrong and Apple marketeer Brian Croll was wrong. Read more...

12 December 2008

Which operating system is best for SSDs?

By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld (US)

It might be hard for the purists to take, but according to recent tests, Microsoft's ageing Windows 2000 manages to wrest the best performance out of SSDs Read more...

22 June 2007

Will 2008 be the year of the open-source desktop?

By Halamka John, Computerworld

When the open-source desktop becomes a more widely deployed end-user operating system, it becomes a product and not a project. Read more...

01 November 2005

Busting the botnet-herders

By Stefan Hammond, Computerworld

Botnets have turned into a major security problem, says Mikko Hyppönen of anti-virus company F-Secure. We mull this and other issues in this interview. Read more...

21 January 2007

The New Apple of Malware's Eye: Is Mac OS X the Next Windows?

By McAfee

For more than 26 years, Apple Computer has, for the most part, avoided the security spotlight. This good fortune is at least partly due to its significantly smaller share of the personal computer market, especially when compared to behemoth Microsoft. In fact, Apple has been perceived as a platform and technology that is "virus free" and "immune" to security flaws-particularly those that have plagued Microsoft over the past 20 years. But as Apple's Macintosh OS X operating system (Mac OS) gains ground in the market and Apple's consumer technologies, such as iPod and iTunes, continue to enjoy widespread popularity, security researchers and hackers will increasingly point their digital lock picks toward the Mac OS and other Apple products, making Apple a growing target for malware attacks. Read more...

17 March 2008

Android SDK

By Rick Grehan, InfoWorld

• List price:
• Pros: Backed by Google; contains SQLite database;
• Cons: Emulator is slow to launch, Android terminology takes some learning; Read more...

20 January 2009

How to assess laptop encryption products

By Mel Backman, Infoworld (US)

The past year has seen a record number of companies losing laptops containing confidential, often unencrypted, data. IT managers have it their power to protect that data, but what encryption technology should they be following? TPM or an alternative? We run our eye over the options. Read more...

09 January 2006

Xserve it right

By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld

The South Park cartoon studio has used Apple's Xserve, Atempo's Time Navigator and and Exabyte products to ease backup headaches. Backup effectiveness has soared. Read more...