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Sun Microsystems is known for many things, but it is probably best known for Java. The promise of Java is that programmers can write an application once and run it on any machine, or device, that has a Java Virtual Machine (a virtual environment that runs on a computer which includes the Java runtime, so […]

Version 10.5.1 is now available through Software Update or on Apple’s Web site. It’s a 110MB update that smooths out some of the more notable bugs reported in the first three weeks of Leopard’s life on the planet, and it arrives just one day after Apple shipped what will probably be the last update for […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 — Apple’s earnings report today leapt ahead of analysts’ already optimistic expectations. The company posted record Macintosh sales numbers for its fiscal fourth quarter, showing that the company is climbing into the league of the dominant personal computer makers, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
The company reported quarterly profits of $904 million, or $1.01 […]

Apple is now once again holding third place in the US PC market, sales figures from market watcher IDC have revealed. A return to form? Not quite, since its 5.6 per cent share is well below the double-digit share Apple commanded in the 1980s and early 1990s. Apple was also tied for third place with […]

With the release of Intel’s Santa Rosa platform last week, we saw a number of new notebooks be announced from the usual suspects like Sony and Dell. Conspicuously missing, however, was Apple. The company is known for operating on its own timetable, but many expected Apple to eventually make the switch to Intel’s newest platform.
Today, […]

Profits rose to $770m (£384m) from $410m for the same period last year. The global success of its digital music player and strong demand for its MacBook computers helped Apple’s sales to soar from $4.3bn to $5.2bn. Separately, Apple’s board has publicly backed chief executive Steve Jobs amid an ongoing row over share options.
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The security update affects various parts of the operating system, including some third-party components such as the Kerberos authentication technology. The most serious of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain complete control over an unpatched Mac, Apple said in a security advisory.
The update deals with another trio of zero-day bugs that were disclosed […]

A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a US$10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver.
The conference organizer decided to offer the contest in part to draw attention to possible security shortcomings in Macs. “You see a lot of people running OS X saying it’s […]