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• Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obituary 1 week, 1 day ago
  
  An electronic gaffe at news outlet Bloomberg mistakenly sent an incomplete obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the wire on Wednesday afternoon, and a tipster promptly sent the soon-retracted file to gossip blog Gawker.
• Why does Apple get a break? 1 week, 3 days ago
  
  Linux and open-source fans are always ready to stomp on Microsoft's proprietary programs, so why do we not only give even more proprietary Apple a free pass, and actually love Apple's devices?
• Apple's 2.1 Update Shuts Down OpenClip Copy-and-Paste 1 week, 4 days ago
  
  Only a few days ago, we covered OpenClip, an open source copy-and-paste system designed to fill in for the complete absence of one on Apple's iPhone. Now, in one of the fastest kill shots in recent memory, Apple has shut it down with its new 2.1 firmware. OpenClip's founder has some interesting thoughts on the whole kerfuffle.
• Pro Tips to Prevent OS Malfunction 2 weeks, 1 day ago
  
  There’s nothing like being able to avoid an OS-related problem before it happens. This line of thought really applies to all three popular platforms from OS X, Linux and Windows.
• 5 Things Linux does better than Mac OS X 3 weeks, 3 days ago
  
  I’ve been using Mac OS X alongside Debian since 2007 now, and I think I have a fairly good picture of how things work in both operating systems. In the end, the only feeling I got of Mac OS X is as if I were playing with Linux’ retarded little brother. Here are a few reasons why.
• Apple Yanks Another Popular App from iTunes, This Time Box Office 1 month ago
  
  Last week, Apple quietly stopped distributing NetShare, put it back up, and now appears to have pulled it again. But what could we expect? It was a piece of software allowing users to transform their iPhones into Wi-Fi hotspots.
• Vista SP1 and XP SP3 vs. Mac OS X and Linux 1 month ago
  
  Despite constantly downplaying the relevance of Linux and Mac OS X, because of a variety of reasons, from high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to security risks and inferior shipment volumes, Microsoft is well aware of the real threat to Windows represented by the open source platform and Apple's operating system. Windows itself, namely Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM have proved incapable of negatively impacting the continuously increasing adoption of Linux and OS X, but with the advent of SP3 for XP and SP1 for Vista, Microsoft has virtually managed to breathe new life into Windows.
• OS X: Antisocial in a Social World 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  By all outward appearances, it’s easy to think that Apple is on the cutting edge of technology, and in many ways they are. All you need to do is look at their product line to see that they know how to create hardware and software that people want. While that may be so, in a sense, they’ve determined for themselves what is cool and what isn’t, and they don’t really pay much attention to what others are doing. This outsider activity may be a small blip on their radar, but as a company, Apple usually prefers to do things their own way.
• Microsoft Points the Finger at the Apple OS X Insecure Update Mechanism 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Microsoft Security Software Engineer, was quick to point the finger at what he referred to as insecure third party software updaters, offering a "well deserved" fail open goat award to a variety of product makers including Sun and Apple. Michael Howard, a Senior Security Program Manager in the Security Engineering group at Microsoft, pointed out that Hensing was right in indicating the superiority of Microsoft's own updating infrastructure and solutions over those of its rivals when it comes to a malcode distribution toolkit available in the wild targeting insecure online updating processes.
• Intel outside Apple's pending MacBook launch? 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Apple might have decided its partnership with Intel doesn't mean it has to use all of Intel's products.
• Great quotes from Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  We have collected some of the best quotes from three of the most influential people in the history of operating systems: Steve Jobs (Apple), Linus Torvalds (Linux) and Bill Gates (Microsoft).
• FSF launches a denial-of-service attack on Apple's Genius Bars 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  At OSCON this year, MySQL's Brian Aker made this bold statement: "Microsoft is irrelevant....We're more worried about Apple." Perhaps he was taking a cue from MySQL's Zack Urlocker, who has been buying Macs for family members, but I understand the sentiment. Microsoft still dominates the desktop, but the momentum is Apple's.
• Mac Enterprise Security: Flawed in Fact, or Flawed Facts? 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  The six issues that Computerworld described as enterprise security flaws in Mac OS X amount to little more than shibboleths, according to John Martellaro. Some draw from the experience of the wrong type of user, some quote consultants instead of presenting quantitative truth, and some simply speculate, he writes.
• Apple finally sues unlicensed Macintosh cloner Psystar 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  Apple's adventures with Mac clones had at best, mixed results, and Steve Jobs quickly ended the program in 1997 after his return as CEO. While a company named Psystar ignored that memo when it decided to release its own unofficial Mac clones earlier this year, there's no way it's going to miss Apple's latest memo, which came in the form of a just-uncovered lawsuit filed earlier this month.
• Microsoft’s software update beats Apple and Ubuntu 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  "We have measured the software update “access point” availability for these three operating systems during Q2 2008 (April, May, June). If that access point is unavailable or inaccessible, the operating system cannot connect and download updates. So, how reliable are they?"
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