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Independent study finds Bing engine returning five times the as many malware websites as Google

Well, this is a bit awkward. Per PC Magazine, searches on Bing returned five times more links to malicious websites than Google searches, according to an 18-month study from German independent testing lab AV-Test. Though search engines have worked to suppress malicious results, the study concluded that malware-infested websites still appear in their top results. […]

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Apple posts, pulls job posting for engineer with “flexible display” experience, could link to rumored “iWatch” on horizon

Your next Mac display could be bendy/squishy/flexible. Or not. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday took down a job listing it posted in early April looking for a hardware engineer with experience in flexible displays, suggesting that the company is actively researching the advanced technology only now emerging in the consumer marketplace. The listing, originally posted […]

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iOS Rumor Software

Rumor: Leaked Microsoft roadmap points towards Office for iOS/Android in 2014

A rumor’s a rumor, but there’s got to be something valid in there. Per ZDNet, the outfit claims to have gotten its mitts on a Microsoft roadmap for next year and says on it is “iOS/Android support for Office”. Also on the roadmap for fall 2014 is what’s listed as iOS/Android support for Office. While […]

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VLC updated to 2.0.6

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 2.0.6. The new version, a 41.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Support for Matroska v4 files. – Fix WMV, Ogg, AVI, MP4 and subtitles crashes and […]

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iOS iPad News security Software

Adobe releases Flash Player 11.7.700.169

A hefty update is never unappreciated. On Wednesday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.7.700.169 for Mac OS X, a 16.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version adds the following fixes and changes: Fixed Issues: – On Retina-enabled OS X devices, Flash applications are scaled incorrectly upon opening (3496539). -In AIR on iOS, loading a SWF […]