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Rumor: Apple purchased Polar Rose facial recognition company for $29 million

It’s the stuff Apple buys out that makes future technology speculation kind of fun. Per TechCrunch, Apple is rumored to have bought a Swedish company Polar Rose. The company has created technology for facial recognition, which could allow for software and devices to recognize unique users. Though neither party has officially confirmed the purchase, Polar […]

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Apple releases Security Update 2010-006 for Mac OS X 10.6 users

On Monday, Apple released its Security Update 2010-006 patch, a tiny 1.8 megabyte download that fixes one specific bug in Mac OS X 10.6.4’s AFP file sharing implementation that could allow remote attackers to bypass the password validation system if they know the name of an account on the Mac. Fortunately, previous versions of Mac […]