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Apple seeds fourth Mac OS X 10.7.5 beta to developer community

Mac OS X 10.7.5 is en route, or at least that’s what the betas would have you believe. Per MacNN, Apple has released a fourth beta of OS X 10.7.5 to developers. The download, build 11G45, is about 1.16GB as a delta, or 1.93GB as a combo update. As with the previous build there are […]

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Samsung vows to appeal, fight injunctions sought by Apple

When you get thrashed to the tune of US$1.05 billion in open court, it’s generally good form to go for the appeal… According to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung has vowed to fight back and keep some of its best selling products on the market. Samsung will combat Apple’s attempt to ban the sales of […]

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Java vulnerability discovered, researchers warn of potential new malware for Mac OS X platform

You’ll never lack a job in IT security… Per Computerworld, researchers announced on Monday that hackers are taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s Java 7, with the newly discovered flaw able to exploit any platform, including Apple’s OS X. According to Tod Beardsley, engineering manager for open-source testing framework Metasploit, hackers can use […]

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Jury rules in Apple’s favor, Samsung ordered to pay $1.05 billion fine for patent infringement

It went on for months, it got about as ugly as a legal case could possibly get, but in the end, the jury mostly sided with Apple. Per Wired and Mac|Life, the verdict came in on Friday with Samsung being ordered to pay US$1.05 billion in damages for violating Apple’s patents for its iPad tablet […]

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CrossOver updated to 11.2.1

CrossOver, the popular virtualization program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 11.2.1. The new version, which is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: – This release updates the ‘Crosstie’ installation recipes to avoid errors with failed downloads. You should install this update to avoid these errors. CrossOver 11.2.1 retails for […]