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Apple may be working to develop its own web-based search engine

Apple may be developing its own search engine. A series of recent sightings has pointed out evidence that Apple could be expanding Siri search results and Spotlight Searches even farther, with the company potentially working on a universal search engine. Should this be true, it would allow Apple to bypass the financial arrangement it has […]

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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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“MAC Defender” trojan goes live, prompts users for credit card information

Security firm Intego announced Monday that a fake antivirus program for Mac OS X has been discovered in the wild. While the threat potential remains low, inexperienced users could be fooled into paying to remove fake viruses “detected” by the software, and in the process, could end up giving credit card information to scammers. Per […]

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Rumor: Apple May Be Looking to Google for Continued iPhone Search Engine Deal

A recent rumor stating that Apple may be looking to develop its own search engine may be untrue, an inside source citing that Apple may look to extend its current search engine deal with Google to continue providing such a function for the iPhone. The deal may also be worth over US$100 million per year […]