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Microsoft releases Cortana app for iOS to beta tester community

It’s Microsoft’s alternative to Siri and its beta is now available on iOS. Microsoft has released a beta of its Cortana personal assistant app for iOS. The app, which went out to a handful of testers who signed up to trial the new app were notified by way of email that the iOS version of […]

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Recent Tim Cook comments state that Apple won’t combine MacBook and iPad

The iPad Pro won’t combine a MacBook with an iPad. So sayeth the Tim over at 1 Infinite Loop. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that the iPad Pro “is a replacement for a notebook or a desktop” for many users. Apple’s iPad Pro mixes together a tablet, keyboard, and stylus like Microsoft’s Surface […]

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Researchers demonstrate proof of concept for firmware worm that can directly target Macs

It’s generally been accepted that Apple’s computers are much more secure than their Windows PC counterparts. This isn’t entirely true, as a part of researchers have found that several known vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of all the top PC makers can also hit the firmware of Macs. The researchers have designed a proof-of-concept worm for […]

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Apple releases FaceTime Camera Driver Update for all 2015 notebooks

It’s not a huge update, but if could help out if the camera on your new 2015 Apple notebook is being a bit weird. On Wednesday, Apple has released a FaceTime Camera Driver Update for all 2015 MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks that improves FaceTime camera compatibility with Windows. The software update was […]

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Mozilla temporarily disables Flash Player interactivity within Firefox, cites recently discovered exploits

If you haven’t updated your version of Adobe Flash Player lately, now might be the time to do it. The developers at Mozilla, having noticed that the staff at Hacking Team had three working exploits for Adobe Flash, decided to block all versions of the Flash Player plugin up to version 18.0.0.203 on Windows. Mozilla […]