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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Apple sets media event for 10 a.m. PT March 7

You may want to sit down, because we’re going to talk about the iPad—and sitting is really the most comfortable way to use it, isn’t it? Apple on Tuesday invited members of the media to a special event on March 7 at 10 a.m. Pacific.

Friday 24 February 2012

Apple's email services push up to German border, but no further

Apple has been forced to turn off its iCloud and MobileMe push email services for users in Germany to comply with an injunction in a patent lawsuit brought by Motorola Mobility.

Toshiba and SanDisk shrink 128gbit memory chips

Toshiba said Thursday it has shrunk the size of its 128gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more and tinier storage to products like USB storage and memory cards.

Intego finds new, insidious strain of Mac Flashback Trojan horse

Intego announced on Thursday that it has discovered more strains of the Flashback Trojan horse. The company says that “many Mac users have been infected by this malware,” especially the latest variant, Flashback.G.

OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?

Apple surprised the tech world last week by unveiling a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, the next generation of its desktop operating system set to ship this summer—just a year after OS X 10.7 Lion arrived.
Based on the information Apple has released so far, Mountain Lion will continue in the footsteps of its predecessor and bring more features from iOS to the desktop as well as strengthen ties to Apple’s iCloud service. (iOS powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad.) That makes Mountain Lion something of a mixed bag for enterprise environments: it has some features that are very useful for business users, while others—like its near-total integration with Apple’s personal cloud service—will likely raise red flags in the minds of CIOs and IT professionals.

Monday 20 February 2012

IT takes wait-and-hope approach to Mountain Lion

On Thursday, Apple released the developer preview for Mountain Lion, which will be generally released late summer 2012. Among the key changes: Versions of applications and services originally created for the iOS mobile platforms; built-in integration with the iCloud service; and a new application security feature called Gatekeeper.
Apple’s focus continues to be individual consumers, not enterprise IT groups, according to analysts and IT users. In some cases, these “consumerized” features can naturally boost the usability, productivity and security for corporate Mac users. But what’s currently missing, or at least not yet apparent, is whether Apple will provide tools that make it possible to administer and secure Mac users in groups.

What's in a name with Mountain Lion apps

Mountain Lion OS X will include a number of new apps that made their debut on iOS, including Reminders, Notes, and Game Center. But in order to further the OS X-iOS convergence, a few Mac favorites will sport new names in Mountain Lion—names that will look very familiar to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Mountain Lion: Messages replaces iChat, gets public beta

iChat is dead—long live Messages. With Thursday’s announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion comes the news that iChat is being upgraded and renamed to Messages, with support for the iMessage chat system introduced with iOS 5.

Mountain Lion: Hands on with Gatekeeper

Last year saw the arrival of the Apple-curated Mac App Store, a creation very much in the mold of the iOS App Store. And many people wondered: Would a locked-down version of Mac OS X, one incapable of running apps not approved by Apple, be far behind?
Apple certainly could have done something like that with Mountain Lion, the company’s planned update to Mac OS X that should arrive this summer. But it hasn’t—instead, the company has created a new way for developers to sign their work and a new set of options in the Security & Privacy preference pane. According to Apple, it’s all an attempt to improve Mac security. Here’s how the new Gatekeeper feature works.

Hands on with Apple's new OS X: Mountain Lion

Apple updates its iOS mobile operating system once a year. But why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun? On Thursday Apple announced that it will release a new version of OS X—Mountain Lion—this summer, just a year after the release of OS X Lion.
Like Lion, Mountain Lion offers numerous feature additions that will be familiar to iOS users. This OS X release continues Apple’s philosophy of bringing iOS features “back to the Mac,” and includes iMessage, Reminders, Notes, Notification Center, Twitter integration, Game Center, and AirPlay Mirroring.

Apple readies Mac OS X Mountain Lion update for summer release

A year after it rolled out the Mac OS X Lion, Apple again plans to introduce a new version of its desktop operating system. The update—dubbed Mountain Lion—will ship this summer. As with Lion, this latest version of OS X will incorporate many features first introduced in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, as Apple looks to bolster the interoperability of its two platforms.

Thursday 9 February 2012

In UK, Apple grows PC market share while rivals struggle

Apple sold 267,000 Macs in the UK in the final quarter of 2011, increasing its share of the PC market in this country to 9.1 percent.
That’s according to figures from analyst firm Gartner, which showed Apple increasing its market share by 17.2 percent from the final quarter of 2010, when it sold 228,000 Macs.
The increase bucks the trend in the UK, where rival vendors have struggled over the last year. HP retained its top position in market share terms though saw its share decline from 23.1 percent in Q4 2010 to 21 percent in Q4 2011.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

OnLive's train wreck: Office on the iPad

Demos, like appearances, can be deceiving. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, one of the media hits was OnLive Desktop, a service that provisions a Windows 7 desktop environment that includes Microsoft Office 2010 to the iPad over an Internet connection. For many, the idea of being able to run the full Office suite is very appealing, given some of the limitations of the iPad’s native office productivity tools such asApple iWork suite (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers), Quickoffice, and Documents to Go.
But the reality of OnLive Desktop is awful. Yes, you get the full Windows 7 desktop and the full Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications. But a surprising lack of integration means the Windows and iPad environments remain almost completely separate, with usability falling through the cracks.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Some 10.7.3 users encounter nasty bug; fix available

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who rush to install every new software update that Apple offers up, and those who hold off to make sure the coast is clear before they click the Install button. Some aggressive installers who were quick to install Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, released Wednesday, encountered a troubling bug that surely left the “wait-and-see” crowd prouder than ever to be patient.

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.3

Apple on Wednesday released Mac OS X 10.7.3, an incremental update to Lion. As usual, Apple recommends the update to all Lion users, saying that it addresses stability, compatibility, and security issues.
The update includes Safari 5.1.3, and it adds support for a variety of languages, including: Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Will this be the year of Apple in the enterprise?

Apple has never been considered an enterprise technology company, but it owns a significant share of the mobile enterprise market, largely due to the success of the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.
And yet, Apple is still often seen as a consumer company that managed to get lucky—a view that misses the big story about Apple’s relationship with the enterprise as well as the current business tech trends it helped launch. More importantly, that view risks underestimating Apple’s contribution to, and effect on, the enterprise in 2012 and beyond.

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