News tagged with mac computer

Apple out to kill widespread Macintosh virus

Apple said it is crafting a weapon to vanquish a Flashback virus from Macintosh computers and working to disrupt the command network being used by hackers behind the infections. ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Hackers hitting Macs with virus: industry experts

The computer security industry buzzed Thursday with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.

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created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 22

Review: Oscars iPad app wonderful, but distracting

(AP) -- Interactivity during the Academy Awards telecast once meant booing at the television every time there was a winner I hadn't picked for my Oscars pool. This year, I had my head glued to an iPad instead.

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mac App Store downloads top 100 million

Apple on Monday said that more than 100 million mini-programs tailored for Macintosh computers have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since it opened at the start of the year.

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it's not bad

I'm a big fan of Apple's MacBook Air computer. Revamped by Apple last year, the notebook is a thin, ultralight, speedy computer. Instead of a high-powered processor, a traditional hard drive and a DVD slot, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Flowers, letters, and gadgets at Apple store 'shrines'

Grateful fans flocked to Apple stores across the United States Thursday erecting makeshift shrines to deceased co-founder Steve Jobs to thank him for inventing the gadgets that revolutionized their lives.

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cook has deep shoes to fill at Jobs-less Apple

The death of visionary Steve Jobs has left huge shoes to fill at Apple, with agile competitors mounting a continuous assault on the company's hit iPhones, iPads and other groundbreaking products.

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

7 products Steve Jobs got wrong

(AP) -- Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren't always pretty. Here are seven products created under his direction that failed commercially or functionally:

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

iCloud: Jobs emerges from leave to unveil synching service

Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from a medical leave Monday to unveil a free service that lets customers share calendar entries, songs and other files among their devices more easily.

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created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

CACR: MacDefender shows Apple users no longer immune from cyberattacks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Long considered the shining example of computer security, Apple Macintosh computers are becoming serious targets of cyberattacks, according to Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ...

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Review: Downloading Mac software, made simple

By now, many of you are familiar with the App Store on iTunes - the portal through which Apple Inc. sells mobile applications, or "apps," for its family of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.

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created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple launches app store for Mac computer software

Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers.

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created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Gadgets that bring the Internet to the TV

(AP) -- Do you have 157 channels and nothing on? Not if your TV is connected to the Internet. There's a wealth of movies and TV shows available, often at reasonable prices and sometimes even free. And it's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Apple hints at new Mac OS in invitation to media

(AP) -- Apple is inviting media to its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters for a Macintosh computer-related event on Oct. 20.

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created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Survey says: Consumer satisfaction with PCs rises

(AP) -- Consumers are as happy as they've ever been with their computers, and those with Apple computers are the most pleased, a new survey says.

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created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0