Apple released an update to its Safari web browser Wednesday. Safari 5.0.1 is available from Apple as a free download for Windows and for Mac OS X (Leopard or better). Mac users can also find it in Software Update. This is an incremental upgrade, but it comes with one big new feature: Safari now...
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced new features for its upcoming mobile platform Windows Phone 7, including over-the-air Wi-Fi syncing and a feature to track a missing phone. The real message: “Suck it, iTunes and Android.” When Windows Phone 7 becomes available later this year, customers will be able to download and sync content (such as...
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AS one of the hi-tech sector’s hottest topics, cloud computing is presenting opportunities and challenges to organisations in Australia. The concept of moving computing resources into the cloud covers a range of options from simple software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to large-scale, on-demand virtual platforms. Vendors are busy talking up the benefits of cloud architecture, describing...
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The popularity of Apple’s iPhone and initial enthusiastic demand for the iPad may attract greater attention from malware writers, but the Mac OS platform still pales in comparison as a target compared with its Windows counterpart due to low penetration, security experts say. According to Chia Wing Fei, F-Secure’s senior security response manager, the...
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