Mozilla Tuesday released Firefox 17, which debuts technology that lets developers integrate social networks -- for now, Facebook -- with the browser. The company also patched 29 security vulnerabilities, two-thirds of them marked ...
Tags: Mozilla, Facebook, Firefox 17, technology, browser
Apple's OS X Mountain Lion is off to a solid start in its first 48 hours and now powers more than 3% of all Macs, an online advertising network said today. Chitika, which regularly mines its ad impression data for trends in operating ...
Tags: Apple, OS X, Mountain Lion, first 48 hours
Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed. The last three versions of Apple's ...
Tags: Microsoft, Apple, significant portion, Mac customers, OS X
Computerworld - Apple today launched OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth version of the 11-year-old Mac operating system. As promised yesterday by the company's chief financial officer, Mac OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion, was released to the Mac ...
Tags: Apple, OS X Mountain Lion, Mac operating system, Mac App Store
More Mac users took to OS X Mountain Lion last month even as its explosive growth in August slowed dramatically, Web measurement company Net Applications said Monday. The ebbing uptake fit earlier OS X upgrade trajectories. Mountain ...
Tags: Mac, X Mountain Lion, explosive growth, upgrade trajectories
Hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Java 7, security experts said today. The unpatched bug can be exploited through any browser running on any operating system, from Windows and Linux to OS X, that has Java installed, said ...
Tags: vulnerability, Java 7, Macs, Windows and Linux, OS X
Apple's OS X Mountain Lion now powers more than 10% of all Macs, and may be on the way to outdoing its predecessor, Lion, in adoption speed, an online advertising network said today. Chitika, which mines its ad impression data for trends ...
Tags: Apple, OS X Mountain Lion, Macs, predecessor
More than 3 million copies of OS X Mountain Lion have been downloaded since its debut last week, Apple said today. "Downloads of Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Apple's ...
Tags: OS X Mountain Lion, debut, Apple, Mac
Apple's refusal to put into writing its operating system support policy leaves Snow Leopard users wondering whether their copy of OS X has been retired, security experts said today. The question "Is Snow Leopard retired?" went legitimate ...
Tags: Apple, Snow Leopard, OS X, Mac
WinMagic Inc., the innovator in data security and encryption solutions, recently announced a strategic agreement with Interwork Technologies Inc. to distribute WinMagic's SecureDoc Data Encryption and Security software in North America. ...
Tags: WinMagic, data security, encryption solution, Interwork Technologies
Apple is investigating reports of shorter battery life on Mac laptops that customers have upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion, according to the company's support forum. Owners of MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs began reporting problems ...
Tags: Apple, battery life, Mac laptops, OS X Mountain Lion
WinMagic Inc., the innovator in data security and encryption solutions, today announced it had been awarded a multi-country contract with one of the Big Four global Tax, Advisory and Audit firms housing over 140,000 employees globally. ...
Tags: WinMagic Inc, data security, encryption solution, software
Mozilla will drop support for Apple's OS X 10.5, or Leopard, after it ships Firefox 16 in October, according to company developers. "We are not planning to support Mac OS X 10.5 with Firefox 17," said Josh Aas, who works on the Firefox ...
The number of new lawsuits against Apple in China continues to grow, as a Taiwanese man has sued the company, alleging that the FaceTime feature on its iPhone and iPad infringes on one of his patents. A court in the Chinese city of ...
Tags: Apple, Patent, China, Facetime Feature
One in five Mac users has adopted OS X Mountain Lion, the upgrade launched five weeks ago, Web analytics company Net Applications said Saturday. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows 7 passed the 11-year-old Windows XP for the first time last ...
Tags: Mac users, OS X Mountain Lion, Net Applications, Microsoft