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Flashback Malware Still Affects 140,000 Macs

Apparently not all Mac users got the memo about Flashback, the malware that recently infected more than 600,000 computers running OS X. According to security firm Symantec, roughly 140,000 Mac computers were still infected as of April 16. Full Story »
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Flashback Mac Botnet Shrinks, Says Symantec

Number of infected Macs falls by 60%, probably because users are scrubbing malware from systems

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'FLashback' Mac Malware: One More Reason to Switch to Linux

Given the vast numbers of Macs that are apparently infected with the Flashback Trojan malware, it's not at all surprising to see that sales of Mac security software are now skyrocketing.

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Fast-Growing Flashback Botnet Includes Over 600,000 Macs, Malware Experts Say

Java-based attacks against Mac users resulted in over 600,000 Mac computers being infected with the Flashback Trojan horse

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Apple's Lion Is a Resource and Security Nightmare

As the Mac starts to make inroads back into the enterprise, Apple faces a major problem -- one that roars like a Lion. Its current operating system is a disaster from an IT management perspective.

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Windows XP Slide Continues; Mac OS X Posts Record Gain

On the heels of yesterday's launch of Windows 8's preview, new statistics show that Microsoft's decade-old Windows XP again plummeted in usage share and will be surpassed by Windows 7 in June.

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Uncovering Tech's Most Peculiar Product Codenames

Tech companies go to painstaking lengths to keep new products confidential, which is why many of them assign "secret" product codenames. Here's an insider's look at some of the most unusual codenames, with themes ranging from felines to fairytales.

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12 Valuable Tools for Managing Business Macs

The knock on managing Macs in business environments has long been Apple's ambivalent attitude toward providing significant enterprise support. Apple does, of course, offer tools for deploying, configuring, and managing Macs. But to move Macs beyond a departmental setting, IT will often find it necessary to look to third parties for help.

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Cool Yule Favorites: 20 Techie Gifts We Like

This holiday season's top picks have been submitted and tested and "Cool Yule Elf" approved.

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How is Mac OS X Lion Doing?

Adoption of Mac OS X 10.7, also known as Lion, has stalled, according to statistics from online ad analytics company Chitika.

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IT's Guide to Managing Macs in the OS X Lion Era

No longer relegated to the fringe, Macs are fast becoming integral to today's business organization. As a result, IT can no longer rely on one or two dedicated "Mac guys" to maintain its Mac fleet. Instead, Mac management has become an issue that any CIO or systems administrator may be faced with on any given day.

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Cook Gives Apple Holiday Bonus

Apple CEO Tim Cook has given the company's entire staff some extra time off

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The Evolution of the Desktop GUI

From the first graphical user interface developed by Xerox in 1981 to the tablet-like, touch-screen interfaces of Mac OS X Lion and Windows 8, the tools to navigate a computer desktop have gone through drastic changes over the years. Let's take a trip down desktop memory lane.

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Microsoft's Botnet Takedown Helps Protect Mac Users

Side effect of Kelihos botnet disruption kills domains used to spread MacDefender scareware

 
Read the white paper to learn how moving up to Lotus Domino 8.5 and consolidating with IBM Power Servers can help you boost performance results and ROI.
This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products.
Many factors influence what "ideal" approach organizations should take when planning to implement a fabric-based infrastructure policy. This presentation charts the likely evolution of the market for fabric-based infrastructures, to help IT leaders determine the most appropriate vendor approach.

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A patchwork of job schedulers can cause many inefficiencies, hindering IT's ability to serve the business. An enterprise approach solves these issues and adds new value. Five steps can take you from a costly mishmash to benefits like increased productivity, lower costs, and better service.
What is workload automation, and how does it compare to traditional job scheduling? IDC tackles these questions and more in a new white paper.
You'll read about:

* Key factors increasing IT complexity - and how to manage them

* Building an automation strategy

* Definition and components of today's workload automation software
IT organizations of all sizes are looking for ways to reduce cost in their data center. While larger enterprises can more easily muster the necessary skills and resources in pursuit of this goal, mid-sized organizations typically have limited time and funds they can denote.
Business users increasingly demand 24x7 availability of their data while IT departments face the challenge of ensuring maximum availability while operating with limited budgets.
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Time: 11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT

IT security faces challenges as never before. At one end of the spectrum, industrialized exploits hammer organizations with a volume and frequency of attacks that only a few short years ago would have been unimaginable.
Learn how to get the most from your cloud investment in our on-demand webinar from BMC and InformationWeek. You'll hear how integrating the cloud into your production workload brings critical business benefits.
Date: May 31, 2012
Time: 1 PM EST

Organizations are reaping the benefits of simplifying IT, lowering costs and dramatically improving transactional throughput by deploying optimized application-to-disk solutions. These pre-tuned, tested solutions encompass a wide variety of applications and use cases. Hear from industry experts, and IT executives, how these full-stack solutions can achieve three times faster deployment times and up to 75% reductions in acquisition and operational costs.
Find out when you join EMA Senior Analyst, Torsten Volk, for a discussion on the 2012 trends in workload automation and how these trends contribute to better connecting workload automation to business processes. These trends are derived from EMA's empirical research work conducted for the 2012 Workload Automation Radar Report.
What if you could run financial and operational planning cycles 10 times faster? Or monitor and adjust marketing campaigns in real time? What if you could instantly visualize how a price change would impact the profitability of thousands of products?
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