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Tue, November 29, 2011 - 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.

Tue, November 29, 2011 - 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.

Tue, November 22, 2011 - This holiday season's top picks have been submitted and tested and "Cool Yule Elf" approved.

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Wed, November 16, 2011 - Apple receives a patent for a MacBook with a cellular antenna and a rotating display--showing planning for the next wave of mobile devices

Tue, November 15, 2011 - Adoption of Mac OS X 10.7, also known as Lion, has stalled, according to statistics from online ad analytics company Chitika.

Mon, October 31, 2011 - 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.

Mon, October 17, 2011 - Apple CEO Tim Cook has given the company's entire staff some extra time off

Thu, September 29, 2011 - 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.

Wed, September 28, 2011 - Side effect of Kelihos botnet disruption kills domains used to spread MacDefender scareware

Wed, September 28, 2011 - Wondering whether it's worth your while to upgrade your OS? Here are the helpful new features Lion boasts and the reasons some CIOs are choosing to wait a while.

Tue, September 27, 2011 - Apple has updated the bare-bones antivirus protection included with Mac OS X to detect a Trojan horse that poses as a PDF document.

Tue, September 06, 2011 - Macs are climbing up the malware threat ladder as Mac OS X gains more users and business adoption. Yet there is a high level of cluelessness about Mac OS X security and it's making all Mac users vulnerable.

Mon, August 22, 2011 - Deploying and supporting Macs presents distinct challenges, particularly in organizations where Macs are in the minority or are being introduced for the first time. As with many aspects of IT, having the right tool for the job is the key to managing a new or existing population of Apple desktops and notebooks.

Wed, August 17, 2011 - Apple issued the first update for OS X Lion, the new operating system it launched four weeks ago.

Mon, August 08, 2011 - A patent lawsuit aimed at Apple could be the latest shot in the ongoing battle between that company and Google's Android mobile operating system, a patent expert said today.

Fri, July 22, 2011 - More than a dozen Adobe products are not working properly on Mac OS X Lion, Apple's new desktop operating system.

Wed, July 20, 2011 - There's a lot to like about the latest Apple OS, but not everything is as great as Mac fans might believe

Tue, July 05, 2011 - Now that Lion has attained "golden master" status, it may be just days before Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.

Fri, July 01, 2011 - Remember the old ad campaign for Miller Lite? "Tastes great, less filling."

Fri, June 17, 2011 - Lion is coming in July to a Mac App Store near you. And because we just can’t wait for it to be king, we’ve provided some information about just what you can expect when the big cat makes its big debut. We’ve already covered five things your Mac will be able to do; now, let’s take a look at some of the new features you’ll notice in your Apple applications.

Fri, June 17, 2011 - Next month Apple will ship Lion, giving customers the chance to upgrade to the company's newest edition of Mac OS X. Most customers, but not all.

Wed, June 08, 2011 - A former student at a suburban Philadelphia high school has sued his school district for allegedly spying on him and his family using a school-issued Mac laptop, according to court documents.

Mon, June 06, 2011 - Apple engineers have been hard at work in the eight months since Steve Jobs first previewed Lion at last October's Back to the Mac event: After a brief recap on Lion’s new features at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple announced that the new OS would be shipping in July for just $30, and available solely from the Mac App Store.