Category: os x

  • Screaming fast browser II

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    Tom Raftery
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    I wrote a post the other day giving speeds of various browsers running the SunSpider JavaScript Benchnark tests. Since writing the post Firefox has released Firefox 3.0b3 and Robert made me aware in the comments of the previous browser speed post that Opera 9.5 beta was released so I decided to check those two browsers…

  • Apple releases 10.5.1 update to Leopard

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    Apple released an update to OS X 10.5 (Leopard) today. The standalone update is 110mb but when I downloaded it this morning through Software Update it was a 38mb download for my machine. According to the Apple info page on the update, it: includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security…

  • First OS X trojan spotted – no need to panic just yet!

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    Tom Raftery
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    There is a great deal of chatter on TechMeme this morning because a trojan has emerged which infects Apple’s OS X! The trojan is found in pornographic sites masquerading as a video codec. It isn’t a huge threat because to become infected you need to go through several steps: When the users arrive on one…

  • OS X Leopard hacked to run on PCs

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    With Apple’s move to Intel chips for its Macs, the last significant difference in the hardware architecture between Macs and PCs disappeared. This meant that Apple’s much vaunted OS X operating system is designed to work on PC hardware. Leopard, Apple’s latest version of OS X was released on Friday 26th last and in just…