• COMPUTERS
    Chromebook Shipments Overtook Mac for the first Time in the US: IDC

    HIGHLIGHTS An IDC analyst claimed that Chrome OS overtook OS X in the US. laptop shipments recorded a decline ultimate month. Dell overtook HP within the US pc shipments last month. Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops and desktops have for the first time outsold Apple’s OS X-based totally Mac desktops in the US. The Verge cites […]

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    Security Holes in Sparkle Render ‘Huge’ Number of Mac Apps Vulnerable: Report

    Several popular apps including BitTorrent client uTorrent and video editing software Camtasia are likely vulnerable to security attacks. Vulnerabilities found in Sparkle, an open source third-party software framework used to facilitate software updates that many apps use to receive updates, have potentially exposed many apps to man-in-the-middle attacks, according to a report. A flawed WebKit […]

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    Calligrapher monk Robert Palladino, who inspired Mac typography, dies at 83

    Father Palladino, a Roman Catholic priest who learned the art of calligraphy as a Trappist monk, inspired the transformative typefaces used in Apple’s first machines, and by extension the modern personal computer. Prior to Mac, computers and operating systems used fonts and typesets that boasted all the artistic appeal of an IBM punchcard. As reported […]