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Apple's Snow Leopard due early 2009

Apple's OS X Snow Leopard may be on tap for the start of the new year, slightly earlier than expected. Read more »

Apple previews OS X 10.6: Snow Leopard

Apple has previewed OS X 10.6 at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, code-named Snow Leopard. Read more »

Microsoft gets touchy over Windows 7

Microsoft plans to add multitouch interface to Windows 7, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, CNET News.com has learned. Read more »

Open-source Silverlight released for developers

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime. Read more »

Apple backpedals on 'deceptive' Safari promotion

Following a storm of criticism, Apple has changed its Software Update software to mark a distinction between new programs, such as its Safari on Windows browser, and updates to existing ones. Read more »

Numbers game: Macs safe but not so secure

The scalp of Mac OS X has been waved trophy-like after being hacked in controlled environments, yet security researchers are hard pressed remembering the last time a Mac was compromised in the wild. Read more »

Apple's Leopard hacked in 30 seconds

Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival OSes Ubuntu and Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to OWN competition. Read more »

QuickTime 'evil pink box' flaw hits Second Life

Researchers have shown how to exploit a flaw within QuickTime, allowing an attacker to make money stealing from innocent Second Life victims. Read more »

Want cash for PWNing Linux, Leopard or Vista?

Apple's OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Read more »

Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up

31 new security fixes are available for Mac OS X. Read more »

Features (7)

Process multimedia with the Java Media Framework API

The Java Media Framework (JMF) API allows developers to process media in many different ways. It deals with real-time multimedia presentations and effects processing. Read more »

Tech Guide: What's inside Apple's Mac OS X Tiger

How does Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Tiger, look and feel on the desktop? Read more »

First Look: Macromedia's Contribute 3

Macromedia's Contribute 3 is an easy-to-use Web publishing program designed to make editing a Web site as easy as using a word processor. Check out the Builder AU First Look. Read more »

Adding streaming Flash audio to a Web site

Need to add streaming audio to your web site? Micheal Meadhra shows you how with Flash. Read more »

Using AppleScript to build Mac OS X applications

You can easily build applications that use the Aqua UI and interact with other applications on your Mac. We'll show you how. Read more »

Visualise your database with treemaps

In this tutorial we show you how to generate a simple treemap to show which tablespaces have low percentages of free space and include a sample PHP script to generate the results in a graph. Read more »

Patent fight holds up Web standards

The issue over the use of patented technology, which may require royalties being paid, in Web standards is threatening to hold up talks about the future of Web design. Read more »

Blog (2)

QuickTime and Firefox combine for insecurity

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- A vulnerability in Apple Software's QuickTime media player can be exploited to execute remote javascript code, or by tapping into Firefox's chrome engine can execute remote code of any kind. Read more »

Serving Mashed Trailers, No Waiting

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- We've all got a mate that emails us the latest viral video piece. You've seen a lot of them, right? Chopper doing the weather; some amazing car chase; the latest beer commercial. Read more »

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