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[SC Magazine] Researchers have warned that though levels of Mac malware pale in comparison to those of Windows systems, users should still adopt basic security measures, such as keeping an updated system and avoiding suspicious downloads or file attachments.

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[SC Magazine] Mozilla Firefox 3.5 officially released, improves browsing ...: Competing browsers' privacy features, such as Microsoft's IE8 InPrivate, Chrome's Incognito and Safari's private browsing mode, do much the same thing, but Firefox handles the operation automatically and more transparently, Nightingale said.

[WagerWeb Entertainment] Good-bye Windows Vista, hello Google OS! | WagerWeb Entertainment: Don’t forget that Safari running on a Mac was the first Web browser to go down at this year’s PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest. The truth is a computer’s security is primarily dependent on a security conscious operator (you) and a hacker’s reluctance to discover security compromises for that machine.

[SC Magazine] Two new pieces of Mac malware surface > Malware > Vulnerabilities ...: The first, Tored-Fam, is a worm that spreads via email attachments and is simply a variant on the well-known Tored family of malware that has been in circulation since last year. The worm collects email addresses and attempts to forward itself on.

[Psychlinks Psychology Self-Help & Mental Health Support Forum] The Google Chrome Operating System - Psychlinks Psychology Self ...: But if you buy a device straight out, how much cheaper will it be compared to a Windows machine? Google will probably make Chrome OS available to hardware makers in a similar method to its Android platform for mobile phones, which means it will be free with some subtle restrictions based on the licensing agreement between Google and the manufacturer.

[TechNewsWorld] Technology News: Security: Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean ...: Second, the breaches that do target Macs are largely based on social engineering tricks designed to entice users to download a piece of malware. Mac users, so the theory goes, are savvier than the average PC user and are not inclined to fall for such tactics.

[Byte Into It - Computing and new technology] Byte Into It - RADIOTHON SHOW - call +613 9388 1027 and subscribe ...: Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Free, cross-platform note-taking application Evernote offers a handful of tools for clipping content into your Evernote account, including the newly released Web Clipper Firefox extension. Aside from a Clip to Evernote entry in the right-click menu and a new toolbar button, the extension works just like the Clip to Evernote bookmarklet (perfect in its own right if you don’t want to install another extension).

[Comments for Connected Internet] Gaming On A Mac | Connected Internet: Most of the blockbuster PC games do receive ports, although the timeliness of their arrival depends on the developer.There are a couple of developers that specialize in porting games to Mac, and a couple of the big publishers are also pretty good about releasing Mac and PC versions simultaneously. Id Software has always been good about providing Mac binaries for their games, and Quake through Doom 3 can be played natively on a Mac.

[Byte Into It - Computing and new technology] Byte Into It - 13 Aug 2008 « Byte Into It - Computing and new ...: One of these is that an iPhone or iPod touch running 3.0 is now less dependent on iTunes on the computer to manage smart playlists: it can update a smart playlist itself in a larger number of cases. Another change is that after deleting […] iljitsch.vanbeijnum@arstechnica.com (Iljitsch van Beijnum)

[sync] Live from "Norton Cyber Crime Day" | sync :: the tech & gadgets blog: Credit card scams easier online...one guy writes code in Eastern Europe, recruit U.S. people on Monster.com, malware goes out for fake card setup...they don't even know it's a crime. In 30 minutes, stole million dollars in 43 cities...that kind of crime couldn't be done before the Internet.

[MacNewsWorld] Mac News: Security: Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean My Mac ...: Yet the arguments for buying security software for a Mac are equally compelling: As Macs grow in numbers, virus writers will begin to target them more aggressively. Also, just because most of the malware thus far has required some sort of human intervention to be activated, there's no guarantee that will always be the case.

[Gadgetwise] Free Microsoft Antivirus Software Next Week - Gadgetwise Blog ...: Contrary to much of the speculation on tech blogs in the last week, Security Essentials will not be an intrusive Web-based service that sucks in information about users’ online activities while looking for malware. Though it will use cloud-computing technologies, they will only be used to store the “signatures” the product uses to check whether a suspicious file carries a known malicious program —

[The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors] Microsoft takes aim at fake antivirus program | Security - CNET News: Fake antivirus programs are very common and provide a way for scammers to make easy money. The scammers prey on the fears of Web surfers who are misled into believing their systems are infected and then pay, typically, $50 for a program that not only doesn't protect their computers, but often turns out to be malicious.

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