Inside Apple's iOS 4: new feature parity with Snow Leopard

Apple's iOS 4 features the biggest foundational leap for developers since the company first opened up iPhone OS 2.0 to development, now catching up to the core features of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Prince McLean 15 years ago 81

Safari retains speed crown over newcomer Chrome in OS X

While besting Firefox by nearly 50 percent, Google's newly released Chrome browser was 12 percent slower than Apple's Safari in benchmark tests.

Brian Garner 16 years ago 69

Latest Snow Leopard build resurrects Atom compatibility

Development build 10C535 of Snow Leopard update 10.6.2 retains Intel Atom support after the previous build had killed compatibility with the processor.

Brian Garner 16 years ago 42

Amazon offers Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard pre-order

Snow Leopard, the latest update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system, is now available for pre-order from Amazon, in anticipation of its upcoming September release.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 67

Apple plugs critical Java security hole affecting Tiger, Leopard

Apple on Monday finally got around to patching a widely-publicized security flaw in the version of Java shipping with Mac OS X, which could leave a Mac open to attack while browsing the web.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 43

Mac OS X 10.5.7 may have Nehalem, Radeon HD 4000 support

In addition to expected fixes, Apple's upcoming 10.5.7 update to Mac OS X Leopard is now claimed to recognize Intel's newer Nehalem architecture as well as AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4000 graphics chipsets.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 56

Amended Psystar complaint vs. Apple repeats copyright claims

Mac cloner Psystar says Apple has misused copyrights by preventing Mac OS X from being run on third-party hardware, according to an amended complaint filed yesterday.

Zach Spear 17 years ago 140

Apple pushing 17-inch MacBook Pro deliveries near March

Initially promised for the end of January, the unibody version of Apple's largest notebook is moving gradually towards a late February ship date or later for more recent buyers.

Aidan Malley 17 years ago 54

Microsoft's Windows 7 to bring Apple-tinged design changes

At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has shown Windows 7 to the public for the first time and has revealed a user interface with some of the largest changes to the operating system's interface since Windows XP — if not earlier — and which bear slight resemblances to Apple software.

Aidan Malley 17 years ago 122

Apple releases Security Update 2008-007 for Mac OS X

Apple on Thursday afternoon released its seventh distinct security fix of the year for Mac OS X to tackle a number flaws, including one introduced with its 10.5.5 update.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 32

Apple seeks distance-based pairing, auto contact data patents

A pair of filings for US patents made by Apple would make users' lives easier by letting them pair wireless devices just by bringing them together as well as filling out missing address book data simply by making a request through e-mail.

Aidan Malley 17 years ago 13

Why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA

Apple's insistence on keeping iPhone 2.0 development under strict non disclosure agreements is frustrating efforts in the development community to share ideas, teach classes on iPhone development, and print reference books on the subject.

Prince McLean 17 years ago 32

New Mac OS X Security Update patches dangerous DNS hole

Apple late on Thursday offered up its fifth security update of 2008 to cover an industry-wide and potentially dangerous exploit of Domain Name System server access for spoofing attacks.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 24

Concerns raised about lack of Mac-to-MobileMe push sync

While Apple markets MobileMe primarily as a push service, some are now discovering that updates to the Mac don't translate to immediate updates for the web or for Apple's handhelds, raising questions about whether the new service is as full-featured as promised.

Aidan Malley 17 years ago 80

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.4 update, security fixes

Apple on Monday evening released Mac OS X 10.5.4, the latest significant revision to Leopard and a key part of its online strategy. Also, Security Update 2008-004 and Safari 3.1.2 for Tiger address security issues for earlier Mac OS X versions.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 82

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