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OS/2 has earned its freedom
Leader It's not a plea for clemency that judges hear very often now that families fission like amoeba, but in OS/2's case it's still a strong argument. Conceived by Microsoft and IBM in the days when the two companies at least pretended to like each other...
[July 18, 2005, 13:30]
OS/2 and the path to freedom
Leader The story of OS/2 is sad yet informative. Despite an expensive education and being sent to work in the City, OS/2 is now closeted in semi-retirement. There is lots of non-IBM code in OS/2 from Microsoft, Micrographx and others, which simply can't...
[January 25, 2008, 15:12]
OS X under attack
News According to Symantec's report, this high-risk OS X archive metadata command execution vulnerability, discovered on February 21, affects those using Safari and Mail. Two new malware threats and a major security hole have plagued the supposedly...
[March 1, 2006, 12:55]
OS X update brews Java storm
News A minor update to Mac OS X is causing headaches for some computer owners, who find their systems no longer work properly when using Java-based applications or visiting certain Web sites. After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have...
[April 19, 2005, 9:10]
OS X flaws draw hackers' eyes
News And last week, several people reported that beta testers who upgraded Mac OS X to the latest version likely have improper access permissions set on their desktops, allowing any user to change the appearance of any other user's desktop.
[July 4, 2001, 9:04]
Adobe: OS X's new best friend?
News Upcoming software upgrades from Adobe Systems could help reinvigorate sales of professional-oriented Macs, though the biggest boost--the release of Photoshop for Mac OS X--is still up to six months away.
[December 18, 2001, 9:45]
OS X hacking challenge called off
News A Mac OS X hacker challenge apparently got a systems engineer at the The Mac OS X 'challenge' was not an activity authorised by the The Mac OS X contest ended without a negative impact on the In the earlier challenge, an anonymous hacker claimed he...
[March 9, 2006, 8:35]
Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: Maturity or stagnation?
Leader Which is the best operating system — Windows 7, OS X 10.6 or Ubuntu 9.10? That's an OS function. That it is technically possible for the same code to run anywhere does not make it desirable: the next OS will have to morph from platform to platform.
[October 22, 2009, 13:01]
OS/2 Navigator in open beta
News Netscape's promised native OS/2 port for Navigator has gone into beta and is available for free downloading now at the firm's Web site. Microsoft has announced plans for its Internet Explorer to be available on Macintosh and Unix, but not OS/2.
[September 23, 1996, 13:32]
OS X evolves with Darwin flaws
News A source-code audit of the open-source operating system from which Apple borrowed much of the code for Mac OS X revealed four vulnerabilities of varying severity in Apple's software, a security company said on Monday.
[January 19, 2005, 7:55]
Comdex Spring: Linux - OS in search of standards
News Many attendees were Linux supporters who were trying to sell the OS to their superiors within their own companies. It's pretty clear that Linux will pass NT this year and become the No.server OS," Augustin predicted, speaking as Microsoft employees...
[April 21, 1999, 7:32]
OS X development: Waiting in the wings
News While most major Mac developers have booked seats on the Mac OS X Express, few expect to reach their destination by the launch of Apple Computer's next-generation OS. More than six months have passed since Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told...
[December 5, 2000, 8:44]
IBM: OS/2 still sold here
News IBM assured customers on Thursday that the company will continue to sell and support OS/2, clarifying an online notice that drew speculation that the vintage operating system was being phased out. The Notice of Software Withdrawal, published on...
[December 13, 2002, 8:23]
Exclusive: Writing's on wall for Mac OS X
News According to sources, InkWell will ship alongside Mac OS X, which is currently due to arrive early in 2001 -- a version may also be available to users of Mac OS 9. Is the pen mightier than the keyboard?
[July 27, 2000, 8:34]
Mac OS X vulnerable to critical Java bug
News Apple's Mac OS X is vulnerable to a security flaw in Java that was originally publically disclosed almost six months ago, a security researcher has warned. He recommended that Mac OS X users disable Java in their web browsers.
[May 20, 2009, 17:15]
Jesse Berst: The LinuX-Files: Uncovering the OS Conspiracy
News In many ways, Linux, the open source alternative OS, has a lot in common with The X-Files. The Linux Cluster Cabal (LCC) will add clustering capabilities to the alternative OS. Instead of a government conspiracy, the Linux community opposes all...
[October 12, 1999, 9:09]
Apple patches 25 security flaws in OS X
News Apple on Thursday issued a security update for Mac OS X that addresses 25 security flaws in the operating system software. Apple has released a Mac OS X security update each month this year. Last year, the company released two Mac OS X updates in...
[April 20, 2007, 10:20]
Freebie plants OS X in older Macs
News Users of older Power Macs last week gained new access to Mac OS X, courtesy of a free utility. Ryan Rempel's Unsupported UtilityX, available for free download from Other World Computing's Web site, enables processor-upgraded Macs or other Power Mac...
[July 3, 2001, 12:33]
OS X flaw may leave Macs open to virus attacks
News The company said in a statement that it had encountered a proof-of-concept Trojan horse for OS X disguised as an MP3 music file. Mac OS X displays the icon of the MP3 file, with an .mp3 extension, rather than showing the file as an application...
[April 9, 2004, 20:25]
Apple updates Leopard to OS X 10.5.7
News Apple on Tuesday released OS X 10.5.7, an update to its The update also improves performance of video playback and cursor movements for recent Macs with Nvidia graphics components and resolves an issue with Dvorak keyboard layout in Mac OS X 10.5.6.
[May 13, 2009, 10:06]
