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Briefly: More sightings of mysterious metallic… (103) Windows 7 multi-touch; iPhone limit raised;… (97) Analyst: iPhone simply isn’t meant for… (94) Mac OS X = UNIX with a GUI? (70) Report downplays concerns over lack of 3G iPhone (60) Apple charged in defamation suit against BET (58) UBS ups Apple estimates on new product… (42) Mac Mini Update?!?! (38) Overly cautious Microsoft spurs first-ever…

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I used vulnerability statistics from an impartial third party vendor, Secunia, and I broke them down by Windows XP flaws, Vista flaws, and Mac OS X flaws. Since Secunia doesn’t offer individual numbers for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4, I merged the XP and Vista vulnerabilities so that we can compare Vista + XP flaws to Mac OS X So this shows that Apple had more than 5 times the number of flaws per month than Windows XP and Vista in 2007, and most of these flaws are serious.

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Briefly: More sightings of mysterious metallic… (103) Windows 7 multi-touch; iPhone limit raised;… (97) Analyst: iPhone simply isn’t meant for… (94) Mac OS X = UNIX with a GUI? (70) Report downplays concerns over lack of 3G iPhone (60) Apple charged in defamation suit against BET (58) UBS ups Apple estimates on new product… (42) Mac Mini Update?!?! (38) Overly cautious Microsoft spurs first-ever…

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Briefly: More sightings of mysterious metallic… (103) Windows 7 multi-touch; iPhone limit raised;… (97) Analyst: iPhone simply isn’t meant for… (94) Mac OS X = UNIX with a GUI? (70) Report downplays concerns over lack of 3G iPhone (60) Apple charged in defamation suit against BET (58) UBS ups Apple estimates on new product… (42) Mac Mini Update?!?! (38) Overly cautious Microsoft spurs first-ever…

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[prMac.com] Fast Rabbit Software, LLC announces the release of Little Hopper’s Math Tac Toe v1.0 for Mac OS X. Little Hopper’s Math Tac Toe helps K-8 students practice their addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills in a fun and friendly tic tac toe environment. Play against the computer or play head to head with a friend, parent, or tutor and improve math skills at the same time.

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The MacBook Pro gets a new chipset, which means processor bumps, a faster frontside bus, and more RAM capacity. However, the more significant refinement in this update is a new graphics system powered by the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT. Unlike the 15-inch models, the 17-inch MacBook Pro does not sport a new LED-backlit display for better battery life; however, a build-to-order option lets you select a higher-resolution display with 1,920-by-1,200 native resolution.

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Security Update 2007-009 plugged holes in Apple’s own code and that of some of the open-source components it integrates with the Tiger and Leopard operating systems. Nearly half of the 41 vulnerabilities - at least 17 were marked by Apple as capable of “arbitrary code execution,” which is the company’s way of saying an exploit could conceivably result in malware infiltrating a Mac or enabling a hacker hijack of the machine.

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TopXNotes is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It works with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. It costs US$35 for a download ($40 for a CD version), though version 1.3 is a free update for registered users.

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Second-gen iPhone in final phase; Apple TV… (119) NBC hitches onto download service from Apple… (111) Briefly: More sightings of mysterious metallic… (100) Windows 7 multi-touch; iPhone limit raised;… (97) Analyst: iPhone simply isn’t meant for… (93) Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac goes gold, ships… (62) Mac OS X = UNIX with a GUI? (59) Apple charged in defamation suit against BET (55) Overly cautious Microsoft spurs first-ever…

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They are looking for a reliability engineer supporting Multi-touch panel development with Mac and iPod hardware groups. The job itself seems to involve high level quality assurance testing, but the involvement of the Mac hardware group seems to confirm that Apple is working to incorporate multi-touch technologies into future Macs.

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