Windows systems are notoriously more prone to virus attacks than Mac and Linux, its two biggest competitors. Indeed, in the past decade Microsoft has struggled to provide a security suite that could stamp out at least the most obvious threats to its system. It was only in 2009 that a Microsoft virus protection software was [...]
The music industry can claim to have taken the first plunge into cloud computing. Companies like CloudSound and Mp3Tunes (from the original founders of Mp3.com) were offering online storage and access to music collections long before magazines dubbed 2011 the year of cloud computing. But they may be right on target: the technology is being [...]
For the longest time, most Mac users scoffed at the thought of malware protection, confident that their OS could catch any bug thrown their way. And they had good reason to think so: the number of Mac malware attacks is negligible next to the almost routine infections on PCs. Recent events have proven that Mac [...]
Fresh out of a sick leave, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is set to unveil a new operating system at a developers’ conference next week. The OS, dubbed “Lion,” will be revealed alongside iOS 5, the new version of the mobile OS powering the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. Also in the lineup is iCloud, Apple’s [...]
