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iOS reasserts tablet dominance – TG Daily

Apple’s iOS is expected to reassert its commanding leadership of the global tablet market after experiencing a temporary dip in market share during the fourth quarter of 2011. 

 As IHS iSuppli analyst Rhoda Alexander notes, Apple’s market …

Browser Wars on iOS? Seems Unlikely – Time

I’d love to see Google’s Chrome browser arrive for iOS devices. I’d be even more thrilled if an all-out browser war broke out on Apple’s mobile operating system, with multiple players going all-out to win the hearts and minds of … Continue reading

Apple Issues Surprise Security Updates for Leopard Users – msnbc.com

On Monday (May 14), Apple quietly released two security updates for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a nearly five-year-old release that Apple had otherwise abandoned. (Apple generally supports only the two most recent OS X releases.) The security updates remove … Continue reading

Apple Issues QuickTime Patch for Windows, OSX Users Safe – PC Magazine

The move came just days after Oracle said it would control the release of Java patches. For more on what this means, see Apple’s OS X, Safari Updates Improve OS X Security. For more from Sara, follow her on Twitter … Continue reading

Apple seeks outside help on OS X security – United Press International

CHICAGO, May 14 (UPI) — Apple has asked Russian computer security company Kaspersky Labs to analyze its OS X operating system to improve its security, a Kaspersky official says. Nikolai Grebennikov, chief technical officer at Kaspersky, said …

Apple releases Flashback patch for older OS – BBC News

Apple has released a software update, designed to protect users of its Leopard operating system from malware attacks. The firm had already been forced to rush out security updates for machines working on its newer Snow Leopard and Lion operating … Continue reading

Apple ships first Leopard security update in nearly a year – Network World Fusion

Security Update 2012-003 does not patch any known vulnerabilities, but is instead a Leopard-specific version of what Apple released last week for OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, and the newer OS X 10.7, better known as Lion. Like those … Continue reading

Apple QuickTime update for Windows only; Macs already secure – CNET News

Apple’s security and OS updates included the latest version of QuickTime, which Apple has just made available for Windows PCs. Apple issued a QuickTime update today that addresses a number of security vulnerabilities in the media player and its …

Apple scrubs old Leopards of Flashback Trojan infections – The Register

Apple has released patches that defend users of its older Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system against security threats. Monday’s security fixes help defend Mac users stuck on the two-year-old operating system against assaults by the infamous Flashback Trojan.

ElcomSoft Discovers an Alternative Way of Accessing iPhone User Data, Provides Forensic Access to iCloud Backups – SYS-CON Media (press release)

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. discovers yet another way to access information stored in Apple iOS devices by retrieving online backups from Apple iCloud storage. The company updates Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker, a tool to retrieve user content from password …