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Featured White Paper: Creating an AUP: Common myths & mistakes

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is the bedrock of any organisation’s management of employee IT use. However, many organisations underestimate the importance of tailoring the AUP to their specific needs or place their business at risk by using outdated or inadequate policies. Click Here

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    The dual-track contest, one for browsers, the other for mobile operating systems, will pit hackers against the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE) and Safari running on Windows 7 or Mac OS X.
    19 March 2010
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  • Commodore 64 to make a comeback?

    The PC will run the Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.But will it find buyers? Commodore PCs had a heavy following in the 1980s among hobbyists, but the glory days may not translate to better sales with price-conscious customers today…
    19 March 2010
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  • Windows Phone 7 Series: No copy and paste

    Reached on his mobile phone, whose battery was running low, Casey did not respond to the implications of lack of OS-level copy and paste on planned Windows Phone applications such as Microsoft Office, but the fact that applications can implement…
    18 March 2010
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  • Citrix XenApp 6 launches

    The Citrix technology still uses ICA, but the Receiver has been engineered to let administrators choose and add plug-ins without reinstalling the whole client.By letting Mac users access applications running on the server, companies can get around…
    10 March 2010
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  • Parallels to support Google Chrome OS on Mac

    Parallels also claims Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is up to 300 per cent faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version 4.0.Last month, Parallels introduced Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition, extending Parallels server…
    09 March 2010
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  • Apple iPad to hurt e-reader market, says survey

    One in 10 said they had put an iPhone purchase on hold because they planned to buy an iPad; 9% said they would delay plans to buy either an iPod or Mac laptop.In the end, a quarter of those with plans to buy an iPad acknowledged that they would…
    08 March 2010
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  • Macs vs. PCs: Which is cheaper to run?

    By the way, Apple does have a low cost Mac called the Mac Mini at $799. But throw in enterprise requirements, connectivity to backend systems and applications, hidden management costs, support costs, and maybe a desktop virtualisation layer, and…
    17 March 2010
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  • Overlooked online threats

    There's not a lot of Mac malware in the wild, Intego found most of it in pirated copies of commercial applications (iWork '09, Adobe Photoshop) available on peer-to-peer filesharing networks.The kernel issues are also worth noting (the report…
    05 March 2010
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  • Apple App store's dirty little secret

    An Apple exec who worked with Frog Design on the Mac years ago brought Postcard Express to the attention of Apple employees in the App Store, according to Goos. As the App Store swells with apps, customers turn to Apple's ranking system and…
    23 February 2010
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  • Apple iPad offers IT department opportunities

    Is the new Apple iPad just a gimmick gadget for Mac fans? It's not a PC or a Mac and doesn't run Windows or Mac OS, or offer multitasking (although the rumour mill suggests that the latter may be addressed in future updates).
    11 February 2010
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  • 2010 may be the year of the Apple Mac

    Apple was a bright spot in 2009 in terms of PC sales, but the signals are mixed as to whether the Mac can grow beyond its niche It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for…
    10 February 2010
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  • Hands on with the Apple iPad

    When viewed in landscape orientation, the iPad Mail app is segmented into separate panes like Mail on the Mac: a list of messages on the left side, and a view of the currently-selected message on the right.
    29 January 2010
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  • How to archive Apple iPhone messages

    Just jack in your iPhone to your Mac, launch PhoneView, select Messages in the column on the left side of the PhoneView window, select the messages you want, and click the Copy From iPhone button.This is just one of PhoneView's talents.
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Sms • Messages • Mac • Iphone • Button • Archive

  • How to end a stuck Time Machine backup

    You should be using launchd to control these services in 10.6, but the above commands work just fine.Thanks to Mac OS X Hints reader Frett for pointing this one out. If so, then this hint may help you get out of that "stucky" situation.Open…
    01 March 2010
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  • How to get an Apple iPad for work

    I also emailed Microsoft's Mac Business Unit about the iPad, asking about its plans for the iPad. I figure it will take Microsoft's Mac team a few months to come up with something more, and it's not like they aren't just a little busy right now.How…
    19 February 2010
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  • How to run Windows 7 on Mac OS X

    Windows 7 is my primary desktop but lately the amount of iPhone work I've been doing has prompted me to swap hardware so I could have my Mac Xcode development environment with me when I'm mobile. Windows 7 is my primary desktop but lately the…
    03 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Sharing • Prompted • Outlook • Mac Os • Macs

  • How to use Greasemonkey scripts with IE, Chrome and Safari

    Google-supported items are plentiful on the company's own Extensions page, but many of the Greasemonkey scripts from Userscripts.org will work for Chrome, too.Apple SafariApple hasn't included any official support for user created scripts for…
    14 December 2009
    Tags: Extensions • Firefox • Scripts • Safari • Chrome • Addon

  • How to remove worms from Apple iPhone

    These commands are case-sensitive, so be careful.rm /bin/poc-bbot rm /bin/sshpass rm /var/log/youcanbeclosertogod.jpg rm /var/mobile/LockBackground.jpg rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ikey.bbot.plist rm /var/lock/bbot.lock If that doesn't do…
    24 November 2009
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Reviews

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    With Firefox, we got an endpoint compliance check, but a false positive: even with Apple's firewall turned on, we couldn't get in.It's possible — even likely — that with sufficient rooting around in the depths of UAG and our Mac clients we could…
    08 March 2010
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  • Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB review

    This cord is essential to users with older model laptops that don't provide enough power via USB to power up the SureFire.The Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB comes preformatted for the Mac - a bonus for Apple users.
    12 February 2010
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  • G-Technology G-Drive 2TB review

    It's elegantly styled and superbly finished in precision-crafted aluminium.The style of the G-Technology G-Drive 2TB unashamedly follows that of Apple's Mac Pro desktop PCs, with a folded metal chassis in natural satin metal, replete with the same…
    12 February 2010
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  • TrueCrypt review

    TrueCrypt works with Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000; it is also available for Apple Mac OS X and Linux systems, making it a good choice for users who work with multiple platforms.In fact, the number of choices can be overwhelming.
    10 February 2010
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  • QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo review

    Hard drives with the HFS+ file system (used by Mac OS X) are not currently supported.There are two Gigabit Ethernet ports on the back of the QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo NAS device which support failover and load balancing.
    02 February 2010
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  • Apple iPad review

    The iPad's photo application is much better than the iPhone's, too, with on-the-fly slideshow creation (complete with transitions) and different ways of viewing the images (including sorting by places, people, events, and a mini-thumbnail bar at…
    29 January 2010
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White Papers

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    But as Apple's Macintosh OS X operating system (Mac OS) gains ground in the market and Apple's consumer technologies, such as iPod and iTunes, continue to enjoy widespread popularity, security researchers and hackers will increasingly point their…
    21 January 2007
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