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VMWare releases Fusion 3.1.3 update

Late Friday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 3.1.3 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]

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Apple, Google retain deal for map, search functionalities on iOS devices

The good news: The Google functionality on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device isn’t going anywhere for a while. Google Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt revealed Tuesday that his company had reached a deal with Apple to continue providing its maps and search technology for the iPhone. Per Reuters, Schmidt, while speaking […]

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Apple releases Security Update 2011-003, removes Mac Defender malware

Beating the expected arrival date (the Mac OS X 10.6.8 update had been anticipated to take care of this), Apple has released Security Update 2011-003, which adds malware detection and removal for the “MAC Defender” scam and delivers a daily update mechanism for updating subsequent malware definitions. Per AppleInsider, the 2.3 megabyte security update for […]