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Flashback trojan emerges as “LuckyCat” variant, exploit found to spread malware via Microsoft Word documents

You’ve got to hand it to whoever developed it: they’re persistent. Per SecureList, a new version of a backdoor trojan for Apple’s OS X operating system takes advantage of an exploit in Microsoft Word to spread. The latest variant of the attack known as “LuckyCat” was discovered and detailed by Costin Raiu, Kasperskky lab expert. […]

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Rumor: Apple’s 2012 iMac to feature anti-reflective displays

Because rumors make technology interesting. Per DigiTimes, a completely redesigned family of Apple’s iMacs due for release later this year will not only arrive noticeably slimmer than existing models but may also be the first of the company’s desktops to feature anti-reflective displays. The Taiwanese rumor publication has claimed that G-Tech is ramping up its […]

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Rumor: Apple to drop Nvidia Kepler GPUs for low and mid-range 2012 MacBook Pro notebooks

Whatever you were expecting the graphics card to be on the next-generation MacBook Pro, Apple might have something else in mind. Per SemiAccurate, Apple’s next-generation low- and mid-range MacBook Pro models will not feature dedicated graphics cards, and will instead rely on Intel’s integrated Ivy Bridge graphics due to production issues with Nvidia. Apple has […]

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Rumor: Apple reportedly shopping around for Apple HDTV prototype parts

When you go looking for components, people tend to notice. Per AppleInsider, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster told investors on Tuesday that he had recently spoken to a “major TV component supplier” about Apple’s rumored plans to release a connected HDTV. Sources within the supplier reportedly told him that Apple had contacted “regarding various capabilities of […]

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Intel to delay launch of Ivy Bridge processors by 8-10 weeks

You know, nobody really LIKES the person who tells them “better late than never”, even though that person tends to be right. That being said, Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors, sized at 22 nanometers and expected to appear in Apple’s updated Mac lineup, will become available eight to 10 weeks later than originally planned, one […]