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Verizon allows for partial removal of UIDH “perma-cookie”, leaves some elements behind

This is the kind of thing that makes you wish your wireless carrier was humanoid, anthropomorphic and had a face you could punch at your leisure. Despite criticisms and public outcry, Verizon isn’t giving up on its UIDH “perma-cookie” advertising program—but the company will give subscribers a larger say in the matter. Verizon customers will […]

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Apple announces end to SSL 3.0 notifications on October 29th in wake of POODLE vulnerability

Sometimes you’ve got to drop back and punt. Per the Apple developer web site and AppleInsider, Apple announced on Wednesday that it will be removing support for the SSL 3.0 protocol on its Apple Push Notification server. Apple will be switching off SSL 3.0 support in favor of the more secure transport layer security (TSL) […]

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OS X 10.9.2 update is out, run don’t walk to Software Update

Amongst recent criticism about Apple’s failure to fix an SSL security flaw in OS X, and recently patched on iDevices with iOS 7.0.6, today they released the OS X 10.9.2 update which is available via the App Store app. There was a long list of application updates and system fixes, but noticeably absent in the […]

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Parallels Access debuts, brings Parallels features to iPad

You can’t knock a company that also goes in a subscription-based direction. Per AppleInsider, Parallels, the company known for its virtualization software, rolled out a new iPad app and subscription service on Tuesday called Parallels Access that promises to run both Mac and PC programs on Apple’s tablet with near-native performance. With Parallels Access, the […]

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Adium updated to 1.5.7

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.5.7. The new version, a 22.8 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes: – Updated Twitter support. (#16118) – Retweets (RTs) now properly display […]