In recent days, Apple has paid some $700,000 in legal fees to the defendants in its failed action to locate the source behind revelations about an alleged product under development bearing the code-name Asteroid. Although the product got lots of attention as a result of the lawsuits, it never saw the light of day. Supposedly […]

It’s time to speculate, and I might get a little fanciful here, so be careful about taking me seriously. Of course, some of you never take me seriously. But let’s just say that I think it’s a reasonable prospect that passes the logic test, and worth a lot more discussion. Of course, Apple will never […]

When you think of security, the threat of malware comes to mind. Whether you call it a virus, a Trojan Horse or a worm, you don’t want to have to confront the nasty thing. You may prefer to think of such problems as exclusive to the Windows platform, but the first computer virus actually appeared […]

Some people might have felt safe referring to Mac OS X as the “teflon operating system,” because it was free of real virus threats. Proofs of concept didn’t count. But the news that there is, at last, genuine Mac malware in the wild should end your complacency for good. The offending file bears the innocuous […]