Get one year of invaluable security for Mac OS X and Windows with Bitdefender [Deals Hub]

Get one year of invaluable security for Mac OS X and Windows with Bitdefender [Deals Hub]

No computer is completely immune to attacks from malware or viruses. Whether you’re running things in a Mac environment or on a Windows PC, you need to take steps to protect your machine. When you’ve taken your Mac and added a Windows element to it – whether through an app like VMware Fusion, Parallels, or CrossOver – taking these steps not only becomes more crucial, but it can be more costly as well.

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Apple Releases iTunes 11.0.2, Brings New Composer View For Music

Apple Releases iTunes 11.0.2, Brings New Composer View For Music

Apple seems to be on a roll. Hot on the heels of releasing iOS 6.1.2 to fix the Exchange Calendar bug and Java update to fix vulnerabilities along with the malware removal tool, they have released an update for iTunes.

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Oracle Releases Java 7 Update 11 To Address Security Vulnerability [Updated]

Oracle Releases Java 7 Update 11 To Address Security Vulnerability [Updated]

Oracle has just released Java 7 Update 11 to address the vulnerability, which we reported on Friday.

The security vulnerability could allow the installation of malicious software and malware on machines that could increase the chance of identity theft, or the unauthorized participation in a botnet that could bring down networks or be used to carry out denial-of-service attacks against Web sites.

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Former Windows Head Steven Sinofsky Has Owned Every iPhone and iPad

Former Windows Head Steven Sinofsky Has Owned Every iPhone and iPad

Quite a few people noticed that Steven Sinofsky, former head of Microsoft’s Windows division, is now tweeting from an iPhone and naturally assumed that now that he’s out of Microsoft, he’s abandoned Windows Phone for iOS.

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How to: Print from iOS to a non-AirPrint printer

How to: Print from iOS to a non-AirPrint printer

AirPrint is pretty cool, if you have an AirPrint-enabled printer that is. My mom happens to have one and when I’m at her house printing is a piece of cake. At home, however, I don’t have an AirPrint printer and sometimes I do need or want to print things from my my iPhone or iPad, so want can I do? Several things, in fact.

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Microsoft Courting iOS Developers to Make Apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Microsoft Courting iOS Developers to Make Apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Microsoft is holding special events for iOS developers in its Mountain View campus to convince them to make apps for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platform. The two platforms’ app ecosystems are still in nascent stages, and Microsoft’s doing all it can to ramp up developer interest.

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Steve Ballmer Pitches Microsoft as the Middle Ground Between Android and Apple in the Mobile World

Steve Ballmer Pitches Microsoft as the Middle Ground Between Android and Apple in the Mobile World

Yesterday Steve Ballmer sat down with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman to talk about Windows, technology, and the state of things. From the audio (and video) posted by TechCrunch, there were the typical Ballmer moments, but more interestingly Ballmer is trying to position Microsoft as a middle ground between the wild west of Android and the tight control of Apple. Maybe he’s onto something.

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Microsoft To Launch Xbox Music Service To Compete With Apple’s iTunes; Coming To iOS Devices

Microsoft To Launch Xbox Music Service To Compete With Apple’s iTunes; Coming To iOS Devices

Microsoft has just announced the launch of its own music streaming service called XBox Music, which will be initially available on Windows based devices after the launch of Windows 8 towards the end of the month and Xbox.

Microsoft also plans to launch apps for iOS and Android, though it is not clear when they will be released.

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Samsung Unveils Android And Windows Devices Including Galaxy Note II And First Windows Phone 8 Smartphone

Samsung Unveils Android And Windows Devices Including Galaxy Note II And First Windows Phone 8 Smartphone

Samsung unveiled a number of Android and Windows devices at its IFA 2012 keynote yesterday, the most notable of which were the widely rumored Galaxy Note II, an Android based camera and the world’s first Windows Phone 8 device.

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Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8

Microsoft unveiled their next generation mobile operating system – Windows Phone 8 codenamed “Apollo” at the Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco.

The update addresses a number of shortcomings that were present in Windows Phone 7, like the lack of support for multi-core processors and high resolution displays. It also introduces a number of new features like a redesigned start screen, NFC support, external storage support and built in Nokia maps.

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