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• November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06

  Apple fixes 22 Mac OS X flaws

  The patches include a fix for a Wi-Fi flaw reported earlier this month as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs. A number of other flaws remain unfixed, however.

• November 12, 2006 12 Nov'06

  Wireless device flaw discovered

  A Broadcom wireless device driver, common in millions of laptops, is vulnerable to an attack, according to an advisory from the Month of Kernel Bugs.

• November 01, 2006 01 Nov'06

  Exploit code released for Apple Wi-Fi flaw

  Details on how to attack a flaw in Apple's wireless software were released as part of a new project called the "Month of Kernel Bugs."

• October 26, 2006 26 Oct'06

  IT greats: Top 10 greatest IT people

  For every world-famous name with a world famous fortune – think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell – there are hundreds of other individuals who have moved the IT industry and its technology inexorably forward

• September 12, 2006 12 Sep'06

  Big security fixes for QuickTime, Flash Player

  Apple and Adobe warned that attackers could exploit multiple flaws in QuickTime and Flash Player to run malicious code on targeted machines.

• August 17, 2006 17 Aug'06

  Apple fixes Xsan security flaw

  Attackers could exploit a security flaw in Apple's Xsan file system to launch malicious code and crash vulnerable machines, but a fix is available.

• August 01, 2006 01 Aug'06

  Security Bytes: Exploits targeting freshly patched Apple flaw

  Apple patches nearly two dozen holes in OS X, but not before exploits are unleashed. Plus McAfee fixes a critical flaw and EMC gets the OK to buy RSA.

• March 21, 2005 21 Mar'05

  Linux lags Windows in new security report

  A controversial research paper takes a critical look at two popular platforms' track record on vulnerabilities and fixes. In turn, its findings are facing sharp scrutiny as well.

• October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04

  Clear double advantage

  ClearSpeed Technology has doubled the performance of its high-performance computing co-processor for scientific workstations and...

• August 03, 2004 03 Aug'04

  Apple's SAN file system turns heads