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  Apple sneaks anti-malware update into Snow Leopard

  Ten months after it debuted rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, Apple this week quietly added a signature for a third piece of malware, security researchers reported today.

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  Apple kills hackintosh netbooks with Snow Leopard update

  Apple is reportedly breaking Hackintoshes -- meaning netbooks illegimately installed with Mac OS X -- with its latest update to Leopard.

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  Apple Snow Leopard Server: Faster, smoother

  On the surface, Apple's Snow Leopard Server feels like a $US499 maintenance release, but underneath, there's much more - improved performance, more polish and new apps focused on collaboration and content sharing.

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  Mac clone maker 'happily' agrees to OS X injunction

  Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar traded barbs last week in federal court as they simultaneously asked a judge to end the case that began more than 15 months ago.

• Snow Leopard sales roar out the gate

  First two weeks' retail sales double Leopard's, four times better than Tiger's, says NPD

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  HP adds Snow Leopard printer drivers after customer complaints

  Hewlett-Packard has added support for an additional 38 printer models or printer series to Snow Leopard, delivering on a promise made shortly after the release of Apple's new operating system when angry users complained that older devices didn't work...

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  Apple fixes Flash snafu in Snow Leopard, patches 33 bugs in Leopard

  Less than two weeks after Apple launched Snow Leopard, the company today issued the new operating system's first security update. In a separate upgrade, Apple patched 33 vulnerabilities in 2007's Leopard, and about half as many in the even older Tige...

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  Snow Leopard 'downgrades' Flash to vulnerable version

  Apple has shipped an out-of-date and vulnerable version of Adobe Flash Player with Snow Leopard, security companies have warned.

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  Apple patches critical Java bugs, but leaves Leopard users vulnerable

  Apple today patched 15 vulnerabilities in three versions of Java used by Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, bringing the operating system up to par with fixes that Sun issued a month ago.

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  Apple ships vulnerable Flash version with new Mac OS

  Mac users may be surprised that versions of Apple's latest operating system, Snow Leopard, also installs an older version of Adobe System's Flash player, potentially putting them at a higher security risk.

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  Psystar starts selling Mac clones with Snow Leopard

  Mac clone maker Psystar isn't waiting for a federal judge to give it the green light to sell systems with Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system, according to the company's Web site.

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  Making sense of the Snow Leopard security debate

  Snow Leopard is out and users seem generally satisfied with the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system. The release hasn't been without some controversy though, part of which has been the debate over the malware protection features Apple inc...

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  Users cite HP printer problems after Snow Leopard upgrade

  Mac users who upgraded to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136741/Apple_s_Snow_Leopard">Snow Leopard</a> on Friday began reporting problems with Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers within hours of Apple launching the upgrade, according to t...

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  Angry Adobe users rant about Snow Leopard support

  After users fumed over news that Adobe Systems Inc. wouldn't support its Creative Suite 3 (CS3) applications on Apple Inc.'s new Snow Leopard operating system, the company backtracked a step yesterday.

• Reports: $US29 Snow Leopard upgrade works on Tiger, too

  Although Mac owners running the older Tiger operating system can use the cheapest upgrade to install the brand-new Snow Leopard, doing so is a violation of Apple Inc.'s license agreement, according to reports today on the Web.