Contest winner: Vista more secure than Mac OS
Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week’s worth of controversy about the security of Apple’s operating system.
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1.5.2007 Vista SP2 and Windows 7 More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X Leopard
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is the absolute apex in security when it comes down to operating systems, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft, has indicated at the Midmarket CIO Summit earlier this week.
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12.4.2009 Vista Most Secure OS
Microsoft has applauded Vista from the get go as the most secure Windows platform, but according to a comparison put together by Jeff Jones, Security Strategy Director in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, the status quo is also valid for rival operating systems.
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23.6.2007 Mac OS X Leopard vs. Windows Vista
HardwareLogic has partnering up with Newegg to sponsor the User Guide Of The Month.
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8.5.2007 Windows Vista Beta 1 vs. Mac OS X "Tiger
From Paul Thurrotte's SuperSite:
In part one of my comparison of Windows Vista Beta 1 and Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," I looked at three key aspects of each system: Look and feel, desktop search, and data visualization and organization. For the most part, OS X came out well ahead of Windows Vista, as you'd expect, since it's a polished finished product. Vista, meanwhile, is all knees and elbows, an awkward teenager on its way to maturity.
. Microsoft will iron out the details, I'm sure, but the end result will likely not change much. Specifically, OS X will always be elegant, and Windows will almost certainly lag behind in the fit and finish department. The only questions are how much Vista will improve when compared to previous Windows versions, and whether it will be enough to keep customers from moving to OS X.
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29.11.2005 Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat
Windows Vista's share of online users has increased every month this year, while rival Mac OS X -- to which Vista has often been compared -- has shown little, if any, growth, a metrics company reports.
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24.7.2007 Mac OS 10.5.2 = Vista made in Apple?
I’ve heard many different complaints about Mac OS 10.5.2 since it was released, from my own Skype/podcasting problems to issues with just about everything else, including: printing, third-party wireless routers, software freezing and problems with Time Machine.
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5.5.2008 Apple names Mac OS X Leopard: Windows Vista 2.0
Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference that started today will apparently be the host of a surprising and clear shot at Microsoft’s next-generation OS Vista. This is probably how Steve Jobs is hoping to attract attention on his Macintosh alternative, Leopard OS.
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7.8.2006 Vista puts Mac OS X font rendering to shame
One of the first things I noticed when I switched to Windows Vista earlier this year was how much of an improvement in font readability Vista has over earlier versions of Windows for the screen fonts.
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17.8.2007 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to Take a Bite Out of Windows Vista?
The gap between the 2001 release of Windows XP and that of Windows Vista in 2007, created a window of opportunity for the growth of rival operating systems from Apple and the open source community.
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10.10.2007 Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux - for the Last Time in 2007
At the end of 2007 one thing is clear... Windows Vista is far from the Wow revelation that Microsoft aimed for with the late January worldwide consumer launch.
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1.1.2008 Vista SP1 and XP SP3 vs. Mac OS X and Linux
Despite constantly downplaying the relevance of Linux and Mac OS X, because of a variety of reasons, from high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to security risks and inferior shipment volumes, Microsoft is well aware of the real threat to Windows represented by the open source platform and Apple's operating system.
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1.8.2008 Microsoft Brings a Piece of Windows Vista to Linux and Mac OS X
Microsoft has announced that it will bring a small piece of Vista to both the open source Linux operating system and the UNIX based Mac OS X. The Redmond company's partners will work to extend Network Access Protection to Linux and OS X desktops.
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13.11.2007 Vista Growing to Match the Lack of Security of XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as the most secure Windows operating system available, ever since the debut of the Wow.
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15.8.2007 Linux and Mac OS X Eat Away at Windows, Even with XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Even with the latest service pack releases for the two supported Windows clients, rival operating systems Linux and Mac OS X are still eating away at the install base of Microsoft's proprietary operating system.
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3.7.2008 Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust
Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs.
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2.11.2007 Windows vs. Linux vs. Mac OS X
There has been a consistent amount of “ink” spilled over comparing Windows, Linux and Mac OS X this month. The reports have generated some controversy, because they point out that Windows delivers a more secure platform than Linux and Mac OS X.
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30.3.2007 Download Mac OS X 10.5.6 Now
Not surprisingly, Apple has released Mac OS X Update version 10.5.6 for both Client and Server users of the Mac OS. Weighing in at around 370MB and 470MB respectively, the two updates are immediately available to download and install on Leopard-running Macs.
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15.12.2008 Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.8
Apple on Friday pushed what is likely the second-to-last update to Mac OS X 10.4, code-named "Tiger." The update includes several fixes to printing, Finder and Apple applications and networking, as well as several third-party fixes among other modifications.
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30.9.2006 Mac OS X Leopard: A Guided Tour
To further promote the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which Apple Incorporated has announced will be available on October 26, the company has posted a guide tour to promote the release of the latest version of its operating system.
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20.10.2007 Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
Apple has announced the roll out of v10.6.1 Update for their existing OS X Snow Leopard users.
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11.9.2009 Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Win 7?
Yesterday there appeared an interview with a Microsoft group manager who claimed that Microsoft copied the “Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” in Windows 7.
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12.11.2009 Mac OS X vs. Linux - Red Hat vs. Windows 98 and Above Including Windows Vista
Microsoft's Windows operating system came on top out of three different alternative platforms including Mac OS X, Linux (Red Hat), and Solaris 8/9/10, in terms of the volume of holes it contains.
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18.1.2008 Hackers Open Up Mac OS X Leopard for PC
Apple has a new set of hackers to contend with: a group of developers on the OSx86Scene forum have published instructions on how to install Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on a standard PC.
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1.11.2007 Mac OS X Snow Leopard Theme for Windows 7
Windows 7 Themes Gallery has been updated with three new themes – based on the original wallpapers pack from the upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 release.
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12.8.2009 Download Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6.2 has finally arrived and it brings tons of new bug fixes for existing OS X Snow Leopard users
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10.11.2009 Want Security? Drop Windows and Move to Linux, or Mac OS X
There is no silver bullet solution for security, and no foolproof client operating system. But the fact of the matter is that while neither Linux, nor Mac OS X and not even Windows Vista are panacea solutions for protecting users, they are all less attacked than Windows XP and older versions of the Microsoft platform.
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10.9.2007 Apple previews Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
Apple surprised many today when it announced it would be previewing the next version of the operating system that runs on its Mac line of desktops and notebooks, Mac OS X 10.6, aka "Snow Leopard".
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10.6.2008 Mac OS X and Linux Continue to Erode Windows' Install Base
Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux operating systems continue to erode the install base of Microsoft's proprietary platform. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Windows accounted for a market share of no less than 93.06% back in August 2007.
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2.9.2008 Windows 7, Linux and Mac OS Start the Market Share Ballet
At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications.
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2.6.2009Vista/7 more secure than Linux and Mac OS X
Operating system security is always a hotly contended subject, and last week Microsoft amped up the hype by claiming that Windows Vista and the
soon-to-be-released 7 is the world’s most secure OS, beating both Linux and Mac OS X.
Here’s what Microsoft’s
chief operating officer
Kevin Turner had to
say at the MidMarket CIO Summit last week...
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13.04.2009Market Share 2007: Mac OS gains 3.15%, Vista grabs 10.48%
Throughout 2007, according to reports by Net Applications, Mac OS increased its market share by 3.15% while Vista managed to grab 10.48% market share.
Windows XP lost 8.39% of the OS market share in the same time period, quite unsurprising considering Vista is its successor, while Linux increased by
0.26%. Nothing too mind-boggling, but definitely interesting, to say the least. At the end of December 2007, the (incomplete) standings are as
follows:
Windows XP - 76.91%
Windows Vista - 10.48%
Mac OS - 7.30%
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09.01.2008Microsoft: Vista Most Secure
OS Ever
Microsoft senior vice
president Bob Muglia opened up
TechEd 2006 in Boston Sunday
evening by proclaiming that
Windows Vista was the most
secure operating system in the
industry. But a bold statement
can only go so far, and much
of this week's conference has
been spent reinforcing that
point...
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15.06.2006Adware Proof of Concept Targets Mac
Finnish security firm F-Secure
has discovered what is
believed to be the first
adware application built
specifically for Mac OS X. The
program does not require
administrative privileges in
order to install itself on the
user's computer...
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29.11.2006Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat
Windows Vista's share of
online users has increased
every month this year, while
rival Mac OS X -- to which
Vista has often been compared
-- has shown little, if any,
growth, a metrics company
reports.
According to
Net
Applications, in June
Windows Vista accounted for
4.52% of all systems that
browsed the Web, up from
January's 0.18%. Vista grew
its usage share each month
since its release to consumers
Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in
February, 2.04% in March,
3.02% in April and 3.74% in
May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X,
meanwhile, accounted for 6.22%
in January, hit its high point
of 6.46% in May, but slipped
back to 6% in June.
If Vista's uptake trend
continues, it should pass Mac
OS X in Web usage share by the
end of August. ..
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23.07.2007Vista, Mac OS X gain users; Firefox loses market share
As Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
Vista and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS
X continued to grow their
share of the operating system
market last month, Mozilla
Corp.'s Firefox suffered its
biggest-ever drop in usage, a
Web metrics company reported.
By the end of May,
Vista accounted for 3.74% of
all operating systems on
machines connecting to Net
Applications Inc.'s clients'
Web sites. The total share for
Mac OS X -- which included
older editions running on
PowerPC processors as well as
version 10.4, or "Tiger," on
Intel-powered Macs -- was
6.46%. Vista was up about
three-quarters of a percentage
point from April, while Mac OS
X was up a quarter of a point.
Their gains came
largely at the expense of
earlier versions of Windows,
such as Windows XP and Windows
2000, although Net
Applications' "Other"
category, which is essentially
Linux, also faded slightly. ..
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19.06.2007Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.9
Apple on Tuesday released what
is likely to be its final
update to Mac OS 10.4
"Tiger" before it
releases Leopard this spring.
Included in the patch are
fixes for .Mac, Bluetooth, Mac
OS X's standard productivity
applications, networking, and
printing, among other issues...
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14.03.2007Parallels Mac Virtualization Gets Major Update
Parallels updated its software
that allows Mac users to run
Windows within Mac OS X on
Thursday, adding support for
Vista Boot Camp partitions,
among other enhancements...
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09.06.2007Apple Issues Mac OS X 10.4.4,
iLife '06
FROM MACWORLD Apple on
Tuesday will release Mac OS X
10.4.4, along with new Widgets
from Google and ESPN. An
address book and calendar
Widget for Apple's Dashboard
will also be available. 10.4.4
has long been rumored to be
the version of Mac OS X
compatible with Intel based
Macs...
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10.01.2006Proof of concept adware program for OS X announced
Online fraudsters may be ready
to put Mac users in their
sights. On Thursday, antivirus
firm F-Secure published a
brief analysis of a
proof-of-concept adware
program for the Mac OS X that
could theoretically hook into
any application to run
attacker-specified code. The
program, dubbed IAdware by
F-Secure, could be silently
installed in a user's account
without requiring
administrator rights.
We won't disclose the exact
technique used here - it's a
feature not a bug - but let's
just say that installing a
System Library shouldn't be
allowed without prompting the
user," stated F-Secure in the
blog post. "Especially as it
only requires copy
permissions."
Vulnerability researchers
have increasingly focused on
finding flaws in the Mac OS.
During the month of November,
two serious flaws in Apple's
operating system were
disclosed as part of the Month
of Kernel Bugs (MoKB) project.
The IAdware proof-of-concept
code did nothing malicious,
but merely opened up a browser
each time an application was
opened, F-Secure stated.
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26.11.2006Contest winner: Vista more secure than Mac OS
Dino Dai Zovi, the New
York-based security researcher
who took home $10,000 in a
highly-publicized MacBook Pro
hijack on April 20, has been
at the center of a week's
worth of controversy about the
security of Apple's operating
system. In an e-mail interview
with Computerworld, Dai Zovi
talked about how finding
vulnerabilities is like
fishing, the chances that
someone else will stumble on
the still-unpatched bug, and
what operating system -
Windows Vista or Mac OS X - is
the sturdiest when it comes to
security.
From
your research on both
platforms, is there a winner
between Mac OS X 10.4 and
Vista on security?
"I have found the code
quality, at least in terms of
security, to be much better
overall in Vista than Mac OS X
10.4. It is obvious from
observing affected components
in security patches that
Microsoft's Security
Development Lifecycle (SDL)
has resulted in fewer
vulnerabilities in
newly-written code. I hope
that more software vendors
follow their lead in
developing proactive software
security development
methodologies."
Full interview at
source.
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01.05.2007Mac OS X Snow Leopard reaches Golden Master
According to several sources in contact with MacRumors.com, Mac OS X 10.6 Build 10A432 has been designated as the Golden Master. This build is the
final release out of the development team and will likely be the final shipping version. Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, represents a series of
changes to the operating system for increased performance over Mac OS 10.5 or Leopard. Technologies include Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL and now
most system applications will be 64-bit. Snow Leopard is also the first Mac OS release without PowerPC support.
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13.08.2009McAfee Updates Anti-Virus for Mac OS
McAfee on Wednesday announced that its Virex anti-virus software would now support Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger." The program is aimed at the business community to help prevent the spread of Windows worms and viruses. Although there still is no known virus that can infect a Mac OS X system, it can still act as a "carrier."..
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24.08.2005Firefox, Mac Not Immune to
Flaws, Viruses
Symantec has some bad news for
Macintosh and Mozilla users.
According to a recent report
by the security firm, neither
Mac OS X nor Firefox is as
secure as proponents claim. In
fact, Mozilla led all browsers
in terms of disclosed security
flaws...
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20.09.2005Mac OS X Trojan reported in the wild
At least two Mac-focused security firms warned late this week of a Trojan horse that takes advantage of flaws in remote management software in Mac OS
X to run code on the affected computer...
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20.06.2008Mac OS X 10.6 Brings Serious Performance Gains
While our focus at Phoronix is on testing hardware under Linux, we remain friendly and interested in other BSD and UNIX operating systems too,
including Mac OS X . With the launch of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" we have been particularly interested in it considering the technological
advancements that have been made in this update thanks to their large focus on improving the performance of Mac OS X. With that said, we have spent
all week working on a grand Mac OS X benchmarking showdown by comparing the performance of the retail build of Mac OS X 10.6.0 to the earlier Mac OS X
10.5.8 through a number of different quantitative tests. We firmly believe that as of right now these are the most detailed desktop performance
numbers available concerning Snow Leopard, but we already have more figures on the way. We have performance numbers from not just one Mac computer,
but two different setups. Here's to the first 60+ tests we ran!
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29.08.2009Mac OS X with 100 bugs: Still safer than Windows?
Apple has plugged around 100
vulnerabilities in OS X so far
this year, but the malware
threat to Mac customers is
insignificant compared to
users of Microsoft Windows.
So far this year,
Apple users have been exposed
to the kind of vulnerabilities
that are more commonly
associated with Windows. The
Mac maker has plugged security
flaws that could have resulted
in OS X customers being
"owned" by basic actions
such as visiting a malicious
website, watching a video file
or opening an email
attachment.
However,
despite all these
vulnerabilities, the Mac's
resilient platform, its
advanced automatic software
update tools and the apparent
lack of attention from malware
authors means Apple users are
far safer from attack than
users of Windows.
"There are no viruses
really for OS X there have
been a few but, from that
point of view, the likelihood
of you getting hit on an Apple
is insignificant compared to
PCs," said Patrik Runald,
senior security specialist at
antivirus firm F-Secure...
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12.07.2007Mac OS X 10.5.7 due to be released on Friday?
Well, this is a surprise. According to Mac|Life, the upcoming service pack for Mac OS X, dubbed 10.5.7, is due to be released on Friday. This is, as
you can imagine, a rumor; Apple hasn't mentioned anything themselves, but apparently the source is within the company itself, so this could be
credible. Mac OS X 10.5.7 is due to bring a whole number of fixes and improvements, in areas such as "networking, syncing and BlueTooth issues,"
according to the website. OS X developers were seeded the most recent build, 9J58, on April the 29th. The build only fixed issues with iChat and
Safari, so it's expected that this is the final.
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06.05.2009Company Offers Windows in Mac
OS
While Apple has given its
users an option to choose
between Windows or Mac OS X at
startup, other companies are
working to give Mac users the
ability to run Windows from
directly within Apple's
operating system using virtual
machine technology...
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06.04.2006Microsoft Updates Office for
Mac OS X
Microsoft enhanced support for
Exchange Server in its
Entourage e-mail client for
Mac OS X, releasing Office
2004 for Mac Service Pack 2 on
Tuesday. The update also
includes changes across the
entire Office product line, as
well as bug fixes for common
issues...
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