Ian Betteridge

Apple this week released updated versions of developer tools designed to boost acceptance of its Rendezvous zero-configuration networking software in the Windows and Linux developer communities. At the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple announced new versions of both the Windows Rendezvous SDK, and the source code to Rendezvous for use with POSIX-compatible […]

LONDON—Skype Technologies SA, makers of the free peer-to-peer VOIP application, plans to offer a paid service by the end of the year that will allow users to make calls to conventional telephones in addition to other computers, and will eventually offer a plan that will allow traditional phones to call Skype users, according to the […]

LONDON—European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has hit back at criticism of the European Commissions ruling in its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., describing its consultation process as wider than that of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the European Union as “more united than the United States” over the issue. Speaking at a conference on […]

LONDON—Microsoft Corp. has filed its appeal against the European Commissions judgment in its long-running antitrust battle, claiming the decision does not “serve the interests of consumers.” The companys appeal, which has been filed with the European Court of First Instance, asks that the judgment in its case be rescinded. This includes both a record fine […]

Despite release of a security patch by Apple Computer Inc. on Friday, and following Tuesday reports of further unplugged vulnerabilities in the companys Mac OS X operating system, users and developers appeared to take the warnings in stride. According to a security advisory updated Tuesday by Copenhagen-based security vendor Secunia Ltd., although the patch released […]

Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching a security hole that potentially allowed malicious code to be run via a Web page. The hole, which was rated as “extremely critical” by security company Secunia, allowed an attacker to potentially execute any Unix command, including ones to erase the users home directory. The […]

A newly discovered hole in the Mac OS X operating system that could potentially allow hackers to access a users files—and even delete them—has raised fresh doubts about the security of the platform. The issue revolves around two URI handlers, “help” and “disk.” The first allows any AppleScript on the users machine to be run, […]

The first malicious Trojan for Mac OS X has been found in the wild, leading some to claim the platform may be on the verge of increased attention from virus writers. The Trojan—dubbed AS.MW2004.Trojan by anti-virus company Intego—was first discovered by a reader of British Mac magazine MacWorld. It takes the form of a file […]

Virtual PC 7, the next major update to the Windows emulation program for Mac OS X, has been delayed until the second half of the year. The delay means users of Apple Computer Inc.s Power Mac G5 systems, which are incompatible with previous versions of Virtual PC, will have waited over a year for the […]

Apple will offer developers an early look at the next version of Mac OS X at Junes Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the company has announced. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will show off the new Mac OS X—Version 10.4—for the first time publicly on June 28 to kick off the five-day event, which has […]

As part of its renewed efforts to focus on high-end content production, Apple Computer Inc. Sunday used the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas to announce its first foray into the storage area networking market. At the show, the company announced Xsan, a 64-bit cluster file system that Apple claims allows enterprises to […]

LONDON—Despite claims from the office of the European Commissions Competition Directorate, the deal between Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which settled the two companies long-running legal action, may ultimately prove to have a significant impact on the outcome of the ECs antitrust case against the Redmond company. Earlier this week, Amelia Torres, spokeswoman for […]