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• New Web data removes 'Apple bias,' slashes Mac share

  Revised data from a prominent Web metrics company dropped Apple under the 5% market-share mark, about half what the same firm said Macs enjoyed just two months ago.

• Forrester: Vista on 12% of corporate desktops, Mac on 3.6%

  The much-maligned Windows Vista operating system runs on almost one out of eight corporate desktops 28 months after its release, according to a Forrester Research report released today.

• Windows 7 to feature XP mode for older applications

  Microsoft will include a feature that lets people run applications in a Windows XP mode on Windows 7 to ensure that applications not designed for the forthcoming OS can run on it, a company executive said Monday.

• VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems

  Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your chosen OS. However, sometimes a task demands an OS that you are not currently using. That's where virtualization programs like Sun Microsystem's VirtualBox 3.0 come in.

• Apple may patch serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone

  Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.

• Snow Leopard taps into the Mac's core power

  Laptops and desktops could see software performance gains with parallel programming tools built into Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, which was introduced by the company on Monday.

• 5 things you should know about Snow Leopard

  For years, Apple has churned out versions of Mac OS X pumped full of new features geared toward the average user. And it seems like with every iteration of Mac OS X, the new feature count balloons. While many of these new features are small -- for example, Apple touted additional fonts as a new Leopard feature -- new features still drove marketing and appeal for new Mac OS X versions. With Snow Leopard, Apple is taking a detour, and is focusing on performance, under-the-hood improvements, and user interface refinements. That doesn't mean Snow Leopard isn't worth paying attention to, though. Here are five things you should know about Snow Leopard.

• New iPhones, new MacBook Pros, Snow Leopard, iPhone 3.0

  Today at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Cupertino computer maker announced a host of new products before an audience of developers and media. Among other announcements, the company has updated its MacBook Pro product line, launched a new version of its Safari Web browser, offered a preview of its upcoming Snow Leopard operating system, and readied iPhone 3.0 for market.

• What business can expect from Mac OS X Snow Leopard

  It's the OS that won't go away, despite many enterprises' avowed distaste and Apple's own public disinclination to support enterprise usage. And yet, the newest Mac OS -- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due to be released later this summer -- has two major changes aimed directly at business users and the IT staff that supports them.

• 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more)

  Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript?

• Apple to avoid netbook, try tablet in 2010, says analyst

  Apple will wait until next year to enter the netbook market, and then will unveil not a knock-off, but a tablet-like device priced between $500 and $700, a Wall Street analyst said today.

• Angered by Apple delay, hacker posts Mac Java attack

  In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw.

• Mac users rant about Mac OS X update glitches

  Mac users have reported an unusual number of problems installing Mac OS X 10.5.7, the huge security and feature update that Apple unveiled yesterday.

• NAC software eases access rights assignments

  Avenda Systems is announcing support for MAC OS X devices in its NAC gear that makes it possible to run MAC health checks as part of a Microsoft network access protection (NAP) deployment.

• Mac bomb ticks for security smug users

  The idée fixe that Macintosh is impervious to attack could be shattered if cyber-criminals act on their arsenal of 0-day exploits, security experts say.