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• The Steve Jobs legacy: Apple devotees remember a genius

  For Apple's users, Steve Jobs was more than just a CEO -- much more.

• Apple Lion: 5 things you need to know

  1. Integration could pose challenges. Possibly the biggest issue with Lion has been how it gets along with existing applications-especially Adobe's-because it doesn't support Flash. Both sides say they are working on this, but for now this limitation restricts the use of Adobe applications. Bryson Payne, CIO of North Georgia College and State University, says, "if these [Adobe] issues aren't 100 percent resolved, we'll halt the rollout of Lion completely." Tom Catalini, VP of IT at William Gallagher Associates, also noted that the download and upgrade process was anything but quick: "It was confusing at points because the install process did not report a lot of progress."

• iPad sings a sad tune for security vendors

  Is the cost of Windows security driving people to Apple? Afterall, running a Mac without any security software is inadvisable but running
  Windows without any is insane.

• 7 ways Tim Cook's Apple can serve small business better

  Apple and small businesses have an interesting relationship. While Apple has seemingly gone out of its way to avoid catering to the business market, it certainly has its adherents.

• The last time Apple was without Jobs

  Just how visionary is Steve Jobs? It’s a loaded question that’s hard to answer. When Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple computers in 1976, it would have been impossible to tell that their computers would—at least in the first decade of the 21st century-- remake the way the world interacts with technology. But for at least a decade in its storied life, Apple was on the brink of becoming a second-tier brand, if not collapsing completely.

• iOS 5 beta 5 released to developers

  Apple reviewers are already sounding off about features and functionality in the fifth beta version of iOS 5 that was released to developers this weekend.

• Upcoming MacBook Air refresh should be first 'Ultrabook'

  When Intel showed off the specifications for and a prototype of its new "Ultrabook" mobile platform in late May, the thin and light laptop design looked awfully familiar to a lot of Mac owners.

• Say goodbye to Google Search portals for Linux, Mac and more

  Fans of Linux, Microsoft and Macs used to be able to search for information about those topics on Google using specialized search tools that narrowed the results to a focused set of highly relevant Web sites.

• Mac OS X more vulnerable than Windows in some ways, security expert says

  Although Mac users are more likely to experience virus-free computing than Windows PC owners, there is nothing inherently more secure about Apple's operating system, and in certain respects Mac OS X is more vulnerable than Windows, a security expert tells Network World.

• MacDefender evolves, cat-and-mouse security comes to Mac

  Mac users and those who offer administration and support to them find themselves in the security rat race for the first time, as MacDefender scareware has rapidly adapted to avoid Apple's detection.

• Eric Schmidt: Want security? Get a Mac

  Speaking at the All Things Digital D9 conference, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in a wide-ranging Q&A session that the best workstation security is offered by a Mac, coupled with Google's Chrome browser. Additionally, he suggests users of Google's services should activate two-step authentication -- introduced earlier this year -- which requires users to enter a code that's texted to their phone each time they log in on a new computer.

• Skype voice service crashes; users offered fix instructions

  With some users unable to sign into Skype and make voice calls, the soon-to-be-acquired-by-Microsoft company offered users a multi-step fix to get its service running again.

• Ninite automates installation of Windows, Linux apps

  Without doubt, there is a core set of applications and tools you need on all PCs, whether it's your own machine or those of users. That set typically includes one or more Web browsers along with messaging, media and imaging utilities, and runtimes for subsystems such as Java, Flash and Air.

• iPad 2 supply constraints ease

  Component supply issues that left Apple unable to produce as many iPad 2 units as it had planned have reportedly eased.

• Intel: We own Thunderbolt trademark, not Apple

  Intel has firmly insisted that it is the owner of the Thunderbolt trademark, not Apple.