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NewsGartner: 2013 is the year of Big Data
This year will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, according to analyst Gartner. The analyst house recently conducted a...
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Help 1When applications consume too much RAM
Reader Elsa Pederson finds her Mac mysteriously out of memory. She writes: Today I saw a message I’d never seen before. It indicated that my Mac...
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NewsSecurity pros say enterprise invests in the wrong technologies
More than a third of security professionals say their security spending is being deployed on the wrong technologies, according to a survey released...
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NewsFacebook beats Google Maps as top mobile app in US
Google Maps slipped last year, giving Facebook enough room to become the most popular mobile app in the U.S., according to ComScore. Facebook’s...
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NewsApple seeds second Mountain Lion 10.8.3 update in two days
Apple has released an update to the Mac OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion Beta that is seeded to developers. The new build, version 12D44, comes just two...
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HelpSneaking past the Gatekeeper
Reader Richard Patterson finds his way blocked when trying to launch a favourite application. He writes: I have been using the Onyx utility for...
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Help 2Venture beyond the Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is great for the majority of simple applications you might want to purchase. But there are plenty of other apps—ones from registered...
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NewsApple hits landmark one million apps in App Store
Apple is believed to have approved its millionth app in the iOS App Store this week. App tracking company Appsfire was first to announce that the...
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Help 1Mac 101: Meet the Finder
In the last Mac 101 column, you finished configuring your new Mac. At long last, it’s up and it’s running OS X Mountain Lion—you’ve...
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HelpMountain Lion’s Calendar: Your questions answered
Today’s Calendar application is more than a simple date book. With it you can view your life’s doings in multiple ways, enter events in...
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HelpLocate and trash old applications in Snow Leopard
Macworld Australia reader Chas Hamilton has an issue locating and removing old applications in OS X Snow Leopard, he says: My Applications folder...
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NewsBrowser plug-in and website warn about data harvesting by Facebook apps
Secure.me has developed a website and a browser plug-in designed to make Facebook users aware of the personal information that gets harvested by third-party...
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HelpFull-screen applications and multiple monitors
Reader Jake Tesler just can’t leave well enough alone in regard to a Lion “feature.” He writes: In Lion can I display multiple full-screen applications...
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NewsMozilla readies Firefox for Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper
Mozilla is scrambling to craft a code-signed version of Firefox for the Mac in case Apple launches OS X 10.8 or Mountain Lion, early. In February,...
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HelpAuto-hide applications in Lion
Is there an application auto-hider (something that automatically invokes the Finder’s Hide Others command) that works with Mac OS X Lion? Harian...
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NewsNew era for web names set to launch
A new era of web site naming begins tomorrow, when internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds – perhaps thousands – of new...
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NewsApple updates apps, utilities for Lion
In case you hadn’t noticed, Apple released a minor software update to its Mac OS on Thursday, along with some modest updates to its hardware products....
