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	Apple revives public beta test program Just as Microsoft has begun backing away from the practice, Apple has returned to public beta testing of its Mac operating system after a 14-year hiatus. Read More WHITE PAPER: HGST Flash Performance for Oracle RAC with PCIe Shared Storage This paper talks about a unique offering that makes it possible for Oracle RAC database to run on PCIe SSDs. The RAC cluster need not have any other shared storage, yet it still achieves the best performance, availability, scalability, and cost savings for building out blocks of databases for the public or private cloud. 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New research from IDG sheds light on this challenge, and the solution of integrated, enterprise-wide application performance management tools. Learn more Yosemite's 'Handoff' will work only on Macs less than 2-3 years old Apple's "Handoff" -- one of the key new features of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite -- will work only on newer Macs that support Bluetooth 4.0 and the Bluetooth LE (low energy) technology. Read More Apple's new iMac is $200 cheaper -- and slower Apple today added a new entry-level iMac to its line, pricing it 15% lower than the previous cheapest model but dramatically scaling back the all-in-one's performance/ Read More New, cheaper iMac looks like DIY nightmare Apple's new iMac may be less expensive than its siblings, but that came at a price, a reseller said Wednesday: Do-it-yourselfers won't be able to upgrade the stock 8GB of memory in the new all-in-one. Read More OS X Snow Leopard desertion rate accelerates after patches stop The decline of OS X Snow Leopard has accelerated in the last three months, perhaps because users now know that Apple has stopped patching the five-year-old OS. Read More Apple nails Health timing as fitness app usage soars Apple may have kicked off its health and fitness emphasis in iOS 8 at just the right time, mobile analytics firm Flurry suggested today. Read More As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones Responding to more than a year of pressure, Google and Microsoft will follow Apple in adding an anti-theft "kill switch" to their smartphone operating systems, U.S. law enforcement officials will announce later Thursday. Read More Update: Skype to retire recent editions for Windows, Mac; upgrades mandatory Skype plans to retire older versions of its desktop Internet calling application, including versions on Windows and OS X launched as recently as January and February of this year. Read More Apple won't fear Amazon's Fire Phone No one at Apple's headquarters will be losing sleep over whether the new Amazon Fire will snatch market share from the iPhone, analysts said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Advanced Persistent Threats: Detection and Protection In this paper we'll explain how a multi-faceted approach to protect against APTs including layers of defense can reduce the risk of attacks. Learn More Security holes could give hackers access to iOS, Android devices Apple's tight vetting of mobile applications gives it a security edge over Android, but there are still several ways for attackers to steal data from iOS devices, a mobile security company warned in a report Tuesday. Read More Russian forensic firm's tool snags iCloud backups without an Apple ID Moscow-based Elcomsoft has developed a tool to collect iCloud backup files without knowing a person's Apple ID, a development intended to help law enforcement analyze seized computers. Read More ARM 64-bit chips move beyond iPhone into servers Breaking from the cocoon of the iPhone 5S, 64-bit ARM processors will start delivering breakthrough performance in servers, aided by graphics cards used in some of the world's fastest computers. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks: Archiving messages in Apple Mail We're going to look at a quick and easy way to archive your old messages from Mail. There are lots of reasons to do this -- and can archive your messages without losing them. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X Yosemite: Apple's Bluetooth Handoff trade-off Given the attention Apple lavished on Continuity/Handoff, it will have to figure out a way to make the transition to Bluetooth 4.0 LE/Smart painless for millions of Mac users not yet able to invest in new kit. Read More Jonny Evans: Mac OS X Mavericks: 11 essential utilities These are some of the very best utilities everyone should think about installing on their Mac. Read More Jonny Evans: 7 iOS 7 tricks you probably should know While we wait for Foxconn's new army of 100,000 workers to manufacture the new iPhones, iPads and wearable devices we expect to see from Apple this summer, I've assembled a short list of iOS 7 tricks most people probably should know. Read More Jonny Evans: How to get yourself ready for iPhone 6 and iOS 8 Apple will begin producing larger versions of the iPhone next month, Bloomberg reports, suggesting new models ship in Fall, with iOS 8. How should you prepare for your next iPhone and/or iOS 8 upgrade? Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 release date September -- including big phablet, say sources More images leak: It's almost as if Apple wants it to be seen ;-) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to start making two new smartphone models next month. The iPhone 6 release date looks like being in September -- not just for the 4.7-inch version, but also for the 5.5-inch phablet. Whatever happened to Apple's one-handed-operation mantra? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers start stretching their fingers in preparation. Read More
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