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• Is it really time to run AV on your Mac?

  No matter which way you slice the numbers, the sheer volume and variety of Windows malware makes running XP, Vista or 7 without antivirus far more risky than running any version of Mac OS X without antivirus.

• The week in security: 600,000 reasons for Mac users to be afraid

  Cyber-attacks may have been adjudged to be one of the most serious security threats facing the world, and the nasties out there were certainly doing their part to make sure we didn't forget it. Credit-card payments processor Global Payments said that fewer than 1.5 million cards were affected by the recent data theft, but struggled with its corporate messaging in the wake of the significant breach. .

• In Pictures: iGuess - Speculation on what Apple HDTV might look like

  A look at some of the best guesses about Apple’s long-rumoured HDTV.

• New MacBook Air models 'on the way'

  Apple is preparing to refresh its MacBook Air line-up with a new model, it has been claimed.

• IT takes wait-and-hope approach to Apple Mac Mountain Lion

  Apple today released the developer preview for Mountain Lion, which will be generally released late summer 2012. Among the key changes: versions of applications and services originally created for the iOS mobile platforms; built-in integration with the iCloud service; and a new application security feature called Gatekeeper.

• Forrester to CIOs: End the Mac prohibition

  Forrester analyst David Johnson likes to compare Macs in the enterprise with the heady days of the Prohibition Act of 1920, the great thirst, stealthy bootlegging, and the rise of the speakeasy bar.

• MacBook Pro range quietly upgraded

  Apple has quietly upgraded the processor, hard disk and graphics capabilities of the MacBook Pro range.

• Google releases Chrome desktop-sharing feature

  Google isn’t reinventing the wheel with a new feature it is testing that allows any two computers using its Chrome browser to connect with each other.

• 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.