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Continuing coverage: Apple's iPad tablets

Apple has launched the next generation of its tablet computer, the iPad 2. Computerworld has it covered.

Complete Coverage: Desktop virtualization

Computerworld's complete coverage of desktop virtualization

Lessons for IT, Apple in Flashback brouhaha

Although the number of Flashback-infected Macs is on the decline, the reverberations from the outbreak will affect Apple and the businesses that have increasingly adopted Macs. Columnist Ryan Faas explains.

Why Switching OS Platforms Is Not a Security Fix

It has been a rallying cry against Microsoft Windows for years: to avoid malware and security issues, just stop using Windows. The mantra has traditionally been embraced by both Mac and Linux users, but as Mac OS X users deal with the fallout from the Flashback malware attack, some Linux supporters are turning the tired attack even against the Apple OS.

Apple Flashback Malware Removal Includes Innovative Approach to Reducing Risk for Macs

Better late than never? Apple has released the third Java update in a week for Mac OS X, and this one contains the tool to remove the Flashback malware from infected systems. Beneath the belated fix to help users eradicate the threat, Apple has introduced a proactive approach to reducing security risk that other vendors should take note of.

Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker'

An estimated 600,000 or more Macs are currently compromised and part of a massive botnet thanks to the Flashback Trojan. To put the size of the threat in some perspective, the Flashback Trojan botnet is even bigger than the massive Conficker botnet...relatively speaking.

What I want in OS X

Things I'd like to see in upcoming editions of OS X:

Upgrades: Are Computers Just Big Smartphones?

Both Windows 8 and the latest Mac OS X bring designs and features from smartphones and tablets to desktops and laptops.

Image: How to create a vSphere lab on a Mac

You don't need expensive gear to learn about virtualization. Here's how to build your own lab using MacOS and VMware's vSphere.

Microsoft, Apple Set to Rejoin OS Battle

This year is shaping up to be a repeat of 2009, when Microsoft and Apple last faced off with rival operating system upgrades.

The Macalope Weekly: Occam's electric razor

Sometimes the simplest answer isn't the right one, but it sure is faster than having to think! Why would Apple announce Mountain Lion now? Must be trouble! Does boycotting Apple over Chinese working conditions make sense? No, but at least we'd feel like we're doing something! And Amazon released a $199 tablet? Well, then, Apple should, too!

Kenneth Van Wyk: With Gatekeeper, is Apple Big Brother or a practitioner of safer computing?

Warning: Many readers will not agree with this column, but that's because they are far more technically inclined than the average user.

OS X should embrace multiple displays

For most of my life, I've been a single screen kind of guy. I spent the vast majority of the last several years working from a 13-inch MacBook. When I did eventually add a 27-inch Cinema Display to the mix, it took at least two weeks before I was willing to finally stop piling all my windows into roughly the same amount of space as that MacBook screen.

Apple moves toward digital unity with Mountain Lion

It was clear with the release of Lion in 2011 that Apple's OS X and iOS feature sets were joining forces; that trend will continue this year with the release of OS X Mountain Lion.

OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?

OS X Mountain Lion is something of a mixed bag for enterprise environments: it adds some very useful features, but its tight integration with iCloud could raise red flags for CIOs and IT pros, says columnist Ryan Faas.

Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Get Mac OS X Mountain Lion news, reviews, analysis and more with complete Computerworld coverage.

Five Ways Apple Should Make iCloud Business-Ready

Apple announced an update Thursday to its OSX operating system, . Notable in the updated features is tighter integration with iCloud, its cloud-based file, apps, and settings syncing service. For businesses, this isn't big news, since iCloud targets individual consumers, and has almost no business-friendly features. What can Apple do to change that?

Create a bootable Lion install drive for newer Macs

[Editor's note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion.]

Sprint losses hit $1.3B over iPhone costs, subscribers fewer than expected

Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses to $1.3 billion, compared with $929 million year-on-year.

Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features

Mission Control and other snazzy new Lion features may have gotten all the press, but columnist Ryan Faas has uncovered a slew of lesser-known features that every OS X Lion user should know about.