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Apple has released an update to address a trio of security flaws in its OS X desktop platform.

The company said that the update will address vulnerabilities which, if exploited, could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a targeted OS X system or server. The company did not report any active attacks on the flaws in the wild.

The first of the three flaws lies within the handling of Sorenson movie files. If a user were to open a specially-crafted movie, an attacker could cause a crash and would be able to remotely execute code on the targeted system.

On the eve of 4 July, iFixit has found people are beginning to feel the same way about Apple that they did about the British colonial rule.

iFixit promised to issue 1,776 snap up free 'iPhone Liberation Kits' which basically lets you get at the guts of an iPhone.

Apple, which believes in taxation without representation, tries to stop its customers from replacing the batteries of its iPhone so that it can make money on repairs. It managed this by using pentalobe screws instead of the standard Philips variety.

Apple has filed a trademark application for "iWatch" in Japan, adding weight to rumours that the firm will enter the wearable technology market this year.

So saie Bloomberg, which reported today that Apple is seeking to protect the product name "iWatch", which it has categorised unsurprisingly as a "handheld computer or watch device". Apple apparently filed the trademark application with the Japanese Patent Office on 3 June.

L33tdawg: I have a rough idea on what this might be - maybe ;)

iOS hacker Joshua Hill, more commonly known as P0isxninja, has taken to Twitter to announce that “amazing things” are coming to us all soon. The details of Hill’s latest project are still a mystery, so we have no idea what he’s planning to unveil. But he says “think bigger than jailbreak.”

What could be bigger than a jailbreak for iOS users? Maybe the ability to install custom tweaks and other unauthorized software without having to jailbreak?

A Chinese accessory maker claims to have "permanently" cracked the Lightning authentication feature built into Apple's iOS 7 operating system, opening up the possibility for a wide range of manufacturers to make Lightning-compatible iPad and iPod accessories without Apple's approval.

iOS users may be far more susceptible to being hacked when using Wi-Fi hotspot connections than they imagined.

According to researchers at Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany, Apple's default passwords for mobile hotspots, also known as pre-shared keys (PSKs), entail a mix of characters and numbers that are easily guessable.

Since The Guardian began leaking top-secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents just 11 days ago, several tech companies responded to the revelations about the PRISM program. The likes of Google, Facebook, and Apple objected to the tone of the press coverage, saying that any suggestion they've ever given a government agency direct access to their servers is false.

Over the weekend, tech companies started responding with additional transparency too. Facebook and Microsoft revealed ranges of how many government information requests they're getting about how many accounts.

Six years after the first iPhone launched, Apple has finally made some major changes to the look and feel of its mobile operating system. Most of these improvements — including the new Notification Center, quick multitasking and Wi-Fi direct transfers — have been available on Android devices for years. So, if you wanted to transfer files quickly between phones, you could have done that just by tapping them together as long ago as 2011 . If you wanted to move quickly and easily between open apps, Android has provided a really great task-switching menu since version 4.0.

While deleting files in OS X simply involves moving them to the trash and emptying it, this routine does not remove the data of these items, but instead only clears the directory entry for them. The content of the items is kept on disk with the system having no way to access it; as a result, there is potential for the content to be scanned and recovered by data recovery tools.

Apple revealed at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday that it will be releasing a new version of iWork for iCloud, enabling remote access to the productivity suite with nearly full functionality offered in a Web client.

In an exploration of the beta, AppleInsider found that its overall function was very smooth, with quick loading times and no hiccups or bumps in its animation or responsiveness.