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Featured articles from around the web. Glenn Fleishman, writing for Macworld: Talos found that maliciously constructed data saved as BMP, Digital Asset Exchange, OpenEXR, and TIFF image files could outwit the operating and allow code to be written and executed, including opening up a system to remote exploits. The ancient lossless image format TIFF using, however, is the worst culprit as Apple’s OSes will access a ...

Featured articles from around the web. CNET: Each year, FutureBrand looks at the 100 biggest companies by market capitalization, asks 3,000 consumers and industry professionals in 17 countries about them and produces a ranking of what it calls perception strength, rather than financial strength. This year shows Apple regaining the top spot, after last year’s painfully abject slide into second place behind Google. And: Those of drier countenance and ...

Featured articles from around the web. There’s a new security threat for OS X and iOS that could let attackers remotely control your device or install malware by sending you an image file. The threat is fairly serious, although so far it’s still just a proof of concept, and Apple patched the flaw in OS X 10.11.6 and iOS 9.3.3. The post New Security Threat Targets ...

Featured articles from around the web. Interesting piece from Joe Saward, longtime Formula One blogger: The suggestion last week that Apple may be discussing the acquisition of the Formula One group has led to a lot of interest and a lot of opinion. Traditional technology people argue it would never happen because it’s not the way Apple works. The company buys small clever companies and use ...

Featured articles from around the web. For more great original content go to the source at Planet Princeton. Mercer County has received approvals from the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission to install a crosswalk and pedestrian-activated beacons at the Washington Road crossing, a crossing heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists. The approvals were necessary due to the proposed crossing’s proximity to the Delaware and Raritan Canal ...

Featured articles from around the web. Apple has just released fresh security updates for iPads and iPhones with its iOS 9.3.3 update, providing much needed security enhancements to boost user privacy. Apple’s iOS 9.3.3 security update is available for iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, and iPad 2 and later. iOS 9.3.3 addresses a combined 43 iOS Read more at ...

Featured articles from around the web. This could be a big deal for Lightroom users who want to edit photos while away from a computer. ∞ Read this on The Loop Read more at The Loop

Featured articles from around the web. Apple’s overall Macintosh sales are in decline, for how long we don’t know. The MacBook Pro is long over due for a refresh. Apple’s Mac Pro has languished. The Mac mini, last updated in 2014, was less than intoxicating. What’s happening? John takes a look. The post A Deeper Look at Apple’s ‘Macintosh Problem’ appeared first on The Mac Observer. Read ...

Featured articles from around the web. We all know how software is really never done. There are always new updates to refine, fix and add another feature. But what about hardware? Are there some products you can say are mature and need no more changes? They are done, finished? That’s not something we frequently encounter when it comes to high-tech products. We’ve lived in an environment ...

Featured articles from around the web. Adobe today pushed out an updated Flash Player today that patched 52 vulnerabilities, most of which led to remote code execution on compromised machines. Read more at Threatpost | The first stop for security news