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Hands on with Apple's new OS X: Mountain Lion

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Computerworld Operating Systems: February 16, 2012 =============================================================== Hands on with Apple's new OS X: Mountain Lion Apple updates its iOS mobile operating system once a year. But why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun? On Thursday Apple announced that it will release a new version of OS X--Mountain Lion--this summer, just a year after the release of OS X Lion. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552275/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drastically Reduce Disk Requirements Despite the disadvantages of tape, tape’s cost advantage has allowed it to maintain its presence in the data center, often with straight disk (for faster nightly backups) fronting a tape library. With the advent of data deduplication, however, tape’s cost advantage has been largely eroded. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552276/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Apple to ban stealthy iPhone contact data harvesting http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552277/0/ 2. Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notes and Reminders http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552278/0/ 3. Mountain Lion: Hands on with Gatekeeper http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552279/0/ 4. Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notification Center http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552280/0/ 5. Jonny Evans: Apple unleashes iOS-loving OS X Mountain Lion preview for Macs http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552281/0/ 6. Linux skills in demand, wages up http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552282/0/ 7. Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: PC app innovation is dead, killed by the iPad http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552283/0/ 8. Jonny Evans: Apple CEO Tim Cook hints broad iPhone attack http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552284/0/ 9. Create a bootable Lion install drive for newer Macs http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552285/0/ 10. HP CEO: Google-Motorola deal could close-source Android http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552286/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scale capacity on demand? Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licensing. The capacity you need, when you need it. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/549338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apple to ban stealthy iPhone contact data harvesting Shortly after two Congressmen asked Apple about iPhone and iPad apps that snatch users' contact lists without permission, the company promised to address the issue with a future software update. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552277/0/ Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notes and Reminders Two of the new iOS-flavored apps to move to the Mac with the release of Mountain Lion this summer are Notes and Reminders. Here's a sneak peek at how they work. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552278/0/ Mountain Lion: Hands on with Gatekeeper (Image Caption: The actual wording is in flux, but Mountain Lion will warn you if you try to open an app from an unidentified developer.) http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552279/0/ Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notification Center For years, many Mac app developers have had to design their own ways to get your attention. The open-source project Growl helped save those developers from reinventing the wheel by creating a more general notification system supported by lots of apps. But with Mountain Lion, a true systemwide notification service will finally arrive when the Mac OS X update ships this summer. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552280/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple unleashes iOS-loving OS X Mountain Lion preview for Macs Apple has introduced a developer preview of the next major version of OS X, 'Mountain Lion'. Set to launch late summer 2012, the new OS signifies another huge step toward bringing iOS and OS X together, closing the gap between mobile devices and Macs in the post-PC age. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552281/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adobe ColdFusion 9 Server Lockdown Guide This guide describes how server administrators can improve the security of their ColdFusion server. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552287/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linux skills in demand, wages up If you work as a Linux developer or system administrator, your pay should be increasing -- and so should your job offers -- according to a new survey of hiring managers. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552282/0/ Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: PC app innovation is dead, killed by the iPad Software innovation on PCs is dead, killed by the iPad and Android, Apple CEO Tim Cook claims. He adds that tablets will outsell PCs and Macs, although didn't give a date for when that will happen. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552283/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple CEO Tim Cook hints broad iPhone attack Apple has its eyes on the low end mobile phone market, and appears to have reached a philosophical turning point in its dealings with the Apple TV, CEO Tim Cook suggests as he offers glimpses at the company's expansive future. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552284/0/ 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.] http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552285/0/ HP CEO: Google-Motorola deal could close-source Android WebOS could be an important player in the long run as an open-source mobile OS because Android could become closed with Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859009/869152232/552286/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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