No such thing as a free Snow Leopard

People eager to get a copy of the latest version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, should be wary of sites offering free copies because they are likely to get some nasty malware instead, according to antivirus company Trend Micro.

Trend Micro said in a blog posting that it had discovered several fake Snow Leopard download sites that serve up a DNS (domain name system) changer Trojan dubbed OSX_JAHLAV.K instead.
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Photoshop CS3 works with Snow Leopard

An Adobe Systems executive is trying to calm Photoshop users who were alarmed to hear an earlier but still widely used version of Photoshop isn't supported on Snow Leopard, the new Apple operating system arriving Friday.

Photoshop principal product manager John Nack on Tuesday published Adobe's FAQ about its Creative Suite support for Snow Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.6, that said the current CS4 version from October 2008 is the only one that's supported. The comments quickly took on panicky and angry tones among people who thought their older CS3 version of the software wouldn't work on the new operating system, so Nack followed up on Wednesday with a new post to clarify that CS3 would work, albeit with some caveats.
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Snow Leopard may come with antivirus feature

The next version of Apple's OS X, which is due out Friday, may bundle antivirus capabilities.

Mac security firm Intego said that the latest version of the operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, could have an antimalware feature, according to reports, in a blog post Tuesday.

The company published a screenshot which it said was of the security feature detecting a Trojan in a download, made via Apple's Safari Web browser.

Intego pointed out that the most recent Mac adverts compare Mac security favorably to PCs. However, security experts have historically been divided over the relative security of Microsoft and Apple code, while some point out that any comparison is further complicated by the differing market penetration of Macs and PCs.

Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK reported from London.

What you need to know about upgrading to Snow Leopard

The latest update to Mac OS X is ready and waiting to take over your Mac come August 28. Offering a faster user experience compared with the previous Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard also promises to free up to 7GB of harddisk space after installation.

But besides these advantages, there is another overriding reason you should upgrade to Snow Leopard. QuickTime X, which comes bundled in the upgrade, includes features previously available in the S$55 (US$39.36) QuickTime Pro 7. Moreover, this new edition will not be available to Windows, Leopard or Tiger users.

Here is how much it will cost Asian consumers to get the new Mac OS come Friday.
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Microsft licenses Wolfram Alpha content for Bing

Microsoft's Bing search engine is getting a little help from a very smart friend. Microsoft has reached a licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha that allows Bing to present some of the specialized scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha generates, according to a source familiar with the deal. The deal was reported earlier by TechCrunch.

Representatives from Microsoft and Wolfram Research declined to comment on the deal.
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