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Microsoft’s SQL Server Management Studio is a Windows-only product, meaning developers and admins who preferred other operating systems had to find alternate tools until now, with the preview release of SQL Operations Studio.

WikiLeaks has released details of tools that can be used on OS X and Linux systems in its ongoing Vault 7 dump of documents that have leaked from the CIA.

Apple has released security updates for all of its platforms, and also for Safari for Mac, and iTunes and iCloud for Windows.

A security vendor has discovered a new type of Mac malware that listens in to HTTP and HTTPS traffic.

Windows has been around for more than two decades, but there is still no insistence by Microsoft that an ordinary user account be created before one begins using the system.

Mac and iOS device management is made easy by JAMF's Casper Suite.

Security vendor Palo Alto Networks has identified Mac malware being used in targeted attacks.

Unlike Microsoft which gives free OS updates and takes them away, Apple’s newest Mac OS update, macOS Sierra, is free and ready to download. But a back-up is necessary first!

Developers at the Transmission BitTorrent client project say their download servers were compromised and an unauthorised Mac client containing malware was made available for users late last month.

Microsoft has announced that Windows PowerShell will be released as an open source program and has built an binary alpha version that will run on some Linux distributions and OS X.

Microsoft will end support for its Skype client for Windows Phone in October, with the app itself to be interred early next year.

If you're still using Parallels Desktop 8 and are planning to upgrade to macOS Sierra, budget for an upgrade to version 11.

AV-Comparatives' latest testing of Mac security software gave all ten products a 100% score for malware protection.

It's been years coming, but Microsoft is finally preparing to release a 64-bit version of Office for Mac.

If you don't use an iPhone or iPad, the headline features of macOS Sierra aren't very exciting.

macOS Sierra, the successor to OS X El Capitan, was announced overnight, but Apple is dropping support for multiple Mac models.

Apple released multiple software updates overnight with an emphasis on security.

Apple released a new version of iTunes overnight, but the release notes made no mention of the measures taken to address the vanishing file issue reported by certain users.

FileMaker 15, a new release of the application development system for OS X, Windows, iOS and the web, delivers new or improved features in the areas of mobility, automation and integration, ease of use, security, and performance.

Intel used its sponsorship of this week's Connect Expo and the associated Next Big Thing conference to promote the benefits of the sixth-generation Core and Core vPro CPUs.