Intego has discovered a new Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which is currently circulating in copies of Apple's iWork 09 found on BitTorrent trackers and other sites containing links to pirated software.

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A new Trojan attack has been linked with illegal copies of iWork '09, says Intego.

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A support document has appeared on Apple's website revealing that retail boxes of the new iWork '09 productivity suite do not require users to input serial numbers in order to activate the product and unlock the applications.

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Is Apple's iWork a viable alternative to Microsoft Office? To find out, we asked Franklin N.

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The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features. Previous segments described new features in Word and Excel, with comparisons to Apple's Pages and Numbers.

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The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features. The previous segment described new features in Word 2008, with some comparisons to Apple's Pages 08.

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The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features.

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Apple software subsiderary FileMaker, Inc. unveiled a preview today of a new database product named Bento. If you've been waiting for Apple to offer an easy to use database as part of iWork, this is it. The product is aimed at consumers and requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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Several months later than expected, Apple has released the third edition of iWork, the Mac maker's productivity software suite. Returning cast members include Keynote, the presentation program, and Pages, the word processing/page layout hybrid.

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It's no secret that Microsoft dominates the productivity suite market, but that doesn't mean it's the only way to go. Corel, Sun Microsystems, Apple, IBM, and others offer alternatives at a fraction of the price of Microsoft Office 2007.

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IWork, a low-cost product, but not as powerful as Microsoft Office. IWork is fully compatible with MS Office document formats. Keynote, easier than PowerPoint.

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Pros: Easy-to-use, elegant interface; free-form layout options; beautiful, well-designed templates; drag-and-drop formulas; interactive Print View allows for page positioning; compatibility with most Excel files.

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As with any word processor, the first question you're likely to ask about Pages '08 is, "How well does it play with Microsoft Word?" And in my initial testing the answer to that question is an unequivocal "Fantastic."

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Before my unexpected career change, I was very much a Finance geek—undergraduate and graduate degrees in Finance, and years in the corporate finance groups for IBM and Apple, amongst others.

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Now think about this. These same customers asked Microsoft for the same thing -- simplicity -- and what did the Borg give them? A new version of Word that has more buttons than the dashboard on the space shuttle. You need a pilot's license to use it.

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Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil the all-new, redesigned iMac and demo new features in iLife '08, iWork '08, and .Mac. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.

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Tuesday's Apple Announcements: A Round-Up and My Thoughts

Well, by looking at the Tech. page of Newsvine, and pretty much anywhere else on the web today, I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that Apple has announced a few new things today. Here is the complete list of updated products and services along with my thoughts:

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Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected as early as late March, sources say.

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Apple Takes the Mac Out of This Year's Macworld Keynote

This year's Macworld keynote was, well, different. With rumors flying left and right and the next generation of operating systems right around the corner, this keynote had the potential to be the biggest of them all. Now that they keynote is over, I feel a little disappointed.

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Apple iWork NEEDS work (and a spreadsheet)

With all the speculation about what Apple is gonna reveal at the MacWorld keynote next week, people seem to have forgotten about what we NEED. Do we need a phone? Sure, the 12,746 models at Verizon leave plenty of room for another.

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Apple's launch of iWork '07 next week is expected to be touted as one of the company's more significant product launches of the year, most notably due to the addition of a new spreadsheet application.

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The largest internet retailer on Wednesday turned up listings for four yet-to-be-announced Apple software products. Those products were iLife '07 and iWork '07, each of which was available in two versions -- a "Single User License" or a "Family Pack."

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Microsoft's profits: Where do you want to lose today?

With 62% of revenue and 90% of profits coming from the Windows and Office operating divisions, it is becoming increasingly hard to see where Microsoft will get its next dinner from. The company seems to be heading towards a perfect storm.

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While unveiling its much anticipated line of MacBook consumer notebooks on Tuesday, Apple Computer also upped the speed of its professional MacBook Pro line and added a new widescreen display option.

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There was some heavy irony in Steve Jobs' keynote earlier this week. Despite the fact that the entire presentation was done using Keynote (part of iWork), the release of iWork '06 received very little attention during the keynote.

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