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Apple News: Apple now blocks older versions of Adobe’s Flash player in Safari Apple has tightened up security in its Safari Web browser following recent patches to Adobe’s Flash technology. As part of an update that went out yesterday, OS X will now block older and thus vulnerable versions of Flash, forcing users to update to the latest version if they wish to view Flash-based content. In order to block…

Apple News: Apple’s Merry Christmas message from the fiscal cliff More than one TV viewer tuning in to CNN Friday morning for House Speaker John Boehner’s grim press conference was surprised to see it punctuated with a new, cheery, Christmas-themed Apple ad. The spot, which has since gone into prime-time rotation, features a young girl with large hands and surprisingly accomplished ukelele skills serenading her grand-dad with a sprightly rendition…

Apple News: Apple’s Tim Cook takes TV project from hobby to “intense area of interest,” says the industry is 20 to 30 years behind Apple CEO Tim Cook’s much hyped NBC interview is set to air tonight at 10PM EST, but we are already learning much of what will be discussed during the conversation that took place in, among other places, Apple’s Grand Central retail store location in New York….

Apple News: Jonathan Ive discusses Apple’s Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh in 1997 “Many Apple fans love Apple history, and most Apple fans love Jonathan Ive,” OS X Daily reports. “This amusing video from 1997 combines both, features Jony Ive being Jony Ive as he waxes poetic about the 20th Anniversary Mac, product, design, and experience,” OS X Daily reports. “Despite being 15 years ago, you could replace ’20th Anniversary Mac’ with…

Mac News: Apple using custom ARM core for A6 to balance performance/watt Apple may finally be reaping the benefits of its acquisitions of chip designers PA Semi and Intrinsity with the iPhone 5, according to sources speaking to AnandTech. The A6 processor that powers Apple’s newest iPhone is using neither rehashed Cortex A9 cores, nor the upcoming Cortex A15, but an original design based on ARM’s armv7s architecture. Read full…