In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security

pspan style=”float:right; margin-left:4px; margin-bottom:4px;”script digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/security/In_their_words_Experts_weigh_in_on_Mac_vs_PC_security’;/scriptscript src=’http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js’/script/span/p p When I am asked the question “Which is more secure, Mac or PC?” I find myself stumbling around for a response because I don’t have a clear-cut answer. I use both. And I use antivirus software with both.

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Mozilla maps out Jetpack add-on transition plan

p One of Firefox’s chief assets is a rich collection of extensions called add-ons, and for the small army of programmers who produce them, Mozilla has begun detailing how it plans to revamp Firefox’s add-on system /pp In 2009, a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10245934-2.html”Mozilla began work on a revamp of the Firefox add-on system called Jetpack/a, but the initial attempt wasn’t up to snuff for production work. On Wednesday, Mozilla sketched out its plan for releasing what will become the final version of Jetpack, called a href=”http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=746″Reboot/a.

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Want really secure Gmail? Try GPG encryption

div class=”cnet-image-div image-regular float-right” style=”width: 80px” img class=”cnet-image” src=”/i/bto/20100113/gmail_icon.png” alt=”" width=”80″ height=”60″ / /div p Perhaps a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10433538-265.html”Google’s announcement that Chinese cyber attackers went after human rights activists’ Gmail accounts/a has made you skittish about just how private your own messages are on the Google e-mail service.

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Microsoft brings kids developer tool to the PC

p div class=”cnet-image-div image-large float-left” style=”width: 610px” img class=”cnet-image” src=”/i/bto/20100113/kodu_mouse_610×356.png” alt=”" width=”610″ height=”356″ / p class=”image-caption”Microsoft is bringing its Kodu development tool from the Xbox to the PC./p span class=”image-credit”(Credit: Microsoft)/span /div /pp Microsoft researcher Matt MacLaurin came up for the idea for a href=”http://download.cnet.com/Kodu/3000-18529_4-75036273.html”Kodu/a in his kitchen in the fall of 2006, noticing the way his three-year-old daughter watched her mom browse away on Facebook. MacLaurin saw how different computing is now than when he was a kid. While his Commodore Pet was like a lump of clay that he could mold by writing software in Basic, his daughter’s generation is using computers whose functions are already set in stone

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Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet

HATFIELD, England – In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place. European researchers said they not only found the smallest exoplanet ever, called Gliese 581 e, but realized that a neighboring planet discovered earlier, Gliese 581 d, was in the prime habitable zone for potential life. Read more