Google expands on work since 2011 to keep attack code off personal computers
Apple cedes coveted award to Asian rival for the first time
Even prompts users of 2011's Lion and 2009's Snow Leopard to upgrade
Design changes -- the new iPad Air is lighter, thinner and faster -- prompt consumers to unload older Apple tablets to fund purchases
Analyst points out that Google Trends -- a predictor of past quarter sales -- is down 25% from last year at this time
Analysts and pundits ponder the impact of 64-bit tablet on consumer, business laptop industry
Plenty of tablets for the opening weekend, says analyst, but for those who just have to be first....
Microsoft again puts the scare into XP laggards, this time using stats
But Apple is uncharacteristically mum on downloads
Will defer almost a billion dollars more in the fourth quarter to cover free OS X upgrades and iWork give-away
