Google-NSA Ties Can Remain Secret Learn from Computer Crashes, Delays OS X Security Check Reported Sought Cyber Attacks Target Gas Pipelines Cloud Has Silver Lining for Interop A federal appeals court has turned down a Freedom of Information Act request to disclose National Security Agency records about the 2010 cyberattack on Google users in China. Most computer users live in fear of a crashed computer and lost data, or are frustrated by a computer that seems to take hours to perform the simplest task. The trick is to learn from these problems. Apple's Macs have been subject to a variety of high-profile security threats in recent months. Now, according to Kaspersky Labs, Apple has asked the security firm for a vulnerability analysis. The U.S. government is moving quickly to respond to a coordinated, ongoing series of cyber attacks that began in December and that use "spear-phishing" on companies in the natural gas pipeline sector. As the annual Interop Las Vegas show winds to a close, some question whether this IT expo is losing steam. Perhaps, although thanks to the BYOD trend and cloud computing, there's plenty new to see. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY