You would think with a headline like that (courtesy of the Telegraph in the UK) that the iPad has somehow been compromised. Think again:
Security experts have warned that Apple iPad users are being targeted by cyber criminals. Hackers are trying to dupe iPad owners in to downloading a fake iTunes update on their Windows computer, which, when installed, creates a backdoor for cyber criminals, allowing them to remotely access the machine or even use the computer to send spam messages.
So Windows users who are falling prey to fake dialog boxes telling them to upgrade iTunes are the real problem here. The kicker is the final line in the article:
The company also emphasised that the iPad itself remained unaffected by the Trojan.
So the Hackers are really targeting iTunes with a message that mentions the iPad, but the iPad itself isn’t targeted. Who writes these headlines, and are they ever vetted for truth or relevance. Apparently not.
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I’ll have a write up later today on the app. I’ve been beta testing Transmit 4 for a couple of months now, and can tell you it is the best FTP client – on any platform – hands down.
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Last Friday night, California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen’s home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo. According to Gaby Darbyshire, COO of Gawker Media LLC, the search warrant to remove these computers was invalid under section 1524(g) of the California Penal Code.
Payback is a bitch.
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Awesome spreadsheet from Kyle Conroy that shows what you could have earned if you purchased Apple stock instead of an Apple product when that product was released.
In 1997 I purchased a G3/266 Minitower. Had I bought Apple stock with that same $3000 at that time, that stock would now be worth $173,980.73. Enough to buy a house.
Damn, I feel stupid.
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Great looking app that allows for exactly what the title says: Wi-Fi sync from your computer to your iPad/iPod. Of course, this app still needs to make it through Apple’s approval process. So, I wouldn’t get too excited for it. Still, maybe the publicity of having this app out in the wild will apply pressure to Apple to bring this feature to the iPhone OS.
We can dream, right?
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Slideshow from Drew Houston, CEO of Dropbox, on the lessons they learned as they ramped up their service.
If you aren’t using Dropbox, you are really missing out on an amazing service. Everything that MobileMe gets wrong, Dropbox gets right.
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And in other news, Obama already contemplating new taxes.
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From the London Evening Standard:
“A deal would make a lot of sense for Apple,” said one trader. “That way, they could stop ARM’s technology from ending up in everyone else’s computers and gadgets.” Traders reckon a bid would come in at around 400p a share, valuing ARM at more than £5.2 billion.
Apart from driving their competitors in to the arms of Intel for mobile chips, what does this large purchase get Apple that they don’t already have?
I don’t see it happening. If you ask me, Apple is hoarding it’s money for something bigger than an ARM purchase. I don’t know what that might be, hell – I don’t think Apple even knows what that might be yet, but having money on hand gives them lots of options.
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I mean, why? Do you think there are iPhone users out there who actually would want to run Android on their iPhone? I don’t.
It’s an impressive feat, from an engineering angle. But from a “is this a good use of my time” angle, I’d have to say no.
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Translation:
We put ourselves out there like cheap whores, and nobody is biting.
We’re fucked.
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