APPLE NEWS
Microsoft Takes On Dropbox With SkyDrive For Windows, Mac and iOS
Submitted Monday, April 23, 2012 @ 01:43 PMtechcrunch.com — SkyDrive, Microsoft’s online storage service, is one of the core elements of the company’s cloud strategy. Today, Microsoft is taking the wraps off a number of new SkyDrive apps, including a Dropbox-like desktop integration for Windows and Mac (OS X Lion only). With this, SkyDrive will function like any other folder on your machine and any file you save to it will be automatically uploaded to the cloud and synced to your other computers. For current Dropbox users, this is obviously nothing new and it’s taken Microsoft quite a while to finally offer this feature. With this update, though, Microsoft is also reducing the amount of free storage it is offering new users from 25GB to just 7GB. See the complete story here.
Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Submitted Friday, April 13, 2012 @ 02:28 AMadobe.com — Adobe released security updates for Adobe Reader X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Linux, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address vulnerabilities in the software that could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. See the complete story here.
Apple develops tool to 'detect and remove' Flashback Trojan
Submitted Friday, April 13, 2012 @ 02:17 AMbbc.co.uk — Apple has said it is developing a tool to "detect and remove" a Trojan that is said to have infected more than half a million Mac computers. See the complete story here.
Apple's Siri not as smart as she looks, lawsuit charges
Submitted Saturday, March 17, 2012 @ 04:24 AMnews.cnet.com — Apple's been a little overzealous in the way it's advertised Siri, the voice assistant feature found on the company's latest iPhone, a new lawsuit claims. See the complete story here.
Danish firm outlines two unpatched Safari vulnerabilities
Submitted Saturday, March 17, 2012 @ 04:22 AMnews.cnet.com — The Danish IT security firm Secunia has released an advisory today regarding two unpatched vulnerabilities in Apple's Safari 5 Web browser. These vulnerabilities are so far are not known to be actively exploited; however, if done, they could allow an attacker to run malicious software and conduct spoofing attacks on those using the browser. See the complete story here.
Apple App Store Under Scrutiny As Customers Complain About Credit Card ...
Submitted Saturday, March 17, 2012 @ 04:03 AMhuffingtonpost.com — For new iPad owners, a word from those who have come before you: Fraud at Apple's App Store, the brand's virtual mall for digital merchandise, is out of control, shoppers say. See the complete story here.
IBM’s Watson Computer Gets a Wall Street Job
Submitted Tuesday, March 06, 2012 @ 07:20 AMbloomberg.com — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)’s Watson computer, which beat champions of the quiz show “Jeopardy!” a year ago, will soon be advising Wall Street on risks, portfolios and clients. See the complete story here.
Apple wins over Motorola in 'slide-to-unlock' ruling
Submitted Monday, February 20, 2012 @ 02:53 AMbbc.co.uk — Apple has won a patent dispute against Motorola Mobility regarding a "slide-to-unlock" feature on smartphones. See the complete story here.
iPad maker Foxconn lifts China workers pay again
Submitted Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 03:35 PMin.reuters.com — Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labour practices, has raised wages of its Chinese workers by 16-25 percent from this month, the third rise since 2010. See the complete story here.
Older Macs voted off the Mountain Lion island
Submitted Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 03:29 PMarstechnica.com — Another Mac OS release, another moment of truth for those using old Macs. Apple's next OS X release, code-named Mountain Lion, will drop support for some older machines as the company continues to move forward with the iOS-ification of the operating system. The list of supported machines has not been publicly published (yet) by Apple, but a developer source has now passed that list along to TUAW after having downloaded the Mountain Lion developer release. See the complete story here.
Mac developers: Gatekeeper is a concern, but still gives power users co...
Submitted Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 03:20 PMarstechnica.com — Apple's next version of its desktop operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, promises developers access to hundreds of new APIs to enable new functionality for their apps. While developers we spoke to seem mildly excited about the new functionality, their immediate focus was on the implications of Apple's new Gatekeeper security feature. See the complete story here.
Apple factories to face independent inspections
Submitted Tuesday, February 14, 2012 @ 12:56 AMbbc.co.uk — The working conditions in factories which produce Apple products are to be inspected, the computing giant has announced. See the complete story here.
Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant cult...
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 09:16 AMcnn.com — Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product. See the complete story here.
Apple's Tim Cook Responds to Reports of Worker Abuse
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:29 AMpcmag.com — Despite a phenomenal earnings report this week, Apple has taken a few rather brutal hits in the media related to the treatment of workers who assemble the iPhone and the iPad. In response, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sent out a long letter to his staff refuting claims that Apple might be insensitive to worker mistreatment at its factories. See the complete story here.
Apple Has Become Biggest Buyer of Semiconductors, Gartner Says
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:32 AMpcworld.com — Apple became the biggest buyer of semiconductors last year, ahead of Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard, Gartner said on Tuesday. See the complete story here.
Tablet computer ownership nearly doubled during the holidays
Submitted Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 05:03 PMtechjournalsouth.com — Did you receive a new tablet computer or an e-reader over the holidays? As Amazon introduced its Kindle Fire tablet, selling it at a slight loss, Barnes & Noble offered the competing Nook, and the iPad remained popular, the way we read and consumer media is changing. See the complete story here.
Apple Lets You Make Your Own Books, Announces iBooks Author App
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 09:07 AMnews.yahoo.com — Apple announced a new iBooks Author App on Thursday that makes creating an Apple ebook a drag-and-drop process. See the complete story here.
Researchers Find Way to Sniff Corporate Email Via BlackBerry PlayBook
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:44 AMthreatpost.com — Researchers and attackers have had no shortage of mobile platforms and devices to sink their teeth into in recent years, thanks to the explosion of iOS and Android phones and tablets in the consumer and enterprise markets. Now, the spotlight is slowly beginning to turn in the direction of RIM, and specifically its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. See the complete story here.
Apple Customers Warned of Phishing Attack
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:02 AMpcworld.com — A "vast phishing attack" that attempts to capture the credit card information of Apple customers was launched on Christmas day, according to a report from Mac security-software company Intego. See the complete story here.
EU opens antitrust probe of Apple, other e-book publishers
Submitted Tuesday, December 06, 2011 @ 08:38 AMusatoday.com — The European Union's antitrust watchdog is investigating whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010. See the complete story here.