Everything you need to know about Mac scareware

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	Everything you need to know about Mac scareware You'd think the arrival of scareware scams like MacDefender on the Mac platform means the end of the world. It doesn't. But for Mac OS X users, it could herald the arrival of malware that's plagued Windows users for years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast Cloud-based Email Archiving: A practical guide Many companies are tackling the challenge of email archiving head-on with cloud-based solutions that scale to business growth, conform to regulatory mandates, and deliver low operational costs. We suggest a solution that emphasizes scalable cloud-base storage, secure access and high availability. Read now In this Issue Samsung demands to see Apple's next iPhone, iPad Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store Jonny Evans: What to expect from Apple's WWDC next week Jonny Evans: Samsung demands Apple hand over iPad 3 and iPhone 5 Jonny Evans: Apple makes you rich, Android leaves you...bored Preston Gralla: Microsoft's biggest mobile money-maker is Android, not Windows Phone 7 Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes 'iCloud' is amnesty for file-sharers IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 tablet PC OS release: iPad 3 showdown WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Samsung demands to see Apple's next iPhone, iPad In the latest round of an ongoing patent and trademark battle, Samsung on Friday asked a federal judge to make Apple provide the Korean electronics giant with samples of its next-generation iPhone and iPad. Read More Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store Amazon today launched a Mac-specific application download store that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old Mac App Store. Read More Jonny Evans: What to expect from Apple's WWDC next week WWDC 2011 begins June 6, as we move toward the opening of Apple's [AAPL] annual developer event, Apple's new iCloud/iTunes services, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and a MacBook Air refresh are favorites in speculation as to what to expect. Meanwhile we wait to see who will host the annual keynote speech -- will we see the return of Steve Jobs, or shall a cabal of executives manage the message?   Read More Jonny Evans: Samsung demands Apple hand over iPad 3 and iPhone 5 Samsung has responded to Apple's lawsuit against the company with the demand that it get advance access to Apple's iPad 3 and iPhone 5 products. Can the relationship between the two firms sustain this bitter legal dispute?   Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Jonny Evans: Apple makes you rich, Android leaves you...bored Smartphone developers: You won't get rich quick on Google's Android Market, step away from fragmentation land and get yourself started on Apple's iOS; that's the message from app store analyst, Distimo.   Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's biggest mobile money-maker is Android, not Windows Phone 7 Microsoft may be spending enormous amount of money and development effort on Windows Phone 7, but for now, it's making more money off of Android than it is from Windows Phone 7. So says Citi analyst Walter Pritchard in a just-released report.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes 'iCloud' is amnesty for file-sharers Apple's music cloud looks a lot finer than Amazon or Google's attempts, and comes with two added extras: track bit rates will be improved, and there's a chance the labels may get a little cash back from file-sharers -- but who owns your data in the cloud?   Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 tablet PC OS release: iPad 3 showdown Rumor has it that Microsoft (MSFT) will demonstrate a Windows 8-based tablet PC OS next week. That puts it on-course for a release around the time that the iPad 3 is predicted. Few are expecting an iPad 3 killer, but Redmond has to do something to respond to Apple and Android. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers reach out and touch something.   Read More
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