Lessons for IT, Apple in Flashback brouhaha

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	Lessons for IT, Apple in Flashback brouhaha Although the number of Flashback-infected Macs is on the decline, the reverberations from the outbreak will affect Apple and the businesses that have increasingly adopted Macs. Columnist Ryan Faas explains. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how In this Issue Apple delivers Flashback malware hunter-killer Update: DOJ sues Apple, publishers over e-book price-fixing Slideshow: IT pros' favorite iOS and Android apps Apple: DOJ's ebook price-fixing accusation 'not true' Mac security software sales jump after Flashback infections make news QuickPoll: How does the Flashback botnet infection affect Apple's reputation for security? Why Switching OS Platforms Is Not a Security Fix DOJ's antitrust case could shake up publishing industry Android won't challenge Apple's tablet dominance in 2012, says Gartner OnLive Desktop: Virtual Office Apps on Your iPad IT Blogwatch: Run Windows 8 on iPad, anyone? Apple fails to reach agreement with Australian competition regulator Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple market widens on 7-inch iPad claims Jonny Evans: Apple's pro Final Cut Pro X upgrades, Mac Pro ships soon? Jonny Evans: Why the iPhone 5 headset could be...an iPod Preston Gralla: Readers are the ultimate victims in the federal suit against Apple and publishers Preston Gralla: Four reasons the federal suit against Apple and publishers is flat-out wrong Jonny Evans: The Flashback attack: it's time Mac users got security aware IT Blogwatch: iPad Mini: Low-price 7-in rumors, release date 'soon' WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings? In this eGuide, Computerworld and its sister publications CIO and Network World have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are dealing with them. Read now. Apple delivers Flashback malware hunter-killer Two days after Apple promised to decontaminate Macs infested with the Flashback malware, on Thursday the company delivered. Read More Update: DOJ sues Apple, publishers over e-book price-fixing The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five large publishers, accusing the companies of working together to raise prices of e-books. Read More Slideshow: IT pros' favorite iOS and Android apps The iPad, iPhone and Android revolution is taking place within the data center, as these popular tools attest. Read More Apple: DOJ's ebook price-fixing accusation 'not true' Apple has issued a rare public comment in response to the price fixing lawsuit filed against it and several large ebook publishers by the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More Mac security software sales jump after Flashback infections make news Sales of Mac security software have jumped since the news broke last week about a massive malware infection of Apple computers, according to application statistics and some antivirus vendors. Read More QuickPoll: How does the Flashback botnet infection affect Apple's reputation for security? More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java exploits. How does this infection affect Apple's reputation for security? Read More Why Switching OS Platforms Is Not a Security Fix It has been a rallying cry against Microsoft Windows for years: to avoid malware and security issues, just stop using Windows. The mantra has traditionally been embraced by both Mac and Linux users, but as Mac OS X users deal with the fallout from the Flashback malware attack, some Linux supporters are turning the tired attack even against the Apple OS. Read More DOJ's antitrust case could shake up publishing industry The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers over alleged e-book price fixing means that the publishers have to reinvent their digital futures, some experts said. Read More Android won't challenge Apple's tablet dominance in 2012, says Gartner Worldwide tablet sales to end users are expected to total 118.9 million units in 2012, with Apple continuing to dominate and the Android camp struggling to replicate its success in the smartphone market, according to Gartner. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level Live Date and Time: November 29, 2011 - 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST By attending this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. Register Now OnLive Desktop: Virtual Office Apps on Your iPad OnLive Desktop uses technology developed for its parent OnLive gaming service, which lets you stream high-end video games (that you rent or purchase) to your PC in much the way you'd get an on-demand movie from Netflix. Instead of games, OnLive Desktop streams a virtual Windows desktop outfitted with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer, Windows Paint and Calculator, and Microsoft Surface Collage. Read More IT Blogwatch: Run Windows 8 on iPad, anyone? Here's an iPad app that allows you to 'run' Windows 8 on Apple's shiny tablets. Splashtop has 'worked closely with' Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to bring you this streaming, remote-desktop app, which supports Windows 8's gesture and touch features. It's aimed at developers who need to test their apps -- so, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers pretend to be developers. Genius. Read More Apple fails to reach agreement with Australian competition regulator Apple failed in a mediation session on Monday to reach agreement with Australia's competition regulator on remedies for allegedly misleading consumers about the 4G capabilities of its latest iPad. Read More Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple market widens on 7-inch iPad claims 2012 is a year that matters. Some say it's a year of change. For CEO Tim Cook it should be the year he leads Apple to consolidate its leadership with this year's crops: the iPhone 5, new Macs, iTunes and, of course, that new 7-inch iPad the company may, or may not, have planned. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's pro Final Cut Pro X upgrades, Mac Pro ships soon? Apple's news on new pro features within a future Final Cut Pro X update suggests new Mac Pro models may follow the appearance this month of PCs featuring Intel's latest powerful Trigate chip. Though Apple's keeping its schedule a secret. Read More Jonny Evans: Why the iPhone 5 headset could be...an iPod Apple is planning this year's late summer music product refresh. Its plans could include iTunes 11, an upgraded iPod touch, a 7-inch iPad/iPod touch hybrid and a new headset that works like an iPod shuffle and work well with your iPhone 5 (or 4S). Read More Preston Gralla: Readers are the ultimate victims in the federal suit against Apple and publishers Readers might think that the federal suit against Apple and publishers will be good for them because it may lower prices for e-books. In fact, if the suit is successful it will be the worst thing that could happen to readers, cutting down on their choice of books, establishing a book-selling monopoly, and eventually leading to higher prices, not lower ones. Read More Preston Gralla: Four reasons the federal suit against Apple and publishers is flat-out wrong The suit filed by the U.S. Justice Department today against Apple and a group of publishers will accomplish the exact opposite of what it's designed to do: It will help lead to a monopoly in the book market, rather than lead to increased competition. Here are four reasons the suit is flat-out wrong. Read More Jonny Evans: The Flashback attack: it's time Mac users got security aware While we wait for more news on the iPhone 5, Apple is working to inoculate the Mac against the latest malware to attack the platform: is this a coming of age for Mac security, or a warning to Mac users to take an active interest in their own security? Read More IT Blogwatch: iPad Mini: Low-price 7-in rumors, release date 'soon' Here comes the iPad Mini? Supposedly, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is readying a 7-inch tablet -- 7.85 says one über-precise rumor. We're told to expect a release date around July/September. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers squint at the scuttlebutt. Read More
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