Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker'

	Security experts: 600,000+ estimate of Mac botnet likely on target | Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management
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	Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker' An estimated 600,000 or more Macs are currently compromised and part of a massive botnet thanks to the Flashback Trojan. To put the size of the threat in some perspective, the Flashback Trojan botnet is even bigger than the massive Conficker botnet...relatively speaking. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SAN vs. NAS: The Critical Decision The factors affecting whether to deploy SAN or NAS storage have changed. This paper highlights the pros and cons of each approach, as well as the value of a combined solution, so that you can meet your organization's storage and data access needs, while staying within your budget. Learn More In this Issue Security experts: 600,000+ estimate of Mac botnet likely on target Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management Windows Phone seen as driving a wedge between iPhone, Android Ask the iTunes Guy: Compression and lossless encoding Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack Complaints about iPad Wi-Fi problems continue to climb WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault How "mobile ready" is your infrastructure? This Mobility Knowledge Vault provides a wide variety of expert advice on how to strike a balance between end user ease-of-use and security. View now Security experts: 600,000+ estimate of Mac botnet likely on target Security experts could not confirm claims by a little-known Russian antivirus company that more than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a zero-day-exploiting Trojan, but they said the number was within reason. Read More Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management The Wi-Fi reliability problems reported by iPad owners can probably be solved with a software update, a hardware expert at Rapid Repair said. Read More Windows Phone seen as driving a wedge between iPhone, Android Nokia's Lumia 900 smartphones will reach AT&T stores on Sunday for $99.99, and one analyst said it could be the start of something big: Windows Phone as a market disrupter between the successful iPhone and Android phones. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Commerce 2.0 Strategy with 'Smarter Commerce' Initiative IDC Insight highlights the important elements of the IBM Smarter Commerce announcement and looks at the implications of the announcement in the context of a powerful movement Read More! Ask the iTunes Guy: Compression and lossless encoding [Ask the iTunes Guy is a regular column in which we answer your questions on everything iTunes related. If there's something you'd like to know, send an email to the iTunes Guy for consideration.] Read More Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack IBM and Red Hat could soon be joining the ranks of OpenStack supporters, giving the open source cloud project a big boost. Read More Complaints about iPad Wi-Fi problems continue to climb Complaints from owners of Apple's newest iPad that their device has trouble connecting to wireless networks continue to mount. Read More
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