gizmodo.com - 12/3/2008
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As we saw yesterday, the accusations from the BBC, Washington Post, and Cnet saying that Apple was trying to "quietly" recommend anti-virus software were false: a quick fact check showed it was all an update to an old tech note . Now, Apple has removed the articles entirely. In a statement to ...
Apple on the Need for Anti-Virus Software: Now You Do, Now You Don't
blog.wired.com 12/3/2008 — A number of news outlets reported yesterday that Apple had changed its longstanding stance that Macs don't need anti-virus software. Given that one of Apple's more prominent Get a Mac Ads touts the Mac's immunity to viruses, the sudden change of ...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs
news.bbc.co.uk 12/2/2008 — Apple has urged Mac owners to use anti-virus software. In a note posted on its support site in late November, Apple said it wanted to "encourage" people to use anti-virus to stay safe online. The move is widely seen as a response to the growing trend ...
Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus | Zero Day
blogs.zdnet.com 12/2/2008 — December 1st, 2008 Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 3:09 pm Categories: Zero-day attacks , Apple , Spam and Phishing , Spyware and Adware , Viruses and Worms , Data theft , Arbitrary Code Execution , Anti Virus ...
antivirus Resources
updates.zdnet.com 12/1/2008 — ZDNet Resources Apple removes anti-virus recommendation On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus ...
The Cultural and Economical Significance of Macs at Walmart
macblogz.com 12/9/2008 — It has been confirmed that Apple’s iPhone will be sold at Walmart before the end of this year. While most may see this as a natural step in the iPhone’s evolution, the cultural and economic significance this has on both companies is ...
Apple Takes Down Anti-Virus Notice - Security Watch
blogs.pcmag.com 12/7/2008 — Just as we did, dozens of blogs reported this week an Apple Technical Note recommending the use of anti-virus software on Macs . That note is no longer up on the Apple site. It seems now as if the note itself was older and heretofore unnoticed; click ...
Piper Jaffray addresses 12 more 'unanswered Apple questions'
appleinsider.com 11/25/2008 — Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster on Tuesday issued one of his trademark reports to address a number 'unanswered questions surrounding the Apple story,' such as when the company plans to next update its iPhone and the prospects for an Apple netbook.
Apple advise Anti-Virus software for OS X
slashgear.com 12/2/2008 — Apple has begun advising users of its computers to install anti-virus software, in a move that is likely to stir controversy between Mac aficionados and their PC counterparts. The advice is part of a support document entitled Mac OS: Antivirus ...
Apple Loses Market Share, November Desktop Mac Sales Plummet (AAPL)
alleyinsider.com 12/16/2008 — A few more data points out of research firm NPD Group's report of Apple's (AAPL) November U.S. retail sales: Growth didn't just hit a wall last month -- Apple's sales shrank , and the company lost market share to rivals. Desktop sales were especially ...
Apple recommends anti-virus software for the first time
newlaunches.com 12/1/2008 — Until now Mac users did not worry about viruses. Not that the OSX comes with a impenetrable anti-virus software but the virus programmers would not waste their time targeting 5% of the users. But the growing popularity and the cult status gained by ...
Apple anti-virus advice was nothing new —
The Register 12/3/2008
Mac malware meme put in its place One of the more famous Get a Mac ads boasted that Apple systems, unlike Windows boxes, didn't need anti-virus software. So when an article on an Apple support site encouraged the use of anti-virus software on ...
Logitech Ships its Billionth Mouse —
I4U News 12/3/2008
Logitech announced today that it has shipped its one-billionth mouse. The peripheral maker has been shipping mice since the 1980s and claims to have driven nearly every major innovation in the PC mouse development. Logitech says a billion people are ...
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