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Apple : Anti-Virus for Mac

Apple Mac owners to use antivirus software.

In a note on its support site in late November, Apple said he wanted to “promote” people to use anti-virus security for the network.

The move is widely seen as a response to a growing trend among cyber-criminals, booby-trapped Web pages, you can catch Mac users.

Before now Mac users have been largely free of security problems in Microsoft Windows.
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Apple iPod Nano supports the “overheating”

Apple acknowledged that the battery is to blame led to a small number of its first generation iPod Nanos overheating.

However, he noted that the problem was “rare” in 0001% of sales from 2005 to 2006, adding that there are no serious injuries or damage.

The comments came after the Japanese government initiated an investigation of possible defect in the nano-batteries.

There were two reports of overheating music players in Tokyo, near blazing paper.

Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry official Hiroyuki Yoshitsune government said in contact with Apple to Investigate defect.

The battery problems

Apple said that the problem of overheating that could lead to that iPod does not work and are not damaged, can be attributed to a single supplier of batteries.

“There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage and no reported cases of any other model iPod Nano,” he said.

Any customer concerned about their products, bought between September 2005 and December 2006, please contact customer service, said Apple.

Lithium-ion batteries used in iPods were the cause of several fires in portable computers, which have led to world recalls.

In 2006, Apple was forced to recall 1,8 million lithium-ion laptop batteries made by Sony subjected to excessive heat.

adapted from : http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Apple believes that the benefits of strikes in the estimates

U.S. technology giant Apple saw profits beat forecasts, but warned that current quarter earnings would not meet analysts’ forecasts.

Revenues rose to $ 1.07bn (£ 534m), in the third quarter by 31% to $ 818m a year earlier.

Companies shipped 2,5 million Mac is not in the quarter, marking an increase of 41% per year, while deliveries of its iPod music player, 12%.

Downbeat outlook sent shares 6% lower after hours trading.

While the results were above expectations, and the company said that the number of Mac is not marked record, background on the decline in sales to a question investors.

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Apple demand: Psystar Mac clones should be recalled

Apple list of complaints producer clone Mac Psystar includes 16 pages, but at the end of his argument boils down to expectations. Psystar, Apple said, has no right to do what he did, and must be arrested and pay.

In their application, a copy of which was CNET News courtesy of our colleagues in ZDNet Apple alleges copyright infringement, induction of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, as well as a number of other complaints. Find all the benefits received by their Psystar Open Computers, triple damages for action voluntarily, a permanent injunction against the sale of the product, including redemption of the units already sold.

Apple licenses for the use of its Macintosh operating system software exclusively for use Apple equipment brands “, Mac maker said demand (click here for PDF), and added that the only path to full versions of Mac OS is in a new car. The box software product, on He said, is only one version, which is valid only for improving existing products under the brand name Macintosh.
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Microsoft against Apple in the reliability of Ubuntu OS update

Companies that measures the reliability of Internet services, Microsoft has the top score in test run for the modernization of services.

Microsoft’s Windows Update available, 100 percent in the second quarter of 2008, Pingdom said in the blog posting Friday. Apple service is 2 hours and 34 minutes, with 99.9 per cent availability and canonical version of Ubuntu Linux was extended for 1 day, 5 hours and 45 minutes, 98.64 percent uptime.

“Microsoft will win this hands down,” said Pingdom. He noted that Ubuntu service is also available in the mirror, however.

The company tested three services every five minutes.

adapted from http://news.cnet.com