Hard on the heels of a report that a USB drive was used to compromise US military networks in 2008, a security company today claimed that 25% of all new worms are designed to spread through the portable storage devices. “Much of the malware in circulation has been designed to distribute through these devices,”...
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The Magic Trackpad, a wireless, stand-alone input device, may be the most simply designed object Apple has ever developed. It’s a flat surface, measuring 5.2 inches square (providing a surface area that’s 80 percent larger than the MacBook Pro’s trackpad), and angled slightly by a tubular base at the top that holds two AA...
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All-Time Record Revenue Earnings Increase 78 Percent CUPERTINO, California—July 20, 2010—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended June 26, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of $15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.73 billion and...
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KOREA – Internet usage through mobile devices rapidly rises between 7 p.m. in the evening and midnight, a study found on Friday. According to Daum Communications, the country’s leading Internet software provider, the use of the mobile Web rises during the lunch hours and surges in the evening from 7 p.m. when workers usually...
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A poll of iPad users — 6,000 of them — found they are overwhelmingly pleased with the device. Technologizer asked iPad owners in May how they were getting on with their new device, they were overwhelmingly pleased with battery life, speed and reliability and some 59 percent were satisfied with speed and reliability of...
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So, there’s two ways to look at this. One would be to gawk at the fact that ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports broadcasting, is using iPads and Xbox 360 consoles — common devices that are widely available to mere mortals — to drive content to millions of consumers. Another would be to gawk...
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Jobs has just completed outlining all of the iPhone 4’s revolutionary new features. Now to reveal what it’ll cost your wallet. Coming in black and white, the iPhone 4 will cost $199 for the 16GB models, the same price as the 3GS. $299 gets you the 32GB iPhone 4. Already in a contract? AT&T...
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(CNET) — Apple says that it has sold more than 2 million iPads since the device debuted April 3rd. It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of those sales came from the U.S. market, as the iPad only just went on sale last weekend in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland,...
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The drumbeat continues as Google takes on Apple in yet another realm Cupertino once thought secure. The Internet giant plans to take on iTunes, adding music downloads to its Android Marketplace. At first, owners of Android devices will need to visit Google’s Web shop to purchase and download tunes to their cell phones (and...
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Verizon and Google are reportedly working together on a tablet device designed to rival Apple’s iPad. Although few details were provided, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal the device would leverage Google’s large library of content. “We’re looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put...
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The popularity of Apple’s iPhone and initial enthusiastic demand for the iPad may attract greater attention from malware writers, but the Mac OS platform still pales in comparison as a target compared with its Windows counterpart due to low penetration, security experts say. According to Chia Wing Fei, F-Secure’s senior security response manager, the...
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If you’ve got an electronic device, you need power either in the form of a cable or a battery. If you’ve got a battery, you still need a means of charging it. And if you’re in the military, you know that you never have exactly what you need exactly when you need it. Which...
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Apple Inc., embarrassed after a blogger obtained an iPhone prototype lost by an engineer in a bar, probably will limit the number of early devices it gives employees, analysts said. Technology blog Gizmodo.com paid $5,000 for the device and published photos of it on April 19. Gizmodo later complied with a request from Apple...
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