CNN: Apple is Hackers New Bulls-Eye

It's all about market share... From the E-Secure-IT News Feed Apple is the new hacker bulls-eye (from CNN at 18-6-2010) Illustration from MaximumPC When Apple was just a niche maker of Mac computers and only truly popular among college students and graphic designers, hackers paid little attention to the company. Instead, they focused on Microsoft, which had more than a 90% share of the PC operating system market. Those days are over. Recent iPad security scares are a sign that Apple's devices are a growing target for hackers, spammers and malicious coders. "Market share is a pretty good indicator of who hackers are going after," said ... read more»

Hackers respond to security breach linked with iPad (from TopNews at 18-6-2010) Goatse Security, the hackers supposedly blamed for iPad security breach have answered back the carrier's letter sent to the 114,000 customers affected claiming that they had no hands in alerting the media (Gawker), and may be a work of Chinese hackers. The blog that appeared on the Gizmodo's site from Gawker was alerted to the security issue last week by Goatse Security, stating: "If not for our firm talking about the exploit to third parties who subsequently notified them, they would have ne... read more»

Hackers say iPad has more security holes (from CNN at 15-6-2010) A day after AT&T fessed up to its iPad 3G customers about a security breach, the hackers that exploited the vulnerability in AT&T's website said there are still lurking security problems related to the iPad. In a blog post, hacker group Goatse Security said Monday that a "skilled attacker" could take advantage of a weakness in the iPad's Safari Internet browser. The browser's bug could potentially allow someone to gain unwanted access to a user's iPad when that user clicks a malicious link.... read more»

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Steve Jobs Shares his "Thoughts on Flash"

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As you know, the new iPad does not support Flash.  Much has been written about that and Steve Jobs officially went on the record explaining why...and then some.



Here's what Steve Jobs had to say about Adobe Flash reliability, security and performance in a piece called "Thoughts on Flash"  published on the Apple website.

"Symantec recently highlighted Flash for having one of the worst security records in 2009. We also know first hand that Flash is the number one reason Macs crash. We have been working with Adobe to fix these problems, but they have persisted for several years now. We don’t want to reduce the reliability and security of our iPhones, iPods and iPads by adding Flash.



In addition, Flash has not performed well on mobile devices. We have routinely asked Adobe to show us Flash performing well on a mobile device, any mobile device, for a few years now. We have never seen it. Adobe publicly said that Flash would ship on a smartphone in early 2009, then the second half of 2009, then the first half of 2010, and now they say the second half of 2010. We think it will eventually ship, but we’re glad we didn’t hold our breath. Who knows how it will perform?



Doesn't sound much like Apple and Adobe are on the same page. If you thought Steve Job's "thoughts" were little harsh, his conclusion leaves no doubt that Apple is moving towards the future and Adobe is the past...

"Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.  The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 200,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to create graphically rich applications, including games. New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind."

Steve Jobs

April, 2010

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Steve Jobs Shares his "Thoughts on Flash"

Image via CrunchBase

As you know, the new iPad does not support Flash.  Much has been written about that and Steve Jobs officially went on the record explaining why...and then some.



Here's what Steve Jobs had to say about Adobe Flash reliability, security and performance in a piece called "Thoughts on Flash"  published on the Apple website.

"Symantec recently highlighted Flash for having one of the worst security records in 2009. We also know first hand that Flash is the number one reason Macs crash. We have been working with Adobe to fix these problems, but they have persisted for several years now. We don’t want to reduce the reliability and security of our iPhones, iPods and iPads by adding Flash.



In addition, Flash has not performed well on mobile devices. We have routinely asked Adobe to show us Flash performing well on a mobile device, any mobile device, for a few years now. We have never seen it. Adobe publicly said that Flash would ship on a smartphone in early 2009, then the second half of 2009, then the first half of 2010, and now they say the second half of 2010. We think it will eventually ship, but we’re glad we didn’t hold our breath. Who knows how it will perform?



Doesn't sound much like Apple and Adobe are on the same page. If you thought Steve Job's "thoughts" were little harsh, his conclusion leaves no doubt that Apple is moving towards the future and Adobe is the past...

"Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.  The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 200,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to create graphically rich applications, including games. New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind."

Steve Jobs

April, 2010

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Apple is working on it’s own mobile P2P payment service for iPhone and iPad

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Apple has submitted a patent application for peer-to-peer financial transactions. Apple's patent application describes an iPhone app and service, that will allow iPhone owners to store all their credit card, bank/checking account and other info on the device, and to make quick personal and business transactions with a few taps. Mobile micropayments through your smartphone is emerging, and, most likely, soon to become pretty hot category. Nokia is looking  how to introduce mobile payments to developing world with it’s Money service. Meanwhile, startups like Square and established companies likeVeriFone are working on ways to bring personal mobile transactions to your iPhone, and, hopefully, any other smartphone you have in your pocket. Well, those companies planning to make a living from their personal mobile payment iPhone app/accessory/service, better start thinking about other mobile platforms soon. Because Apple is actively eyeing personal mobile payments, as a market they want to have for themselves. At least that’s what an Apple’s patent application called “Peer to peer financial transaction devices and methods”  indicates.

Read The Whole Story http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/04/08/apple-is-working-on-its-own-mobile-p2p-payment-servi ce-fo....

Apple is working on it’s own mobile P2P payment service for iPhone and iPad

UnwiredView.com

Apple has submitted a patent application for peer-to-peer financial transactions. Apple's patent application describes an iPhone app and service, that will allow iPhone owners to store all their credit card, bank/checking account and other info on the device, and to make quick personal and business transactions with a few taps. Mobile micropayments through your smartphone is emerging, and, most likely, soon to become pretty hot category. Nokia is looking  how to introduce mobile payments to developing world with it’s Money service. Meanwhile, startups like Square and established companies likeVeriFone are working on ways to bring personal mobile transactions to your iPhone, and, hopefully, any other smartphone you have in your pocket. Well, those companies planning to make a living from their personal mobile payment iPhone app/accessory/service, better start thinking about other mobile platforms soon. Because Apple is actively eyeing personal mobile payments, as a market they want to have for themselves. At least that’s what an Apple’s patent application called “Peer to peer financial transaction devices and methods”  indicates.

Read The Whole Story http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/04/08/apple-is-working-on-its-own-mobile-p2p-payment-servi ce-fo....