Apple’s removal tool for the Flashback malware is available as part of a Java security update that went out today. by Josh Lowensohn April 12, 2012 2:01 PM PDT Follow @Josh Apple this afternoon released an integrated tool to remove Flashback, …Find out more from CNET
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Apple Should Settle E-Book Antitrust Case, Expert Says
Former FTC policy director says the DOJ’s evidence against Apple and several book publishers is the kind that prosecutors “fantasize about.” By Paul McDougall InformationWeek “This is one of the most compelling complaints I’ve seen in my life,” said …Find out more from InformationWeek
Apple Releases Flashback Malware Removal Tool At Last
By Fahmida Y. Rashid Hallelujah, Apple finally does something. The company released its own tool to remove the Flashback malware from compromised Macs. Apple released the fix as a Java update that would detect and remove Flashback from infected …Find out more from PC Magazine
Apple Not Likely to Be a Loser in the E-Book Legal Fight
By NICK WINGFIELD | April 12, 2012, 3:22 pm If Apple loses the legal case filed against it and book publishers on Wednesday over e-book pricing, will it be deeply wounded in its growing rivalry with Amazon? The Justice Department’s lawsuit against the …Find out more from New York Times (blog)
How Apple Can Defeat The DOJ’s E-Book Antitrust Suit
Did Apple conspire with e-book publishers to raise e-book prices? That’s what DOJ argues in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. But does that violate antitrust laws? Not necessarily—and even if it does, perhaps it shouldn’t. Antitrust’s sole goal is maximizing …Find out more from Forbes
E-Book Pricing: Apple’s Lawsuit Is Only Half The Picture
News broke Wednesday that the Department of Justice has filed suit against Apple and several publishers, accusing them of price fixing in an attempt to undercut Amazon’s e-book sales. But the problem of price-gouging isn’t limited to Apple or its …Find out more from InformationWeek
Apple releases Flashback malware removal tool
By Josh Lowensohn on Apr 13, 2012 Apple has released an integrated tool to remove Flashback, malware designed to steal user information that was found to be present in more than half a million machines just last week. The tool, which was made available …Find out more from CNET
Apple Delays, Hackers Play
About nine months later, that bug has enabled the largest malware attack ever to target Apple (AAPL) computers. Since the end of March, more than 600000 Macs have been infected by a virus known as Flashback. The attack, disclosed on April 4 by a …Find out more from BusinessWeek (blog)
Price-Fixing Suit Could be a Spot on Apple
The suit may have permanently changed the e-book market, and perhaps marred a trusted brand Several news sources and blogs have at various times applied the term “evil empire” to Apple, blasting some of its policies on distributing music and news …Find out more from Chicago Tribune
US Brings Case Against Apple and Five Book Publishers Over Electronic Books
12 April 2012 US Brings Case Against Apple and Five Book Publishers Over Electronic Books TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the …Find out more from Voice of America
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Last year, patent holding firm Lodsys took on app developers using Apple’s In App Purchase system for iOS, suing a number of large and small…More By Eric Slivka
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Apple releases fix for Flashback malware — Engadget
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Apple and RIM hit with patent suit for “drag,” “tap” and “scroll …
A Texas shell company says Apple and others have infringed on technology for basic smartphone gestures like dragging and “double tap.” The patents were issued in 2007 to a Taiwanese maker of touchpad technology.More By Jeff John Roberts
Even when Apple is losing, it wins | MediaFile | Analysis & Opinion …
The Department of Justice’s case against Apple and book publishers could actually end up helping, not hurting, Apple’s bottom line.More By John C Abell
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About Java for OS X Lion 2012-003 – Apple Support
This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.Read more here.
