Daily Archives: May 25, 2011

New variant of Mac Defender needs no password

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

There’s a new variant of [Mac Defender](http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-antivirus/ “The Mac Security Blog » Intego Security Memo – MAC Defender Fake Antivirus Program Targets Mac Users”) doing the rounds – and unlike the initial versions this one doesn’t require an administrator password … Continue reading →

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Is $40m a fair price for Tweetdeck?

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Alan Patrick thinks not: Is it a fair price – no, of course not, its a Bubblenomics business case. In any “normal” economy, paying $40m for a zero-revenue feature that uses your own platform to organise what are essentially SMS’s … Continue reading →

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Why the spec sheet method of buying a computer is dead

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Poor Charles Arthur. Charles wrote a relatively simple post asking the question of why the Mac has proved to be so successful lately, out-performing the overall computer market and growing its market share. And in response, he got a 500+ … Continue reading →

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