The Macalope Daily: Against all odds

Despite the dire warnings ofHenry Blodget , mart share alone is n’t making Android into a developer ’s promised land . It ’s far more common for apps in the iOS App Store to make money than it is for apps in the Google Android Market , according to a report published by Dutch nomadic app store enquiry firm Distimo . Watts Martin manoeuvre out the reason for this , which isthe same intellect no ones raking in money sell Linux applications ....

May 30, 2011 · 3 min · 490 words · Ashley Brown

Bugs & Fixes: Mac Defender strikes again; Apple fights back

The Mac Defender Trojan Horse phishing cozenage was back in the intelligence this hebdomad . Twice . First , a more virulent variation of the malware was observe . In this late iteration , the bastard program is named MacGuard . The fresh wrinkle is that it does n’t ask an administrator ’s watchword to install . This means that any user on a Mac has the authority to instal the malware ....

May 27, 2011 · 4 min · 802 words · Michelle Ramirez

Hands-on with Amazon’s Mac software store

Amazon on Thursday announced its Mac Software Downloads store , the fellowship ’s latest effort at competing directly with Apple ’s various online medium mercantile establishment . Hawking a small option of Mac app , Amazon ’s store ca n’t compete with the stocked practical shelves of Apple ’s Mac App Store , but Amazon ’s offerings do let in several flagship products the company hopes will give its unexampled service an edge ....

May 27, 2011 · 15 min · 3171 words · Sara Bolton

How to create an OS X flash drive installer

If you ’ve ever had to reinstall OS X , chances are you ’ve used the Apple - provided organisation installer disc that came with the Mac . But what do you do if you misplace the DVD , or it becomes unreadable , or worse — your SuperDrive is n’t function ? cause a backup of your system installer disc could preserve your bacon . Instead of simply copying the system installer to another disc , you could create a USB instant campaign installer similar to the one bring home the bacon with the latestMacBook Air ....

May 27, 2011 · 4 min · 719 words · Misty Stark

Senator blocks controversial copyright bill

A U.S. senator has blockade a controversial bill that would engage ISPs , search railway locomotive and other businesses in blocking access to alleged websites encroach right of first publication . Senator Ron Wyden , an Oregon Democrat , has blocked the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act , orPROTECT IP Act , from coming to the Senate floor for a ballot ....

May 27, 2011 · 3 min · 577 words · Andrea Berry

Lawmakers question AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile

AT&T ’s nominate attainment of rival roving flattop T - Mobile USA would give customers fewer choices and drive up prices , some U.S. lawgiver say Thursday . Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee ’s competition subcommittee oppugn during a hearing whether the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should grant the $ 39 billion stack to happen . “ I see absolutely no redeem reason for this merger to go through , ” said Representative John Conyers Jr....

May 26, 2011 · 4 min · 685 words · Linda Cunningham

Remains of the Day: Killer design

One fiscal guru says Microsoft ’s problems halt from the very top , Apple file a lawsuit and gets murder with one in getting even , and we unwrap how the industrial design field is a lot likeHighlander . When it come to the remainders for Thursday , May 26 , 2011 , there can be only … well , like six , apparently . large hedge fund managing director calls for Microsoft ’s Ballmer to ill-treat down(AppleInsider )...

May 26, 2011 · 3 min · 512 words · Kristy Yoder

The ABCs of printer inks

Buying a pressman should n’t be difficult , but often , it is . That ’s partly because of the vast abundance of technologies , manufacturer , and models to select from . In guild to make an informed determination , you involve to consider issue far beyond the introductory price of purchase and owning the printer and focus on factors like speed , newspaper capacity , and ink technology ....

May 26, 2011 · 7 min · 1333 words · Marissa Ortega

Apple laptops, AppleCare dominate Consumer Reports rankings

Consumer Reportsreallylikes Apple ’s laptops ; its tests found that Apple ’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air were the best 17 - column inch , 15 - inch , 13 - in and 11 - inch laptops available . And , based on the results of a reviewer study , the publication also ranks AppleCare as far well than any of Apple ’s rival ’ tech support offerings . The publication compared only three 11 - in laptops , but the 11 - in MacBook Air ’s score of 62 point on the Consumer Reports scale mystify out competitors from Gateway and HP by six and 13 breaker point , respectively ....

May 25, 2011 · 3 min · 582 words · Glenda Porter

Intego: New variant of Mac Trojan horse doesn’t require a password

Intego on Wednesday warned Mac user thata new discrepancy of the Mac Defender Trojan horsedoesn’t want that you provide an administrator countersign during the installation process . Like its predecessors , the latest adaptation of the Trojan cavalry — which call itself MacGuard — masquerades as computer virus detection software package , in hopes that victims will key in their course credit wag details into the bogus port . The announcement of the new , no - word - require variate come just one day after Apple post an update explicate the Trojan gymnastic horse ’s existence , along with instructions on how to hit it from your system ....

May 25, 2011 · 2 min · 350 words · Autumn Davis

Mac Defender: Pay attention but don’t panic

First , Apple releases a support banker’s bill admitting that Mac Defender is indeed a trouble , providing instructions on how to clean it , and announcing an approaching maculation to forestall it . Then a raw version of the malware appears almost like a shot , one that mechanically unravel its installer ( if you have n’t already incapacitate Safari ’s Open “ Safe ” Files After download setting ) , without requiring your administrative password ....

May 25, 2011 · 6 min · 1233 words · Stephanie Singleton

Russian company cracks iOS 4 hardware encryption

Havingcracked Apple iPhone backupslast twelvemonth , Russian protection company ElcomSoft appears to have found a reliable path to beat the layered encryption system used to batten datum defy on the smartphone itself . Since the advent of iOS 4 in June 2010 , Apple has been able to secure data on compatible devices using a hardware encoding system foretell Data Protection , which stash away a drug user ’s passcode key on an internal chip using 256 - flake AES encryption ....

May 25, 2011 · 3 min · 634 words · Carmen Richmond

Future Sonics Atrio m5 Professional Earphones (2010 version)

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Future Sonicshas been around for 20 years , and the company ’s founder was making customs duty in - ear - canal headphones for ten years before that , gain Future Sonics one of the elder statesman of the canalphone market . The troupe introduced the original universal - fit Atrio (; $ 199 ) in 2007 , but recently free the upgradedAtrio m5 Professional Earphones($200 ) , which use the company ’s newly - develop MG7 gadget driver ( miniature loudspeaker ) ....

May 24, 2011 · 6 min · 1154 words · Jose Pineda