‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Aug. 20
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 20, 2008 at 5:31pm
“Mac, Windows clipboards poisoned by URL attacks: Infected web ads are poisoning Mac and Windows users’ clipboards with URLs, researchers said Tuesday, in a “very cunning” attack designed to trick people into visiting sites touting bogus security software.”—Macworld UK
“Apple Flubbed MobileMe, But the Mac Is Making Inroads Into Enterprise Market: A record quarter for Mac sales and a growing presence in the enterprise market. Can Apple fill the gap left by Windows’ crumbling hegemony? Or will Dell and HP finally figure out that it’s all about design and beat Apple on price?”—Yahoo! Tech Ticker
“Rumor: Apple to hold special event in late September to debut iTunes Music subscriptions, more: An anonymous tipster has told MacDailyNews that Apple will hold a special media event in late September that will discuss and/or announce the following.”—MacDailyNews
“First shots of Nike+iPhone show Google Map, location?: Apple and Nike are definitely cooking something up for Nike+, with both companies working together on a batch of initiatives to popularise their integrated solutions, and new and enhanced software in the works.”—9 to 5 Mac
“Intel Road Map Hints at 160 GB MacBook Air: During Intel’s Tuesday presentation at this year’s Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company outlined its road map for an upcoming line of solid-state drives that will used flash-based solid-state memory to store data and replace conventional hard drives in some computers.”—O’Grady’s PowerPage
“The Blackberry Bold: The biggest competitor to the iPhone 3G in Canada launches tomorrow: RIM’s first answer to the iPhone is about to launch in Canada on August 21st. It’s the Blackberry Bold (9000). I know a lot of people have been waiting for this model to launch. Your time has almost come. Personally I don’t see what the big fuss is about because I am a die hard iPhone fanatic. ”—ehPhone
“Is Apple TV the Stupidest Apple Product Ever?: You’re never going to hear the expression ‘Apple TV killer,’ because everything already kills it.”—Apple Matters
“Apple: Superhuman or Merely Human? How can one company be the subject of so much good news and bad news at one time?: Strange but true: These are either the best of times or the worst of times for Apple’s reputation–and it all depends on which developments you choose to pay attention to.”—Technologizer
“TransGaming to support Sony’s SecuROM DRM for games: It’s a bit of ‘inside baseball,’ but the announcement paves the way for more PC games to come to the Mac. TransGaming on Wednesday announced that it will use Sony’s SecuROM Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology for its future Mac games.”—Macworld
“MagSafe no more – new glitch hits Apple Inc.: Apple has yet another glitch going – this time it has been forced to offer to replace faulty MagSafe power adaptors.”—Macworld UK
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
