Mac OS Ken: 11.18.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2011

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Needham and Co. Analyst: Mac Now at 5.2-Percent Market Share Worldwide / Mac OS X-Malware “DevilRobber” Morphs; Now Disguised as Pirated PixelMator / DigiTimes Clarifies Report That Seemed to Indicate Drop in iPad 2 Demand / iPhone 4S Still Hard to Get Through U.S. Carriers / Citigroup Analyst Says Amazon Plans a Smartphone of Its Own for 2012 / IHS iSuppli: First Look Puts Kindle Fire Cost-to-Build at 203-Dollars / Apple Amends Suit Against Amazon Over Use of “Appstore” in Kindle Fire Marketing / Samsung Denies Apple Request for Customer Confusion Information / Nielsen: iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone Top Holiday Wish Lists for US Kids 6-to-12-Years-Old / Shopping Site Finds iPad 2 and iPhone 4S Topping Holiday Wish Lists in the UK / Apple Issues Minor Update for Final Cut Pro X / Apple Issues Minor Update for Second-Gen Apple TV / Apple Pulls Its Texas Hold ‘em App from the App Store / Motorola Mobility Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Google / Porn-Producer Vivid Entertainment Threatens HTC America Over Alleged Trademark Infringement / Microsoft Opens Store in Same Mall as First Apple Store; In-Store DJ Spins with a Mac

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0:00.0	This is Mac always can. The Mac gets bigger, malware gets crafty, and Digitimes issues a bit of an oops.
0:17.0	It's Friday, November 18, 2011.
0:20.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacoS Ken brought to you by yours truly and
0:27.2	supported by listeners like you subscribers to MacoS Ken Day 6 more information is available at MacoS Ken Day 6. More information is available at MacoS can.com.
0:37.0	This show is also supported by the MacoS can Podcast app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, available in the App Store now for $2.99.
0:49.2	Needham and Company analyst Charlie Wolf is stoked about the Mac, its adoption by big business, and the market
0:55.8	share he thinks it's grabbed worldwide. MacAnen has the Wolfman issuing a note to investors midweek wherein he points out the surprising
1:04.3	growth of Macs in the enterprise over the last year and a half and says he thinks that
1:08.9	that's a trend that's likely to continue. Additionally he says the strength of the Mac in the Asia Pacific region and
1:15.2	on other parts of the planet have led to Apple grabbing a 5.2% share of the PC space worldwide.
1:23.0	What's led to the global boom?
1:25.0	China's a big part of it.
1:27.0	More international stores help.
1:29.0	And then there's the ongoing halo effect,
1:31.0	where people buy iPads and iPhones and
1:33.2	ah what the heck let's make the next computer a Mac instead of a Windows PC.
1:39.6	The Bitcoin Mining Data Stealing Mac OS 10 targeting malware Devil Robber appears to have morphed.
1:45.2	CNET says the Trojan has slimmed down and changed its outward appearance.
1:49.9	According to the piece, the original Devil Robber was being distributed in pirated versions of the popular program graphic converter.
1:57.3	Sucks to pick up the malware, but at least you got the pirated software. The new version shows up disguised as the popular image editing program
2:04.7	PixelMator only this time no full software.
2:08.2	Why those ne'erdo wells. It gets worse from there by the way the piece says it still tries to steal contents of a user's
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