Macworld.com - Online privacy policies need to be easier to understand and more conspicuous because few people now actually read them, said panelists at a U.S. Federal Trade Commission workshop on targeted online advertising.
NewsFactor - Time Magazine's Invention of the Year. That award is now part of the iPhone's bulging resume, with the magazine making the announcement earlier this week.
Macworld.com - The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games’ (BOCOG’s) plans for a “high-tech” 2008 Olympics got off to a rocky start this week, when the online ticketing system for the games crashed under a crush of visitors shortly after tickets went on sale to the general public.
TechWeb - The device's critical shortcomings did not overshadow Time's endorsement of the touch-screen smartphone.
Macworld.com - Apple on Thursday released an update for its iMac consumer computer that fixes a problem with the computer freezing suddenly.
AP - In a backhanded compliment to Apple Inc., online criminals are apparently so impressed with its scorching sales they are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at machines running Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows operating system.
Macworld.com - FileMaker released an update on Thursday bringing some compatibility between the database product and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Updated products include FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9.0 Advanced.
Macworld.com - Apple has updated its notebook line of computers expanding the features of the consumer-targeted MacBook and adding new build-to-order options for the pro-level MacBook Pro.
Macworld.com - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs to take action to protect consumers against invasive targeted advertising practices, one critic said Thursday.
Reuters - Europe's biggest independent cell phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse , could sell up to 10,000 Apple iPhones when it goes on sale next week, a Carphone executive said on Thursday.
Reuters - Vodafone Group launched its mobile music service in Britain on Thursday to allow users to download and share unlimited tracks, one week before the long-awaited UK iPhone debut from Apple.
Macworld.com - A coalition of nine privacy and consumer groups have proposed a U.S. do-not-track list that would allow consumers to opt out of advertising efforts that track their movements online.
Macworld.com - Several band profiles on MySpace have been hacked to serve up some nasty tricks, according to security vendor FaceTime Communications.
NewsFactor - The conventional wisdom -- or at least the public perception -- is that Macs are more secure than Windows computers. For years, security researchers have said that this is chiefly because Apple's modest market share makes its systems a less attractive target than Windows.
Macworld.com - Security research company Intego on Monday issued a security alert about a new Trojan Horse called OSX.RSPlug.A that specifically targets Mac users. The Trojan is a form of DNSChanger that changes the Mac’s Domain Name Server (DNS) address.