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In the year 1984, Steve Jobs made a spoof of ‘Ghostbusters’ which was named as ‘Bluebusters’. In this spoof Steve Jobs will defeat the ‘Blue’ who might also be known as IBM.

This spoof was really intended to attack IBM.

Apple spoofed “Ghostbusters” in it’s parody music video “Bluebusters”, intended as an internal promotional “Hoo-Rah!” rallying cry in which Apple defeats the global domination aspirations of “Blue,” otherwise known as IBM.

As Paul McNamara of Network World points out, “It was clear that the metaphor of Apple as the liberator of the office worker wasn’t confined to the famous 1984 commercial.”

As prophetic as the theme of this video has turned out to be, we can’t help but smile a bit at a young Jobs decked out in a Macintosh-inspired Ghostbusters Uniform. He looks nothing like Bill Murray, but uncannily like Harold Ramis.

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Whilst Samsung remains the boss in the mobile phone market, new research published this week shows the power Apple has over the tablet market.

The research revealed that Apple iPads send almost 95% of all traffic to websites originating from a tablet computer.

The iPad, launched in 2010, has rapidly gained popularity, with the market share controlled by Apple rising steadily as a result.

Chitikia Insights wanted to see just how powerful the iPad was however, so conducted research across their advertising network to determine the proportion of ad impressions generated by tablet type.

They found that the iPad was overwhelming victor, delivering 94.64% of all tablet based traffic.  As you can see below, the competition flounder in the wake of the iPad, with the next closest being the Samsung Galaxy with a paltry 1.22% of the traffic market.

Of course it is worth remembering that devices such as the Kindle and the Nook are primarily used as e-readers and so web traffic from them cannot be expected to be that high.  Nevertheless it remains an incredibly powerful position held by Apple in this rapidly growing sector.

Can any of the competition knock them off of their perch?  It remains hard to see how it can be achieved given Apple’s dominance yet with China growing in prosperity they represent a vast market for tablet computers.  Thus far the region has shown a liking for Android based machines, which represents a glimmer of hope for South Korean company Samsung.

While it was long believed and advertised that when you choose a Mac you can forget about your security being at risk. The founder of Kaspersky, one of the largest anti-virus firm has debunked this by proving Microsoft is more secure then Apple.

The founder and CEO of Kaspersky Labs spoke with Computer Business Review (CBR) about Apple’s slow progress in security at this week’s Infosecurity 2012 event in London.

“I think they are ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security,” Kaspersky told CBR. “For many years I’ve been saying that from a security point of view there is no big difference between Mac and Windows. It’s always been possible to develop Mac malware, but this one was a bit different. For example it was asking questions about being installed on the system and, using vulnerabilities, it was able to get to the user mode without any alarms.”

The malware about which Kaspersky speaks, the Flashback trojan, struck more than 600,000 Mac devices early this month and prompted Apple to release three separate Java updates to patch vulnerabilities in the software and prevent more security problems.

Unfortunately, Apple’s security updates may have come too little, too late. While just last week, Kaspersky Labs researchers had pegged the number of machines still plagued with the Flashback trojan at just 30,000, a recent report by Russian IT-security vendor Dr. Web shows the number of infected devices may be as high as 550,000, reports The Next Web. (Dr. Web researchers first discovered how widely the Flashback trojan had spread.)

While Apple has been slow to respond to new security concerns, CNET reports that Apple is making moves to boost the security on its devices. For example, XProtect, a built-in malware scanner, came with the last two major versions of Mac OS X. And security technology called Gatekeeper will be built into OS X Moutain Lion and will let the user to install only software designed by registered developers.

But with malware like the Flashback and Sabpab trojans still making their rounds, and wth recent studies showing just how vulnerable Apple devices are, Mac users might do well to heed Kaspersky’s words of warning. As he told CBR, more Macs (last quarter saw 4 million sold, a 7% increase from last year) will only mean more problems.

“Cyber criminals have now recognized that Mac is an interesting area,” Kaspersky said. “Now we have more, it’s not just Flashback or Flashfake. Welcome to Microsoft’s world, Mac. It’s full of malware.”

What do you think of what Kaspersky had to say? Do you agree or disagree? Let us know in the comments!

The worldwide phenomenon Apple’s Iphone 4 is on the news again but this time around its bad for Apple.  An Apple Iphone 4 exploded in an Airplane while the plane was on air in Australia.

According to a Regional Express statement, While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, a passenger’s iPhone 4 suddenly started “emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow” .

The plane, which was flying from Lismore to Sydney, was in the midst of landing when the incident occured. “In accordance with company standard safety procedures, the flight attendant carried out recovery actions immediately, and the red glow was extinguished successfully,” according to Regional Express’ statement.

After landing, the iPhone was handed over to officials at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.  There’s no official word yet on what caused the phone to combust.

Sound scary. Amid the flight scare, the passengers would have to undergo this stressful incident.

Is your Iphone 4 behaves out of normal? Share with us your views!

Sounds like Samsung has not taken into liking for Apple since Apple’s lawsuit on them to stop selling Samsung Galaxy tab in Germany.

Not even the death of Steve Jobs can stop Samsung to put a lawsuit against them.

As reported via BBC,

Samsung is seeking an injunction to get the new iPhone 4S banned from sale in France and Italy.

It claims that Apple has used 3G wireless technology, which Samsung invented, without paying for it.

A patent war between the companies has been rumbling on for months in courts around the world.

Apple has obtained temporary embargoes on its rivals’ products in Australia and Germany and is seeking similar rulings in several other countries.

In a statement, Samsung said: “Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology, and we will steadfastly protect our intellectual property.”

Patent law blogger Florian Mueller warned that Samsung was putting the cart before the horse by seeking an injunction before negotiating terms.

“Imagine what would happen if every participant in a standard-setting process could later shut down entire telecommunications networks even if the alleged infringers are willing to pay a royalty to be determined, in the event of a commercial disagreement between the parties, by a court of law,” wrote Mr Mueller on his Foss Patents site.



Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple fairytale success has passed away this Wednesday. He was 56.

Steve Jobs, the Co-Founder and Former CEO of APPLE Inc. was fighting with pancreatic cancer for very long time.

Every month or so, a rumors comes out that he is dead. But, the dreadful thing has just happened. He died.

During his death, he was surrounded by his family who quoted to Xinhua,  “Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief”.

Tributes are pouring out in millions from Apple’s fans and from his rivals who in their statement cannot believe the loss of his visionary.

Even President Obama felt the pain, Reuters reports American President Obama as saying, “The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented”.

Yes, indeed. The man who revolutionized the concept of  communication with all the exciting option and bringing everything together as ipad, iPhone,  was indeed a greater achievement for him.

If you ask me, i would say, Steve worked all his life to change the technological aspect the world was moving with and he succeeded.

Great Honor

“For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor,” said Microsoft’s  Bill Gates, who once triumphed over Jobs but has seen his legendary status overtaken by the Apple (AAPL.O) co-founder in recent years.

Fans paid homage to Jobs outside Apple stores around the world, from Los Angeles to Sydney. Outside one store in New York City, mourners laid candles, bouquets of flowers, an apple and an iPod Touch in a makeshift memorial. In San Francisco, they held up black-and-white portraits of Jobs on their iPads

Steve Jobs was a man, who turned the bankrupt Apple to a success Billionaire company. From millions to billions probably trillions.

When i reported a news last february about Steve job having only 16 weeks to live, i never thought the news was true. Now, he is dead.

May his soul Rest In Peace

The much anticipated Apple’s Lets Talk IPhone conference has begin and is under way.

Key Notes on the Conference:

Around 12:58PM, we heard a announcement , “Ladies and gentlemen, our presentation will begin shortly.”

Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, the successor to Steve Jobs took to the stage around 1:02PM .

Tim Cook starts off by quoting, “This is my first product launch since being named CEO. I’m sure you didn’t know that.”

“It is a pleasure to host you today.” And it is our pleasure to host you, readers.

Cook went on to add, “I want to especially welcome you to this campus. This campus serves as a kind of second home for many of us, so it’s kind of like inviting you in to our home.”

“The original iPod was launched here. It went on to revolutionize the way we listen to music.”

Then there’s the MacBook Air, which has “fundamentally changed the way people think about computers.”

Today we’re going to be learning about innovations in software and hardware, and the integration of all of these into a “powerful yet simple integrated experience.”

Tim then spoke about new Apple launch in Shanghai, China.

To summarize the key points of the conference,

• At the Hong Kong opening, they sold more Macs on day-one than any other store in the world.
• So far, 6 million copies of OS X Lion have been sold — 80% more than Snow Leopard.
• The MacBook Air and iMac are the best-selling notebook and desktop models in the U.S. Mac sales outgrew PC sales by  six times.
• Mac’s installed base now sits at 58 million — Apple’s PC market share now sits at 23% according to The NPD Group.
• The iPod launched 10 years ago, and now over 300 million iPods have been sold. Apple sold 45 million iPods between June 2010 and June 2011 alone.
• iTunes is now home to 20 million songs and it has served more than 16 billion song downloads.
• The iPhone 4 accounts for more than half of Apple’s total iPhone sales to date — it’s the No. 1 smartphone in the world with a 5% market share of all cell phones (not smartphones, cell phones).
• iPad customers satisfaction sits at 95% according to Tim Cook. 80% of the top hospitals in the U.S. use iPads and Cook also pointed out the device’s popularity in the educations sector. 92% of Fortune 500 companies have deployed iPads in some capacity.
• More than 250 million iOS devices have been sold at this point. IOS’s installed base share now sits at 43% compared to Android’s 33% according to Apple.
• Apple’s iOS App Store is now home to more than 500,000 apps, including 140,000 iPad apps.
• 1 billion apps are now downloaded from the App Store each month, and Apple has paid out more than $3 billion to developers.

Iphone 5  to be announced?

Now here comes the iphone 5 announcement

• iOS 5 has been seeded to more than 100,000 developers and it includes 200 new features including new notifications (thank you) Newsstand and plenty more.
• Apple unveiled a new Cards app for iOS, which allows users to design cards that Apple will print and mail. It will launch on October 12th and cost $2.99 in the U.S. and $4.99 elsewhere.
• Game Center now has 67 million registered users.
• Apple’s iOS 5 will launch to the public on October 12th as a free update.
• Apple also unveiled a new iCloud-related service called Family and Friends that lets you locate other iOS users. Users can designate blocks of time during which their locations will be shared, and there will be robust privacy controls to ensure security.
• iCloud and iTunes Match ($24.99/year) will also launch to the public on October 12th.
• Apple’s iPod nano has been updated with multitouch support and new fitness features. There are also 16 new clock faces in the clocks app for watch accessories.
• The iPod nano is now $149 for the 16GB model and just $129 for the 8GB version.
• The iPod touch — Apple’s most popular iPod ever — now starts at just $199 for the 8GB model. The 16GB version is $299 and the 64GB version is $399. It’s also now available in white, as rumored.
• Apple also made the iPhone 4S official, as expected. It features the same Retina Display but sports Apple’s dual-core A5 processor and a dual-core graphics chip.
• The iPhone 4S battery can power through 8 hours of 3G talk time, 6 hours of browsing time on 3G and 9 on Wi-Fi, 10 hours of video playback or 40 hours of music playback.

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