Plus RIM buys JayCut to counter iPad's iMovie, and John Siracusa on the trouble with Mac OS X Lion
A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Spam & Fake AV: Like Ham & Eggs >> Krebs on Security
Brian Krebs, reliable as ever: "An explosion of online fraud tools and services online makes it easier than ever for novices to get started in computer crime. At the same time, a growing body of evidence suggests that much of the world's cybercrime activity may be the work of a core group of miscreants who've been at it for many years."
Kit steals Mac login passwords through FireWire port >> The Register
Clever, exploiting the nature of FireWire. But: "Mac users who want to foreclose the threat from forensic software can change the default setting of their accounts so they no longer log in automatically at startup. Mac antivirus provider Intego has step-by-step instructions for doing this here. Requiring a password when unlocking or waking a Mac prevents OS X from storing the login password in the machine's memory. The other way to prevent such attacks is to turn off Macs when they're not being used, rather than locking them or putting them into sleep mode."
You are warned.
Why Microsoft Won't Dump Bing -- Redmondmag.com
Mary Jo Foley: "I wouldn't be surprised to see Bing more tightly coupled with Windows 8. Given there's going to be a Windows 8 App Store, users will need to search the new marketplace for apps.
"While the world sees Bing as a distant No. 2 search engine, Microsoft brass and bean counters see Bing as a reusable component and asset that will be built into more and more products. Those who think Microsoft will discard Bing or sell it to the highest bidder are dead wrong -- that won't happen now or any time soon."
Baking Bing into Windows 8 sounds like a recipe for an antitrust suit. If Google has any sense, it's already got at least one lawyer preparing a case on why that cause consumer harm - the foundation of Sherman antitrust cases.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the trouble with HFS+ (from the Ars Technica review) >> Ars Technica
A single page from John Siracusa's enormous review of Mac OSX 10.7 ("Lion") which points to the dangers lying at the heart of Apple's OS file format.
15-year Windows user buys a MacBook Air. How can I make the most of it? >> ZDNet
"Without going into a huge history lesson of my involvement with Windows and how the prospect of me purchasing a Mac was a laughable concept up until not that long ago, long story short, I'm a happy Windows user who decided it was time to purchase the latest MacBook Air. And I'm excited as all get-out about it, despite my initial reservation to dole out almost 2-large on it (maxed-out 13? model + taxes).
"Now, before I posit my questions, I want to ask that you please try to temper yourselves."
Ping! That's the popcorn ready.
More seriously, he doesn't deal with why he switched, and that's the more interesting question.
RIM buys JayCut to counter iPad's iMovie through PlayBooks | Electronista
"RIM on Friday said it had bought JayCut in what's a likely attempt to counter iMovie on the iPad. The deal gives it access to a mix of video editing and cloud services. The BlackBerry maker made it clear the acquisition was to bolster video editing on the PlayBook as well as future BlackBerry phones.
"Terms of the deal weren't given out but were likely small enough that RIM didn't have to report its conditions."
Amateur director hour has begun.
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