[NPMUG] Apple User Group meeting notes Wed Aug 13, 2008

[Dave Sevick]

iPhone sales
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-ceo-jobs-says-iphones/story.aspx?guid=%7BF7ADABFE-766F-4A86-9547-6FACCC84EF27%7D&dist=msr_1

A Wall Street Journal article Monday quoted Apple CEO Steve Jobs as  
predicting that sales from the App Store "could crest a half a billion  
soon." In an interview with the Journal, Jobs predicted that software  
sales for the device could turn into a $1 billion market at some  
point, though he acknowledged that the company derives little in  
profits from the sales of software over the App Store.
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Super Monkey Ball
http://kotaku.com/5035507/iphone-monkey-ball-sells-300k

If you had any doubts as to the viability of Apple's iPhone as a  
gaming platform, Sega has some numbers that might help change your  
mind. In the 20 days following Super Monkey Ball's launch on the new  
iPhone App Store, Sega reports over 300,000 copies of the game have  
been purchased. Purchased, mind you - you don't get shipping numbers  
on iPhone apps. That's nearly $3 million in revenue.
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Russia vs. Georgia
I know I'm the only person who was completely freaked out by Russia's  
cyber attack on Estonia last year. But I'm determined to share the  
latest news.

As I'm sure you all know, Russia and Georgia are at war - but the  
conflicted didn't start in South Ossetia - it started online.
Georgia's Internet presence has been under sustained attack for over 2  
weeks now. Here's a detailed breakdown of the fighting so far:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1670

In recent news, it appears members of Estonia's CERT (formed after  
their country was crippled in cyber warfare) have gone to Georgia to  
help them fight the russian  attacks. In addition, several critical  
Georgian websites have been moved to Estonia, Poland, and the US.  
(Amusingly, the Georgian president's website is now hosted by an ISP  
in Atlanta)

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112399&

  The attacks aren't movie-grade hacking, simply DDoS strikes aimed at  
disrupting communications.
A large chunk of the attacks depend on weaknesses in Windows and MS  
SQL. I don't think I'm being flippant when I say such vulnerabilities  
should be considered a matter of national security. Estonia and now  
Georgia certainly think so.

Please take a moment to patch any machines you have lying around -  
Macs included.

Charles Firth
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Fire at Apple HQ
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ie34nz8uL0J8G8Oc_6EvoXm8Rb4gD92HAEG00

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have contained a blaze that has  
burned for about three hours at the headquarters of computer maker  
Apple.
The Santa Clara County Fire Department says the three-alarm fire has  
burned the roof and the second level at one of the six buildings on  
the computer company's northern California campus. It was contained  
early Wednesday morning and no one was injured.
Senior Communications Dispatcher Rafael Salcedo says some flames  
continue to burn in a hard-to-reach area under an air conditioner. He  
says "the fire itself is not very big, but there is going to be a lot  
of smoke damage."
The first reports of smoke came at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night, and  
the fire was contained by 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.





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