Bryan Chaffin

A trojan horse is a term used to describe software (as in maliciously crafted software, or malware) that is disguised as something benign. It requires user interaction to install itself, which almost always means that a Mac user has to give the malware permission to install itself, including entering their password. Boonana, however, is a…

“As soon as we announced we bought Bungie, Steve Jobs called,” Mr. Fries told the magazine. “He was mad at [Microsoft CEO Steve] Ballmer and phoned him up and was angry because we’d just bought the premier Mac game developer and made them an Xbox developer.” Mr. Fries was then the vice president of game…

According to Mr. Zapfel, Unisys will be providing support and “other services” to both corporate and government agencies that buy Apple gear. He also said the contract was signed just this month, and it would mark a rare move by Apple to turn to an outside source for providing such services. Historically, Apple has not…

Apple’s App Store currently has some 284,000 apps available, according to third party site AppShopper.com. That breaks down to 266,374 iPhone apps and 37,290 iPad apps, with some overlap between the two categories. Indeed, Apple has either pulled or seen pulled by developers more than half as many apps as the Android Market boasts in…

Mr. Gibbs also said, “They discussed American competitiveness and education, especially reforms such as the president’s Race to the Top initiative. They then talked about energy independence and ways to increase job creation.” President Obama was visiting Silicon Valley to attend a $30,000 a plate fund raiser for the Democratic Party that was held at…

In the world of software, the term deprecation is used when a feature is considered to be obsolete or on the way out. In this case, Apple is telling software developers that the version of Java for Mac OS X that is ported by Apple is on the outs, which may or may not be…

“Limited browser support for the HTML5 <video> tag has forced web designers to scramble for a solution that would work across platforms as well as browsers,” Adobe wrote in a blog entry. “To help customers overcome these challenges, Adobe has released an easy-to-use, totally CSS-customizable solution that shifts gracefully from the HTML5 <video> tag to…

One of the biggest changes in the new version of iPhone is a full screen mode where the app takes over your entire screen. Many Windows users will find this mode comforting, and iOS users will find it familiar, as well. Apple has added new slideshow themes that will automatically create slideshows based on places, albums,…

Apple turned in record revenue ($20.3 billion), earnings ($4.34 billion), Mac (3.9 million), iPhone (14.1 million), and iPad sales (4.19 million), and Apple guided for revenue of $23 billion for the December quarter, but after-hours traders weren’t having it and pushed the stock down. For AAPL observers, however, the context is the stock had a…

SquareTrade Chart Showing iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS Failure Rates The report also stipulated that it has found the iPhone to be, “a very well constructed device, with a non-accident malfunction rate much lower than most other consumer electronics. […] In SquareTrade’s previous study comparing smart phone reliability from November 2008, we found iPhones to…

AAPL traded as high as $301.96 per share just before midday, but spent the rest of the session in an up and down roller coaster ride that saw the stock dip below its newly won $300 mark briefly in the afternoon.Yahoo! Finance AAPL Chart As we’ve noted throughout the week, one catalyst for the stock’s…

HTC Surround Windows Phone 7 (available on AT&T)The OS’s main interface is block oriented, with customizable “live tiles” on a “Start” screen, where users can have quick access to the information they want.For instance, in the image to the left, the HTC device has blocks for phone calls, Facebook updates, text messages, e-mail, streaming pictures…

The newspaper’s sources, though unnamed, were both internal employees at at least one of the two companies, as well as outside consultants, all of whom were either briefed on the discussions or are simply familiar with internal goings on. Microsoft wouldn’t comment for the article, telling The Times that the company doesn’t, “comment on rumors/speculation.”…

In a blog post, Mr. Charney laid out the proposal, which he also presented in a speech on Tuesday at the International Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) Conference in Berlin, Germany. His vision is to look at cyber health as a global problem, and to implement a, “global collective defense of Internet health.” Scott Charney Corporate…

Apple has appealed a judgement handed down against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit launched by Mirror Worlds LLC. The company has asked U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis for an emergency stay, according to Bloomberg, and it is also looking for the judge to modify the monetary award given to Mirror World.The suit alleged…

“For fiscal year 2010,” the company said in its filing, “Mr. Ballmer’s Incentive Plan award was $670,000, which was 100% of his target award.” The filing stipulates that his maximum bonus is 200% of his base salary — in other words, he was awarded $1.34 million out of a maximum of $2.01 million. Mr. Ballmer…

Nokia has been steadily losing market share to Apple, Research In Motion, and now to the Android platform, as well, in the smartphone market, though the Finnish company is still the number cell phone (and smartphone) vendor by volume. After Apple immediately saw great success with the App Store, Nokia began working on Ovi Store,…