Briefly: AAPL history; Macs in botnets
updated 05:20 pm EST, Fri March 24, 2006
AAPL history, botnets
In brief: To celebrate the thirty-year history of Apple Computer, Nicholas Pyers will be giving a presentation remembering the history using Apple's own print and video advertisements.... A recent article about "botnets," or networks of compromised computers, notes that in recent times numerous Macs have been used as zombie systems.... Scosche Industries today announced its new FreestyleT line of RF remotes ($70) specifically designed for fifth-generation iPods and iPod nano.... Wait times for both the 1.83GHz and 2.0GHz MacBook Pro notebooks have decreased from 3-5 days on Wednesday to 1-3 days.... Audioengine is shipping its Audioengine 5 speakers ($350, shown at right) designed for portable media players such as Apple's iPod.



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Whaaaa?
This is the first I've ever heard of any OS X systems hacked with malware. If this is true (that they were used as bots, then why haven't we heard of this before? Methinks something is bogus.