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Response to Tucson Citizen article about Mac securityMonday, March 13th, 4:39PM 

by zdw in category News, Events, Mac, Media

As a computer consultant, I see virus and spyware infected computers on a regular basis. None of them are Macs. The 3/13 article entitled “UA attack highlights vulnerability of Macs” gives a distorted, empirical example that does not correctly reflect computing reality.

iTunes Music Store selling higher bitrate musicFriday, July 22nd, 5:29PM 

by msm in category Technology, News, Software, Media

The iTunes Music Store has begun selling AAC-encoded audio in bitrates observed as high as 284 kbps. A recent download of some music from the store showed some of the music encoded at new higher bitrates. This does not currently affect all songs, but some of the newer ones can be obtained with an improved quality.