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Week 20: F.U.D. of the Week
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NOMINATIONS are now open for F.U.D. (Fouled Up Dope) of week #20.
DEFINITION: F.U.D. of the Week is given to the most deserving reporter, pundit or analyst who shows us the way not to go, the path not to take, the road not to travel. These zeroes sacrifice their integrity, their honor, their objectivity and our sanity in a pathetic attempt to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt across the interwebs and give us a worserer understanding of the world in which we live in. Extra credit is awarded to them what ought to know better.
RULES:
1) Post a link to the nominee?s Fouled Up material, along with the date of the source material. Including Fouled Up Dopey quotes is optional but highly encouraged.
2) Only Fouled Up Dopey material posted during the pertinent week (Friday, May 13 through Thursday, May 19) will be considered.
3) AFB members get three votes each which they may bestow upon one or more lucky nominees as they will.
4) Griping, moaning, whining and general pettiness is both condoned and expected.
5) Voting will close each Saturday and be tabulated and announced each Sunday?if we feel like it.Week 19 Winner: Channing Smith
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Our first nomination comes from Tetrachloride:
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Our second nomination essentially comes from CdnPhoto with an assist from Falkirk
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/forums/viewthread/80427/P90/#562130
James Lyne, director of technology strategy at Sophos
Lyne noted that there are no security software available for the iPhone in the Apple?s app store. The company is not letting users protect themselves, Lyne said.
There are several kinds of security:
1. outside attack
2. file security (hands on attack)
3. internet privacy
4. malwareMy response
1. FUD
2. could be better. Cutting to the chase. 30 % FUD.
3. this one needs work, but most people say this is not a security issue. call it 70 % FUD.
4. FUD. Apple is on it.3 points out of 4 are FUD.
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Do you have a contest for this week?
I want to nominate The Huffington Post, a perennial FUD candidate, in particular the AppleBasherBoys in the comments
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/16/next-iphone-4g-nfc-rumors_n_862698.html
there we go, Sir HF
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I’m going to nominate a story that keeps popping up all over the place with slightly different headlines. Here’s one version:
Say goodbye to era of Mac malware immunity
By John R. Quain
As Apple gains success and market share, hackers turn sights on operating system
For years, security experts predicted that as Apple gained market share, cybercriminals would turn their attention from Windows machines toward Mac attacks.
And for years they’ve been wrong. See Wolf!.
Now it appears to really be happening.
No it doesn’t.
...in a 2008 paper written for the IEEE Computer Society, Cloudmark researcher Adam O’Donnell predicted that when Apple’s market share reached a “tipping point” of roughly 16 percent, then hackers would begin targeting those systems.
You know, I’m a big fan of game theory. But this makes no sense whatsoever. You mean to tell me that over the past ten years not one hacker - NOT ONE - thought it was worth his while to create a virus for the Mac? A computer platform that has tens of millions of users? A computer platform that arguably has some of the wealthiest - and most naive - users in the world? A computer platform that is untapped? A computer platform populated with users that eschew anti-virus software? It defies credulity. Even suggesting such a ludicrous theory should cause people to laugh out loud.
“We are now seeing Mac-specific malware that we hadn’t seen before,” said Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security company Zscaler.
No you aren’t.
While Apple advocates have argued for years that Macs were inherently more secure, most experts say that the hackers simply follow the market.
Then most experts are fools.
So now there are viruses aimed at smartphones, for example, because tens of millions of them ? tiny, powerful computers ? are in use around the world.
Smartphones are also more attractive because they are constantly connected to the Internet. By the time an infection is discovered, the attackers have made their money with fraudulent charges and moved on
Way to disprove your point. I thought you said it was MARKET SHARE not VOLUME that brought out the hackers. You know which mobile phone system had viruses? Windows Mobile. And they never obtained large market share in the smartphone market. You know which mobile system doesn’t have viruses despite having 30% market share? iOS.
Sure, you’ve been wrong in the past and sure, your theory is so stupid that a five year old could see through it. But don’t let that stop you. Keep on spreading the fear. Keep on stirring the uncertainty. Keep on preying on people’s doubt. It’s what you do best.
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Apple is still facing serious production problems with the iPad, according to FBR analyst Craig Berger.
As a result, the company’s internal goal of producing 40-45 million iPads seems “out of reach,” says Berger.
For the second calendar quarter of 2011, Berger’s sources tell him production targets are 6.2 million units, and Apple could sell 6.4 million iPads for the quarter, below current expectations.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ipad-production-2011-5#ixzz1MdNpZpiJSignature
Tim Cook: iPad is 91% of all tablet web traffic. I don’t know what these other tablets are doing.
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According to the same FBR, iPhone CDMA production is falling off, Verizon demand is simply not there.
http://wallstreetpit.com/75290-apple-nasdaqaapl-apple-cutting-2q11-iphone-production-fbr -
According to the same FBR, iPhone CDMA production is falling off, Verizon demand is simply not there.
http://wallstreetpit.com/75290-apple-nasdaqaapl-apple-cutting-2q11-iphone-production-fbrWe have discussed and linked to posts supportive of the fact that Craig Berger is a horses ass in the intraday thread regarding the above links. The intraday thread is a little cluttered today though so I will repost here.
Note the dates of the articles
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/03/the-apple-analyst-who-couldnt-shoot-straight/
http://bullcross.blogspot.com/2008/11/fbr-chip-analyst-craig-bergers.html
in light of the above I also nominate Mr Berger for the Guy Adami award for this week, though it seems he should already have a number of them hanging on his walls at home so not sure how many more times he can win
[ Edited: 17 May 2011 04:25 PM by $Billyall ] -
in light of the above I also nominate Mr Berger for the Guy Adami award for this week, though it seems he should already have a number of them hanging on his walls at home so not sure how many more times he can win
Second!
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Note the dates of the articles
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/03/the-apple-analyst-who-couldnt-shoot-straight/
It should be noted that Berger specializes in chips, not computers or smartphones. He is not on StarMine’s list of analysts who spend a significant amount of their time covering Apple. Nor does he appear on the list of analysts participating in Apple’s quarterly earnings calls.
So he doesn’t cover AAPL, yet websites like SAI write about his “analyses” and post them with anti-AAPL headlines. I’ll give my FUDster vote to the “journalists” who give him a voice. At the very least they should note that his track record is terrible. But that wouldn’t provoke comments & the resulting page views.
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I am just subscribing to this thread so that I don’t miss any juicy bits.
I will keep my FUDAR active searching for hostiles and post them when discovered.
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I am just subscribing to this thread so that I don’t miss any juicy bits.
I will keep my FUDAR active searching for hostiles and post them when discovered.
I’ve been creating a new thread each week. After counting the votes and naming each weeks’ “Winner”, I’ll try to remember to create a link to the next week’s thread as well.
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Scott Moritz is at it again…..beating the drum of no new iphone in June/July. And of course, taking shots at Apple throughout the article.
Zaky’s article earlier today certainly takes the opposite view (and Andy has reasoning to it, rather than Moritz and his rumor mill). It’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out.
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You know, I’m a big fan of game theory. But this makes no sense whatsoever. You mean to tell me that over the past ten years not one hacker - NOT ONE - thought it was worth his while to create a virus for the Mac? A computer platform that has tens of millions of users? A computer platform that arguably has some of the wealthiest - and most naive - users in the world? A computer platform that is untapped? A computer platform populated with users that eschew anti-virus software? It defies credulity. Even suggesting such a ludicrous theory should cause people to laugh out loud.
Especially true when you consider how rabid the open-source geeks are about their religion. A lot of them really hate Apple.
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We filed for over 200 patents for all the inventions in iPhone and we intend to protect them. — Steve Jobs, 2007
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John Molloy
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http://www.emoneydaily.com/apple-inc-nasdaqaapl-iphones-could-be-in-trouble/69813902
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones Could Be In Trouble
Categories: Technology
Posted on 19 May 2011 by Felice MeddersThe Financial Times has reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) phones may face strict regulations in Europe, in the wake of several location-data revelations.
According to reports that appeared in the Financial Times, the Mac Maker, along with Google, will have to face strong regulations in the region after a panel ruled that data regarding the location of users should be kept private.
The panel said that, ?Since smartphones and tablet computers are inextricably linked to their owner, the movement patterns of the devices provide a very intimate insight into the private life of the owners?.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares were at 339.87 at the end of the last day?s trading. There?s been a -6.6% change in the stock price over the past 3 months.UPDATE: FT Article:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b7d304b6-8174-11e0-9c83-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssNotice that the FT Article mentions both Apple and Android in the headlines - the other report buries that information in the copy.
[ Edited: 19 May 2011 11:16 AM by John Molloy ]Signature
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http://www.emoneydaily.com/apple-inc-nasdaqaapl-iphones-could-be-in-trouble/69813902
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UPDATE: FT Article:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b7d304b6-8174-11e0-9c83-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssNotice that the FT Article mentions both Apple and Android in the headlines - the other report buries that information in the copy.
My vote goes for this. I actually thought already about posting it myself.
It is not just that they mention only iPhone in their headline, but this will actually create a much bigger problem for Android than for iPhone. I think Apple has now already mostly addressed those concerns!
