Monday, March 5, 2012

Anonymous Attacked; 25B App Store Downloads; iPad 3 Pricing



Topping tech headlines over the weekend, members of the hacktivist group Anonymous were tricked into downloading and running a fairly unpleasant Trojan alongside one of their distributed denial of service (DDoS) tools, according to a new report from Symantec. The malware was capable of stealing users' online banking credentials, webmail credentials, and cookies.
Also, Apple on Saturday announced that its App Store had officially hit the 25 billion app download mark. Apple instructed users to visit the official "25 billion app countdown" site at a later date to see who will be taking home the $10,000 App Store gift card for installing the 25 billionth app.
Meanwhile, only a scant few days remain before Apple's big reveal of its iPad 3 – or the iPad HD, or whatever it plans to call the new tablet. While there's been some talk that Apple might jump the price of its new iPad anywhere from $70 to $80 over the launch price of the iPad 2, new leaked information indicates that the next iPad will have the same price tag as today's non-discounted iPad 2 tablets. And, Apple's pre-existing Smart Covers for the iPad 2 will likely still fit the iPad 3, but additional tapering of the edges on the newer iPads allegedly means that some iPad 2 covers might no longer fit the newer tablet.
Also making headlines over the weekend:

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