Tag Archive for: Fireball

11 arrested in Chinese Fireball malware investigation

Beijing police arrest 11 individuals in Fireball malware investigation

Beijing police officers have arrested 11 individuals in connection with the Fireball malware that has infected hundreds of millions of computers.

David Bisson reports.

Graham Cluley

Fireball malware’s flames infect a quarter of a BILLION computers

Fireball malware's flames touch a quarter of a BILLION computers

A new family of malware called Fireball has infected more than 250 million computers worldwide thanks to some crafty monetizing.

David Bisson reports.

Graham Cluley

Metro (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Metro  —  I don’t think there’s any hyperbole in Microsoft’s claim that this is “Windows Reimagined”.  But it’s not so much that Windows 8 is Windows reimagined, but Metro that is Windows reimagined.  It’s truly a whole new concept in how a computer interface should look and work.

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It’s All Software (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
It’s All Software  —  Here’s Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, writing about iCloud: … Many — maybe even most — observers share this view of the differences between Apple’s and Google’s approach to cloud-backed software.  I think this view is wrong.  Where Gobry writes “for Google …

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