http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft blames Apple's "quality checks" for iPod virus http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/

:P :P :P lol!]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
Of course, with schools banning kids from playing frickin' tag these days, the "he started it" game will be next I'm sure...

On a slightly less mature note, "Johnathan Poon" is the best name ever. I'm sure Stevie will be "contacting poon for quality checks" ASAP.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/19/ferrari.crash.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
I could not agree more. IPODS are a complete joke! I've been through 3 of them and just about all my friends have had at least 1 break on them. Also, ITUNES never works right. Do me a favor walk into a Apple store and look at the long lines of people getting their Pod's fixed. ]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 23rd 2006 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
On a more related matter to the actual article, I, for one, find it hilarious that the machines Apple is using to program the iPods are PCs. Otherwise, how could a virus get onto the iPod in the first place if the Mac is "invulnerable to attack"?

"Made by Mac, for Mac, F--- PC's (disclaimer: our shit ain't smart enough to actually do that, so we need Windows to help us out...On a related note, who forgot to update the virus client, again?)"]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/M$ also pays some 3rd world manufacturer to produce their Zune. They don't actually make it themselves... It's how the world works, there are developers, and then there are those that produce/manufacture what is developed.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oh, too late. Now crappy Vista is coming soon.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
Engadget just got a whole lot more interesting!]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://secunia.com/advisories/22477/

need i say more??]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
They're also responsible for all of their products even if they don't create them themselves.]]>Oct 19th 2006 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Face it, the iPod was only the medium through which the virus was delivered. That's like blaming your ISP for delivering a virus through the internet (another medium). They sell someone internet, does that mean they are responsible for someone running a junk OS full of holes and bugs?]]>Oct 19th 2006 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
Um... the virus came from a manufacturing plant in Taiwan/China or something like that. Apple only developed the iPod, they hire someone else to make it.
M$ also pays some 3rd world manufacturer to produce their Zune. They don't actually make it themselves... It's how the world works, there are developers, and then there are those that produce/manufacture what is developed.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
Apple shouldn't have taken a shot at MS, I agree. But this was an opportunity for MS to be the 'bigger person'. It would've been a better strategy than hacking back. Ah well... At least this is more interesting for the third party watcher. :-)]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/expensive iPod case.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
is all a setup for whats coming next against vista and leopard.

anyways microsoft owns apple-look beyind the hologram they give you and you will see bill gates laughing his ass off.]]>Oct 19th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
The only reason Windows has viruses is because so many people use it. If I was making a virus I would rather screw with the millions of PC users instead of the 5 Mac users sipping latte in the corner of Starbucks...

Actually I hate Mac users and their smug attitudes so if I was making a virus I would go for them...the thought that OSx is magically invulnerable is ridiculous]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
that is a retarded theory. Would you rather be person number 1,293,448 to create a PC virus or #1 to create a mac virus. Based on your theory 4% of the virus and spyware that is out there should be Mac.]]>Oct 19th 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 23rd 2006 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
LOL

i bet apple did check it...
apple tech: "ok, plug ipod into mac. virus? no? ok. good to go!"]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/"The only reason Windows has viruses is because so many people use it. If I was making a virus I would rather screw with the millions of PC users instead of the 5 Mac users sipping latte in the corner of Starbucks...

Actually I hate Mac users and their smug attitudes so if I was making a virus I would go for them...the thought that OSx is magically invulnerable is ridiculous"

Sooooo, in the US, Apple has over 6% market share, which, believe it or not, is actually millions of Mac users...but unbelievably, 0 viruses. You would think they would have at least some share of viruses...but no.

And I think you just provided more evidence for why the 'no viruses because no one uses Macs' myth isn't correct. To be the first to make a successful Mac virus is quite the incentive, especially when it can affect millions of Mac users.]]>Oct 19th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Apple's responsabiliity starts with their selection of a developer and full report on the developer's machines, etc. Why doesn't Apple pick on their developer publically? Because there are only a few thousand places to get slave/child labor to make the iPod a 75% profit margin item.]]>Oct 19th 2006 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
So they have no responsibility to ship a product that is resilient to attack?


"Apple's responsabiliity starts with their selection of a developer and full report on the developer's machines, etc."

Agreed.


"Why doesn't Apple pick on their developer publically? Because there are only a few thousand places to get slave/child labor to make the iPod a 75% profit margin item."

Where on earth did you get the idea that the iPod gives 75% profit? ]]>Oct 20th 2006 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/Oct 19th 2006 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/microsoft-blames-apples-quality-checks-for-ipod-virus/
For all of the sophomoric bickering between apple and ms fanboys on this site, I would have figured there'd be more poon jokes. His name is POON!!!]]>Oct 19th 2006 11:50AM