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Mar 14, 08 - 08:50 am Comment from: Cubert

I remember when this came out originally. Why in the hell are they talking about it again? Slow news day? Shorting Apple's stock and you have been getting crushed in the last week or two? Got an ax to grind?


Suck it MAC dorks!!!™
(See Jim Cramer post for explanation)

Mar 14, 08 - 08:55 am Comment from: NeoReven

Well, I suppose no news is good news.

So less than 1% of iPods in a month 2 years ago is.....4 or 5 iPods?

Mar 14, 08 - 08:58 am Comment from: NeoReven

Ooo let me be more clear, < 1% of Video iPods....

It would make all the difference.

Mar 14, 08 - 09:01 am Comment from: Brian Allen

And hey!

We are only talking about Windows users being affected.

Mar 14, 08 - 09:06 am Comment from: R

And in other current news from 2006, the Zune stands to overtake the iPod as the dominant digital music player reports a Microsoft spokesperson.

Oh, and Jim Cramer is bullish on Apple. And not. And is. And not.

Anything new about iPhone in 2006?

Mar 14, 08 - 09:33 am Comment from: Jay-Z

MDN: you forgot to include "Mac Users Unaffected" in the headline

Mar 14, 08 - 09:45 am Comment from: January 24, 1984

Aren't there something north of 200K viri for the PC?

Man, who'd accept that?

Mar 14, 08 - 09:47 am Comment from: Mr. Peabody

Dear Lord, please make Windows go away - Amen.

Mar 14, 08 - 09:48 am Comment from: Think

Someone in the media or in power want's Apple stock below 100 so they can jump in and ride it back to 200 and beyond.

Such poor reporting. Couldn't find any bad news about Apple in 2008 so they had to go back 2 years?

Sad sad day for the AP. Then again it's a sad day everyday for the AP.
Control the headlines, control the country.

The article should have begun with the words "Fewer than 1%" rather than "Less than 1%."

"Less" is used for less milk, less water, less sugar, when the sungular dscribes a large amount. But with individual items, the correct term is "Fewer."

Mar 14, 08 - 10:29 am Comment from: Jubei

I just had to response to that article. I can't believe the audacity of that writer to even use that tag as his headline. No journalistic integrity whatsoever nowadays.

Mar 14, 08 - 10:36 am Comment from: standardmess

Just to clarify, the writers don't pick the headlines. The editors of whatever publication chooses to carry the story write the headlines.

It is incorrect to assume the "writer" picked the headline. Writers don't pick headlines--editors assembling the pages do. On AP's own site and other using the AP article there is no mention of ipods in the headline.

Although MDN claims to be linking to the "AP articled headlined..." they actually are linking to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press, with the Pioneer Press' headline rather than AP's.

All this gab comes from a recent AP story where they checked out gadgets made in China and found a bunch came with viruses. For me this is proof positive Symantec and McAfee have finally outsourced their virus production and distribution to China.

Just my $0.02

BUT! There should have been none

Apple is slipping, ever so slightly...

Just like introducing cheap glossy screens, integrated graphics and so on.

Shame on Apple.

Come on, MDN. Sometimes you just create conflict where none exists.

In the article:

"Apple disclosed the most information, saying the virus that infected a small number of video iPods in 2006 came from a PC used to test compatibility with the gadgets' software."

See? There, they said it was a small number, thus providing "much-needed perspective". But that just isn't enough for you, is it?

Mar 14, 08 - 10:56 am Comment from: Jubei

Ahh thanks for the clarifications guys. I wonder how the writer feels about that? It can get frustrating for them I bet.

Mar 14, 08 - 11:02 am Comment from: Buster

There should have been MORE viruses. Shut down all windoze users. Now that they are hooked, force them to switch to Macs if they want to continue using their iPods.

BTW, I have learned all my business strategies from Microsoft.

Cubert...Suck it MAC dorks needs a revamp since it is a new thread. What about

Dorks Suck MACS.....

Mar 14, 08 - 11:10 am Comment from: Cubert

@Buster,
Just trying to steal the trolls' ammo. If everyone puts that at the end of their posts, it will leave them confused, and they will slink back off to the rock they crawled out from. I plan on putting it at the bottom of every post from now on.


Suck it MAC dorks!!!™

Mar 14, 08 - 11:23 am Comment from: Buster

@Cubert....don't mind me. Am suffering from being under a bazillion feet of frikken snow so I get weird ideas.

Need to see some green grass........

Yep, trying to pull out of their ass, more bad news for Apple. Need to send these butt heads Emails regarding how do they keep their jobs using such distorted or outdated information/titles.

Mar 14, 08 - 11:30 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Cubert

Careful, or it will loose its effect. I just read a book with the word 'stygian' in it 3 times. That's a word you only get to use once in a book.

Well, both CNN and FoxNews have both picked up on the story. :30 stories that basically only mentioned or showed the iPod. Modern day journalism at it's finest.

Mar 14, 08 - 12:02 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

sry, 'lose'

Mar 14, 08 - 01:02 pm Comment from: dogfriend

Luckily there is a fantastic solution to avoid Windows viruses. Don't use or install Windows.

Mar 14, 08 - 01:25 pm Comment from: Cubert

@ChrissyOne,
Freudian slip? (ducks)

Mar 14, 08 - 03:12 pm Comment from: Jubei

Amazing. I just opened my morning newspaper today and right smack on the front page bottom section is the AP article. Now this FUD will spread like wildfire.