Apple's latest signatures bypassed; Can iCloud rule?; Tossing Open Standards [TECHUPDATE]

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Today's Top Picks   New Apple antivirus signatures bypassed within hours by malware authors After a month-long Mac Defender/Mac Guard malware attack, Apple has finally released the security update it promised last week. READ FULL STORY Recommended How to Perform Rapid Test Data Preparation, Subsetting and Masking Data-driven testing challenges can cause spiraling costs and pose a significant risk to the quality of the resulting application. It is simply not cost-effective to clone large production databases for testing environments. HP will share how you can perform automated data extraction and masking at lower cost and risk - all while meeting unique data privacy needs. Watch webinar here How iCloud could beat other cloud-based music services Many tech insiders are speculating that Apple's iCloud could be a new cloud-based music streaming service. If true, here's how it could succeed. READ FULL STORY Why I've been throwing Open Standards under the bus Over the past year, I've been increasingly purchasing or endorsing the use of proprietary or closed solutions rather than "Open". READ FULL STORY SRI: The massive top secret lab in the heart of Silicon Valley SRI International is making a fortune off of its top secret government work... READ FULL STORY Cheap GPUs are rendering strong passwords useless Think that your eight-character password consisting of lowercase characters, uppercase characters and a sprinkling of numbers is strong enough to protect you from a brute force attack? Think again! READ FULL STORY The mystery of Windows 8's new 'Protogon' file system Here's a Windows 8 feature about which I haven't heard before: A possible new file system known as "Protogon." READ FULL STORY Eric Schmidt's gang of four: Who will stumble first? Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt outlined his "gang of four"---Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook---with massive platforms, scale and global reach. READ FULL STORY The Zune that never was, developed by members of the former Microsoft Courier team Here's a nice find by patent sleuth Manan Kakkar. A group of Softies filed a patent application in 2009 for a media player that Microsoft never ended up launching. READ FULL STORY Hot Topic Spotlight   Malware sneaks by Google's Android Market gatekeepers again Twenty-six apps containing malware moved onto the Android Market over the weekend, according to Lookout Mobile Security. READ FULL STORY Featured Photo Gallery   Asus Padfone (photos) Aiming for a Christmas release, the Asus Padfone combines the power of a smartphone with a tablet. Get a closer look here. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: The 11-inch Asus UX and Eee PC X101 HTC Trophy - Verizon Wireless (photos) Skylon space plane gets a thumbs-up (images) Featured Product Coverage   Computex 2011: Intel unveils ultrabook, talks Medfield tablets In a keynote speech at the Computex trade show in Taiwan, Intel Executive Vice President Sean Maloney said the company would borrow some "new ideas" from tablets to reinvent the PC. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Apple ports iWork apps to iPhone and iPod touch, $10 each Computex 2011: Asus, MSI, Toshiba introduce new gaming laptops with launch of Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M graphics card HTC Sensation 4G coming 15 June with HTC Watch and Listen services Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   Nokia's big bet: Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 on 'other side' can save it   Microsoft's slate strategy takes yet another turn   Bring your own device trend spooks enterprise security folks   Transforming your business in an era of changing health care   Angry Birds: Coming to a Roku box and TV near you   Lodsys just went nuclear on iOS app devs   Polycom, bevy of carriers target telepresence interoperability   Will Steve Jobs keynote WWDC? YES!   Apple fesses up to MacDefender malware; ships removal tool   Nokia's Elop: Android is killing us in China, Europe Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Videos and Podcasts   Google reveals first Chromebooks At the company’s developers conference in San Francisco, Google's Sundar Pichai announces the first Chromebook laptops. Samsung and Acer will each be offering machines starting June 15. 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