As 2011 prediction pieces go, McAfee Labs' threat report for the coming year is on the depressing side. The company's security researchers reckon that Apple kit along with mobile devices and geolocation services will be the most popular targets for threats in 2011, though smart TV systems like Google TV are also suggested as likely to see attacks. Clicking on Facebook and other social network links will also become a potentially harrowing experience, McAfee believes, with URL-shortening services used to redirect users to malware.
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McAfee: Apple, Google TV, Facebook and iPads all key 2011 cybercrime targets
Apple Remote gets AirPlay video streaming support
Apple has updated its free Apple Remote app for iOS devices, adding in AirPlay video support. The app [iTunes link] now allows you to choose from video media stored on your computer and control its streaming to an Apple TV. Meanwhile, there's also control over internet radio playback, along with access to rented TV shows and movies on iTunes on your desktop.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: December 21 2010
Behold as the UK attempts to block all your pornz while Google extends you free phone calls with Gmail Google Voice through 2011. See as Notion Ink sells out of Adam amidst video demos and big-time internet hype. Check out the FULL LIST of WINNERS from our SlashGear / Android Community Google Cr-48 Giveaway - it might be you! Finally, Vince busts out a full fledged Google Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook review. Believe it!
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Roku sales doubled as Apple TV brought halo effect to streaming media
Apple TV may be headed to the 1m sales mark, but that doesn't mean streaming rivals are quaking in their boots. Roku CEO Anthony Wood is actually thankful to Apple for the new Apple TV, telling Business Insider that sales of his products doubled at the time of the Cupertino device's launch. He credits new attention and awareness of the streaming media category - fuelled by Apple's massive marketing push - for Roku getting on toward selling its 1 millionth box by the end of 2010.
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Apple TV to break 1m sales mark before Christmas
Apple has announced that sales of the new Apple TV are expected to cross the one million mark later this week. The $99 box began shipping in late September, having gone up for sale on September 1 2010. Meanwhile, iTunes users are supposedly renting/purchasing over 400,000 TV episodes per day, and over 150,000 movies.
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Apple TV HD download problems caused by Google DNS?
A potential cause for the slow download problems some Apple TV users have reported has been identified, and it seems Google could be at the heart of it. The delays in accessing streaming HD content had been reported by Apple TV users with otherwise speedy internet connections, their STBs claiming it would be many hours before the content was ready to watch. Now, Joe Maller is suggesting that Google DNS might be the cause.
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Apple TV 4.1.1 update fixes picture problems & download errors
A new Apple update for the Apple TV, v4.1.1, has been pushed out, in an attempt to address ongoing issues users are experiencing with picture quality and downloading streaming media. According to Apple's support documentation, the new firmware fixes a bug "that causes some high-definition TVs to incorrectly display at 480p" as well as "addresses an issue that may cause a movie or TV show to be re-downloaded."
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Apple TV HD movie streaming delays frustrating owners
Apple's teething pains with the Apple TV look to be persisting; as well as color issues with certain Sony and Philips TVs, users are now complaining of inexplicably long HD video streaming delays. According to one lengthy support forum thread, when asked to begin playing an HD movie bought or rented from iTunes, the Apple TV suggests it will take hundreds or even thousands of minutes before the content is ready to watch.
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Steve Jobs Confirms Extension of AirPlay Features in 2011 – Safari, Third Party Apps, Etcetera
A fine fellow by the name of anonymous recently emailed everyone's best pal Apple CEO Steve Jobs with a question about the functionality of iOS's most recent update 4.2 which features AirPlay, allowing iDevices to stream video to Apple TV. Anon's question included suggestion of a future release of AirPlay in which it would be able to work with Safari and third party apps (this functionality currently exists, but only as a hack.) You know what Steve Jobs said? He said yep - 2011.
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TUAW Hacks Apple TV – Now iOS Devices Can Play 3rd Party Video Over AirPlay
Apple just announced a sassy little update for their iDevices by the name of iOS 4.2. One of the neat things this update brought with it was the ability to use AirPlay to play media from your iDevice wirelessly to a screen connected to an Apple TV device. Neat, right? Not so neat when you consider the fact that it'd play video ONLY if you were playing it from an Apple-approved application (aka no VLC or YouTube allowed!) What Erica Sadun / Steven Troughton-Smith have done is to... well.. hack and fix this with some codes and such.
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Sony and Philips TVs Having Color Issues with Apple TV [Video]
There's obviously a lot of testing that goes into any major product, all in hopes that when it finally hits retail shelves, and ultimately into the possession of customers all over the globe, that nothing goes wrong. But, unforeseen things can happen. For example, it's become apparent that some owners of Sony and Philips-branded TVs are experiencing some major color issues with their Apple TV set-top boxes.
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iTunes Movies hit Japan alongside Apple TV
iTunes users in Japan now have more ways to drain their credit cards, as Apple announces movie purchase and rentals have finally arrived there. It's a relatively small selection initially - "over 1,000" split between rentals or purchases - with a mixture of standard- and high-definition; iTunes HD movie purchases start at ¥2,000 for catalog titles and recent releases and ¥2,500 for new releases.
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