MOSK: LATER THAT DAY There’s a whole other show waiting. Today, Jeff Gamet joins us to Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Tuesday, discuss all the Apple news that’s fit to pretend- print. Cross-Platform Zero-Day Vulnerability Found for Java 7; Affects Windows, Linux and OS X Tap If you’ve got Java 7 installed on your computer you seem to have a Here to serious security risk on your hands. Infoworld says “hackers are Listen! exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Java 7,” one that “can be exploited through any browser running on any operating system, from Windows and Linux to OS X, that has Java installed...” According to the piece, "the vulnerability is not in Java 6, it's in new functionality in Java 7." While Apple stopped bundling Java in OS X with last year’s Lion release, the piece says users can and do install it on their own when they encounter a site that employs a Java applet. So far all of the known exploits in the wild have targeted Windows machines, though the piece says there’s nothing to stop an exploit aimed at the Mac. Security experts recommend disabling Java until Oracle delivers a patch. Java can be disabled on a Mac in the preferences of your chosen browser or browsers... and thanks to Information Security pro George Starcher for sending me this story... and freaking me the freak out. 1 The Apple v. Samsung Aftermath Continues Samsung Bashes Apple for Litigiousness Post Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Verdict August 28, 2012 Since the Apple v. Samsung v. Apple verdict, the one in the middle - Samsung - has had a chance to pull itself together, and seems to have passed on that chance. LATER THAT DAY DAY THAT LATER Having run the internal memo Apple CEO Tim Cook sent post verdict, 9 to 5 Mac felt it was only fair to do the same MOSK: for Sammy. Google Issues Statement Defending In it the company says it tired to work Itself, Bashing Apple and Leaving out a deal with Apple, “However, Apple Samsung Hanging Out to Dry pressed on with a lawsuit, and we,” says Samsung, “have had little choice but to The founder of the Android feast has counter-sue, so that we can protect our also issued a statement, though it company.” doesn’t seem to have said much. And the road is long, with plenty of The Mac Observer has Google saying: other legal procedures ahead. Now, back The court of appeals will review both to bashing Apple. Skipping further down infringement and the validity of the the page: patent claims. Most of these don’t relate to the core Android operating system, History has shown there has yet to be a and several are being re-examined by company that has won the hearts and the US Patent Office. The mobile minds of consumers and achieved industry is moving fast and all players — continuous growth, when its primary including newcomers — are building means to competition has been the upon ideas that have been around for outright abuse of patent law, not the decades. We work with our partners to pursuit of innovation. give consumers innovative and affordable products, and we don’t want We trust that the consumers and the anything to limit that. market will side with those who prioritize innovation over litigation, and Can I attempt a translation? The Apple we will prove this beyond doubt. patents may not hold up, there’s nothing new under the sun, and if anything did Did Samsung hear about the Samsung violate Apple’s patents it wasn’t Android memo presented at the trial wherein but something done to Android by our Samsung execs said their stuff would be partner, who’s back we have. To an better if it was more like Apple’s? extent. Just wondering. 2 Samsung Seeks to Have Galaxy Tab Droid Charge and the Galaxy Prevail 10.1 Temporary Injunction should all be subject to a ban. Why they Dissolved; May Seek Damages Due want to press that many is beyond me, to Sales Block though, since the piece says most of those phones are outdated. The Galaxy With an eye on legal procedures ahead, S II was last year, Sammy’s up to the August 28, 2012 it kind of looks like Samsung may have Galaxy S III now. Other phones on the at least a partial win locked up already. list are even older than the various Galaxy S IIs, though the piece says The jury in the San Jose case ruled last they are still on sale. Friday that Samsung did not violate Apple’s iPad design patent with its Stocks Shift in Wake of Verdict LATER THAT DAY THAT LATER Galaxy Tab 10.1, which may create a bit of an issue for Apple. The Verge points With a Billion-plus-dollar verdict out out that the Cupertino-company filed for there, its not surprising that investors and received a preliminary injunction were moving money around as well. MOSK: against sales of the device in late June, CNET says, “shares of Samsung based on the idea that the Samsung Electronics registered their greatest tablet borrowed too much of the look one-day price drop in nearly five years and feel of the iPad. With the jury now in their first day of trading after Apple's saying that that was not the case, patent award against the Korean Samsung would like to see that electronics giant.” injunction dissolved, and by the way could we discuss damages caused by Forgive me but that seems goofy. Apple not being able to sell the thing for a is only now going after injunctions couple of months? against allegedly infringing products, so everything Samsung had to sell last According to The Verge, Samsung is Friday it still had to sell yesterday. And “asking that the court hold on to the besides, Samsung has a boatload of $2.6 million bond Apple paid to secure businesses besides mobile devices. the injunction until a damages hearing Take, for example, the $7.5 billion Apple can be held.” will spend on components with Samsung this year alone. And Apple’s Apple Seeks Ban on Eight Samsung not the only company buying Phones Based on San Jose Court components from Samsung. Win I understand wanting to get off of a Apple, meanwhile, has legal procedures sinking ship, but I don’t think that ship of its own ahead. Business Insider says is sinking. It may simply need to adjust “Apple has listed the eight Samsung its course. phones it wants to ban as a result of its victory in court last week.” Meanwhile Apple opened up two- percentage points according to a Based on the jury’s ruling, Apple separate CNET piece, and it only kept believes the Galaxy S II 4G, the Galaxy going from there. Shares of the all- S II (AT&T variant), the Galaxy S II things-iMaker closed at $675.68. For Skyrocket, the Galaxy S II (T-Mobile those of you keeping score at home, Variant), the Galaxy S II Epic 4G (Sprint that’s another all-time closing record for 3 Variant), the Galaxy S Showcase, the the company. Nokia and RIM See Share Price Bump We think it will be important for Apple not Thanks to Investor Worries Over to appear to be a bully to consumers. We Android would not be surprised to see the press take the view that the verdict lessens It wasn’t just Apple and Samsung that competition, and that Apple will need to saw their needles move. All Things D says promote the view that Apple was just shares of Nokia were up nearly 9% at the August 28, 2012 protecting its innovation and IP. start of trading on Monday, though they ended the day up only 5-and-a-half- Seeing it from the flip-side, Topeka percent. Capital’s Brian White who says in his Nokia, as you likely remember, has gone note: “all-in” with Microsoft’s Windows Phone "We believe this verdict enhances the LATER THAT DAY THAT LATER operating system. All Things D says Apple brand as 'the innovator' in the “Trouble for Samsung could be indicative smartphone and tablet markets at the of a larger problem for Android, so expense of Samsung Electronics that manufacturers of rival smartphone MOSK: some will now view as the 'imitator', platforms may end up benefiting.” In fact, while also providing a strong disincentive even Research In Motion managed to for future 'copying' of Apple products...” catch a little good news from Samsung’s bad news. RIM shares closed up nearly Fortune actually had notes from a few 2%. analysts. May I pause again to say how goofy that last bit seems? There may be a slight Well, as a matter of fact, I’d love to lay a stink on Samsung right now, but there’s a few of them out for you. dead-fish and cigar smoke stink on RIMM. If you’re in Samsung, familiarize yourself Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes: with the location of all emergency exits but for heaven’s sake, don’t jump out at "While we realize the verdict will be 20,000 feet. appealed, we believe the ruling marks an important victory for Apple against That said, you should not take financial Android. Competitors may now think advice from me. Really. The one piece of twice about how they compete in smart financial advice you should take from me, mobility devices with the industry's clear do not take financial advice from me.