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This week’s panel are Bart Busschots, Stu Helm, Timothy Gregoire and Mark Dalton

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This week’s show notes, including links to the panel’s picks and all the stories we cover can be found after the break.

###Show Notes

####Security Sweep (Bart)
* Oracle release Java SE7 Update 4 and include Mac support. (step in the right direction, but does not yet include browser plugin, so would not have prevented Flashback) – via [Oracle Press Release](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1603497)
* Sophos Blog Post on Mac Security causes much confusion (2.8% Macs infected with Mac Malware, 20% of Macs carrying Windows Malware) – via [Sophos Naked Security Blog](http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/24/mac-malware-study)
* Mozilla releases FireFox 12, including 8 security fixes and silent updates for Windows (not Mac, expected in FF14) – via [Intego Mac Security Blog](http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/mozilla-foundation-releases-firefox-12-with-security-fixes/)
* Firefox 3.6.x users to start getting automatically upgraded to Firefox 12 in May – via [Macworld](http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=8384cc311b310276c481a34f5249abcc)
* Patched Java vulnerability still being attacked successfully as many users do no patch:
* Flashback infections not waning – via [ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/flashback-infections-not-waning-after-all-650000-macs-still-hijacked.ars)
* New Flashback variant emerges – via [Intego Security Blog](http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/new-flashback-variant-continues-java-attack-installs-without-password/)
* Mal/JavaCmC-A attacks Windows and Mac – via [Sophos Naked Security Blog](http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/27/python-malware-mac/)

####Apple News
* __Stu__: Sir Jonathan Ive wins British Visionary Inventor award – beating World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners Lee into second place – via [Macworld](http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3353984)
* __Timothy__: WWDC sells out in record time, just 2 hours – via [the Mac Observer](http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apples_wwdc_2012_sells_out_in_two_hours/)
* Disapppointed Dev looks to change nameand do menial tasks to get WWDC ticket – via [TUAW](http://www.tuaw.com/2012/04/25/no-comment-the-depths-people-will-go-to-secure-a-wwdc-pass/)

####Mac News
* __Bart__: Amazon release “Send To Kindle” app for OS X – via [ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/amazon-releases-send-to-kindle-desktop-software-for-the-mac.ars)
* __Stu__: Mac App Store passes 10,000 available apps – via [Mac Observer](http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/mac_app_store_surpasses_10000_apps/)

####iOS EcoSystem News

* __Timothy__: The iPad Halo quantified:
* 1 in 4 iPads being sold to first-time Apple customers – via [PRWeb](http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9444641.htm)
* iPad eclipsing iPod as people’s first Apple product – via [ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/npd-ipad-quickly-eclipsing-ipod-as-peoples-first-apple-product.ars)
* __Bart__: US ITC rules Apple Violates one Motorola 3G Patent – via [ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/itc-rules-apple-violates-one-motorola-3g-patent.ars)

####Apple Competitor Watch

* __Timothy__ Samsung sink to paying fake protestors to demonstrate outside Apple Store in Australia – via [AndroidAndMe](http://androidandme.com/2012/04/smartphones-2/samsung-protesters-tell-apple-isheep-to-wake-up)
* __Bart__: Macmillan’s Tor/Forge to go DRM free in July 2012 – via [PaidContent](http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/24/macmillan-tor-forge-removes-drm/)
* __Stu__: ComScore shows Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the most popular ‘Android’ tablet – via [Daring Fireball](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/04/27/comscore-kindle-fire)

####Picks & Tips

* __Mark__: [First Aid by British Red Cross](http://itunes.apple.com/app/first-aid-by-british-red-cross/id483408666?mt=8)
* __Timothy__: [Gemini for Mac](http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=2029330&url=http://itunes.apple.com/app/gemini-the-duplicate-finder/id463541543?mt=12)
* __Stu__: [dJay for iPad](http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=2029330&url=http://itunes.apple.com/app/djay/id382604769?mt=8) £13.99 / €15.99 / $19.99
* __Bart__: [JellyFissh](http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=2029330&url=http://itunes.apple.com/app/jellyfissh/id416399476?mt=12) €2.99 in MAS

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