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McDonalds gives MP3 players infected with spyware

Tags: McDonalds + CocaCola + MP3 + spyware + QQpass

Kenshi
Posted by Kenshi 2 years 1 month ago; via newlaunches.com/archives/...

It all started in August when McDonalds Japan in association with Coca Cola announced a contest, where a MP3 player was awarded upon sending the unique number on the Coke glass as a text message. In all 10,000 winners were announced and each got a Mac branded flash DAP preloaded with 10 tunes. However the MP3 players were infected with QQpass a very dangerous malware. So your PC is infected once you connect the DAP and it starts logging and transmitting username, passwords and other vital information. McDonalds Japan has apologized and set up...

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Is Microsoft's iPod killer coming Zune?

Tags: Apple + iPod + iTunes + Microsoft + mp3 + player + gadget

PETer
Posted by PETer 2 years 4 months ago; via arstechnica.com/news.ars/...

Sometimes, if you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself. That appears to be the case with Microsoft, which, rumor has it, is preparing its own competitor to the iPod. Tired of seeing PlaysForSure devices failing to make significant inroads against the so-far unbeatable iPod-iTunes Music Store combo, Microsoft is apparently readying its own device to take Apple on directly.

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