New and Noteworthy: Intel forum highlights new Apple ties; Symantec quits beating the 'OS X malware' drum; more

Intel forum highlights new Apple ties A Reuters article highlights Intel's promotion and involvement of Apple at this year's developer forum, where Intel is showing 80-core research chips. "the opening speeches by Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini and Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner skipped traditional mentions of Microsoft and Dell and instead highlighted ties with Apple Computer Inc. and Internet search leader Google Inc. It was the first time Apple took the stage at one of Intel's twice-yearly forums, and analysts said the appearance was understandable. This year, Apple shifted its entire Macintosh computer line over to Intel's new chips, while Dell said it would start using processors from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for the first time." More.

Symantec quits beating the 'OS X malware' drum ZDNet reports that the latest Internet Threat Survey from Symantec is a whopping 120 pages and unlike in its previous reports, the company has avoided any mention of malware for Apple's OS X. "Around 18 months ago, Symantec's seventh bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report warned Apple users that OS X was increasingly becoming a target for spyware. [...] However, since then, apart from Leap-A or the Oompa-Loompa virus, Mac users have enjoyed a seemingly uneventful time when it comes to malware. Of course Apple has, deservedly, been slated for its hardware troubles but that is another issue entirely." More.

And He Woz: Inventing the Apple The Washington Post profiles Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple who is currently doing a press tour to promote his new book. "The book reaches its highest altitude in recounting the extraordinarily creative period in the 1970s when misfit tinkerers like Wozniak invented the personal computer -- even as the companies that ran the 'real' computer industry, such as Wozniak's employer, Hewlett-Packard, found ways to miss the whole thing. Wozniak and his partner Steve Jobs come off as a latter-day Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, bouncing from one escapade to the next." More.

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