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CNN: “Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. businesses suffered from a computer virus, spyware or other online attack in 2004 or 2005 despite widespread use of security software, according to an FBI survey released on Thursday.”

Let see now, that would be the 90 percent owned by the darkside.

At MacWorld, David Pogue presented his own version of a talk show, “Macworld Live!”

Featuring guest appearances from “Joy of Tech” co-creator Bruce Evans, GeekCulture creator artist Liza Schmalcel, Garage Technology Ventures managing director (and one-time Apple evangelist) Guy Kawasaki, and Artbeats Software CEO Phil Bates, as well as song parodies from Pogue himself.

The program is in two parts, both in MP3 format.

You can download part one (20.5MB) and part two (27MB) by clicking on the appropriate links.

Or, rather why does Apple Music Store succeed? ZDNet has one of the best explanations why Apple maintains 80+ percent of the music downloads.

CompterWeekly.com is reporting that Apple is admitting “they may not be able to meet demand for its new Intel-driven laptops…”

What a surprise.

What is it about the Intel dual core hardware that will cause programers tochange the way they program? Speed!!!

The UK’s online BusinessTelegraph reports that a deal whereby Disney will purchase Pixar is all but done. The latter’s board is expected to meet tomorrow (Monday) to approve the company’s $7 billion takeover.

The deal is reportedly an all-share affair that will make Steve Jobs the single largest shareholder in Disney. Jobs stake in Pixar—51 percent—is said to be worth about $3.5 billion.

Pixar was created in 1986 from the computer animations division of Lucasfilm for which His Steven paid $10 million.