Last Mile: Mac Running Windows? Fuggedaboudit!

Top 11 Reasons IT Won't Run Windows On Macs

11) The "blue screen of death" hasn't been ported over yet

10) They'd miss the late nights and free pizza on Patch Tuesdays

9) The IT staff thinks Boot Camp means having to jog and do pushups

8) You can't right-click with a one-button mouse7) If it ain't broke, don't Microsoft it

6) The thought of Gates and Jobs "in bed together" gives them the willies

5) They haven't perfected the Apple user's look of smug self-satisfaction

4) If all computers ran like Macs, IT would be out of work

3) All those antivirus software licenses would go to waste2) Who needs nuts when we have fruits?

1) OS X might infect XP with usable features

Special thanks to our Mac partisans--Steve Bunga, Joy Calame, Shane Collins, Ken Graham, Oliver Grant, Angela Harris, Reginald Howards, Chuck Jagger, Gregory Mamayek and Henry Rohlfs--for their patience in dealing with all those Windows users who just don't get it yet.

From Car Jackers To Car Hackers

Now even car thieves have gone high-tech. They're using wireless-enabled laptops to break into high-priced cars with antitheft keyless ignition systems. A recent victim is British soccer star David Beckham, who had two (yes, two) $180,000 custom BMWs stolen by tech-savvy criminals. Keyless entry and ignition systems rely on encrypted signals from an RFID-enabled key fob. Reportedly, the criminals were able to break the encryption scheme and send the appropriate signals from a laptop rather than a key fob.The perps who nicked Beck's Beemers aren't the only ones hacking keyless security systems. A car thief from the Czech Republic has stolen numerous cars using a similar technique.

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