Itunes malware scam

[Glenn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15881034

[Steve]

Indeed it is Black Friday today, there are many  reductions at the Apple Store, didn't see any real bargains myself unless of course you need a particular item.

[Glenn]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/apple-black-friday-deals-released-1070036

[Rik]

Strange how Americans use a term we consider to signify a disaster for a discount shopping day...

[pctech]

I suppose it is black in a way for the retailers as it represents a reduction in their margins

[Glenn]

JANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police
Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day.  It is not a
term of endearment to them.  "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas
shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams
and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to
closing.

[Rik]

Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.

[pctech]

Interesting fact Glenn, cheers for that.

Was Black (insert name of day here) used in the UK before Black Wednesday?

[Glenn]

Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.

I've heard that there is a sweet factory in the city. 

[Rik]

The Archies have visited? 

[Technical Ben]

Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.

I don't know. They call it that because of the harm and trouble caused. If people fight in the shops (literally with fisticuffs ) then why call it "happy fun day" instead? 

[zappaDPJ]

That fact that I've only knowingly heard the term used for the first time this year probably indicates I need to get out more. I had to Google it as well because I couldn't understand it in the context that it's used.

[Rik]

I think I only saw it for the first time last year, Zap.

[pctech]

Yep Amazon introduced it in the UK last year.

Was really chuffed I was able to secure the router I was after for 50 quid