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Thursday Highlights: Computerworld's Ryan Faas thinks Apple's new iPods are a home run, but the knockout could come with Apple TV—if customers hop on board; and Reuters thinks Apple has more plans for Apple TV up its sleeve, but one industry executive thinks the whole TV rental thing is just so Apple can sell more iDevices; more reports on yesterday's happenings are found throughout the page in content-appropriate sections; analysts weigh-in on the new Apple TV; iOS has a 6:1 advantage over Android on the web, but Mac OS usage is on a decline; iTunes 10 ditches the old icon adds TV rentals, fixes bugs, causes problems for some; how is Apple's first foray into social networking with Ping? Op/Ed in our OS X section, and what happened to Facebook Connect as seen in Jobs' keynote, the answer revolves around "onerous terms" that Apple couldn't agree to; Apple posts the keynote video; a disappointing revelation from Macworld UK that the new iPods are not included in Apple's back-to-school promotion; no Intel chip in the new Apple TV; FCC tears down the new iPod touch; Twitter for iPad released, reviews aplenty in our Reviews section.
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"Analyst Sees Big Cuts in iPhone Production" Reuters 6:33 PM
"Apple Has the Cash to Thrive in These Times: These have been truly exceptional times, with an incredible amount of pain doled out since the crisis began 18 months ago. Looking on the bright side, extraordinary values have emerged in the stock market, and these will likely equate to extraordinary gains in the years ahead. One such value is a fairly popular yet underappreciated stock: Apple." RealMoney 9:57 AM
"Crashing The iPhone" ["The bug Zambrini found is in the audio portion of Apple's video format. ... Forbes.com has confirmed that it crashes the latest generation of iPhones. Zambrini asserts it can take down any Apple iPod or iPhone, too. "] Forbes.com 7:23 AM
"IPhone users love their video games: Games have become the fastest-growing and most popular type of application for the mobile device." Los Angeles Times 9:24 AM
"Apple: No new products before the holidays" Macworld 6:25 PM
"Apple, Psystar Seek Trial On Nov. 9, 2009: Court filings indicate that the copyright dispute over Mac OS X could drag out for more than a year." InformationWeek 10:36 AM
"Apple sued over defective PowerBook memory slots" AppleInsider 10:53 AM
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"New CRM Company Bets on Mac: A startup called Ntractive believes so strongly in the growth of Macintosh use among businesses that it has based its CRM (customer relationship management) product on Apple technologies." IDG News Service 4:31 PM
"Why Opera Didn't Make It on the iPhone" PC World 8:35 AM
"Opera Mini on iPhone goes back and forth without havin' gone nowhere" Computerworld 10:32 AM
"Confusion grows over Opera on iPhone" Electricpig 9:08 AM
"Will The Opera Browser Get An Apple iPhone Release?" dBTechno 4:27 PM
"New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking" Gizmodo 8:38 AM
"Hackers jailbreak unreleased iPhone software" Distorted-Loop 7:03 AM
"Dev-Team Jailbreaks iPhone OS 2.2" iPhone Atlas 8:39 AM
"Netflix opens beta for Mac movie-streaming service: It's for Intel Macs only and requires Microsoft's Silverlight" Computerworld 6:20 PM
"Vista drives Windows market-share gains: Windows posts largest overall increase in over a year; Mac OS X slips slightly" Computerworld 6:21 PM
"Vista Internet Use Up (and Mac Down) in October" The Apple Blog 2:11 PM
"Mac OS And Safari Market Shares Slip Slightly In October" Applelinks 8:37 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Back up and restore Boot Camp partitions" Macworld 4:42 PM
"User accounts disappearing or becoming inactive" MacFixIt 12:07 PM
"IPod in Australia is the cheapest: study/Australia has emerged as the world's cheapest place to shop an iPod following steep decline in the Australian dollar that is expected to give an impetus to country's trade competitiveness, according to a new study." Press Trust of India 8:42 AM
"Students, schools battle over laptop use" ["There was a series of incidents a few weeks ago at Mesa View Middle School that involved students visiting inappropriate Web sites on the Apple MacBooks provided by Farmington Municipal Schools."] Farmington Daily Times: Farmington, NM 7:58 AM
"'I'm a PC' John Hodgman Quizzed on Microsoft History" The Mac Observer 4:41 PM
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Mac" Macenstein 8:40 AM
"iProduct Placement: Three and Out" Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
Non-Apple News
"Weak Signals: Can HD Radio Find Listeners?" WSJ.com 9:58 PM
"Online-Connected GPS Maker Dash Slashes Most of Work Force and Discontinues Hardware" SvenOnTech 1:54 PM
"Dash Navigation Can't Find Its Way, Lays Off Two Thirds Of Employees" TechCrunch 1:50 PM
"Autodesk's cabinet of wonders: A tour through the software stalwart's brand-new temple of industrial design." Fortune Magazine 1:12 PM
"Western Digital Announces WD TV" PC Magazine 1:03 PM
"New Skype Rival Offers Free Phone Numbers" PC Magazine 1:02 PM
"Motorola Launches New Phone For Shutterbugs" Wired Blogs 11:20 AM
"A greener Google is good for everyone: Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has been talking a lot lately about green energy. OK, so everybody has been talking a lot lately about green energy. But for Schmidt it is especially a good thing to talk about." San Jose Mercury News 12:20 PM
"AOL Gets Feisty, Mocks Google in Open Letter to Gmail" Wired Blogs 11:19 AM
"Asus plans ?120 Eee PC for 2009: Low-cost entry-level mini laptop due next year" vnunet.com 11:43 AM
"Hefty Discounts Could Arrive on Big-Screen TVs, but Buyers May Be Resistant" New York Times 9:53 AM
"Circuit City to Close 155 Stores; Sales Start Wed." PC Magazine 12:58 PM
"Google plugs first Googlephone flaw" The Register 7:20 AM
Publications
"MacMania: Shawn King reports from the Mediterranean" Macworld 12:08 PM
"An interview with Neil Young, founder of iPhone game dev company ng:moco" Touch Arcade 10:34 AM
"Our Security section reports more 'Apple' phishing scams flowing through email - don't get fooled! We suggest some resources for helping to combat the problem." MacInTouch 10:09 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"iPhone 3G Troubleshooting: Sudden Black Screens" iPhone Atlas 8:36 AM
"Our updated MacBook Pro reader reports include a note from one customer who skipped the new model just because of its glossiness, plus other discussion on the display, FireWire adapters, trackpad behavior, Migration Assistant and more." MacInTouch 10:09 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"The Tagger: Buy at a 48% discount. Promo runs today only." MacUpdate Promo 7:03 AM
"Clearance MacBook, PowerBook, & iBook Prices" MacPrices 8:46 AM
"15'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:46 AM
"13'' MacBook Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:46 AM
"In The US Apple Store 55 refurbished were unchanged including the MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1,499, and three were sold out." While Supplies Last 7:05 AM
"Apple Refurbished Product Watch.... MacBook Pros Up To $1,000 Off" MacReviewZone 9:39 AM
"New MacBook Pro Prices And Availability -Up To $150 Off" MacReviewZone 9:57 AM
"iMac Refurbished DealZone -Intel iMacs Up To $550 Off" MacReviewZone 10:34 AM
"MacBook Prices & Availability -Currently Shipping -Up To $100 Off" MacReviewZone 10:44 AM
"MacBook Air Prices & Availability -Current Models... Save Up To $100" MacReviewZone 11:34 AM
"Refurbished iPods -iPod Classic $100 Off" MacReviewZone 9:47 AM
"First Benchmark Test of MacBook Pro SSD" HardMac 8:40 AM
"Apple MacBooks: There are two new-look, aluminum 13-inch MacBooks, sporting 2.0 and 2.4GHz processors and a white, plastic MacBook ($1649) with similar features to the old range." Melbourne Age 8:58 PM
"NewerTech 11 Piece Portable Toolkit for Servicing and Upgrading Computers" Low End Mac 7:50 PM
"Review of Brando iPhone external battery" The Cube-Zone 6:59 AM
"G-Drive-mini: Ultra Portable Storage Solutions" SurfBits 7:04 AM
"Review: 'IG-Drive-mini/ultra portable storage solutions" Macsimum News 10:34 AM
"Brenthaven Fusion MB III MacBook Pro Bag Review" TheDigitalLifestyle 8:02 PM
"Review: Real Soccer 2009/Gameloft's soccer offering tops the table" Macworld 4:29 PM
iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Classics: E-Book Reading At Its Finest" The Apple Blog 8:36 PM
"7 iPhone Apps Worth Paying For: Airsharing, NotepadSync, and Twittelator Pro are just a few of the inexpensive apps that can turn your iPhone or Touch into a more powerful tool." InformationWeek 9:25 AM
"Freshapps Launches - It's 'Digg' For iPhone Apps" ReadWriteWeb 8:59 AM
"Review: Sonos iPhone Application (Gallery)" Tony's Weblog 8:35 AM
"File Format Fever: Months ago, as I first conceptualized how to approach this month's Photoshop topic, I felt rather daunted over the prospect of adequately explaining each of the file types to which an image in Photoshop can be saved." ATPM 9:45 AM
"How to: create free iPhone ringtones with iTunes 8" iPhone World 9:26 AM
"Changing the LCD Panel of a MacBook" HardMac 8:40 AM
"Will Apple's stance on ballot measure come back to haunt it? Corporations run risks with controversial stances—but also reap rewards" Macworld 7:59 PM
"iPO Analysis - TV Viewers Devising Their Own Convergence" iPodObserver 6:20 PM
"Can iPhone 3G Create 'Halo Effect' For Apple Internationally?" Cult of Mac 10:32 AM
"The Back Page - Rob Enderle Compares Apple's 'I'm a Mac' Commercials to Republican Attack Ads" The Mac Observer 4:28 PM
"Enderle: Apple's marketing mistakes mirror those made by Republicans in U.S. presidential race" MacDailyNews 9:38 AM
"It's Dangerous to Assume People Are Stupid: Apple has made some marketing mistakes that mirror those made by Republicans in the presidential race, says columnist Rob Enderle. The blunders will come back to bite both of them, but it will take a little longer for the impact to be felt in Cupertino than in Washington." TechNewsWorld 9:23 AM
"Microsoft fingers Apple and Real for Vista insecurities" The Guardian 8:39 AM
"How Far Can Apple Take A Laptop?" AppleMatters 8:37 AM
"TiVo: 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do/Take your mastery of that glorious TiVo to the next level—without digging through obscure operating system codes or (heaven forbid) opening up the box." PC Magazine 12:57 PM
"Why Your Next Computer Might Be A Linux PC" ReadWriteWeb 10:12 AM
"Censorship, or What Really Weirds Out Weird Al" New York Times 9:54 AM
"A Little Too Reliant on Specifications: Can consumers tell the difference between a five-megapixel photo and a humble one-megapixel shot?" New York Times 9:53 AM
"The MUG Event Calendar for November 3:Dave Marra of Apple, Bob LeVitus, Adam and Tonya Engst, Chuck Joiner, Stephen Burns and Much More" The MUG Center 6:59 AM
"Microsoft to invest $60M in South Korea: The money, to be invested over a three-year period, will be used for training and new business cultivation." Associated Press 9:13 AM
"Microsoft, LG Elec sign mobile collaboration deal" Reuters 9:34 AM
"On Security, Microsoft Reports Progress and Alarm" New York Times 9:52 AM
"Microsoft: Trojans are huge and China is tops in browser exploits" CNET News.com 9:47 AM
"Vista Security Shines In Microsoft Report: Among browser-based attacks on computers, just 6% targeted Windows Vista machines while 42% targeted Windows XP, Microsoft disclosed in a security report." InformationWeek 10:03 AM
"Microsoft claims success with Vista security" vnunet.com 11:46 AM
"Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all" ZDNet 11:17 AM
"Microsoft: No Xbox 360 Price Drop for Several Years" PC World 12:49 PM
"Dell Denies Discrimination In Layoffs: The plaintiffs claim that Dell engineered layoffs of more than 8,000 employees, singling out women and employees over 40." InformationWeek 7:33 PM
"Dell scrambles onto de-dupe bandwagon: Dell has jumped on the Quantum/EMC de-dupe bandwagon and is developing a single block-level de-dupe and replication architecture spanning its own, Quantum and EMC storage arrays." The Register 12:08 PM
"Dell, Quantum, EMC line up on de-duplication" IDG News Service 6:25 PM
"Michael Dell Turns Silent Film Star" New York Times 10:00 PM
"Intel Sheds Part of VMware Stake" TheStreet.com 7:59 PM
"Lenovo Goes Global, but Not Without Strife" WSJ.com 7:59 PM
"Cisco explores new global frontier: Traditionally, big valley tech companies have treated their employees in India as a Help Desk to the West. Now Cisco, with 66,000 employees around the world, is making a $1 billion bet that India, which cranks out thousands of engineering graduates a year, can be a cradle of innovation." San Jose Mercury News 12:19 PM
"Cisco to 'anguished' patent lawyer: Prove it" MarketWatch 6:31 PM
"Earnings Preview: Cisco to report for fiscal 1Q" Associated Press 6:21 PM
"Oracle buys Tacit Software assets: Oracle Corp. said Monday it acquired the intellectual property assets of Tacit Software Inc., which focuses on an automated profiling technology for expertise location to help organizations uncover new opportunities for collaboration." San Francisco Business Times 9:36 AM
"Oracle Buys IP From Tacit to Boost Beehive Platform" IDG News Service 12:50 PM
"Oracle buys Tacit Software intellectual property rights to use technology in Beehive software" Associated Press 1:31 PM
"IT leaders call for tougher e-crime penalties: Survey reveals widespread cynicism about government response" vnunet.com 11:47 AM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies" ["Apple Inc rose $.25 or .2 percent, to $107.84."] Associated Press 1:26 PM
Industry News
"Chip sector upgraded, but analysts warn of tough year: Semiconductor stocks got a boost from a Citigroup upgrade Monday, but two other research groups warned that the sector faces a tough year ahead." MarketWatch 1:25 PM
"Ahead of the Bell: Citi upgrades chip sector/Citi analyst turns positive on semiconductor sector, recommends Intel, Qualcomm" Associated Press 9:26 AM
"Tech Stocks: Sector advances, boosted by chips upgrade/Technology stocks recovered from a wobbly opening to advance Monday as the chip sector got a boost from a Citigroup upgrade." MarketWatch 1:20 PM
"Stocks End a Choppy Session Roughly Even" TheStreet.com 4:42 PM
"Stocks sustain gains: Wall Street builds on last week's advance as investors take weak economic reports in stride and look to Election Day." CNNMoney 1:13 PM
"Stocks Hold Steady in Response to Economic Data" Washington Post 11:06 AM
"U.S. stock futures nudged lower to start the month: U.S. stock futures erased earlier gains to wobble lower on Monday as investors braced for another week of rocky data and earnings and as the race to succeed President Bush in the White House comes to a close." MarketWatch 10:12 AM
"Cautious mood on Wall Street: Futures were mixed as investors focus their attention on the presidential election." CNNMoney 9:12 AM
"Global markets advance: Stocks around the world rise modestly, with all eyes on U.S. presidential election." CNNMoney 9:12 AM
"Asia Markets: Hang Seng pares gains, as Sensex, S&P/ASX soar/Most Asian markets ended higher Monday, as investors encouraged by a higher finish on Wall Street snapped up beaten-down shares, though some narrowed gains toward the close of the session on caution ahead of a slew of economic data and the U.S. presidential election." MarketWatch 9:22 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe closes higher for fifth straight session/Commerzbank higher; Barclays extends losses" MarketWatch 1:17 PM
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