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As expected, hackers re-enable Atom (hackintosh) support in OS X 10.6.2, should Apple just throw in the towel as this seems to be a losing battle? Cast your vote in "Today's Poll..." below in the left column or go straight to the results here.
Friday Highlights: TheStreet continues to highlight excerpts from Jason Schwarzes ebook on Apple's Decade, today looking at how Apple shares can hit $500; some expect the iPhone to hit 10% of China's 3G market; TidBITS uncovers a Finder-copying bug in Snow Leopard, and CNET's MacFixIt helps out with missing AppleTalk issues in Snow Leopard; Gameloft slowing down on Android development plans as their iPhone efforts are selling 400 times more than on Android, while SEGA is 'seriously committed' to iPhone games; got $50,000 and a strong desire to own an Apple I, it can be yours!; Macworld UK cites Gene Munster saying Apple's tablet should be around $700, not $2000; MacPrices reviews the new 27" iMac; SeekingAlpha analyst asks if Apple can stop the Android momentum; Chrome OS coverage in our Op/Ed section, TG Daily says we need it, InfoWorld says it will fail.
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"Judge orders Apple executive to stop work: A U.S. District Court judge in New York ordered a newly hired Apple Inc executive to stop work immediately because he might be violating an agreement with his former employer, IBM." Reuters 8:52 PM
"Judge tells former IBM Austin exec to stop working for Apple: Mark Papermaster says he didn't see companies as competitors." Austin American-Statesman 10:55 PM
"Judge: Papermaster's first day at Apple delayed" CNET News.com 10:53 PM
"Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract: Mark Papermaster says in court papers that the two tech vendors are not direct competitors." InformationWeek 10:48 AM
"Apple gambling on Papermaster's leadership skills" CNET News.com 4:47 PM
"Court response defends new Apple mobile hire's jump from IBM" AppleInsider 8:43 PM
"Love-Hate: Why iPod chief Tony Fadell is really leaving Apple" I, Cringely 4:53 PM
"AT&T Brass Talks Big on Future of iPhone: AT&T's CEO of Mobility and Consumer Markets talks frankly about some wacky new uses of the iPhone in coming years." PC World 7:00 AM
"AT&T's Ralph de la Vega spills future iPhone plans" Computerworld 12:25 PM
"Apple, Psystar joust in court over antitrust complaint: Federal judge to rule on Apple request to dismiss case" Macworld 7:01 AM
"Should Apple Free the iPhone? Harvard law professor takes aim at device makers' restrictive app policies." InternetNews.com 11:10 AM
"Analyzing Apple's iPod Business" Mr. Swing 6:46 AM
"Analysis: Good times continue to roll/Despite the credit crunch and downturn in the world economy, Apple's sales are going from strength to strength, and so are its profits." MacUser (UK) 8:31 AM
"iPhone Tops in Satisfaction for Business Users: Apple's device takes top honors in a J.D. Power customer satisfaction survey -- beating out recent BlackBerry offerings from RIM and others." InternetNews.com 7:34 PM
"Apple's iPhone makes headway in corporate market" Reuters 10:13 AM
"iPhone Tops J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Survey" The Apple Blog 8:14 AM
"Apple tops for smartphone satisfaction" iTWire 6:39 AM
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"iPhone video bug posted, discovery disputed" MacNN 8:25 PM
"Tethering App Coming To iPhone: An approved way to use the iPhone 3G as a wireless modem for computers is expected soon, but there's no definite timetable and it will most likely cost more per month." InformationWeek 4:48 PM
"Microsoft looking at Webkit?" CNET News.com 8:22 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"I've been doing David Swift's Expose trick since 10.3.0, with screen corners and mouse wheel button to activate Expose. I find myself automatically throwing the mouse pointer to the lower lefthand corner while working in Windows or OS 9, dazzled when nothing happens." MacInTouch 4:41 PM
"Users can no longer email links from Safari" MacFixIt 8:05 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"First Look: Lotus Symphony 1.2 Mac OS X beta" MacNN 8:44 PM
"Review - Netflix Movie Streaming for Macs (Beta Program)" The Mac Observer 4:30 PM
"Review: Flash CS4 Professional/Radical interface makeover and new object-based animation model simplify Flash" Macworld 8:04 AM
"Adobe Photoshop Elements 7: Update adds text search, Scene Cleaner and other features" Creative Mac 8:21 AM
"Jade: No Hassle, Digital Image Correction for Leopard" The Apple Blog 8:12 AM
"Apple's iPhone outsells BlackBerry: Apple's iPhone overtaken sales of BlackBerries to become the second-largest provider of smartphones, according to analysts." Telegraph 8:25 PM
"Strategy Analytics: Samsung Grabs First Position in US Cellphone Shipments in Q3 2008" ["Apple reached 6th position in the USA during Q3 2008. AT&T subsidized the iPhone heavily down to lower retail price-points, driving a spike in demand."] Business Wire 8:25 AM
"Totally Apple - but not: Today, before the grand opening at 5pm, I had a look through the very newest possible Mac store in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the world. And what can I say? It's cool." New Zealand Herald 7:51 AM
"Economy, iPhone drag at T-Mobile USA's Q3" RCR Wireless News 8:23 AM
"Mondadori Shop claim to sell ringtones to the Italian iPhone customers. Only US iTunes Store did among 22 iTunes Store" Google Italian-to-English: setteB.IT 3:07 PM
"Old Next To New: How Far We've Come" Cult of Mac 8:22 AM
"Meet Sparky, the DIY Mac mini telepresence robot" Engadget 12:19 PM
"Lid may be closing on Pandora: Kristen Kuhns of Brentwood endures her hour-long commute by listening to country music from Pandora.com via her iPod and car radio. Maureen Nelson of Pleasant Hill screens out co-worker chatter by plugging into classical music on Pandora. And Morgan Smith of San Francisco uses rock music from the online radio site to help him kick out projects on time." Bay Area News Group 12:38 PM
"Real Pics of Steve Jobs' Actual Gulfstream Jet" Cult of Mac 4:54 PM
"November 7, 1980: Apple Files Paperwork to Go Public, Sorry Massachusetts" AppleMatters 12:26 PM
Non-Apple News
"Las Vegas offers surprise hotel bargains for CES" Reuters 5:06 PM
"Building a Better Twitter: A host of rival sites allow users to share short messages like Twitter, but offer unique features such as picture-sharing or private groups" BusinessWeek 4:15 PM
"Google Earth helps and worries government" USA Today 11:40 AM
"Web 2.0 Summit: Cloud Computing Smackdown: Microsoft competitors Marc Benioff of Salesforce and Dave Girouard of Google sound off on Microsoft's Azure venture into the cloud." InformationWeek 10:45 AM
"Now MySpace plans an 'iPod-killer" Distorted-Loop 8:10 AM
"MySpace could develop digital music player" Reuters 6:58 AM
Publications
"Freshly Squeezed Interview: The sound of new music" Macsimum News 9:24 AM
"MyMac Podcast 208 - Reviewing Jimi" MyMac Magazine 8:23 AM
"Your Mac Life in the Mediterranean!" Your Mac Life 6:40 AM
"iPhone passcode blocks everything - except phone calls: iPhone users expecting their Passcode Lock to prevent thieves running up their bill will be disappointed, as it emerges that the 'Emergency Call' button actually allows any number to be dialled." The Register 11:46 AM
"Apple patents motion-sensitive HMD concept in defiance of good taste" Engadget 6:59 AM
"Macs Good Values, Nehalem 'Blows Everything Else Away', Free Lotus Symphony for Mac, and More" Low End Mac 10:21 AM
"Some Go iPhone to Save, iPhone App Reads Like a Book, Game Grip for iPhone and iPod touch, and More" Low End Mac 4:43 PM
"Recent MacBooks Support 6 GB of RAM, USB 2.0 Faster in Unibody 'Books, Graphics Shootouts, and More" Low End Mac 4:42 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Unibody MacBook owner warning on Bent case from lifting by edge near Ethernet port" Accelerate Your Macintosh! 11:32 AM
"Apple Could Sell A $99 iPhone, But..." Forbes.com 3:18 PM
"Report: Crackberry Addiction More Prevalent Than iPhonia Nervosa Among Handset Users" AllThingsD: Digital Daily 12:27 PM
"How Apple ended up having control of its own future" Desinformado 10:09 AM
"Editorial: Tempted, yes. Buying one, no/Suddenly my MacBook looks old. Just like my iPhone did the day the 3G edition appeared. It's white, it's grubby, it's plastic and it looks like the interim stopgap it clearly always was." MacUser (UK) 8:31 AM
"My Apple Curse Strikes Again, but Apple Store Saves the Day" Notebooks.com 8:05 AM
"The Apple Hardware Report: Some Things Don't 'Just Work'!" The Mac Night Owl 6:36 AM
"Mac Bloggers Sweat the Small Stuff: Tiny iPhone Keypads, Shrinking Flash Prices, Mac Minis" MacNewsWorld 6:35 AM
"Will Obama's Victory speech change the way people present for the better? And does that mean more acceptance of Apple's Keynote software as the tool of choice?" Les Posen's Presentation Magic 10:31 AM
Non-Apple
"The Methuselah of Software Packages? Remember The Print Shop software from Broderbund?" New York Times 5:05 PM
"Why the PSP is the key to Sony's future" CNET News.com 5:01 PM
"FWIW -- The origins of 'Net shorthand: John Brandon sets out to track down the first recorded usage of commonly used Internet initialisms" Computerworld 3:49 PM
"Google Apps is More Than a Distraction For Microsoft" eWeek 3:28 PM
"The trouble with retention: If only the legislators who determine data retention requirements actually thought about data" InfoWorld 2:30 PM
"Is Smolt the Key to Counting Linux Users? Hardware profiling tool could help to improve the Linux experience for all." InternetNews.com 2:21 PM
"8 Laptops Under $800: In a time when great laptop deals abound, we found an outrageous octet of bargains ranging from tiny netbooks to desktop replacements suitable for multimedia and light 3D gaming." PC Magazine 12:35 PM
"Why don't things simply work right out of the box?" RCR Wireless News 12:24 PM
"How Google knows everything about you" Stuff 12:22 PM
"Firefox on Your Cell Phone: Can Fennec, Mozilla's new mobile browser, compete?" Technology Review 11:48 AM
"What's next after server virtualization" ZDNet 11:08 AM
"Installing Ubuntu 8.10 In 12 Easy Steps: The latest version of Ubuntu Linux takes a good thing and makes it even better. Our 12-step visual guide shows you how to get Ubuntu 8.10 up and running smoothly." InformationWeek 10:43 AM
"Social networks sexier than Blu-ray" Distorted-Loop 10:30 AM
"Tightening The Telepresence Belt" Forbes.com 10:02 AM
"The Works: Everything to fear: If the powers that be don't switch to secure standards, Internet commerce will freeze in the resulting climate of fear." MacUser (UK) 8:30 AM
"Escape: Irrational geographic/Amazon's delayed launch of the Kindle in the UK because it won't work in Spain really doesn't bear up to scrutiny..." MacUser (UK) 8:29 AM
"Jailbreaking the Google Android G1 Phone" iTWire 8:11 AM
"Microsoft CEO Nixes Another Bid for Yahoo!" TheStreet.com 10:09 AM
"Microsoft not interested in new bid for Yahoo: report" MarketWatch 10:18 AM
"Microsoft CEO: No interest in buying Yahoo" Associated Press 10:17 AM
"Microsoft Tries to Steal Verizon Deal From Google" WSJ.com 9:47 AM
"Microsoft tries to steal Verizon deal: report" Reuters 10:16 AM
"Microsoft Tries for Verizon Deal: Report" TheStreet.com 10:10 AM
"Ballmer backs Obama, seeks 'sense of optimism'" CNET News.com 10:30 AM
"Ballmer: Microsoft working on App Store-like software distribution: But he rejects the idea of using WebKit to power IE" Computerworld 3:52 PM
"Microsoft may ship Windows 7 by next Christmas" CNET News.com 11:02 AM
"Windows 7 knows where you are" CNET News.com 10:31 AM
"Microsoft turns spotlight on Windows 7 Server: Microsoft has offered more details about Windows 7 Server, after two weeks of focus on its desktop counterpart." CNET News.com 11:01 AM
"Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engine" ZDNet 11:12 AM
"Security Bites 121: What Microsoft's Geneva means for online IDs" CNET News.com 5:01 PM
"To win in the cloud, Microsoft needs developers" CNET News.com 10:32 AM
"Microsoft Signs Wireless Pact With Telstra: The alliance is targeted at business users and would deliver Microsoft software over Telstra's advanced networks with first joint products scheduled for mid-2009." InformationWeek 10:50 AM
"Dell planning 'white space' networking: New TV spectrum radios could be added to notebooks" vnunet.com 11:36 AM
"HP rolls out new storage platform: New systems target SAN virtualisation" vnunet.com 11:36 AM
"Lenovo Q2 slumps on weak tech spend; shares dive" Reuters 10:05 AM
"Top China PC maker Lenovo's Q2 plunges 78 percent" Reuters 10:05 AM
"Slowdown in PC Demand Hurts Lenovo's Net" WSJ.com 9:51 AM
"Intel chief: Recession can't halt innovation" CNET News.com 11:03 AM
"Intel's plan to ride out the recession" Fortune 4:46 PM
"AMD back on track with Shanghai CPU: Intel, AMD will be neck-and-neck in server chips in 2009" EE Times 12:01 PM
"Democratic win could herald wireless Net neutrality" CNET News.com 10:31 AM
"FCC's Martin, Google's Page See Cheaper Net: Will it be too cheap to meter?" Reuters 2:20 PM
"Tech hurting as customers put off purchases" Associated Press 12:14 PM
"Early Glance: Computer companies" ["Apple Inc fell $2.09 or 2.1 percent, to $97.01."] Associated Press 10:29 AM
Industry News
"Nasdaq wins battle with NYSE over stock symbols" Reuters 4:49 PM
"Stocks rally despite bad news: Wall Street manages gains after two-session retreat despite GM and Ford losses and a brutal labor market report." CNNMoney 4:32 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise on Rate Speculation; Exxon, Alcoa Shares Rally" Bloomberg 4:22 PM
"Stocks rise but waver after Obama speaks" Associated Press 4:14 PM
"Stocks close day sharply higher, pare weekly slide: Unemployment reaches highest level since 1994" MarketWatch 4:42 PM
"Wall St jumps on bargain hunting in volatile week" Reuters 4:41 PM
"Telecom Stocks: Most telecoms stocks gain; not Sprint" MarketWatch 4:36 PM
"Global stocks decline after jobs report: European stock indexes mostly down, following a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report, while Asian shares finish mixed." CNNMoney 9:38 AM
"Asia Markets: Stocks mixed on late recovery in volatile session/Asian markets ended a volatile session Friday on a mixed note, with South Korean stocks rebounding strongly as the central bank cut interest rates for the third time in a month, while Hong Kong shares were lifted after HSBC Holdings' local banking unit lowered its lending rate by a quarter-point." MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks trade higher at end of difficult week/Europe stocks closed higher Friday, taking some of the sting out of bruising mid-week losses, as a gloomy U.S. jobs report failed to derail a mild recovery." MarketWatch 4:37 PM
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