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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, June 25, 2009
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Jobs' vision not only factor keeping Apple ripe: Steve Jobs' return to Apple this week following a liver transplant cheered investors and customers for many reasons beyond simple compassion. Conventional wisdom has it that the Apple co-founder's continued presence is essential to his company's own health."  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:03 PM
  • "Apple's silence on Steve Jobs' health may have broken federal securities rules: Firms aren't required to disclose medical details about executives, lawyers say. But they are required to divulge 'material' information investors should know before buying or selling stock."  Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 7:40 AM
  • "Is Apple Obliged To Say More About CEO's Health?" NPR 4:21 PM
  • "The Steve Jobs/SEC Question, Take II: Did Apple Say Enough?" WSJ Blogs 11:30 AM
  • "Apple courting took eight months: North Carolina officials began negotiating with Apple in September about a project that ultimately led the California computer company to agree this month to build a $1 billion data center in the state."  News & Observer, NC 3:06 PM
  • "Apple Sued For iTunes Gift Card Fraud: Illinois plaintiffs seek a refund for songs purchased for $1.29 while using Apple's $.99 iTunes gift cards." InformationWeek 10:01 AM
  • "Jackling House deal remains under wraps: Details of a deal to save Woodside's historic Jackling House likely won't be made public until July 7, a lawyer for the town indicated Wednesday." San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 8:20 AM
OS X
News
  • "Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean My Mac Is Secure" MacNewsWorld 7:22 AM
  • "New attack is socially engineered, cross-platform badness: Every security expert will tell you it's just a matter of time before the Mac OS X becomes a more focused target of malware authors. Apple die-hards will argue that the Mac hasn't yet had a serious virus/spyware/Trojan problem, and thus users shouldn't worry." Houston Chronicle 11:25 AM
  • "Tidbit: Apple naming Leopard point release after ancient gods" AppleInsider 12:42 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "iCal, iPhone, and MobileMe calendars not showing same times" MacFixIt 2:22 PM
  • "Mirrored and concatenated RAID options in Mac OS X" MacFixIt 11:25 AM
  • "iMovie '09: iPhone 3GS video imported into iMovie may need to be rotated" Apple Support 4:16 PM
  • "Remote application may not respond while Apple TV is syncing to iTunes" Apple Support 4:16 PM
  • "Mac OS X Server: Active Directory users may not be able to log in when using an Access Control List" Apple Support 11:37 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Notebook 3.0, the Mac Alternative to Microsoft OneNote" Smoking Apples 11:29 AM
  • "Tangerine creates iTunes playlists based on tempo" Macworld 8:23 AM
  • "Profcast makes presentations makes Podcasts" NoodleMac 1:00 PM
  • "A Free Mac Color Picker vs. A Not So Free Color Picker" Mac360 2:17 PM
  • "Edit Safari's list of User Agents in the Develop menu" Mac OS X Hints 11:25 AM
  • "Tip: Workaround for Leopard 10.5.7 NAS bug" MacWindows 8:24 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Is your Mac really safe and secure?" PixoBebo 12:51 PM
  • "Survey indicates that 50% of U.S. IT pros are considering abandoning Windows, likely to switch to Apple's Mac OS X" Switch To A Mac 10:58 AM
  • "A theory on Boot Camp blue screen crash with multi-touch pad" MacWindows 8:24 AM
  • "First reader reports on CrossOver 8.0" MacWindows 8:24 AM
Press Releases
  • "Igor Pro 6.1 Released, New Quartz Graphics and SQL in Free Upgrade" WaveMetrics 6:56 PM
  • "Tension Software announces Password Repository 2.9.1" Tension Software 12:58 PM
  • "JAMF Software Strengthens Macintosh IT Admin Features with Release of Casper Suite 7" JAMF Software 10:39 AM
  • "Zevrix updates BatchOutput Server for Adobe InDesign output" MacTech Magazine 6:56 PM
  • "'8 Bit Weapon: A Chiptune Odyssey' is new loop and sample library" MacTech Magazine 11:57 AM
  • "Archive for Mac OS X update modifies the search interface behavior" MacTech Magazine 10:04 AM
  • "Firefox Launches New 3.5 Release Candidate (3.5rc3)" The Mac Observer 4:14 PM
  • "Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3 available" ZDNet Blogs 8:33 AM
  • "iPhone Voicemail and Voice Memos Can Now Be Transferred and Saved to Mac With 2.0.2 Update to The Missing Sync for iPhone" Market Wire 8:23 AM
  • "Vemedio today release the first major improvement update to Snowtape, the easiest and most intuitive software for recording internet radio." Vemedio 7:38 AM
  • "iSkysoft has released DVD Copy Pro for Mac ,and we hope that you can release the PR of our new product, following is the detailed information about this new products." iSkysoft 7:33 AM
  • "Josh Lockhart announces RapidSearch 3 Search Plugin for RapidWeaver" prMac 10:41 AM
  • "KavaSoft releases HyperImage 2.1 - Download Web Galleries" prMac 10:41 AM
  • "KavaSoft releases KavaMovies 1.3 - Discover Award-Winning Movies" prMac 10:41 AM
  • "Humble Daisy releases ProfCast 2.6.0 for Mac OS X" prMac 7:31 AM
  • "Yazsoft introduces Playback 1.0 for Mac OS X - Extreme Media Server" prMac 7:30 AM
  • "SQLabs announces SQLiteManager 3.0 - Powerful SQlite Database Manager" prMac 7:29 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone share of U.S. smartphone traffic hits 69%"  Fortune 7:35 AM
  • "iPhone 3GS spurs 400% increase in mobile video uploads to YouTube" AppleInsider 2:18 PM
  • "Video capable iPhone 3GS increases Youtube mobile uploads by 400%" Edible Apple 2:37 PM
  • "Apple leads in customer satisfaction in Vocalabs Tech support study" Macsimum News 6:58 PM
  • "iPhone Porn App Not Pulled By Apple, Just 'Sold Out.' Other Porn Apps Available." TechCrunch 2:34 PM
  • "App Store adult content: Now you see it, now you don't" Macworld 2:24 PM
  • "'Adult' iPhone App causes a stir" V3 9:28 PM
  • "NoPorn: Apple Removes 'Hottest Girls' From The App Store"  TechCrunch 11:55 AM
  • "Fury as Apple allows teenagers to buy porn for their iPhones" Daily Mail 11:29 AM
  • "The iPhone 3G S records video underwater, too" CNET News 3:08 PM
  • "AT&T Tolerates iPhone Tethering Technique" PC Magazine 12:13 PM
  • "IPhone 3GS in Japan: Less of a crowd, more of a party" Macworld 9:07 AM
  • "Rumor has Telus getting iPhone in October" Electronista 7:24 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Palm's loss narrows, shares jump: Smartphone maker reports an adjusted loss of 40 cents per share for its fiscal first quarter. Analysts had expected a 65 cent loss." Reuters 4:07 PM
  • "Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.5 RC 3" TG Daily 2:21 PM
  • "Why Google Wave makes Tim Bray nervous: XML co-author on complexity and the web" The Register 3:29 PM
  • "Google says it's looking into search interference in China" Associated Press 2:50 PM
  • "Google Voice Calls Out To New Users: Google has started sending out invitations to use Google Voice, the company's online voice mail and communication management service." InformationWeek 4:27 PM
  • "Who moved my 'Delete' key? Lenovo did. Here's why." Associated Press 1:24 PM
  • "Plug Computer hits Europe: Tiny PC plugs into wall socket" PC Advisor UK 12:07 PM
  • "Kosmix tries new twist on search to avoid Google's dominance" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 10:50 AM
  • "New Ericsson CEO will face fierce competition: Hans Vestberg, Ericsson's new CEO, will have to fight off Chinese companies and a bolstered Nokia Siemens venture." Fortune 4:07 PM
  • "Cable Grabs the Web Remote: Industry to Test Services That Limit Online-Show Access to TV Subscribers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
  • "SAP to Stick to Software, Says CEO" WSJ Blogs 9:37 AM
  • "No Storms at This Year's Yahoo Shareholder Meeting" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:23 PM
  • "Yahoo CEO promises shareholders to get 'mojo back'" Associated Press 4:16 PM
  • "Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google" ZDNet Blogs 3:38 PM
  • "New Yahoo Homepage Spotted In The Wild" TechCrunch 1:36 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Interview: Steve Gehrman of Path Finder/CocoaTech" The Apple Blog 9:05 PM
  • "Gene Steinberg meets security guru Rich Mogull, author Joe Kissell, and Macworld's Peter Cohen this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:55 PM
  • "Shelly Brisbin Discusses The Arrival of iPhone 3GS Accessibility" MacVoices 10:59 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "iPhone 3.0 Software hits 75% Adoption in 5 Days" Wired 9:28 AM
  • "Upgrade fee sees few iPod touch users updating to 3.0 software" AppleInsider 9:08 AM
  • "iPod Touch Firmware Upgrades Scant: Just 1% of iPod Touch owners have downloaded and installed Apple's latest firmware, compared to 44% of iPhone owners." InformationWeek 9:05 PM
  • "Proof-of-concept ports Leopard's icon stacks to iPhone (video)" AppleInsider 3:34 PM
  • "Apple 'makes $420 on each iPhone sold'" TG Daily 7:35 AM
  • "iPhone 3GS carries US$179 BOM, says iSuppli" DigiTimes 8:55 AM
  • "New Mac Laptops Use Batteries Sealed for Power" AllThingsD 7:41 AM
  • "Giz Bill Nye Explains: The iPhone 3GS's Oleophobic Screen"  Gizmodo 7:24 AM
  • "Apple Computer Performance: MacBook Pro 2.66GHz 15 Inch vs iMac 2.66GHz 24 Inch Performance Comparison" MacSpeedZone 2:36 PM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Active Impact Protection Mechanism: Active cushioning mechanisms that detect imminent impact and activate a damper by driving power from an onboard power supply into an electromagnetic actuator." United States Patent and Trademark Office 8:59 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Games with Issues Under Firmware 3.0 - Updates Pending" Touch Arcade 2:32 PM
  • "About Remote for iPhone and iPod touch" Apple Support 4:16 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "13'' MacBook Air Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 9:49 AM
  • "15'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 9:49 AM
  • "13'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 9:49 AM
  • "Apple Refurbished/Used Product Price & Deal Tracker.... Laptops Start At $389.. Big Discounts Off Other Apple Products" MacReviewZone 10:59 AM
  • "Refurbished& Used iPod Price Tracker -iPod Nano Prices Up To $100 Off Original Price" MacReviewZone 11:33 AM
  • "In The US Apple Store three refurbished items were restocked including the Mac mini 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $469, 84 were unchanged, and nine were sold out." While Supplies Last 7:36 AM
  • "Macware Offering 50% Off Summer Savings Sale" prMac 8:29 AM
  • "Harman Kardon SoundSticks II 2.1 Plug & Play Multimedia Speaker System $107.88" The Mac Observer 11:51 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Apple iPhone 3GS review" IT PRO 2:31 PM
  • "First Hands-On Impressions of the iPhone 3G S" AppleHits 6:54 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 3G S smartphone review" T3 9:06 AM
  • "iPhone 3GS vs Palm Pre vs Nokia N97 vs Samsung i8910 HD vs HTC Hero vs Sony Ericsson Satio" Crave @ CNET 11:30 AM
  • "Review: Verizon MiFi 2200 Provides Wi-Fi Access Anywhere" eWeek 3:34 PM
  • "Nikon D5000: Feature-laden entry-level SLR camera takes better pictures at manual settings" Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Canon EOS 500D review: Canon introduces high-definition video shooting on its consumer DSLR" Macworld UK 7:22 AM
  • "Mikey: Good-sounding, though pricey, classic-iPod microphone" Macworld 9:25 AM
  • "Xtand: For today's review I will be looking at a simple yet functional iPhone stand that looks sleek and stylish on ones desktop" TestFreaks 11:37 AM
iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "The iPhone Report: Casual Observations on the 3.0 Upgrade" The Mac Night Owl 7:14 AM
  • "A Needlessly Complex Way to Get Free iPhone Ringtones on a Mac" Cult of Mac 7:35 AM
  • "Turn your iPhone into an office" [Slideshow] Download 9:04 PM
  • "MyWebClip for iPhone: App manages your Web Clips, keeping online bookmarks in one place" Macworld 4:16 PM
  • "Twittelator Pro: The Best so Far in iPhone Twitterdom" iPodObserver 8:26 AM
  • "PoliticoTracker for iPhone: Two apps keep taps on your political representatives via news stories and tweets" Macworld 11:24 AM
  • "iFighter for iPhone: Scrolling shooter game offers an engaging challenge" Macworld 7:25 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Flicking the Apple TV" Macworld 2:23 PM
  • "How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TV" ZDNet Blogs 11:53 AM
Tips
  • "iPhone Tip: The home button triple-click" ZDNet Blogs 2:34 PM
  • "Restore SMS history from one phone to another" Mac OS X Hints 11:25 AM
  • "Tap Voice Memo mic for a virtual mic test" Mac OS X Hints 11:25 AM
  • "How to sell your killer iPhone app" FSB Blogs 9:02 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of Apple TV 2.4" iLounge 9:11 PM
  • "Apple should thank Microsoft for Windows 7 pricing" The Loop 3:28 PM
  • "Analysis: An Incredible Mac Pro Demo: Takes Breath Away" The Mac Observer 3:12 PM
  • "Why I'll Finally Buy an iPod Touch/The iPhone: the most interesting handheld. Wait, what?" Kombo 2:22 PM
  • "Apple, put that porn app back in the App Store" The Loop 12:48 PM
  • "Just when you thought Rob Enderle couldn't get any dumber" Edible Apple 11:56 AM
  • "Associated Press: Apple CEO Steve Jobs' liver transplant shows power of wealth: It's simply natural selection in a modern age" MacDailyNews 11:17 AM
  • "Apple's netbook and why we'll never see it" The Loop 10:29 AM
  • "Kindle, iPhone upgrades not worth the hefty price" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 10:27 AM
  • "Why Steve Jobs Should Talk About His Health" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:24 AM
  • "When Will Steve Jobs Level With His Investors About His Health?" Wired 9:06 AM
  • "Are Steve Jobs' Innards Really Any of Our Business?"  GigaOM 8:51 AM
  • "Long Tail of iPhone Apps Is Extra Long — and Not In a Good Way" GigaOM 8:51 AM
  • "There May Be 50,000 Apps For The iPhone, But Only A Select Few Become Popular" TechCrunch 8:51 AM
  • "The Apple iPhone 3G S, or Is It 3GS?" WSJ Blogs 2:33 PM
  • "Apple should have revealed Jobs' op, claims Warren Buffett: Apple was wrong not to let shareholders know that Jobs was so sick he required a transplant" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
  • "iPhone Keeps Research in Motion on Its Toes" Seeking Alpha 8:23 AM
  • "Would Jobs' illness make you think twice about a Mac rollout?" ZDNet 8:20 AM
  • "LogMeIn Ignition App May Pave Way for Listening to Howard Stern on iPhone" SiriusBuzz 7:40 AM
  • "Steve Jobs Jackling shack woes continue" Mac.Blorge 7:37 AM
  • "iPhone 3GS JavaScript Speed is NOT Faster Than Apple Claimed" The Small Wave 7:36 AM
  • "Steve Jobs gets new liver, but at who's cost?" domain-b 7:35 AM
Non-Apple
  • "20 More Ways You Know You're Married to a GeekDad" Wired 3:46 PM
  • "ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps" ZDNet Blogs 3:38 PM
  • "How to Eliminate Compulsive Internet Fiddling" GigaOM Network 1:29 PM
  • "The Worst Cities for Tech Workers: Tech workers have their choice of many great U.S. cities for work and play (Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle), but what are the cities that you probably should avoid? Here's a very unscientific, highly subjective and unapologetically snarky list of our least favorite U.S. tech job locales." [Slideshow] PC World 12:17 PM
  • "Instant Messaging: Your Desktop Productivity Powerhouse" PC Magazine 12:11 PM
  • "Make IT 'Storefront' A Reality With Service Catalogs" InformationWeek 11:27 AM
  • "Twitter software applications prone to crashes, tests show" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 10:27 AM
  • "Heads of top U.S. companies snub blogs, Facebook: study" Reuters 10:00 AM
  • "What Do Yahoo-to-Microsoft Defections Mean?" Seeking Alpha 9:50 AM
  • "Silicon Valley silence on China scandal deafening" MarketWatch 9:43 AM
  • "Sony: Lost in transformation/Sir Howard Stringer has been pushing for years to revive the Japanese conglomerate. Will a youthful (by Sony standards) new team help him realize his digital dream?" Fortune Magazine 9:33 AM
  • "Windows 7 Pricing Official: It's still too expensive, but very good deals exist for early shoppers and new PC buyers." The Small Wave 4:02 PM
  • "The big game deal: Why id's John Carmack shelved his ego and sold out to ZeniMax" VentureBeat 9:08 AM
  • "More Blackout Workaround Strategies" Low End Mac 9:06 AM
  • "Microsoft Outlook to remain HTML non-compliant" Hawk Wings 7:28 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Play the Piano and Write Songs on Your iPhone" iPodObserver 3:31 PM
  • "Final Fantasy 7 On The iPhone?" I4U News 3:08 PM
  • "DIY iPhone 3GS Tripod Mount Is Useful Overkill" iPhone Savior 2:38 PM
  • "New iPhone and iPod touch Application From AT&T Lets Customers Schedule U-verse TV DVR Recordings On The Go" PRNewswire-FirstCall 2:34 PM
  • "Tekkeon releases myCase for iPhone 3G S, iPhone 3G, iPhone" MacTech Magazine 3:37 PM
  • "Associated Press AccuWeather.com launch iPhone weather app" MacTech Magazine 2:19 PM
  • "CliffsNotes now available for students with iPhones and iPod Touches" IntoMobile 11:29 AM
  • "HP 12c, 15c Calculators Come to iPhone" iPodObserver 10:03 AM
  • "OWC Lowers Price Of Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 RAID Line -- Announces New 'Add Your Own Drives' Kit" Other World Computing 9:53 AM
  • "Exclusive 'Towers of War' Sneak Peek" Touch Arcade 9:47 PM
  • "Sneak Peak at Final 'Rolando 2' Walkthrough Video" Touch Arcade 9:03 PM
  • "'Saga Catapult' Defense Game Now Available" Touch Arcade 8:51 AM
  • "360Works Launches Easy-To-Use Web Services Manager" prMac 3:58 PM
  • "iBacon 1.0 released - Cook bacon right on your iPhone or iPod touch" prMac 12:51 PM
  • "Andesigned releases Total Baby 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch" prMac 9:08 AM
  • "PianoStudio 1.0 - The Most Powerful Piano App for iPhone and iPod touch" prMac 7:30 AM
  • "RnSK Softronics introduces WorldVoice Radio for iPhoneOS 3.0" prMac 7:30 AM
  • "Apple green lights softcore iPhone porn app" The Loop 10:31 AM
  • "Megan Fox Makes Cameo On First Explicit iPhone App" iPhone Savior 7:27 AM
  • "Porn now available on the iPhone" Macworld UK 7:22 AM
  • "ListMonger for iPhone Sales Top 1,000; App Rockets Past 0.0024% Market Share" ["ListMonger is an easy-to-use yet powerful list-making app for iPhone and iPod touch. Casual users will find it easy to grok, yet ListMonger offers a robust feature set to meet the needs of demanding list-aholics (you know who you are)."] Inspiretis 7:17 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Yahoo CEO Bartz 'Nothing to Say' About Possible Microsoft Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:31 PM
  • "Microsoft Offers Incentives to Goose Windows 7 Sales" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
  • "Microsoft discounts Windows 7 Home Premium to $50; deal to last two weeks: Pre-orders last just two weeks; after that, prices only slightly lower than Vista's" Computerworld 10:38 AM
  • "Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing: Microsoft has disclosed what you'll have to pay to get hold of its next operating system." InformationWeek 10:02 AM
  • "Microsoft says Vista buyers to get free Windows 7: Microsoft says Vista PC buyers will get free Windows 7 upgrades, kicks off pre-order discounts" Associated Press 9:49 AM
  • "Microsoft to cut prices on Windows 7 system" Reuters 9:43 AM
  • "Windows 7 pricing gets unveiled: Microsoft will not be offering an upgrade version of Windows 7 in Europe." BBC 10:24 AM
  • "Official: Windows 7 upgrades not available in Europe" TG Daily 2:21 PM
  • "Microsoft reveals Windows 7 pricing for UK users" PC Advisor 2:15 PM
  • "Bing Filters out Sensitive Results for Chinese Searches" IDG News Service 12:18 PM
  • "Greenpeace Protests Hewlett-Packard in Beijing" ABCNews Blogs 10:14 AM
  • "HP Offers Free Windows 7 Upgrades: Offer comes under Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Option but does not extend to all HP systems." InformationWeek 4:27 PM
  • "HP Boosts Telcom Computing Capabilities: Carrier can't do MMS? Don't blame HP. It's offering Nehalem-powered servers for the fastest capacity servers at central offices." InternetNews 11:39 AM
  • "HP whips out blades for future: Comment HP's next-generation arrays will be based on a scale-out, virtualised storage architecture using bladed storage processors and a separate storage management software layer - oh, and industry-standard drives and components." The Register 3:29 PM
  • "Sun Exec: Cloud Changes Sysadmin Job/Sun VP Hal Stern tells Wall Street that system administrators should monitor software and services and leave the hardware to others." InternetNews 11:39 AM
  • "IBM touts encryption innovation: IBM Researcher Craig Gentry creates'fully homomorphic encryption.'" Network World 12:06 PM
  • "Gateway Launches First Small Form Factor Desktop" PC World 12:19 PM
  • "Dell Two-Socket PowerEdge Servers Meet EPA Energy Star Spec" eWeek 11:00 AM
  • "Breaking Down Intel's New Products" Zacks 9:42 AM
  • "Brouhaha over Intel branding" CNET News 4:21 PM
  • "AMD aims to gain back 15% share of notebook market" DigiTimes 10:51 AM
  • "Cramer: Enterprise Brings Back Oracle/Jim Cramer believes that enterprise spending is making a comeback and Oracle is a winner on that turn." [Video Report] TheStreet 9:44 AM
  • "Red Hat CEO Calls on Oracle to Keep Java Open" InternetNews 11:40 AM
  • "Should Oracle's Linux strategy be...Ubuntu?" CNET News 4:21 PM
  • "Oracle Automates E-Commerce Personalization: Real-Time Decisions 3.0 upgrade supports offline marketing and adds prebuilt 'decision patterns' for cross selling and customer retention." Intelligent Enterprise 4:28 PM
  • "Google slammed as China, U.S. quarrel over Internet" Reuters 9:59 AM
  • "U.S. Objects to China's Web Filtering" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:58 AM
  • "U.S. Trade Officials Urge China to Revoke PC Rule" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
  • "PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter: PC makers race to comply with China Web filter order as Washington presses for repeal" Associated Press 9:43 AM
  • "Quantum computing hurdle overcome: Ann Arbor, Michigan - Physicists have overcome one of the major hurdles to quantum computing by finding a way to increase the shelf life of quantum bits by 1,000 times." TG Daily 2:21 PM
  • "Tech Companies See Hurdles Again This Year: Asia's export-reliant technology companies are likely to face slow sales growth during the year's typically strong second half, and some may even extend losses despite signs of an upturn in several Asian-Pacific economies." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:17 PM
  • "Recovery In Sight For PC Market: Stronger consumer PC shipments -- especially netbooks -- will revive the battered hardware sector, Gartner says." InformationWeek 4:27 PM
  • "Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments on Pace for 6 Percent Decline in 2009: 2Q09 Worldwide PC Forecast Indicates Likely Return to Market Growth by Fourth Quarter of This Year, but Vendors Should Brace for Two More Difficult Quarters" Gartner 4:14 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies" ["Apple Inc rose $3.64 or 2.7 percent, to $139.86."] Associated Press 9:04 PM
Industry News
  • "Buy Telecoms, Not Treasuries: Donald Quigley, portfolio manager for the Artio Total Return Bond Fund, says investors should steer clear of Treasury bonds and stick with telecom bonds from companies like Vodaphone and Comcast." [Video Report] TheStreet 9:35 AM
  • "Tech Stocks: Broad rally gives tech sector a big boost at the close/The tech sector flexed its muscles Thursday as most bellwethers advanced along with the broad market and helped the Nasdaq Composite Index rise more than 2% for its best performance of the week." MarketWatch 3:55 PM
  • "Led by Nasdaq, Stocks Shed Early Losses: With the attention shifting to lawmakers grilling Ben Bernanke on Capitol Hill, Wall Street climbed out of an early hole Thursday as the bulls look to end the Dow's four-day slump despite a surprise jump in jobless claims."<"  11:06 AM
  • "Bulls Hijack Wall Street: Dow Adds 173/Ending a four-day slide for the blue chips, the Dow climbed nearly 200 points on Thursday as a wave of buying in the retail sector helped Wall Street forget about a disappointing labor report." FOXBusiness 3:56 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Gain as Bernanke Defends Actions on Merrill Lynch" Bloomberg 3:56 PM
  • "Retailers, Homebuilders Lift Stocks" TheStreet 3:57 PM
  • "Stocks bounce back: After several down sessions, Wall Street stages an advance, with consumer, commodity and tech shares leading the charge." CNNMoney 3:58 PM
  • "Traders Shrug Off Jobs Data, Drive Stocks Higher: Stocks rallied on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak despite signs that the job market remains in dismal health." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:00 PM
  • "Stocks headed for lower open: Futures fall as investors react to higher-than-expected jobless claims and await Bernanke's testimony on Bank of America-Merrill deal." CNNMoney 9:34 AM
  • "Tokyo, Seoul energized by techs; properties lift Hong Kong: Financials also tally gains in broad-based Asian advance" MarketWatch 9:53 AM
  • "European markets pare losses as US turns higher: European markets pare losses as US turns higher after 'less bad' Q1 contraction" Associated Press 4:00 PM
  • "Europe Markets: European shares pare gains as banks pull back/H&M higher as profit beats forecasts; Adidas, Puma lower after Nike profit drop" MarketWatch 9:39 AM

 
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