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Weekend Highlights: Dan Dilger is back this afternoon with a thoughtful analysis of the various strategic advantages Apple's 'cash hoard' provides at AppleInsider; Would switching to Intel processors really give Apple an edge in mobile? Mac Predictions contradicts popular 'wisdom' with the thought that assuming Jonathan Ive will remove all skeumorphism from iOS 7 isn't entirely realistic; Forbes reports on Tim Cook's profit repatriation tax change ideas; Apple 2.0 at Fortune asks how devoted are Apple users to the Apple ecosystem—with pretty positive results from a Forrester survey; Over at Macworld, the Macalope skewers the Motley Fool for unrealistic criticism of Siri before moving on to critique the ridiculous position that Apple should develop apps for Android; at AppleInsider, Daniel Eran Dilger calls out the hypocrisy of the tech press comparing Samsung's S4 sales data to the iPhone 5's; in OS X news, Adobe releases Camera RAW 8.1 with Retina support and updated camera profiles; Tapscape reports on pre-WWDC MacBook Air shortages; Fairer Platform notes that Handbrake 0.9.9 has finally shipped with several improvements; Tim Cook proposes offshore cash tax reform prior to his appearance before the US Senate; maintains Apple will be able to create more US jobs with these changes; Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt suggests it is important to observe Tim Cook's press run in advance of his Senate testimony; more on Cook's tax talks in our Apple/Macintosh, and Op/Ed sections; sure to rile Apple fans, Derek Brown at ReadWrite pretty much hands Google the victory in its battle with Apple claiming "the company's days of dominance, let alone an effective monopolist, are behind it"; and supposedly three out of every four investors believes Apple is losing its edge in innovation; meanwhile, the U.S. Military Networks have approved Apple's iDevices for use, and another report shows AirForce saving upwards of $5.7 million per year thanks to iPads.
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"Strategy Analytics: Apple Takes Lion's Share of Smartphone Revenue in 2010" Business Wire 1:58 PM
"Apple Will Dominate Tablet Market Through 2012, DisplaySearch Says" PC Magazine 3:13 PM
"Apple's Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake" kevinrose blogg 7:59 AM
"Apple goes above and beyond during Japan's Tohoku earthquake" IntoMobile 7:59 AM
"Apple helps Japan as supply chain problems grow" Computerworld 11:26 AM
"Kevin Rose Hails Apple Japan Response" PC Magazine 11:29 AM
"Apple delays iPad 2 launch in Japan" Reuters 12:13 PM
"Apple Delays IPad 2 Release in Japan in Fallout From Earthquakes, Tsunami" Bloomberg 2:44 PM
"Apple trumps Nvidia in tablet gaming" CNET News 8:01 AM
"Apple may have sold 500,000 iPad 2s, depleting retailers" Bloomberg News 8:50 AM
"iPad 2 sales 'amazing' says Apple, but some users Report bleeding backlights" Crave @ CNET 8:51 AM
"Ogma Strikes Again & Apple Sues Motorola for Breach of Contract" Patently Apple 1:35 PM
"Aussie TV production house takes on Apple: Australia's most notorious career-and-media criminal, the earless Mark 'Chopper 'Read, has unwittingly sparked a David and Golliath legal wrangle between independent Australian production company Jigsaw Entertainment and Apple." The Register 6:03 PM
"F-Secure Mac security scanner bug bins benign files: F-Secure has apologised about a bug in its consumer-focused Mac security software that left surfers fighting against their own browsers as clean files were wrongly classified as malign." The Register 11:32 AM
"IE9 vs Chrome 10 vs Firefox 4 RC vs Opera 11.01 vs Safari 5 - The BIG browser benchmark!" Reuters 12:13 PM
"Adobe Warns Users of Active Flash Exploit" The Mac Observer 8:55 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: New WiFi Diagnostics tool" AppleInsider 9:11 PM
"An Easier Way To Change Your Mac's Desktop Picture" Mac 360 8:19 AM
"Yet Another Way To Keep Snippets Of Code On A Mac" Mac 360 8:19 AM
"37 Easy Ways To Add New Effects To Your Photos" Mac 360 8:18 AM
Op/Ed
"Adobe Prepares For A Possible Future Without Flash" Business Insider 3:14 PM
Press Releases
"Locate Stolen or Missing Apple Computers With LocateMac" PRNewswire 1:59 PM
"Lightworks Author provides rendering enhancements in TurboCAD Pro 18" LightWork Design 12:31 PM
"SmartSound® Announces Music Plug-in for Avid Studio and Pinnacle Studio v15: New Sonicfire® Pro Plug-in Adds Custom Instrument Mixing and Music Scoring Ease to Any Avid® and Pinnacle Studio Video Production" Market Wire 12:21 PM
"Yojimbo 3.0.2 released by Bare Bones Software" Bare Bones Software 10:27 AM
"Canalys Predicts 14% Growth in PC Market for 2011: Canalys today announced the release of its latest worldwide PC market forecast, estimating year-on-year growth of 14% for 2011. The analyst firm predicts that much of this growth will come from pad shipments, which will increase to 52 million units worldwide in 2011. Of these shipments, Apple is expected to account for over 75%, leaving approximately 12 million units for other vendors." Business Wire 12:31 PM
"iPhone Carrier Wars: Verizon up to 12%" Chitica Insights 4:12 PM
"Experts recommend waiting in line today for an iPad 2" Appolicious 8:00 AM
"AT&T Giving Away Free Month of Data Service to iPad 2 Owners" PadGadget 8:31 AM
"To Counter iPad, Samsung Might Drop Price Of Galaxy Tab To $399" Cult of Mac 7:59 AM
"iPad 2 Already Selling Overseas?" PadGadget 11:51 AM
"Report: Apple's NYC FlagShip Sold 7,200 iPad 2s During First Day" Cult of Mac 8:59 AM
"Confirmed: iPhone Goes Pale In Spring/It has been said white is the new black. And it looks like Apple could feel the same as its ubiquitous iPhone looks set to sport a paler demeanour from this summer season onwards, which has been confirmed by Apple's VP of Marketing." Smart House Magazine 6:03 PM
"A PlayBook for fighting Apple and Google" Reuters 8:17 AM
"Update: Steve Jobs Bio Moving Forward, But No Launch Date As Yet" AllThingsD 1:55 PM
"Apple stores now take iPads for teacher donations" The Loop 10:28 AM
"Apple Will Now Donate Your Old, Dilapidated Original iPad to Teach For America" Minyanville 3:51 PM
"Scarce iPad 2s fetch pretty penny on eBay" New York Post 11:29 AM
"Hong Kong Pays Double for the iPad 2 (And It's Still Sold Out)" Techland 10:35 AM
"Apple's iPad 2 Gets Its First Augmented Reality App" AllThingsD 8:08 AM
"RIM believed the iPhone was 'badly flawed from day one'" The Loop 7:58 PM
"Apple's iPod Killed Microsoft's Zune" PCWorld 8:17 AM
"iPad copycats: Zuned to failure? There's a lesson for tablet makers in the Reported death of Microsoft's 'iPod killer'" Fortune 8:08 AM
"Live TV Comes to iPad, But You'll Have to Stay Home" Techland 11:34 AM
"iPad for £50 thanks to T-Mobile and Groupon -- but what's the catch?" Crave @ CNET 2:53 PM
"Oak Harbor teacher receives Apple honor: A local middle school teacher has won an international award from the Apple Corporation." The News-Messenger 8:56 AM
Non-Apple News
"Opera delivers Dragonfly developer tools beta" ZDNet UK 11:46 AM
"Dual-screeen Kyocera Echo phone set for April 17" TG Daily 11:29 AM
"T-Mobile adds new 10GB mobile data plan" CNET News 11:57 AM
"T-Mobile officially brings back the Sidekick" Fortune 10:39 AM
"4G sticker shock? New Verizon phone for $250." CNNMoney 11:51 AM
"ThunderBolt goes on sale Thursday at Verizon for $249.99: LTE data plan includes unlimited monthly service for $29.99" Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Seagate updates drives in biggest-ever refresh: Increases caches from 16MB to 64MB, incorporates Samsung technology in SSDs" Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Smartphones may replace plastic, dial up competition" Boston Herald 10:18 AM
"Critical Flash flaw won't be fixed until next week" CNET News 10:03 AM
"Google Offers Businesses Scheduled Release Of Features: Administrator can choose to have access to new Google Apps features immediately upon release or on a more leisurely scheduled release cycle." InformationWeek 12:00 PM
"Infosys, TCS Staff Offered to Leave Japan" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:40 AM
"How safe is your smartphone? Smartphones are getting pretty clever these days but it is unlikely they will outwit the cybercriminals as fraudsters increasingly go mobile." BBC 8:08 AM
"Apple handcuffs 'open' web apps on iPhone home screen: Three bugs? Or three-headed App Store conspiracy? Apple's iOS mobile operating system runs web applications at significantly slower speeds when they're launched from the iPhone or iPad home screen as opposed to in the Apple Safari browser, and at the same time, the operating system hampers the performance of these apps in other ways, according to tests from multiple developers and The Register." The Register 8:46 AM
"Sorry, But There's No Way Apple Is Deliberately Slowing Down iPhone Web Apps" Silicon Alley Insider 12:18 PM
"Apple Web App Slowdown Prompts Conspiracy Theories: Some developers fear Apple is deliberately crippling Web apps, but others attribute the issue to technical and security problems." InformationWeek 2:43 PM
"Apple Accused of Slowing Web Apps to Benefit App Store" Wired 3:06 PM
"Why does iOS 4.3 run home screen web apps two times slower?" 9 to 5 Mac 10:35 AM
"Apple iPad 2 dissection in pictures: why has this beast proved so elusive? The iPad 2 has proved far more difficult to capture than the original. Is it because it's faster, or do its cameras mean it can evade predators? We investigate Apple's new tablet computer with the help of ifixit.com's dissection team." The Guardian 8:01 AM
"Some Apple Stores Receive Limited iPad 2 Stock; Demand Still Very High" AppleBitch 11:27 AM
"iPad 2 shortages continue: now shipping in 4-5 weeks from Apple's online store" 9 to 5 Mac 8:25 AM
"iPad 2 Ship Dates Pushed Out to 5 Weeks" The Mac Observer 8:21 AM
"iPad 2 Tablet Teardown and Apple A5 IC Analysis" TechInsights 8:31 AM
"Ars reviews the iPad 2: big performance gains in a slimmer package" Ars Technica 8:48 AM
"iPad 2 Rolling Review: Web Performance/Part 2 of InformationWeek's rolling review of the Apple iPad 2 pits it against the original iPad and Motorola Xoom to see which is the best when it comes to critical Web performance factors." InformationWeek 5:13 PM
"Apple iPad 2: Second Thoughts/My lost weekend with the iPad 2 has helped me gain some perspective on Apple's latest tablet." PC Magazine 3:12 PM
"With iOS 4.3, I Don't Need to Upgrade to an iPad 2 (Yet)" Low End Mac 3:54 PM
"Save2PDF for iPhone and iPad: PDF creation app fills a unique need on iOS platform" Macworld 8:29 AM
"TaskAware Knows Its Place but Has a Funny Interface" MacNewsWorld 8:29 AM
"Due, The Best Reminder App for iPhone, Now Available on the iPad" MacStories 11:39 AM
"Four essential iPad productivity boosters" PCWorld 8:32 AM
"Photoshop CS5 Crash Course By Kelby Media Group" Best App Site 9:06 AM
"Halftone: Comic Style Images on the iPhone" Amitiae 11:33 AM
"PhotoSync for iOS Transfers Your Photos Wirelessly" AppScout 11:42 AM
"Hey, Angry Birds Fans: Check Out This App!" GigaOM 12:26 PM
"iPhone Appidemic: Special Force Gun Battle" Appletell 8:48 AM
"'Land-a Panda' Review – Use Cannons to Aid in Panda Propagation" Touch Arcade 8:50 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Switch from an Android Phone to the iPhone: Over Android? Here's How To make the switch from Google's mobile OS to Apple's mobile OS as smooth as possible." PC Magazine 8:59 AM
"Create a Custom Domain Email Address with Google Apps and GoDaddy" Understand Your Mac 8:19 AM
Tips
"The weirdest (but working) iPhone 4 reception trick I have ever heard" The Next Web 5:59 PM
"Which accessories work with the iPad 2?" Macworld 4:53 PM
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I use my iPhone 4 Videos in the iPad 2's iMovie app?" The Unofficial Apple Weblog 2:11 PM
"Launch Webapps from Mobile Safari Instead of Your Homescreen for Better Performance" Lifehacker 2:11 PM
"Verizon Clarifies iPad Activation Fees" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:51 AM
"Apple's iPad 2 Early Store Openings a Bust" PadGadget 3:11 PM
"Why Does the iPad Need to Kill Consoles?" Kotaku 2:47 PM
"Just a Thought: iPad 2: To Buy or Not To Buy" The Mac Observer 2:46 PM
"iPads Are For Apple Fans, Xoom Is Better For Business Travel" Forbes 2:44 PM
"Apple iPad 2 a Good Choice in Crowded Market: Consumer Reports/Consumer Reports described the Apple iPad 2 as a 'good choice' and an improvement over the original iPad, though its camera is not as good as that on the Motorola Xoom." eWeek 2:43 PM
"Hidden Dimensions: What Apple's Competitors Learned From the iPad 2" The Mac Observer 1:56 PM
"Apple sets up Tsunami donation page on iTunes as Apple Store in Japan serves as communication hub for victims" Edible Apple 1:08 PM
"iPad 2 has best HTML5/CSS3 support of any mobile browser yet, says Xoom critic, Sencha" Distorted Loop 1:07 PM
"Move over, console: the iPad comes to the big screen" ZDNet 11:50 AM
"Bon Jovi accuses Steve Jobs of killing music" Appletell 8:48 AM
"Bon Jovi: Apple's Steve Jobs is 'killing the music business'" T3 8:03 AM
"Sorry, Bon Jovi, Steve Jobs Didn't Found Napster [Editorial] Cult of Mac 7:58 AM
"Apple isn't Bon Jovi's enemy. Complacency is: Something horrible happens to rock stars when they become too successful. They start to believe their own biographies." TechRadar UK 7:58 AM
"Report/Rumor: Apple Stores Getting iPad 2 Shipments Today" CrunchGear 8:48 AM
"Apple not sold out of iPad 2, after all" Digital Trends 7:54 AM
Non-Apple
"Geek's Survival Guide to SXSW Music 2011" The Mac Observer 4:51 PM
"Peddie: Console gaming is 'limited'/Industry analyst Jon Peddie believes console gaming is hopelessly constrained by aging hardware, lack of precision controllers and low resolution." TG Daily 2:12 PM
"T-Mobile Sidekick reborn as '4G' Android phone" The Loop 1:07 PM
"Google Makes It Easy To Try New Apps Right Away, Or Not" AllThingsD 11:53 AM
"CIO analysis: Why 37 percent of projects fail" ZDNet 11:44 AM
"SEO pro tip: Use HARO and FlackList to generate links to your site" ZDNet 11:42 AM
"Who Owns Your Web Stuff After You Die? Good Question" Techland 11:33 AM
"80% of Toddlers Use The Internet Regularly, Study Says" Techland 11:33 AM
"In the smartphone era, why is your LAN still dumb? Most companies' LANs are based on 20-year-old assumptions that don't hold water in an era of iPads and iPhones" InfoWorld 11:29 AM
"This wind turbine charges your smartphone" TG Daily 11:29 AM
"Four red-hot display technologies to watch in 2011: These technologies are poised for growth this year and beyond. Here's why." Computerworld 11:07 AM
"How to Switch from an iPhone to an Android Phone" PC Magazine 11:01 AM
"InfoWorld review: Superior storage for small networks/A small-business NAS with Big Iron roots, Netgear's ReadyNAS is full-featured and flexible, with options for SOHO users up through enterprise workgroups" InfoWorld 10:46 AM
"Your handy PC security checklist: If you're in charge of securing end-user systems at your organization, print out this security checklist and put it on standby" InfoWorld 10:45 AM
"RIM's PlayBook for fighting Apple" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 10:41 AM
"Boo-Hoo, Your Project Failed. Don't Blame Microsoft. Blame Me." Forbes 10:36 AM
"Display tech to watch this year: Haptics create a buzz/Haptic feedback could redefine the touch-screen experience, mimicking movement, textures and more." Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Computer Virus Turns 40; What's To Come?" CRN 10:26 AM
"Microsoft: Zune's not dead, it's an iTunes killer" 9 to 5 Mac 2:12 PM
"iPad copycats: Zuned to failure? There's a lesson for tablet makers in the reported death of Microsoft's 'iPod killer'" Fortune 9:55 AM
"4 Enterprising Consumer Tech Gadgets" TheStreet 9:54 AM
"Samsung Poaching Symbian Engineers?" WSJ Blogs 9:40 AM
"Why I'm Close To Giving Up On Windows Phone 7, As A User And A Developer" Silicon Alley Insider 9:08 AM
"Greg's Bite: The Zune Dies A Lingering Death" MacNews 2:59 PM
"Sensis rolls its own Yellow Pages iPad app" iTWire 7:58 PM
"Audiobook Builder will be offered at a deep discount for One Day Only at the App Store on Thursday, March 17th 2011. Get Lucky on St. Patty's Day!" Splasm Software 7:57 PM
"Building A Better Flipboard? Evri for iPad Coming Later This Year" LAPTOP Magazine 6:10 PM
"HP's Apotheker Swells Move Into Cloud Computing, Lifts Dividend" Bloomberg 9:54 AM
"Apotheker Sets Hewlett-Packard on a Cloud-Centric Path" AllThingsD 9:57 AM
"HP Goes All In On The Cloud: CEO Leo Apotheker details the company's plans to offer data synching, security, and other services that work from the end user device to the data center." InformationWeek 10:08 AM
"HP's new 'personal cloud' combines work and life: HP creates a cloud application platform, and an enterprise app store" Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Apotheker sets HP's course: Heading for the cloud" Fortune 11:55 AM
"Apotheker lays out new vision for HP -- details to come? It's not clear from Apotheker's strategy outline how HP will differentiate its cloud services from the other major tech players" IDG News Service 10:45 AM
"Takeaways from HP's Strategy Summit" Zacks 11:54 AM
"HP promises App Store and Microsoft love in webOS world" The Register 11:32 AM
"HP's Ambitious Transition to Dividend Stock" Seeking Alpha 9:57 AM
"Modest praise for H-P plan, but stock hit by selloff" MarketWatch 11:53 AM
"HP's New Strategy: Jury's Still Out" TheStreet 9:36 AM
"H-P stock slips below lowest close under new CEO" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"HP's to go software shopping: Here's the potential hit list" ZDNet 11:45 AM
"HP's Potential Shopping List" Seeking Alpha 9:57 AM
"HP TouchPad Planned for June, 7-Inch Tablet in September: Report/A document said to be the leaked roadmap of a retailer showed the 10-inch HP TouchPad arriving in June for $499 and $599, followed by a 7-inch version in September." eWeek 2:32 PM
"Can Nokia and Microsoft win in the workplace?" Fortune 10:01 AM
"Microsoft Needs Mobile Money: It's not enough for mobile to be hot; eventually Microsoft has to find a way to make it profitable too." InformationWeek 10:09 AM
"Internet Explorer 9: Hands-on review" CBS News 10:22 AM
"Microsoft trashes Firefox, Chrome and Opera on Windows: Internet Explorer the best browser due to focus on Windows, say Microsoft execs" Computerworld 11:27 AM
"Microsoft: IE9's better because rivals 'dilute' browser efforts/Microsoft's claim of full hardware acceleration is 'a myth,' says Mozilla developer" Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Focuses on Speed, Windows 7 Leveraging" eWeek 2:31 PM
"IE9 is ready for you, unless you use Windows XP" Houston Chronicle 10:44 AM
"Microsoft Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to Browser" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:01 AM
"Oracle beefs up MySQL Enterprise Edition: The company claims that MySQL offers 90 percent lower total cost of ownership than Microsoft's SQL Server" IDG News Service 2:38 PM
"Oracle announces mobile app development tools" ZDNet UK 3:40 PM
"Intel: Nomura Cuts Rating On Weakening PC Sales" Forbes 9:53 AM
"Intel: Nomura Cuts To Hold On PC Weakness" Barron's 9:53 AM
"Back Up The Truck And Load Up With Intel" Forbes 2:34 PM
"Intel works with notebook makers to push into Android tablet PC market" DigiTimes 10:30 AM
"Intel outlines Xeon and Atom micro server plans" V3 3:36 PM
"Intel Plans Sub-10-Watt Atom Server Chip in 2012" PC Magazine 3:11 PM
"Intel flexes muscles in face of ARM threat: Chip giant touts micro-server push, talks up McAfee merger" MarketWatch 3:43 PM
"Intel targeting cloud security with McAfee technology: Intel hopes to provide hardware-and software-based cloud security services, including security features baked into its chips" IDG News Service 2:38 PM
"AMD Chips Boost Online Graphics In IE9: GPUs and APUs feature built-in compatibility with new Microsoft browser's support for client-side hardware acceleration." InformationWeek 3:55 PM
"Japan blackouts threaten chip supplies" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:35 AM
"Flat Panel Makers Face Shortages After Japanese Quake" IDG News Service 11:06 AM
"Flash, DRAM prices spike on worries over supplies from Japan: The price of NAND flash memory -- the main data storage in iPads, iPhones, and other mobile devices -- has increased by as much as 20 percent since the earthquake" IDG News Service 10:46 AM
"Chip prices rise as Japan disaster hits tech supplies" Reuters 11:17 AM
"Tech companies pitch in on earthquake response: Google, Twitter, other technology companies find ways to pitch in after Japan's earthquake" Associated Press 10:00 AM
"SMB PC Spending Up 33% In 2010: Overall spending on IT hardware by small and midsize businesses increased 18% to $38 billion last year, reaching pre-recession levels, reported NPD Group." InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"Linux 2.6.38 Boosts Performance: New Linux kernel takes big steps forward to make the open source operating system faster than ever." InternetNews 2:36 PM
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