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"Apple iNvincible? Shares Soar to Record High Ahead of Earnings" ["Today it is up nearly 2% at $371.21, a fresh record high. That gives the iUbers a market cap of north of $340 billion."] WSJ Blogs 2:23 PM
"Apple shares rise to new all-time high" Associated Press 4:40 PM
"Battlemap: Apple's heavy patent artillery against HTC's guerrilla warfare" Foss Patents 9:54 AM
"HTC to appeal against Apple patent ruling" BBC 4:45 AM
"HTC to appeal Apple patent infringement complaint" ["The ITC's staff attorney independently studied the facts and argued at trial that HTC does not violate any of the 10 Apple patents, HTC revealed."] DigiTimes 4:41 AM
"HTC Plans Share Buyback After Apple Patent Ruling" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:51 AM
"HTC suffers after losing Apple patent ruling" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:48 AM
"HTC Shares Fall as Buyback Fails to Counter Impact of Apple Patent Ruling" Bloomberg 3:38 PM
"HTC to appeal ITC's decision on Apple patents" MarketWatch 9:48 AM
"Apple, HTC Android Patent Battle Is Just One of Many: Apple has won a preliminary ruling against Android manufacturer HTC. Expect these Android battles to continue for some time." eWeek 10:20 AM
"ITC says Kodak did not infringe Apple patent" Reuters 4:47 PM
"Why No One Should Believe Apple's Earnings Guidance" FOXBusiness 3:56 PM
"Why Apple's earnings are growing faster than its revenue: It's something the amateur analysts seem to understand and the pros still don't get" Fortune 8:45 AM
"Apple earnings preview: big year-over-year gains expected" VentureBeat 8:56 AM
"NPD data suggests Apple sold record 4.2M Macs in June quarter" AppleInsider 3:47 PM
"NPD suggests Apple had another record Mac quarter | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" TUAW 5:34 PM
"Apple Stores: a muted 10-year anniversary/Why the silence Apple? Isn't this something worth celebrating?" The Guardian 8:46 AM
"The iPad's Potential: Bigger Than You Think" Seeking Alpha 11:17 AM
"Family ties earn this Smart Cover knock-off a Samsung certification and a place on their store shelves" 9 to 5 Mac 3:25 PM
"Apple giveth, but iCloud taketh away from NAND flash market, says IHS" DigiTimes 8:49 AM
"Apple Seeks to Broaden iPhone in China: Apple Inc. is getting closer to offering the iPhone through China's largest mobile carrier, state-owned China Mobile Ltd., further opening a vast market that could be the next growth catalyst for the technology giant." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:18 PM
"New Survey: Consumer Smart Phones – Apple vs. Google Android" ["Going forward, the Apple iOS remains the number one preference for buyers – with 46% of those planning to buy a smart phone in the next 90 days saying they prefer to have the Apple iOS on their new phone, up 2-pts since the March survey."] ChangeWave Research 8:37 AM
"10 Fingers, 2 Steps, One App To Make A Mac Work Faster" Mac 360 4:52 AM
"Save Processor Cycles By Avoiding iTunes Store" Mac OS X Hints 10:10 AM
Op/Ed
"Tim Ferriss Facepalms: Tim Ferriss of 'four hour work week' fame has a Mac. He doesn't know much about it, so he went online recently to learn a bit more. What he learned was par for the course." Rixstep 3:59 PM
"Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis? Both Apple and Microsoft's new desktop operating systems borrow elements from mobile devices, in sometimes confusing ways." Technology Review 11:54 AM
"Ownership is the way to go with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5" Macworld 9:59 AM
"Why an Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 subscription makes sense" Macworld 9:59 AM
"The Readers' Choice Survey 2011 Winners" [Category: Laptops & Netbooks—Overall/Work/Home/Less Than a Year Old: Apple Inc.; Category: Desktops—All Categories: Apple Inc.; Category: Mobile Platform Awards—iOS; Category: Mobile Phones—AT&T: Apple iPhone, Verizon Wireless: Apple iPhone; Category: Network Routers—Apple] PC Magazine 10:57 AM
"iPhone Tops Nokia for European Mobile Ad Requests, Report" The Mac Observer 9:30 PM
"InMobi: Apple surpasses Nokia for European mobile ad requests" ZDNet 11:54 AM
"Apple passes Nokia in Europe mobile ads; surges as Android declines in North America in Q211" MacDailyNews 1:29 PM
"[Updated] Saudi Arabia bans the iPhone and Samsung tablets from sensitive areas" HardMac 4:47 AM
"Apple offers refund period on apps and iBooks in Taiwan" Wired UK 8:57 AM
"Trend Micro adds to mobile device security options" iTWire 4:52 AM
"iPhone 4 survives fall from skydiver's pocket" CNN 10:15 AM
"Calif. Store Closed For Unknown Renovations" ifoAppleStore 3:26 PM
"Get Textbooks on your iPad Using Amazon's Textbook Rental Service" PadGadget 3:26 PM
"The sky's the limit: Tiny unmanned craft can fly into danger - controlled by an iPhone - but raise privacy and security questions" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 10:08 AM
"Russian campaign: Strip for Putin, win an iPad 2" CNET News 2:27 PM
"New BYTE bitten by link bait: Editor of the reincarnated publication retracts: by strike-through: its first opinion piece" Fortune 8:43 AM
"Toshiba Tablet 2.0 struck with 'sleep of death' bug" Register Hardware 11:43 AM
"Adobe Buys Digital Signature Company EchoSign" The Mac Observer 11:04 AM
"Despite Microsoft gains, VMware still dominates virtualization market" Network World 10:27 AM
"Ocarina of Time 3D Fuels Nintendo 3DS Sales" Forbes 10:21 AM
"SMIC's future unclear after Wang resignation" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:20 AM
"A gadget able to extract energy from thin air" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 10:07 AM
"Orange and T-Mobile chief executive quits" BBC 10:04 AM
"America: Land of the crummy-sounding cell phone/Want to buy a high-definition cell phone? You can now get one in 22 countries, including Uganda — but not the U.S." Fortune 8:44 AM
"CNN, HLN to Stream on Web: Time Warner Networks Make Internet Simulcasts Available to Pay-TV Subscribers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:36 AM
"Manufacturers Turn to 3-D Printing: Growing interest in 'additive manufacturing' is leading to new business models and new ways to think about designing products." Technology Review 4:46 AM
"Start-Up Lets You Add Real Camera Lenses to the iPhone" ["We spoke with Gupta about the iPhone's limitations (which this mount eliminates) and the evolution of Photojojo."] WSJ Blogs 11:54 AM
"Apple to launch low-priced iPhone for $350, iPhone 4S/5 end of summer" BGR 8:56 AM
"Apple, Samsung, LG work on new LCD" ["'Apple's upcoming iPad 3 will feature an improved display to support quad extended graphics (QXGA), a display resolution of 2048×1536 pixels with a 4:3 aspect ratio to provide full high definition (HD) viewing experience,' said a source close to the talks."] The Korea Times 8:53 AM
"Rumor: Apple Testing 2048 x 1536 HD Displays For iPad 3 / iPad HD" Apple Bitch 10:02 AM
"If Apple won't bring multiple user profiles to iPads, iUsers will" GigaOM 9:50 AM
"Apple Product Design: 35 Years of Consumer Electronics [Infographic] Mashable 2:31 PM
"iOS 4.3.4 Patches Jailbreak Exploit... And Is Immediately Jailbroken" PCWorld 4:40 AM
"Hands-On: Spotify's App Sounds Damn Good on Android" Wired 11:50 AM
"More than 50% of Parents Use Facebook to Spy On Their Kids" Techland 11:46 AM
"Could robots be the farmers of the future?" TG Daily 11:39 AM
"6 simple steps toward IPv6: Experts say time for action is fast approaching" Network World 11:11 AM
"Hands on: Motorola's Droid 3 is almost an awesome phone" Computerworld 10:13 AM
"Could NAND flash kill DRAM in PCs? The right balance of NAND, DRAM, and an HDDs yields better results than DRAM and HDDs, study finds" Computerworld 10:13 AM
"Google: The one trick pony learns a second trick/It sells ads. And it clones other people's products" The Register 11:44 AM
"WP7 ahead of Android and right behind iOS in customer satisfaction survey" ZDNet 11:52 AM
"Apple iOS still rules but Windows Phone 7 edges Android in user satisfaction" Network World 11:12 AM
"Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 app to enable remote Windows Server access" V3 11:46 AM
"Windows Phone 7 plugs in remote server management" ZDNet UK 11:56 AM
"Microsoft To Launch Social Networking Site? Leaked 'Tulalip' project may be a response to Google+, but for now Redmond is playing it coy." InformationWeek 9:59 AM
"Azure: it's Windows but not as we know it" The Register 11:43 AM
"Microsoft pitches Google Health users, developers on moving to HealthVault" ZDNet 11:52 AM
"Google Health users can transfer data to Microsoft HealthVault" Seattle Times 11:15 AM
"HP officially launches webOS TouchPad ... again?" ZDNet 11:52 AM
"Sparc T4 server chip slips into 2012: Oracle bestows beta on 'select' customers" The Register 11:42 AM
"Dell Wants to Use Google+ to Serve Customers" GigaOM 12:03 PM
"Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Preview" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 3:35 PM
"AMD Claims the Next Xbox Can Render Avatar-like Graphics" Forbes 9:51 AM
"AMD says Xbox 720 graphics to be good as Avatar" Register Hardware 11:43 AM
"Intel investigates SSD 320 flaw, offers replacement drives: Chip maker admits possible issue with new storage range" Techworld 11:36 AM
"Cisco to cut workforce by 11,500: Cisco Systems plans to cut its workforce by 11,500 employees as part of its plan to cut annual expenses by $1 billion and revive its business." Reuters 3:57 PM
"Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs, including executives" MarketWatch 3:33 PM
"Cisco Systems Announces Plan To Cut 6,500" AllThingsD 3:36 PM
"Cisco To Cut 6,500 Employees, Take $1.3B Charge" Barron's 3:36 PM
"Cisco's turf seen eroding in switch market" MarketWatch 3:33 PM
"Cisco Fires Back At HP In Catalyst Switch Showdown" CRN 10:12 AM
"Cisco Launches 60 Watt Ethernet Power" InformationWeek 9:59 AM
"Wireless Jobs Vanish" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:33 AM
"Using Light to Send Data Across the Room: After Wi-Fi, will there be... Li-Fi?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:16 PM
"U.S. Stocks Drop Amid Debt Limit Concerns, Banks Fall" Bloomberg 3:28 PM
"Stocks Drop, Euro Pares Losses, Gold Has Longest Run of Gains Since 1980" Bloomberg 3:28 PM
"Stocks Skid Over 1% as Banks Drag; Gold Soars" CNBC 12:00 PM
"Stocks Slump on Global Debt Woes" TheStreet 4:42 PM
"Stocks start the week in sell mode" CNNMoney 3:29 PM
"Blue Chips End Down 94 Points" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:29 PM
"Stocks: Under pressure from debt worries/U.S. stocks were poised to fall Monday, as uncertainty over the U.S. debt ceiling and worries about European debt put investors on edge." CNNMoney 9:28 AM
"Canada stocks drop on debt fears: Gains for gold curb pullback in Toronto's main equities benchmark" MarketWatch 12:04 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks start week on downbeat note" MarketWatch 9:34 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks slump, led by ING, UniCredit/Fallout comes from bank stress tests; Atlas Copco sinks" MarketWatch 12:02 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 3:40 PM
"Invest in Tech Ahead of Earnings" [Video Report] CNBC 12:07 PM
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