"Hell freezes over: Forrester urges IT to support the Mac" Fortune 7:31 AM
"IT still hating on Apple: 41% block employee-owned Macs" Ars Technica 6:44 PM
"Drop ban on Mac 'bootleggers' at work, advises analyst: How IT can handle employees who bring their own Mac laptops to work" Computerworld 6:45 PM
"What's Really Next for Apple in Television" ["Alternative remote ideas floated by Apple included a wireless keyboard and mouse, or using an iPod, iPhone or iPad as a remote. None of these concepts worked. But there was one 'I finally cracked it' moment, when Apple realized you could just talk to your television. Enter Siri. It's the stuff of science fiction. You sit on your couch and rather than fumble with several remotes or use hand gestures, you simply talk"] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:20 PM
"Apple: It's time to leave Neverland: Apple has lost its Peter Pan, and that means that it finally has to grow up." ZDNet 3:25 PM
"The tipping hand of production: How Apple foreshadows iOS volumes" asymco 8:05 AM
"Apple is in the Running to Sell Mobile Devices to the US Government" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:39 AM
"Apple's 10-K Shows Asian Stake Sizzling" AllThingsD 8:13 AM
"Apple plans N.C. solar farm: Power source to be on site of planned data center in Maiden." Charlotte Observer 8:12 AM
"Samsung Appeals Injunction Against Galaxy Tab: An Australian court decision banning a Samsung Electronics Co. tablet computer from the local market due to alleged infringement of patents held by Apple Inc. made errors of law and should be overturned, lawyers for Samsung argued Thursday." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:47 AM
"Apple threatens Samsung tablet sellers: The Federal Court has agreed to fast-track Samsung Electronics' appeal against a ban on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 as Apple goes after online sellers who are still selling the tablet despite the injunction." Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters 8:30 AM
"Samsung contests Galaxy Tab injunction" ZDNet Australia 10:05 AM
"Motorola Ships Fewer Tablets for the Quarter than Apple Ships in a Day" PC Magazine 8:19 PM
"Analysis: Apple's Daily iPad Sales Exceed Q3 Moto Tablet Shipments" The Mac Observer 8:31 PM
"Samsung overtakes Apple to win smartphone crown" CNET News 9:44 PM
"Government, Apple in iPad joint venture: Government has entered into a joint venture with a leading global information technology company, Apple, to distribute solar-powered iPads to remote rural schools in Zimbabwe." Newsday Zimbabwe 8:19 AM
"Apple's 'School Box' plan to innovate education" Computerworld 8:35 AM
"Apple and Zimbabwean government enter joint-venture to deliver solar-powered iPads to schools" The Next Web 8:19 AM
"Pictures: SingTel's iPhone preorder ended in less than 1.5 hours" The Straits Times [Free Registration Required] 9:49 PM
"BlackBerry Owners Flock to IPhone 4S in Record Numbers" Forbes 11:55 AM
"Early iPhone 4S launch date puts Samsung on the back foot in Korea" The Next Web 8:21 AM
"PBS Will Air A Never-Before-Seen Interview With Steve Jobs On November 2" Business Insider 8:09 AM
"'Steve Jobs – One Last Thing' Set to Premiere on PBS Next Wednesday" PadGadget 8:20 AM
"Steve Jobs Biography Launch in China Draws Crowds, 250,000 Copies Sold (Video)" M.I.C. Gadget 8:45 AM
"Stolen iPads A Special Problem For Fed Agencies: Mobile devices will inevitably go missing, as a recent theft at the VA shows. So security and device management work continues." InformationWeek 10:16 AM
"Apple objects to German cafe trademark" iTWire 7:52 AM
"Say what? iPhone has problems with Scots accents" [Video Report] BBC 9:08 AM
"Tablets best medicine for doctors doing rounds: Doctors in Hong Kong are replacing the traditional clipboard used on their ward rounds with the iPad 2 in what is believed to be a first for Asian hospitals." Independent Online: South Africa 8:10 AM
"Jobs to Sony iPod grab: No way, Lack" ["Former Sony Music boss Andy Lack argued that Apple should pay royalties for each iPod sold during his iTunes negotiations with the company, according to 'Steve Jobs,' the hot new biography of the late Apple co-founder. Lack didn't succeed, but boy, if only he had. Apple has sold some 10 billion tracks and 300 million iPods since the 2001 debut of the revolutionary device."] New York Post 12:19 PM
"Jonathan Ive, on the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh" [Video] 512 Pixels 9:17 AM
Non-Apple News
"FCC Universal Service Now Means Broadband" The Mac Observer 6:39 PM
"Split Chip Architecture Could Lead to Smarter Smart Phones: The new design features two processors—one for high performance, one for high efficiency." Technology Review 1:56 PM
"Apple's 'Slide to Unlock' patent worries Taiwanese government, forces investigation" The Next Web 8:18 AM
"Premier concerned about impact of Apple's new patent victory" Focus Taiwan 8:18 AM
"Apple Rolling out In-store Pickup Option for Online Purchases" PCWorld 8:34 AM
"iPad 3 Might Feature 2048×1536 Display, Report Says" Redmond Pie 9:02 AM
"Rumor: Apple manufacturers facing difficulties with high-res screens for iPad 3" AppleInsider 8:05 AM
"Report: Apple Struggles With Retina Display for iPad 3" PC Magazine 12:19 PM
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple Presents a New Gesturing-Based Video Editing Toolbar for iPad" Patently Apple 9:01 AM
"Apple Patent Uses 3D Gestures to Control an iPad" Wired 12:39 PM
"Apple exploring 3D gestures to control devices from a distance: Apple is investigating new ways of interacting with devices, such as using hand gestures to navigate and control a Video recording system without touching anything." AppleInsider 9:19 AM
"Apple's iCloud May use a Tagging Solution for iPhone, TV & Beyond" Patently Apple 6:36 PM
"Apple Patent Reveals Possible Upgrade for Nike + iPod" Patently Apple 1:04 PM
"Apple's iCloud Patent Emerges Pointing to 1TB Storage Capacity" Patently Apple 11:54 AM
"Apple Patent Involves Peer-To-Peer Synchronization" MacNews 11:17 AM
"Riptide GP – Riding The Waves Of The Future" Apple'n'Apps 12:36 PM
"'Foodies HD' Review - Clever Physics-Based Arcade Game Arrives on the iPad" Touch Arcade 12:24 PM
"Stardash Review: Stardash is a trial platform with a Game Boy-inspired aesthetic." 148Apps 3:25 PM
"Finger Shot RPG Review: Slide fantasy characters around varied environments in heated back and forth battles." 148Apps 12:25 PM
"MetalStorm: Wingman Review/A top flight combat simulator that does just about everything right, and it's free." 148Apps 8:31 AM
"Gravinaytor Review: This popular flash game port will stick players to the walls in the name of science, but there are some issues with the 'control group.'" 148Apps 2:05 PM
"Steve Jobs was right about the iPhone 4S: Apple's legendary co-founder Steve Jobs has a posthumous hit on his hands with the launch of the iPhone 4S, unveiled one day before his death" Australian Associated Press 9:38 PM
"Siri Behind the Wheel: Texting-while-driving laws are unclear, inconsistent, and spottily enforced. Here's how to fix them." Slate 8:43 PM
"Apple Gets in Bed With Business by Playing Hard to Get" Wired Magazine 8:20 PM
"The Macalope Daily: No spoilers" Macworld [Paid Membership Required] 8:10 PM
"Cassandra – Friday Review: The Weekend Arrives" Amitiae 8:01 PM
"Steve Jobs' Final Lesson to Me, Microsoft, Google and Obama" Forbes 6:44 PM
"The Next Thing: Apple Becoming Big Brother" The Mac Observer 6:36 PM
"Hidden Dimensions: Steve Jobs is Gone. Will Our Dreams be Next?" The Mac Observer 1:22 PM
"Apple Products That Steve Jobs Fans Love the Most" Atlantic Wire 12:39 PM
"I Want My Siri TV: Is Apple Aiming to Make the Remote Obsolete?" Mashable 6:39 PM
"Apple Is Perfecting the Laziest Possible TV" Yahoo! News 3:38 PM
"Dan Frommer: 'Here's Why Apple's TV Needs to Be an Actual Television, and Not Just a Cheap Add-on Box'" ["To play devil's advocate, what about all the people who've bought a nice new TV in the past, say, four years?"] Daring Fireball 8:11 PM
"Here's why Apple's TV needs to be an actual television, and not just a cheap add-on box" SplatF 2:00 PM
"Steve Jobs and alternative cancer care" ["For the past 40 years I have studied alternative and complementary therapies to learn which of them might usefully be combined with conventional approaches to develop a safer, more effective and more cost-effective system of care -- the result is the integrative medicine that I practice and teach."] CNN 10:17 AM
"The story behind Steve Jobs' Mercedez Benz and its missing license plate" Edible Apple 9:16 AM
"Steve Jobs stayed tag-less by leasing a new car every six months" AppleInsider 9:08 AM
"Al Gore's tribute to Steve Jobs" FairerPlatform 9:05 AM
"Apple's Culture of Secrecy: 'No one wants to die,' said Apple's chief executive, Steven P. Jobs. 'And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.'" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:48 AM
"Chrome 15: The Best Browser keeps getting better (Review)" ZDNet 2:33 PM
"Backblaze's Basic Cloud Storage is 25 Times Cheaper than Amazon S3" Wired 2:30 PM
"How Does Amazon's Jeff Bezos Compare to Steve Jobs, Other Silicon Valley Icons?" WSJ Blogs 2:10 PM
"Video games may be able to treat 'lazy eye' in older children" TG Daily 2:00 PM
"Netflix Gobbles Up One-Third of Peak Bandwith Traffic in US" PCWorld 12:04 PM
"Nokia Lumia Smartphones Are Disappointing" PCWorld 12:04 PM
"Hands On With Nokia's Crazy Flexible Phone" PC Magazine 12:02 PM
"How -- and why -- to dispose of your old TV properly" MSNBC 11:57 AM
"Interest in IPv6 booms despite puny traffic levels: Business customers feel only a modest urgency to deploy IPv6 because vendors have been slow to offer support. But at least they are now showing interest" InfoWorld 11:04 AM
"All-in-one computers: as good as they look?" Entrepreneur [Free Registration Required] 11:02 AM
"Get your video conferencing etiquette right" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:01 AM
"What You Should and Shouldn't Store in the Cloud" FOXNews 11:01 AM
"Will there be a Nokia tablet?" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:57 AM
"Hands on: Samsung's Stratosphere smartphone doesn't quite reach orbit" Computerworld 10:44 AM
"Mobile devices sold with shared data plans expected to take off" CNET News 10:03 AM
"David Kenny Won't Be the Next CEO of Yahoo!" Forbes 9:57 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"People would rather an iPad than world peace" news:lite 8:13 PM
"iPhone 4 Hamburger Case Is Pure Fun In A Bun" iPhone Savior 6:36 PM
"Mercedes to introduce new iPhone-centric infotainment" CNET Reviews 3:16 PM
"Songineer - Instant Composer by Amidio is a fantastic user-friendly music making app for the iPhone that just got released on the AppStore." Amidio 3:16 PM
"Hamilton Beach Gets The Attention Of Buyers With Padalog Interactive Sales Catalog App For iPad" Online PR News 2:05 PM
"Boston Scientific Introduces First iPad® App For Physicians To Educate Patients About Cardiovascular Diseases And Treatments" PRNewswire 9:00 AM
"App : Wall Of Sound, 20 Millions Songs at Your Fingertips!" PRNewswire 9:00 AM
"Apps for Covering the News Next Door: Is news breaking in your neck of the woods? Tell the world about it! These apps will help anyone with a smartphone become a citizen journalist." PCWorld 8:31 AM
"Memphis Travel Mobile App Now Available for iPhone" PRWeb 8:09 AM
"Bloomberg TV Begins Live Streaming to the iPad" Mashable 8:07 AM
"Learn the Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White App Update" Best App Site 7:57 AM
"iHome Delivers Wireless Audio Experience With Release of New iW1 Airplay Rechargeable Speaker System: Only Portable Rechargeable AirPlay® Speaker System on Market Now Available at Apple Store, Best Buy and Crutchfield" Business Wire 8:38 AM
"Inkling Launches the 'Bible for All Chefs' on iPad: The Professional Chef makes iPad an engaging, interactive culinary learning tool" Business Wire 8:38 AM
"Mo Willems' Famous Pigeon Takes Flight in First-Ever Mobile App Based on Award-Winning 'Don't Let the Pigeon' Book Series" Business Wire 8:38 AM
"IMDb Buzz, an Entertainment News App for iPhone and iPod touch, Now Available for Free on the App Store" Business Wire 7:53 AM
"CaptureNotes 2 for iPad – Take Notes, Record Audio, Flag the Critical" prMac 11:54 AM
"New TryAngulate Puzzle Game Keeps Players' Fingers Moving, Minds Racing" prMac 9:31 AM
"New Endpoint Protector 4 - Device Control Hardware and Virtual Appliance" prMac 9:03 AM
"Decorate your desktop with uDesktop 1.0" prMac 8:37 AM
"Spray Can 4.0 - the largest iOS painting community now with iPad support" prMac 8:14 AM
"ThereIam 1.0 for iOS: Post Location to Facebook or Twitter Automatically" prMac 8:08 AM
"Smappsoft releases Chinese 13 Card Poker version 2.0 for iPad/iPhone" prMac 8:04 AM
"Adventures of Gilbert the Ghost for iOS - Kids' Tilt Control Action Game" prMac 7:53 AM
"The Countdown is On: In Time - The Mobile Game Goes Free for 24 Hours" prMac 7:53 AM
"Get first rate bartending lessons on your iPhone with Formula for iOS" prMac 7:53 AM
"Cristian Esposito releases Scary Match 1.0 for iOS" prMac 7:53 AM
"HKDL Wallpapers HD Provides Stunning HDR Images of Hong Kong Disneyland" prMac 7:53 AM
"Panoramas Northwest releases meanHummingbirdz 1.0 - New iPhone/iPad Game" prMac 7:53 AM
"Create social calendars on the go, find your friends, and say SUP!" prMac 7:52 AM
"newMacgadgets Turns The iPad 2 Into a Digital Billboard" prMac 7:52 AM
"IBM finalises creation of new security branch with Q1 Labs buy" V3 2:07 PM
"IBM listens in on wave energy's subsea sounds" CNET News 3:07 PM
"Interview: HP CEO Meg Whitman on Keeping the PC Business" AllThingsD 8:09 PM
"H-P to Keep PC Business" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:21 PM
"H-P Decides Now It's OK to Be a PC" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:40 PM
"HP ditches costly PC unit spin-off" Reuters 6:40 PM
"HP says it won't spin off personal computer unit" Associated Press 6:40 PM
"In a Switch, H.P. Chief Will Keep the PC Group" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:50 PM
"HP Will Keep PC Division: Hoping to end months of corporate turmoil, CEO Meg Whitman promises to clarify HP's mission and to take another stab at the tablet business using Windows 8." InformationWeek 9:43 PM
"Trial in Oracle-Google Lawsuit Over Android Delayed" AllThingsD 3:00 PM
"Google won't face Oracle in court until next year: Judge proposes three-phase trial to deal with copyright and patent issues" The Register 2:03 PM
"Oracle's Mark Hurd: We Know CIOs/Responding to OpenWorld critics, Hurd makes the case for why customers need to put more of their eggs in the Oracle basket." InformationWeek 10:12 AM
"Oracle to exchange notes for transferable ones" Associated Press 8:49 PM
"Intel lost the tablet war -- is the desktop next? With meager sales of Windows-based tablets predicted till 2017, the door is open for ARM to establish a beachhead on your desk" InfoWorld 11:04 AM
"Regulator overhauls fund to get broadband to all Americans" Reuters 3:11 PM
"Technology Groups Ask Supercommittee to Weigh Tax Overhaul" Bloomberg 2:59 PM
"U.S. CIO VanRoekel Outlines What's Next For Fed Tech: In his first public speech since taking his post in August, Obama's CIO said he will build upon his predecessor Vivek Kundra's work to create innovation." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Asian chipmakers see gloomy Q4; 2012 a bit brighter" Reuters 10:10 AM
"Industry cautious over 28nm discrete GPUs" TG Daily 2:01 PM
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