"Apple's iPhone Business Alone Is Now Bigger Than All Of Microsoft" Business Insider 8:53 AM
"Apple's iPhone Business is Now Larger Than All of Microsoft" Forbes 9:20 AM
"Motorola wants 2.25% of Apple's sales in return for license to standard-essential wireless patents" Foss Patents 8:31 AM
"Motorola is suing the official German Apple Stores over three patents in Düsseldorf lawsuits" Foss Patents 8:47 AM
"Apple banned in Germany, quickly overturns it" Crave @ CNET 8:42 AM
"Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings and iPod spy shots" CNET News 8:32 AM
"Week in Apple: post-Macworld|iWorld edition" Ars Technica 3:07 PM
"Censored: Apple Content Filtering Needs Work" PCWorld 9:16 AM
"Is Apple Going to Sell 40 Million iPhones in China This Year?" AsiaTech 11:30 AM
"Apple and Amazon's tablet rivals don't get it" TechRepublic 8:32 AM
"Apple: All iPad and iPhone Models Will be Back on Sale Online in Germany Shortly" ["In a statement given to AllThingsD, Apple confirmed that the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 3G/UMTS-based iPads should be returning to the shelves of its German online store in a matter of hours."] AllThingsD 2/3
"Appeals court grants Apple temporary suspension of enforcement of Motorola injunction" Foss Patents 2/3
"Explained: Apple's not-so-secret favorite patent argument/With patent lawsuits all the rage nowadays, one term is popping up more frequently: 'frand.'" CNET News 2/3
"Apple to resume full online sales in Germany" Reuters 2/3
"Apple overturns Motorola's iPad and iPhone sales bans" BBC 2/3
"Apple sales injunction suspended: German iPad/iPhone sales resume" SlashGear 2/3
"Apple Overturns German Injunction, Resumes iPhone Sales" The Mac Observer 2/3
"Motorola makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in Germany: Apple has pulled several iPad and iPhone models from its German online store after Motorola Mobility enforced a patent injunction against its rival." BBC 2/3
"Apple removed products from German online store due to Motorola injunction based on FRAND patent" Foss Patents 2/3
"Apple Germany forced to stop online sales of iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 3G" The Next Web 2/3
"Apple On Motorola IP Claims In Germany: 'This Old Pager Patent Is Invalid'" paidContent 2/3
"Apple stops selling some devices online in Germany" Reuters 2/3
"Apple dealt legal setbacks against Motorola in Germany" CNET News 2/3
"iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war" The Register 2/3
"German Court Rules Against Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/3
"Motorola Mobility Wins Second German Ruling Against Apple: Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. won a second German patent ruling against Apple Inc. over its iCloud service allowing the company to block sales of devices including iPhone and iPad if they use the software that accesses it." ["'Apple believes this old pager patent is invalid and we're appealing the court's decision,' company spokesman Alan Hely said. ICloud is a new service that automatically stores photos, songs and other files on servers at Apple's data centers for use on all of a customer's gadgets."] Bloomberg 2/3
"Motorola wins German injunction against Apple's iCloud (and MobileMe) push email service and client devices" Foss Patents 2/3
"Apple widens patent claims against Samsung" The Australian [Subscription Required for Full Article] 2/3
"Apple hits Samsung with 278 patent claims in revised Australian lawsuit" The Next Web 2/3
"Apple in China: Should we applaud instead of condemn?" CIO 2/3
"Microsoft releases Communicator for Mac 2011 13.1.3 update" OfficeforMacHelp 2/3
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Snow Leopard discussion continues to cover Apple's Security Update 2012-001 fiasco, with people Reporting that last evening's Security Update 2012-001 Version 1.1 update addressed the problem by back-levelling the problematic file to the pre-update level, as people had been doing manually to restore proper operation for Rosetta-dependent applications." MacInTouch 4:42 PM
"Fix Rosetta in Mac OS X Snow Leopard After Security Update 2012-001" OS X Daily 2/3
"Security Update 2012-001 is the hot topic in reader Reports, after Apple's update broke applications that rely on the Rosetta compatibility layer; discussion includes fixes/workarounds." MacInTouch 2/3
"Lion discussion covers a different serious problem in Apple's 10.7.3 update ('CUI' issue), again with tips for fixing the bug (by installing/reinstalling the 'combo' update), plus other update notes." MacInTouch 2/3
"Bugs & Fixes: When email duplication gets unruly" Macworld 2/3
"Secure Empty Trash in Mac OS X Lion" OS X Daily 2/3
"Mac Tip: Convert Numerical Instances In The Calculator" MacTrast 2/3
"10.7: Fixing a stuck application in Mission Control" Mac OS X Hints 2/3
"10.7: Auto-copy Photo Stream images to a folder" Mac OS X Hints 2/3
Op/Ed
"More on Apple and ZFS, speculation on iOS" iMore 3:38 PM
"Lion (Mac OS X 10.7): A flea-ridden cat" Betalogue 8:45 AM
"How Apple lulls Mac owners into a false sense of security" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 2/3
"Virtualization no silver bullet for Macs or mobile: As employees bring non-Windows devices into the business, vendors tell IT to impose Windows via virtualization: and miss the point" InfoWorld 2/3
"Bad Apple: iTunes Match censors your music collection. Why?" Computerworld 2/3
Press Releases
"Download Firefox 11 Beta For Windows, Mac & Linux" Redmond Pie 9:10 AM
"Powerful Mac SWF to MOV Converter Newly Released from Doremisoft" prMac 9:01 AM
"AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage" MacRumors 4:25 PM
"Apple's iPhone outstrips Samsung but not in UK: Almost one in four of the 149 million smartphones shipped during the final three months of 2011 was an iPhone, a new Report reveals." The Scotsman 8:33 AM
"Apple Pulls Several Misleading Applications From the App Store" iDownload Blog 8:57 AM
"iOS developer 'reluctantly' admits to building Internet tethering easter egg into 'iRandomizer Numbers' app" It's All Tech 8:57 AM
"Apple the target of playwright's ire over Chinese worker abuse: World's top tech firm brought to book by minor monologuist over working conditions in factories that make its gadgets" The Guardian 11:33 AM
"Yahoo Rolls Out New App Search Page" iDownload Blog 3:06 PM
"Cops track iThieves: Crafty police officers used their own iPhones to hunt down two smartphone thieves in separate incidents this week, cops said." New York Post 8:46 AM
"Rock band KISS to launch new Angry Birds game" T3 2:10 PM
"First: Apple's rank in mobile phone profitability and revenues" asymco 2/3
"With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits: Between them, Samsung and Apple are sucking up 91% of the winnings" Fortune 2/3
"Apple now third largest phonemaker, pushing feature phones aside: New data shows the worldwide breakdown of mobile phone sales in 2011. Feature phones are increasingly being replaced by smart phones, with top-tier models from Apple and Samsung leading the pack." Christian Science Monitor 2/3
"Apple's market share rises, but Android still on top" CNET News 2/3
"Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction survey" Register Hardware 2/3
"comScore Reports December 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market – iPhone In 4th And Gaining" MacPrices 2/3
"Samsung Galaxy S II Plus pic spotted" TG Daily 2/3
"The Megaupload saga continues (infographic)" ZDNet 2/3
"Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers" Reuters 2/3
"Imation revenue drops, but loss narrows" St. Paul Pioneer Press [Free Registration Required] 2/3
"Symantec Warns of Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download" IDG News Service 2/3
"More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet" PCWorld 2/3
"RIM Sees Continued BlackBerry Growth From Government Users: RIM hopes new government security certifications and a device management platform will bolster the platform's position against iOS, Android." InformationWeek 2/3
"RIM offers free PlayBook to attract Android developers: Developers have until Feb. 13 to port their Android application to get in on the offer" IDG News Service 2/3
"RIMM: Jefferies Says Sell on BB10 Strategy; Wells Looks Forward to PlayBook 2.0" Barron's 2/3
"NetSuite shares jump on strong outlook: Analyst cites strong demand for on-demand business software" MarketWatch 2/3
"Panasonic Forecasts Record Loss on Thailand Floods, Charges" Bloomberg 2/3
"Google Wallet app surfaces on unlocked Galaxy Nexus" CNET 2/3
"Google finally scans malware-ridden Android Market: The Bouncer service analyzes apps in Android Market for known malware, spyware, and Trojans" InfoWorld 2/3
"Google reveals Android malware 'Bouncer,' scans all apps: Claims 40% reduction in malicious app downloads in second half of 2011" Computerworld 2/3
Publications/Podcasts
"iPhone & iPad Live 278: Macworld 2012, iPad 3, iPhone 5" iMore 9:09 AM
"YML Interview with Sacramento County Coroner Greg Wyatt" ["YML was lucky enough to talk to Sacramento County Coroner Greg Wyatt, fresh off his session at the 2012 Macworld. Greg talked about what a coroner does, the technology they have available and how he uses Macs and iPads in his his job."] Your Mac Life 2/3
"Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen from The Loop, Daniel Eran Dilger from AppleInsider, and StartUp Nation's Rich Sloan this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2/3
"Taking a bite out of Apple/Fortune Magazine's Adam Lashinsky discusses his new book, 'Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired – and Secretive Company – Really Works,' and shares his thoughts on one of the biggest tech companies in the world." [Video Report] MSNBC 2/3
"Final Cut Pro X Update, Buying iMac/MacBook Air, Facebook, + More! (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 2/3
"Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS: Interactivity, distinctive visuals set apart apps from Moonbot Studios" Macworld 2/3
"'Tweet Land' Review - A Great Idea, but Flawed Gameplay" Touch Arcade 2/3
"OkCupid Review: OkCupid is the official app for accessing the popular free dating service." 148Apps 2/3
"Reckless Racing 2 Review: The original Reckless Racing game set the bar for down and dirty iOS racing. Reckless Racing 2 has raised the bar even higher." 148Apps 2/3
"Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Review/Use 'Ghost Tricks' to possess objects and solve a murder." 148Apps 2/3
How-To/Tutorial
"How to charge your iPad faster – with the white plug or your Windows PC!" iTWire 9:07 PM
Tips
"iPad Tip: 'phantom' keys in the middle of the split keyboard" The Verge 9:19 AM
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I boot from a RAM disk?" TUAW 2/3
"Why Apple gets to have a license to print money" Mendacious musings 6:06 PM
"Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri" CNET News 3:57 PM
"Apple's Corporate Imitators are Borrowing, Not Stealing" Cult of Mac 3:22 PM
"Steve Jobs Email to Google: Stop Recruiting Apple Employees" V3 3:08 PM
"Former Apple employee recounts how Jobs motivated iPhone team" TUAW 3:08 PM
"Apple's Version of 'The Clone Wars'" PadGadget 3:07 PM
"ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook" MacRumors 9:08 PM
"iPad-like MacBook Air now unlikely? Was it even necessary?" CNET News 2:10 PM
"Can Apple Save Education? [InfoGraphic] iClarified 2:10 PM
"MacOS KenDensed: Patent Wars & Microsoft, Buyer of iPads" The Mac Observer 1:59 PM
"Business Insider's Kovach: Everything Apple must change before I buy an iPhone 5: What's annoying is a writer criticizing something he does not understand" MacDailyNews 10:21 AM
"The Macalope Weekly: Who to blame?" Macworld 9:36 AM
"What I Want From The Next iPad" Redmond Pie 9:10 AM
"Can Apple keep up against fake copycat app developers?" DigitalTrends 9:09 AM
"This New Study Claims iOS Applications Crash More Often Than Android Applications" App Advice 8:47 AM
"This Data Shows Why Samsung's Apple-Bashing Isn't Working" Business Insider 2/3
"Should Apple take more action against march of the iOS clones? Plants vs. Zombie and Angry Ninja Birds removed, but other misleading apps remain" The Guardian 2/3
"Editorial: In Love With A Vision Of An iPhone" AppleBitch 2/3
"Accidental espionage: how iMessage conversations end up in the wrong handsets" The Verge 2/3
"Apple Censors Science Magazine's Article About Penises" Gizmodo 2/3
"Are high-tech classrooms better classrooms? Despite the hype over Apple's new iPad textbooks, there's little proof that gadgets do much to improve education" Salon 2/3
"Heavenly Steve Jobs ad spawns hellish flame war" Fortune 2/3
"IBM: The biggest Apple deployment outside Apple" FairerPlatform 2/3
"The Macalope Daily: Consistency" Macworld [Insider Content] 2/3
"Apple, China, and Doing The Right Thing" MacStories 2/3
"The sweatshop price of Apple's huge success: Meeting demand in U.S. creates work woes in China" MarketWatch 2/3
"Do iOS Apps Crash More Than Android Apps? A Data Dive" Forbes 2/3
"How Apple Can Revolutionize Television: An intelligent assistant would be the ideal way to deal with remote-control overload." Technology Review 2/3
"iPhone patent wars: What's going on in Germany? Apple forced to pull older iPhones off its online store, faces an injunction on push e-mail" Fortune 2/3
"Apple Pulls All 3G Devices Except iPhone 4S from German Online Store Following Motorola Patent Win" MacRumors 2/3
"Apple Stops Online Sales Of iPad 2 3G And iPhone 4 In Germany" AppleBitch 2/3
"How chips, PCs, services companies are faring: A look at how selected chip-makers, computer manufacturers and services providers are faring" Associated Press 2/3
"Clever on-off switch for graphene. Transistors next?" ZDNet UK 2/3
"Silicon Valley's dirty little secret: The 'Startup Boom' is a disguised jobs fair for big corporations" ZDNet 2/3
"Vizio's CinemaWide 58-inch 3D HDTV priced at $3,499, but who's buying?" ZDNet 2/3
"Why Are We Only Finding Out About the VeriSign Security Breach Now?" Techland 2/3
"Sysadmins: Don't get in your own way" The Register 2/3
"iPad PowerPoint App Swims Into The Enterprise: Brainshark rolls out SlideShark Team Edition, bringing PowerPoint compatibility to the Apple tablet on an enterprise scale." InformationWeek 2/3
"Start Improving Eating Habits Today with MealGuru!" PRWeb 2/3
"Sunstorm Takes the iTunes App Store By Storm: 75 Million Downloads and 250 Monthly Impressions Later CEO Anthony Campiti Announces the Creation of a New Mobile Ad Network" PRWeb 2/3
"New Apple iOS Game for the iPhone and iPad, Game Fury Balls: Worlds of Chaos is Released by Curvature Studios" PRWeb 2/3
"Millicorp Announces the Release of MilliTalk 2.0 Their Evolutionary Calling App for Increasing Call Functionality for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches" PRWeb 2/3
"Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plan: Grand, But Risky/Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 appear to look very much alike. That's great news for users, but can Redmond pull off one OS across desktops, mobile and more?" InformationWeek 9:13 AM
"Microsoft's head of Windows Phone developer experience, Brandon Watson, leaves for Amazon" The Verge 9:10 AM
"Stepto leaving Microsoft: One last reading from the Xbox Live Book of Enforcement" GeekWire 9:36 AM
"Microsoft teases Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' with Bing betta fish site" The Verge 11:30 AM
"Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone?" Forbes 9:36 AM
"IBM chief will lead postgraduate training review" Telegraph 3:06 PM
"H-P to Put Proxy-Access Proposal to Vote: In a major victory for activists, Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to a step that could give investors more power to oust its board members." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:43 AM
"Cisco Systems: Dividend Dynamo or the Next Blowup?" The Motley Fool 4:24 PM
"AMD's move could pave the way for ARM in future chips: AMD's CTO said the company will employ other chip architectures if they meet the needs of its customers" IDG News Service 8:35 AM
"AMD won't rule out ARM in the future, wants modular design" Electronista 6:06 PM
"Hackers claim to have hit Swedish gov't site" CBS News 8:57 AM
"Google Chrome loses market share for the first time in two years" It's All Tech 8:57 AM
"Google testing mystery device, may be testing 802.11ac" Electronista 8:56 AM
"Outside the boy box: Women are embracing – and rethinking – Video games" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 8:52 AM
"At Long Last, Facebook: Facebook's shares could get a pop at the IPO, but as Google's experience shows, it's hard to maintain investor excitement over time, even with strong growth." Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:43 AM
"Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted U.S. Call Over Investigation" Bloomberg 8:35 AM
"How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer" Computerworld 8:52 AM
"Google's Android Market 'Bouncer' - Does it offer enough protection?" ZDNet 9:09 AM
"Analyst: Apple Comfy With High End Smartphones & Other Notes" The Mac Observer 2/3
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Asia investors watching for China price data/ Asian investors will be waiting for Chinese consumer price data in the week ahead to gauge the likelihood of more monetary policy easing from Beijing." MarketWatch 9:23 PM
"Nasdaq at 11-yr high after jobs Report" Reuters 2/3
"Tech Stocks: Micron CEO's death mutes strong day for techs" MarketWatch 2/3
"U.S. stocks cheer surprisingly good jobs data: Nasdaq Composite hits highest level since late 2009" MarketWatch 2/3
"Bulls Charge on Wall Street as Traders Cheer Data" FOXBusiness 2/3
"Dow at 4-year high, Nasdaq hits 11-year high" CNNMoney 2/3
"S&P 500 Extends Best Start to Year Since 1987 Amid Jobs Data" Bloomberg 2/3
"U.S. Stocks Jump on Upbeat Reports" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/3
"Stocks: Investors cheer jobs report" CNNMoney 2/3
"Mexican stocks up as U.S. jobs data brighten" MarketWatch 2/3
"Most Asian Stocks Drop as Europe Crisis, U.S. Drag on Earnings" Bloomberg 2/3
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