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Weekend Highlights: 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; Over at Maworld, 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; 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; Harry Potter spell unlocks the secret backdoor hack in OS X, but Ars Technica says it is "more the stuff of spy movies than hack attack"; Delicious Library 3 is another software gem for the Mac according to Joel Mathis; Skype improves performance on the Mac; Mactuts+ illustrates how you can use "15 cool ways to personalize your Mac"; Samsung courting rival Apple suppliers; Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene promoting the "Dream Act" for immigration reform.
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"Mac OS X: Happy Eleventeenth Birthday" FairerPlatform 3/23
"New wave of phishing attacks serves malware to PCs and Macs" ZDNet 3/23
"Shopping For Zero-Days: A Price List For Hackers' Secret Software Exploits" ["That iOS exploit price represents just one of the dozens of deals the Grugq has arranged in his year-old side career as a middle man for so-called 'zero-day' exploits, hacking techniques that take advantage of secret vulnerabilities in software. ... Who's paying these prices? Western governments, and specifically the U.S., says the Grugq, who himself is a native of South Africa."] Forbes 3/23
"What the new iPad and Mountain Lion tell us about Apple's upcoming Retina Macs" 9 to 5 Mac 3/23
"More 'retina' display piccies spied within Mac OS X" Register Hardware 3/23
"OS X Mountain Lion Galaxy Photo Identified" The Mac Observer 3/23
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/We answer questions about moving data to new user accounts, larger virtual memory allotments, and more." MacFixIt 3/23
"Detecting and removing the Flashback malware in OS X: The Flashback Trojan's latest iterations have evolved to infect Macs in different ways, but there are methods to detect and remove them." MacFixIt 3/23
"Baidu Takes Aim At Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive, With Cloud Storage Service" paidContent 3/23
"T-Mobile Cutting A Net 1,900 Call-Center Jobs" Associated Press 3/23
"Lenovo Dreams of Waterproof Notebooks & Acrobatic Displays" Patently Apple 3/23
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine, John Martellaro of The Mac Observer, and veteran columnist Ted Landau, from The Mac Observer and Macworld, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3/23
"MacMall Opening New Chicago Store; We Talk With The President" MacNews 3/23
"New iPad controversies and thoughts on the new iPad after one week (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 3/23
"Netflix: 1080p streaming on the new iPad is 'on our roadmap'" Yahoo! News 8:17 PM
"Why the new iPad battery meter is behaving just as it should" ZDNet 7:42 AM
"Report: new iPad continues to charge after displaying '100%'" Electronista 7:01 AM
"Next frontier for Apple retina displays could be MacBooks" ZDNet 7:35 PM
"Retina display MacBooks incoming this summer?" Crave @ CNET 8:08 AM
"New iPhone (iPhone 5,1) coming fall 2012 with LTE, similar sized screen" iMore 3/23
"What's coming on iPhone 5?" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/23
"Apple Feels Heat From Steve Jobs' Display Choices: There are widespread reports of a heat problem with the new iPad. The problem is so ubiquitous that it even prompted Consumer Reports to run a test." Forbes 3/23
"Video: Apple's hot new IPad wins over reviewers" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 3/23
"Monster Wars for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch" AppleTell 3/23
"The Hunger Games: Girl on Fire Review" 148Apps 3/23
"SmartPlans Review: The SmartPlans project management app goes beyond the basic check list and allows users to get things done in an intuitive and simple to setup dashboard." 148Apps 3/23
"Swordigo Review: Swordigo is a platforming action-RPG from the creators of Sooziz, boasting iCloud support for carrying saves across iOS devices." 148Apps 3/23
"Light The Flower Review: Manipulate beams of light to collect stars and light the flower!" 148Apps 3/23
How-To/Tutorial
"How To use iPhoto to darken and add drama to your iPhone photography" iMore 8:47 PM
"MacMost Now 687: Storing and Reading Documents With GoodReader For iOS" MacMost 3/23
"The 'Feel Screen': The Pros and Cons of a Tactile Interface for the Next iPad (or iPhone?)" Forbes 9:42 PM
"Can Apple Become the Intel of Mobile Chips?" The Motley Fool 9:37 PM
"Hey, what's wrong with a small iPhone? Is Apple an oddball because its phones continue to be relatively small? It's a stance that seems to run counter to Android smartphone design trends." CNET News 8:18 PM
"MacOS KenDensed: MacOS KenDensed: iPads Gone Wild" The Mac Observer 5:57 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Baloney. It's what's for lunch." Macworld 2:02 PM
"Former Apple TV Engineer: Steve Jobs nixed the new Apple TV UI five years ago" MacDailyNews 10:44 AM
"Former Apple TV Engineer: New Apple TV UI is actually one Steve Jobs threw away five years ago" 9 to 5 Mac 9:01 AM
"That's Logistics: Without Tim Cook, iPad would cost $5,000" Macgasm 6:24 PM
"How The MacBook Pro Will Get Retina Display" AppleBitch 12:24 PM
"Retina display coming 'Back to Mac,' too" Mac.Blorge 10:45 AM
"3 Reasons I'm Not Buying the New iPad" DailyFinance 7:18 AM
"How Google Is Making YouTube More Like iMovie" Mashable 3/23
"How websites are adapting for the new iPad Retina display and other HiDPI screens" iMore 3/23
"Apple's lesson for the jinxed generation" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/23
"On iPad Heat, New Macs, Apple As Bank, Privacy Policy, Profits, RIM, And Linux" PixoBebo 3/23
Non-Apple
"Real-world Canon 5D Mark III image and Video samples show off ISO improvements" The Verge 7:54 PM
"Copyright is alive and well on the Internet" Boing Boing 6:07 PM
"Why aren't there more women in tech? Wrong question" CNET News 3/23
"Facebook Becomes The New Patent Punching Bag" Forbes 3/23
"Micron, SanDisk slip on NAND pricing worries: Analysts stay upbeat on Micron as well as NAND prospects" MarketWatch 3/23
"How to play Skyrim without a discrete GPU" TG Daily 3/23
"Update: Analyst: No Angry Birds Space On WP7 Affects Nokia Recovery (Rovio Says It's Working On It)" TechCrunch 3/23
"How to Use Your Xbox or PS3 Controller on a PC" PC Magazine 3/23
"Time to Unplug Your Technology for One Day?" PCWorld 3/23
"Step away from the tech -- just for a day" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 3/23
"All you need to know about cloud data transfers" InfoWorld 3/23
"Is BYOD the precursor to the open source desktop?" InfoWorld 3/23
"Lost cellphones added up fast in 2011" USA Today 3/23
"Most Smartphones Lost At Night: LookOut Mobile says two-thirds of lost devices vanish from pubs and bars at night." InformationWeek 3/23
"'I do most of my mobile gaming . . . in bed'" Houston Chronicle 3/23
"On-the-go power: Mobile chargers keep your devices alive" [Slideshow] Computerworld 3/23
"Bitter over Twitter ads: Company's move to raise cash 'polluting' tweet stream" Boston Herald 3/23
"LTE phone shipments to jump 10-fold in '12, analysts say: Most of the growth will come from North America and Asia, according to Strategy Analytics" IDG News Service 3/23
"Did you know Verizon also throttles unlimited data service?" CNET News 3/23
"2012: The year of the App-ocalypse?" CNET News 3/23
"Google Voice puts voice mail in your ICS call log (hands-on)" CNET Reviews 3/23
"iSee exhibit displays Hipstamatic photos from 20 photojournalists" The Verge 8:34 PM
"The Stand, a new dock for your iPhone" Macgasm 8:17 PM
"Trigger Your iPhone Camera Wirelessly Over Bluetooth With This Belkin Remote" Macgasm 7:54 PM
"Operation: Eradicate Update with Retina iPad Graphics" MacMegasite 9:01 AM
"In a Long Distance Relationship? This App Is for You" Mashable 3/23
"Army Software Marketplace now live for iOS now, Android soon" Electronista 3/23
"Camera+ Creators Have Sold 10 Million Apps" The Next Web 3/23
"This App Lets You Chat With Nearby Users...And Call Them On The Phone" TechCrunch 3/23
"Digiarty Announced Full Support for the New iPad 3" PRWeb 3/23
"Explore the World's Most Famous Ship in Titanic: Unsolved Mystery" 148Apps 3/23
"iTunes Movie Trailers Adds iPad Retina Display Support" The Mac Observer 3/23
"'Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition' Coming to iPad" MacRumors 3/23
"eMedia Guitar Method for iPad® eMedia Guitar Method for iPad®: The newest version of the award-winning best-seller is now available on the iPad!" eMedia 3/23
"DOMK: Reports of Fragile AAPL iPad Design Could Be Helped by Hot New Solapad Accessory" Business Wire 3/23
"Julie Kuehl Discusses Daisey's Foxconn Report, More on IMP" The Mac Observer 3/23
"Jailbreak Only: CardSwitcher 2.0 - An Impressive Alternative App Switcher" App Advice 3/23
"HP raises quarterly dividend by 10 per cent" Reuters 7:29 AM
"HP overhaul combines PC and printing units/CEO: Result will be 'faster, more streamlined' company" San Jose Mercury News 7:28 AM
"HP Announces Organizational Realignment" The Financial 7:30 AM
"HP releases tools for mobile app development" ITworld 7:29 AM
"Yes, Microsoft wants Windows 8 to compete with iPads" ITworld 7:38 AM
"Three ways Windows 8 will fit your screen" PC World 7:38 AM
"AT&T may pass on Windows Phone fix for existing devices" Electronista 7:01 AM
"Oracle, Google made to talk settlement before April 9" Electronista 6:58 AM
"Google, Oracle to hold last-minute settlement talks: A magistrate judge has ordered top executives from both sides to meet for talks ahead of their April 16 trial date" PC Advisor 7:39 AM
"Dell Launches Two New Wireless Printers" Castle Ink 9:33 PM
"Internet security better but foul exploits grow, IBM says" PC Advisor 7:32 AM
"Texas ousts IBM, takes new IT outsourcing tack" ITworld 7:33 AM
"IBM Launches Smarter Analytics: Ready to Get Smart?" SmartData Collective 7:33 AM
"Facebook Acquires Hundreds of Patents from IBM" Tom's Hardware 9:36 PM
"Intel's Valley View Atom SoC leaks, said to have Ivy Bridge level graphics" VR-Zone.com 7:34 AM
"AMD Radeon HD 7850 Launch Recap" AnandTech 9:32 PM
"Will a Dividend-Tax Hike Spoil the Party? Apple's dividend announcement this past week is good news for income investors, but bad news might be lurking around the corner." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/23
"Apple investors sideswiped: briefly: by erroneous trade: A mistaken order causes AAPL shares to briefly plunge 9.4 percent until authorities halt trading. Just another boring day in the life of a high-flying stock." CNET News 3/23
"Apple's Starts Trading Again After A Bizarre Crash Halted The Stock" Business Insider 3/23
"Apple's devoted shareholders get rich, and hang on" Reuters 3/23
"Top 10 more interesting ways Apple could spend its $100bn cash-pile" V3 3/23
"Apple: Oppenheimer Ponders the Downside; Risk Favorable" Barron's 3/23
Industry News
"Tech stocks eke out late gains: Tech stocks managed to put in a mostly upbeat performance Friday, but it was a glitch in a trading system resulting in confusion and erroneous trades of Apple Inc. and other stocks that stood out during the day's market session." MarketWatch 3/23
"U.S. stocks close tough week on bright note: Energy, resource stocks lead rebound to cap worst week of year" MarketWatch 3/23
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