"Group names highest-rated CEOs: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. is filling the shows of Steve Jobs nicely. Cook has been named the highest-rated CEO, according to glassdoor.com." Dayton Business Journal 4/6
"Users report 3G connection issues with Apple's new iPad" AppleInsider 4/6
"Apple's new iPad facing 3G connectivity issues" UberGizmo 4/6
"Apple flooded with iPad 3 wireless connection complaints" The Register 4/6
"Apple faces UK iPad scrutiny" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4/6
"UK ad authority moves closer to '4G' iPad investigation" AppleInsider 4/6
"Travis County considers terms for Apple to receive up to $7.4 million in incentives" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 4/6
"County Considering More Tax Incentives for Apple's Austin Expansion" The Mac Observer 4/6
"Web tool checks if your Mac is Flashback-free" CNET News 4/6
"Quick Applescript to check your Mac for the Flashback infection" Mac Stuff 4/6
"How to check for—and get rid of—a Mac Flashback infection" Ars Technica 4/6
"Secure your Mac from Flashback infection" USA Today 4/6
"Virus hits half a million Macs: How to protect yourself against malware" TechMediaNetwork 4/6
"I am supporting a small all-Mac company, and the instructions in the various links you provided were great but added a lot of confusion to the question, 'how do I just turn Java off?'" MacInTouch 4/6
"In addition to disabling Java in each browser's preferences UI, I've disabled the Java plugins in /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ as a second line of defense. I've left JavaPreferences.app alone, so Java-based desktop apps should still work as before." MacInTouch 4/6
"There are multiple options for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on any computer, including Macs." MacInTouch 4/6
"A second-line, post-Java defense against the Flashback malware appears to be to create a folder called 'Little Snitch' in the root-level (not user's) Library folder." MacInTouch 4/6
"Apple has two support articles listing media formats QuickTime can playback in OS X 10.6 & 10.7." MacInTouch 4/6
"Apple gaining in corporation use due to 'time machine' effect" SlashGear 4/6
"Tim Cook Challenge: Fix Apple's Security Mentality" The Mac Observer 4/6
"Friday Poll: Are you adding anti-malware to your Mac?" CNET News 4/6
"Four Reasons to Consider FileMaker 12" PCWorld 4/6
"If you don't like the iTunes defaults (no art, genres that are as broad as an elephant, artists sorted by first name, etc.) the app is a nightmare to use. Sure I can bulk-change an album or group of albums genre from the generic 'rock' or 'pop' to something specific like 'new wave', 'post punk', or 'blue-eyed soul', but not the other fields I want handled differently." MacInTouch 4/6
"Even though MacInTouch might not be the proper place to discuss HiRez audio issues, I think there are a few wrong statements in the discussion" MacInTouch 4/6
"Hacintosh benchmarks of Xeon E5 CPUs foretells next Mac Pro speeds?" Insanely Great Mac 4/6
"ProMAX foresees end of the Mac Pro with new Xeon workstation" Insanely Great Mac 4/6
"Widespread Virus Proves Macs Are No Longer Safe From Hackers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/6
"What's This? A Mac Virus? No Actually It's A Weakness in Java" AllThingsD 4/6
"Does FlashBack really have 600k Macs? Yup and its existence now puts Mac threats on par with Windows,says F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen." PC Advisor 4/6
"Apple Pushes Out Second Java Update This Week, But What Does It Do?" Mac|Life 4/6
"Apple's security code of silence: A big problem" CNET News 4/6
"Mac OS X Security Must Become a Priority: 10 Reasons Why" eWeek 4/6
"A Dozen Reasons To Dump Mail On Your Mac And Try A New Email App" NoodleMac 4/6
Press Releases
"Windows Phone Connector (for the Mac) has been updated" GadgeTell 4/6
"Google patches Chrome for second time in eight days" Computerworld 4/6
"Ticket to Ride debuts in Mac App Store" Macworld 4/6
"Ace Slots Machine Casino Turns Mac App Store into a Gambler's Paradise" prMac 4/6
"Plangrid brings iPad to construction sites" Macworld 4/6
"Saracens use iPads and statistics in order to make themselves the best: The only English club left in the Heineken Cup have totally rejected the old playbook orthodoxy" The Guardian 4/6
"After A Bump From SXSW, Banjo Tries To Bolster Its Position As The All-In-One Location App" TechCrunch 4/6
"A 'very different' Joe Danger headed to iOS" Gamasutra 4/6
"Hawaii boy, 10, steps up hobby by marketing Apple app" KHON2 4/6
Non-Apple News
"Women in Tech: Susan Buck empowers women in tech" ZDNet 4/6
"Want Sprint's New 4G? Go to Kankakee" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/6
"Playstation Vita firmware pulled, re-released" TG Daily 4/6
"Flatscreen TV prices drop by nearly half" Fairfax NZ News 4/6
"Meet the Linux Tycoon tycoon: Linux Tycoon creator Bryan Lunduke may have an unlikely gaming hit on his hands as the buzz begins to spread" Network World 4/6
"PAX East Gaming Expo Opens in Boston" PC Magazine 4/6
"Sophos takes down partner portal after signs of hacking" IDG News Service 4/6
"Sprint set to offer cure for poor wireless voice quality" Computerworld 4/6
"Google Chrome update fixes 12 security bugs: Second update in a week; Google paid researchers $6,000 for reporting the bugs" SecurityNewsDaily 4/6
"Google Rethinks Price, Specs On Android Tablet: Google may drop price of Google-branded tablet and pursue a lower-cost approach to win tablet market share." InformationWeek 4/6
"Google's Project Glass: You ain't seen nothin' yet" CNET News 4/6
"Gene Steinberg meets author Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus, TechnoBuffalo's Jonathan Rettinger, and Computer America's Craig Crossman this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/6
"Draw Something, iPad WiFi Issues, In app purchases, buying a new monitor (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 4/6
"iPad & iPhone User issue 61: Spotlight on iPad 2013" Macworld UK 4/6
"Apple patent could lead to face-based user switching in iOS and beyond" Ars Technica 6:15 PM
"New Intel Processors Set Off Rumors Of New Macs" AppleBitch 3:40 PM
"New iMacs to have 'anti-reflective displays': Apple will launch the redesigned iMac family later this year" ITworld 7:21 AM
"Quanta, Foxconn Tech to benefit from June launch of new iMac, says paper" ["new iMac is rumored to feature an anti-glare display with Intel's latest Ivy Bridge-based i5 and i7 processors"] DigiTimes 4/6
"Rumors of June Launch for Updated iMacs Begin to Build" MacRumors 4/6
"Apple's Ivy Bridge-powered iMacs rumored to debut in June" AppleInsider 4/6
"Apple testing Nexus Tablet competitor in iPad mini" SlashGear 4/6
"Toshiba says NAND chip output partially halted due to power problem" Reuters 4/6
"Toshiba tipped to rejoin the race for bankrupt Apple supplier Elpida with joint bid" The Next Web 4/6
"iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending April 6/Latest Apple iPhone scuttlebutt: June dreams, big screen hopes, gauche Apple, OLED" Network World 4/6
"Next iPhone's Camera To Have Augmented Reality Features?" ITProPortal 4/6
"Could face unlock and a whole lot more be coming to iOS?" Know Your Mobile 4/6
AppleCare/Helps
"iPads go black in portrait mode with polarized sunglasses" ZDNet 7:28 AM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/We answer Mac-related questions about Java and Flashback vulnerabilities, and more." CNET Reviews 7:53 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Cradle of Rome 2 HD For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $4.99)" Apple Sliced 8:18 AM
"Kick the Boss For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:19 AM
"FireWorks Ninja HD For iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99), The iPhone Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 8:19 AM
"Plenty Of Great Apps On Sale For Easter Weekend" Apple'n'Apps 4:17 PM
"iPad Closeout & Refurbished & Used Buyer's Guide -Prices Start At $270" MacReviewZone 6:02 PM
"Apple TV Buyer's Guide -Apple TV Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 4:18 PM
"There are no new item in The US Apple Store, one decreased price price, seven were restocked , 93 were unchanged, and six were Sold Out." While Supplies Last 7:29 AM
"Gardenscapes HD (Premium) For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $4.99)" Apple Sliced 4/6
"Endless War For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/6
"Blot For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/6
"Price Drop: The Weekend's Best iOS App Deals, April 6" Mac|Life 4/6
"Free on iTunes: 3 Free Apps To Show Off Your New iPad" The Mac Observer 4/6
"You can get a discount on an iPhone -- but you have to relocate" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4/6
"Last chance to get $50 iTunes card for $40" FairerPlatform 4/6
"Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe iPad App Is Just Heavenly [Review] Cult of Mac 9:01 AM
"Bloomberg for iPad review: The best casual stock app for the iPad" iMore 7:30 AM
"Is the newest model of Apple's iPad right for you?" [Video Report] 41 Action News 4/6
"iPad Apps Of The Week: Mad Magazine, The Masters, and More" Gizmodo 4/6
"Keep your iPad Media on a Wi-Fi Hard Drive to Save Room for Retina Apps" Mac|Life 4/6
"Going for distance games on iOS: This week's collection of perpetual running games includes a couple of classics alongside a couple of new titles that are perfect for getting into the genre." CNET Reviews 4/6
"Enterprise Mobility: Inside IBM's Math App for the iPad" [Slideshow] eWeek 4/6
"Easter Eggs: The best iOS apps for Easter" Macworld UK 4/6
How-To/Tutorial
"Transfer iTunes music to your Kindle Fire" [Video Report] USA Today 4/6
"iOS 5.1 Jailbreak: How to Unlock iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Using Redsn0w 0.9.10b6" International Business Times 4/6
Tips
"iOS Video Tip: Basic Photo Editing In iOS 5" MacTrast 7:28 AM
"One can still buy an unlocked iPhone 4S from Apple, for a $450 premium over the otherwise similar carrier-locked version. That's a lot more money, but may well be a good deal for a frequent international traveller." MacInTouch 4/6
"Cloak app automatically secures your browsing on open Wi-Fi networks" The Hartford Courant [Free Registration Required] 4/6
"The culture change that might come back to haunt Apple" Applepeels 9:59 AM
"The Macalope Weekly: Living in denial" Macworld 9:37 AM
"iPad Mini: 6 Reasons Apple Must Do It/Apple has good reasons to think smaller with its next iPad, as a Google Android tablet waits in the wings." InformationWeek 8:17 AM
"Screen Burn-in and Apple's Billions" The Carton 7:54 AM
"Apple must learn from Nike and get tough on causes of supply chain abuse: The biggest lesson from Nike is that all this monitoring has its limitations" The Independent 4/6
"The Danger in Quashing Apple's Anticompetitive Publishing Deal" The Mac Observer 4/6
"Remains of the Day: Behind the looking glass" Macworld 4/6
"Friday Recap: iCloud from the Clouds, AT&T Unlock Victory Dance, June iMacs" Mac|Life 4/6
"Why My iPad Will Never Replace My Xbox" Forbes 4/6
"Bridging Gaps with New Macs, Old Macs, and iDevices" Low End Mac 4/6
"Anyone Can Play Steve Jobs—Even Ashton Kutcher" Gizmodo 4/6
"iCan Act: 5 Actors We'd Rather See Play Steve Jobs" Mac|Life 4/6
"Google Tablet Delays: What They Mean for Apple's iPad" PCWorld 4/6
"AT&T iPhone Owners Can Unlock their Phones, After That 2-Year Contract Anyway" AllThingsD 4/6
"Enterprise Networking: New iPad Takes Big Steps Into Corporate Networks, Complicating BYOD" [Slideshow] eWeek 4/6
"Free apps kill smartphone battery life: Purdue research finds popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75% of their energy on advertising-related functions" Network World 4/6
"What Apple is doing in North Carolina" FairerPlatform 4/6
"Concerning the discussion about carriers and unlocking customers' iPhones, I would propose a simple law that would provide a more level playing field than what we have now." MacInTouch 4/6
"The lessons IT must learn from Apple: Apple has wormed its way into the broad population, creating new expectations -- and a model -- for IT" InfoWorld 4/6
"Most Wired Cars of the New York Auto Show" [Slideshow] Wired 4/6
"The week in tech: 5 must-know things" USA Today 4/6
"Video: The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week" Techland 4/6
"Now You Know: Hotels Inject Banner Ads Into The Wi-Fi They Charge You For" TechCrunch 4/6
"On Semi, Qualcomm, Infineon shine in chip rankings" EE Times 4/6
"Pinterest vaults into third place for social networks, ahead of LinkedIn and Google+" Silicon Valley 4/6
"Review: Nokia Lumia 900 puts Windows Phone back in the race/Although its specs may not be impressive, AT&T's new smartphone is fast, bright and stylish." Computerworld 4/6
"A new reason to stay off the Web at work" CNN 4/6
"10 ways your smartphone knows where you are: Location tools go well beyond GPS and Wi-Fi and increasingly can deliver high accuracy even indoors" IDG News Service 4/6
"Your cell phone is telling your secrets: Take steps to protect your private data" MarketWatch 4/6
"Researchers Show How Easy A New Stuxnet-Like Attack Can Be" AllThingsD 4/6
Humor/Cartoons
"'Ignorify' Lampoons Your iPhone Addiction, Should Probably Be Real" Techland 4/6
"'If Alarm Clock' For iPhone Wakes You Up Based On Real World Conditions, Records Sleeping Habits And Creates Reports" Redmond Pie 7:10 PM
"Tweetbot 2.2 for iOS syncs timeline, DM, and mute settings to iCloud" The Verge 4:14 PM
"App aims to spare whales from ships in Atlantic" CBS News 3:51 PM
"WebileApps Releases Slide Ur Buddy Puzzle Game App with a New Design" MacMegasite 7:27 AM
"App Of The Day: Watch The Masters Tee Off Through Sunday" ["The Official Masters Tournament (Free, iPhone / Free, iPad) just may be the best event app, and the interface and live video can't be beat."] Apple'n'Apps 4:17 PM
"Tweetbot updated with iCloud sync for Timelines and DMs, YouTube previews and more" The Next Web 4/6
"New Case Turns iPad into a Mini MacBook Pro" UberGizmo 4/6
"MyWi gets friendlier with iOS 5, brings faster connection speeds and improved reliability" Engadget 4/6
"Ms. Splosion Man Coming To iOS, Steam And More" G4tv 4/6
"Wikipedia iOS App Debuts, as OpenStreetMap Replaces Google Maps" Softpedia 4/6
"Motorola doesn't want to be barred by a U.S. court from enforcing an injunction it might win in Germany" FOSS Patents 7:11 AM
"Samsung To Launch Three Windows Phones This Year: Will The Company's Next Hybrid Devices Outshine Nokia's & HTC's Biggest Bets?" International Business Times 8:09 AM
"Microsoft store coming to an Apple Store near you? Microsoft and Apple Stores cheek by jowl? The more the merrier for consumers, and better for Microsoft, which needs to demonstrate it has competitive offerings too." CNET News 8:34 PM
"Dell set to diversify into an enterprise hardware company" Zawya 8:16 AM
"Ex-Intel worker pleads guilty to stealing hundreds of millions" Reuters 8:15 AM
"MacBook Air, Pro rivals getting Intel's helping hand" PopHerald 7:12 AM
"Evolution: Intel Haswell high end offerings to up the QPI speed and use it to join with MIC multi-teraflop chip" VR-Zone 8:14 AM
"Reports: Intel, AMD Set To Launch Next-Generation Chips" TechWeekEurope UK 8:28 PM
"Intel and Nissan partner for new generation of cars" The Daily Caller 8:32 PM
"California warns of lost parent-child data" Yahoo! News 6:05 PM
"Cisco CEO says Huawei doesn't 'always play by the rules' of IP and security" The Verge 10:32 AM
"The Dell dilemma: Five years after Michael Dell returned to lead the PC maker he founded, Dell may actually be ready for a second act. The next several months will be dicey. Here's what to watch for." Fortune 4/6
"Dell says AppAssure now its premier backup product: Dell will also continue to sell Symantec and CommVault software, exec says" Computerworld 4/6
"Internet Explorer Fightback: Q&A With IE Lead of Microsoft Asia Jonathan Wong" Forbes 4/6
"Microsoft still handing out checks for Windows Phone apps: The Windows Phone OS, which lags well behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android, has not proved particularly popular with app developers. That could soon change. " Christian Science Monitor 4/6
"Microsoft still paying developers to create Windows Phone apps" CNET News 4/6
"Microsoft Still Fighting For Windows Phone Developer Love (And Buying It When Needed)" TechCrunch 4/6
"Can Microsoft change the Windows Phone app conversation?" ZDNet 4/6
"Microsoft Aims To Grow Windows Phone App Count As Lumia 900 Launch Looms" CRN 4/6
"Why Does Windows Phone 7 Have Such A Crappy App Selection?" Business Insider 4/6
"Microsoft April Patch Tuesday to Address IE, Windows Vulnerabilities: Four of the six bulletins issues by Microsoft are labeled as 'critical,' while two more are tagged as 'important.'" eWeek 4/6
"Intel SSD to boost Windows 8 boot, wake times" CNET News 4/6
"Microsoft Azure security features revealed on STAR registry: MS one of the few companies that has joined the Cloud Security Alliance's registry" Network World 4/6
"HP Snares $249-Million Private Cloud Contract With U.S. Army" CRN 4/6
"Rometty's Epic #FAIL to Lead at Augusta" Forbes 4/6
"At Masters, Anticipating New I.B.M. Chief's Arrival" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4/6
"IBM chief hits glass ceiling in Augusta" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4/6
"For IBM CEO, is golf's sexism on par with the tech world's?" CNET News 4/6
"IBM: Puzzles provide clues to better analysis/A series of informal puzzle experiments gave an IBM fellow insight into how to get the most out of data analysis" IDG News Service 4/6
"Lenovo to take pre-orders for smart TV product in China: The company wants to bridge PCs, smartphones, tablets and televisions through its cloud computing services" IDG News Service 4/6
"If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses" InfoWorld 4/6
"Apple's share price overtakes Google as it is forecast to be first $1tn company: Apple shares could soon hit $1,000, analysts predict, with China and television market key to growth" The Guardian 4/6
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