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Today's MU PROMO offers 50% savings on Flavours 1.0.9. "Flavours lets you design and share themes for your Mac. Change OS X’s chrome borders to a bright canary yellow, a creamy vanilla, or a polished wooden hue. Mix and match colors and textures to your heart’s content. With Flavours, your Mac reflects your personality."
"Kodak Patent Invalid in Case Against Apple, RIM: A key digital-imaging patent held by Eastman Kodak Co. was declared invalid Monday because of 'obviousness' by an administrative law judge, dealing a blow to the bankrupt imaging company that is trying to squeeze its intellectual property portfolio for much-needed cash." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:16 PM
"Why Samsung must negotiate. Why Apple won't settle.: In the court-ordered talks that begin Monday, the two sides are playing by different rules" Fortune 8:32 AM
"Apple, Samsung Set Patent Talks: Chief executives of Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. will meet in San Francisco Monday in a court-directed session aimed at settling their smartphone patent war." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 AM
"Apple, Samsung Ordered Into Patent Settlement Conference" Bloomberg 10:18 AM
"Apple files for preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1" IDG News Service 8:46 AM
"Apple, Samsung CEOs in US court talks over patent row" Reuters 8:17 AM
"Apple and Samsung begin patent talks: Apple and Samsung are holding two days of talks that will try to find a way to end the many legal rows between the rivals." BBC 8:16 AM
"Apple and Samsung chiefs to meet in attempt to end bitter legal battle" V3 8:57 AM
"Apple jumps on bullish iPhone reports: Brokers see carrier subsidies holding, with strong iPhone 5 launch" MarketWatch 3:47 PM
"ITC once again sides with Apple, RIM in Kodak patent spat: In a new ruling, the U.S. International Trade Commission says Apple and Research In Motion are not violating one of Kodak's patents." CNET News 3:47 PM
"How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads" [Scott Widdowson is "one of 10 reverse-engineers working full time for a stealthy company funded by some of the biggest names in technology: Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony, and Ericsson. Called the Rockstar Consortium, the 32-person outfit has a single-minded mission: It examines successful products, like routers and smartphones, and it tries to find proof that these products infringe on a portfolio of over 4,000 technology patents once owned by one of the world's largest telecommunications companies."] Wired Magazine 8:34 AM
"App Store changes on June 1 should have minimal impact: Even though sandboxing restrictions means more work for developers, users should notice little change to most applications." CNET Reviews 4:22 PM
"Mozilla readies Firefox for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper: Apple also reminds developers of June 1 deadline to sandbox programs for the Mac App Store" Computerworld 10:09 AM
"OS X Gets Automatic App Downloads Just Like iOS In Latest Mountain Lion Release" Cult of Mac 8:15 AM
"Chrome now world's top browser, but beware the math: The browser, according to data compiled by StatCounter, topped Internet Explorer to become the world's most popular browser last week." CNET News 8:27 AM
"Breaking: Chrome Just Became the Web's #1 Browser (Unless It Didn't)" Techland 4:43 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to rebuild a user account in OS X: If a problem with a user account is in the local directory instead of the user account's settings, then rebuilding the account may be the easiest fix." CNET Reviews 4:22 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Inside the mysteries of Mission Control: Frequently asked questions about using OS X's screen-clutter controller" Macworld 8:46 AM
"NVIDIA GTX 580 EVGA Superclocked Graphics Card (Video)" Insanely Great Mac 4:08 PM
"iBook Lessons: The long and short of ebook submission review times" TUAW 4:39 PM
"Review: MindManager 9 for Mac OS X" IT.Enquirer 8:12 AM
"Gifting Mac App Store apps, emailing Videos, and more" Macworld 4:43 PM
"How to Add the 'Suck' Minimize Effect to Your Dock Preferences" Amsys 8:38 AM
"Consultant's Canary is the Ultimate Troubleshooting Aid for Mac OS X" OS X Daily 10:13 AM
"Do You Know These 3 Hidden 'Resize Windows' Features in Lion?" Amsys 8:39 AM
"Make your Dock and Wallpaper Look More Like Your iPhone [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 9:13 AM
"Forget Photoshop And Use The Mac Image Editor For Humans" McSolo 8:12 AM
"The Crazy World Of Distraction Free Writing Apps On The Mac Just Got Crazy Cool" PixoBebo 8:11 AM
"A New, Easy, Inexpensive Way To Backup Your Mac's Valuable Files Online" NoodleMac 8:11 AM
"A Free, Easy, Secure Way To Permanently Delete Files From Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 8:12 AM
"3 Ways This Scanner App Is Better Than The Scanner App That Comes With A Scanner" TeraTalks 8:11 AM
"Try The Mac World Clock That Tells Time In 479 Cities (24 cities, 10 cents)" Mac 360 8:11 AM
"Display colored icons in Safari Bookmark Bar" Mac OS X Hints 10:05 AM
"What Happens When Toddlers Zone Out With an iPad" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:47 PM
"Cities offer free rent, other incentives to bring in an Apple Store: Because the stores drive additional traffic for nearby retailers." Ars Technica 5:48 PM
"Apple discloses more details on green data center plan" ZDNet 3:48 PM
"Apple: Piper Sees iPhone 5 In Oct Despite QCOM Chip Shortage" Forbes 9:14 AM
"Tim Cook highest compensated CEO in 2011 with $378M package, but let's not call it 'pay'" The Next Web 4:35 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook, Oracle's Larry Ellison had highest CEO compensations in 2011, study finds" Silicon Valley 3:48 PM
"Apple partner Foxconn invests $210M in new plant: The production facility will be in east China's Jiangsu province, according to a report by China Daily." CNET News 8:28 AM
"Has Windows Phone overtaken Apple in China? Maybe, but Microsoft won't confirm it." The Next Web 8:59 AM
"Apple: iPhone 3GS May Get New Life In Prepaid Markets" Forbes 8:29 AM
"Analyst: Apple to Offer iPhone 3GS as Pre-Paid Option" The Mac Observer 4:08 PM
"Apple Moves for U.S. Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban" The Mac Observer 8:31 AM
"Steve Jobs, Sex And The City and the tale of the upside down Apple logo" The Next Web 8:06 AM
"Former Apple Employee Explains Origins of Upside-Down Logo" Wired 4:23 PM
"Apple looking for neighborly feedback on its UFO-like 'Campus 2': Apple plans to occupy the new campus by 2015, but no outsiders will be allowed." Ars Technica 10:03 AM
"Apple details new, futuristic campus plans to neighbors: Steve Jobs' spaceship-like facility will hold 13,000 employees and could open in 2015." CNET News 3:46 PM
"Apple seeks support for new spaceship-like campus" Reuters 4:46 PM
"SumofUs launches Apple, Foxconn watchdog site" CBS News 10:36 AM
"How to render 3D images on your iPad for free: AutoDesk's 123D Catch app for the iPad is an expansion of the company's strategy to get into mobile." CNET News 8:30 AM
"Three hundred of Steve Jobs' patents, four stories down: If you didn't already know about the Smithsonian's exhibit, you'd never find it" Fortune 8:14 AM
"Steve Jobs biopic to film in original home and garage" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:38 AM
"Steve Jobs doll selling phones in New York: A Steve Jobs doll has appeared in a mobile phone shop in New York." Macworld UK 8:58 AM
"How One Man Aims To Illustrate the Olympics Using Just His iPad" MacTrast 4:39 PM
Non-Apple News
"Houghton Mifflin Textbook Publisher Declares Bankruptcy" The Mac Observer 7:05 PM
"Motorola ICS update to skip older handsets" ZDNet UK 12:22 PM
"Motorola Mobility Says $12.5B Google Deal To Close Tuesday Or Wednesday. Layoffs Coming?" TechCrunch 12:00 PM
"As The End Of Google Docs Draws Near, Google Asks Stragglers To Transition To Google Drive" TechCrunch 12:01 PM
"Schmidt challenges grads to no-screen time" Reuters 11:55 AM
"SIM card to help parents protect children from bullying" BBC 10:15 AM
"SAP Swallows Sybase, CEO John Chen's Role Uncertain" InformationWeek 10:06 AM
"EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage, Pricing Pressure" InformationWeek 10:06 AM
"Machines Make Cell Phone Calls To Each Other!" BYTE 10:05 AM
"Zuckerberg, from private to public to private again" MarketWatch 12:33 PM
"Meet Priscilla Chan, tech's newest first lady" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:45 AM
"Cable companies expand free Wi-Fi: Five of the nation's largest cable companies are partnering to allow their subscribers free access to each others' Wi-Fi hot spots in cities across the U.S." CNET News 10:02 AM
"Hand-Gesture Technologies Wave Bye to Desktop Mouse" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 AM
"Lenovo Reveals New Convertible Remote Control Invention" Patent Bolt 10:05 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 398: Geeks Going Deep with Mail & Routers" The Mac Observer 4:08 PM
"iTunes account setup tips for households and children. Plus a tip for converting text to audio files and saving the audio to iTunes." The MT Show 8:07 AM
"China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research" DigiTimes 8:13 AM
"Apple iOS warning message suggests 3G Facetime coming: Could Apple's Facetime video chatting service show up in the next version of iOS?" CNET News 8:16 AM
"3G FaceTime coming in iOS 6?" Pocket-lint 8:25 AM
"iOS warning message hints at FaceTime over 3G" The Verge 9:17 AM
"Fujitsu Develops 'Driview' iPhone App for Car Navigation System" Patently Apple 8:06 AM
"Why Apple's iPhone Charger Is So Expensive" Gizmodo 8:45 AM
"Retina display MacBook Pro set to be a hit despite higher price: Higher price won't put of customers thanks to iPad halo effect" Macworld UK 8:58 AM
"Apple and RIM duke it out over the 4FF nano-SIM" EE Times 4:14 PM
"iPad 2 'Feels Like an Upgrade' from New iPad, Samsung Tops Apple in Smartphone Market, and More" Low End Mac 4:46 PM
"MacBook Airs Top Ultrabooks, Boost MacBook Performance, MacBook Pro Update in June?, and More" Low End Mac 4:46 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Bouncy Seed! For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:25 AM
"DevilDark: The Fallen Kingdom For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:25 AM
"Momentum For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:25 AM
"How Apple Could Revolutionize The TV - And Why You'll Never Own One" Forbes 4:17 PM
"Apple TV Will Revolutionize Content Delivery And Advertising" Seeking Alpha 4:08 PM
"Apple Roundup: Foxconn, iPhone 3GS, Tim Cook" TheStreet 3:47 PM
"iPhone 5 Will Be 'Completely Redesigned,' Resemble iPad: Analysts/The iPhone 5 is expected to arrive in October featuring a 'completely redesigned body style,' say analysts. Meanwhile, the iPhone 3GS will be marketed to the developing world." eWeek 10:39 AM
"Report: The Leaves Will Be Falling Before Next iPhone Launches" App Advice 9:41 AM
"What happens if Apple bumps the iPhone to a 4' screen?" AppleTell 9:09 AM
"The Next iPhone: Starting at $199?" App Advice 9:03 AM
"Why Apple's iPhone contract-free plan won't mean an 'iPhone nano" Computerworld 8:53 AM
"Do You Apple? Learning from Apple is Yahoo's only hope." The Daily Beast 8:42 AM
"Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of -- Imitation" The Tech Night Owl 8:41 AM
"Most Wished For Feature In iPhone 5? Better Battery Life" AppleBitch 8:11 AM
Non-Apple
"So, You Think You Really Know What Happened with Facebook's IPO on Friday?" The Big Picture 7:48 PM
"Facebook Debut: Who Blew It?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:48 PM
"Where most of Nortel's $4.5B patent collection ended up" CNET News 12:40 PM
"Passwords are here to stay: get used to it" ZDNet UK 12:21 PM
"Will Yahoo's latest chief executive be its last?" V3 12:11 PM
"Technology's Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall" Techland 12:08 PM
"NVIDIA VGX VDI: New tech? Or rehashed hash?" The Register 12:07 PM
"New Sprint Evo phone needs missing LTE support: The new Sprint Evo has the latest features, power galore, a sleek design and some problems from the start." Seattle Times 11:48 AM
"How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes" Network World 11:33 AM
"7 Social Networking Apps for When Facebook Jumps the Shark" Wired 12:17 PM
"10 Ways Facebook Will Rule Our Lives" PCWorld 11:33 AM
"The Next Big Mobile OS: With IPO money in its pocket, Facebook could shake up the mobile market with an HTML browser phone." PC Magazine 11:09 AM
"10 gadgets you'd be a fool to buy right now" Gadgetbox 11:06 AM
"Is it safe to back-up your kids' photos online?" Techlicious 11:06 AM
"The look ahead to a software-controlled world: Interop buzz was all about software-defined networks and using OpenFlow to give servers access to devices such as switches and routers" Network World 10:50 AM
"Is cloud-based security really cheaper?" CSO 10:50 AM
"Top 7 dilemmas facing today's developers: Platforms, databases, user control -- programming quandaries take hold before the first line of code" InfoWorld 10:48 AM
"Open Source: Why Are You Still Waiting?" InformationWeek 10:05 AM
"Long road still ahead for Hewlett-Packard recovery" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:46 AM
"HP Braces for Layoffs: Why?" Computerworld 11:30 AM
"Dell seen posting first-quarter sales dip: Push to higher-margin markets proving difficult, analysts say" MarketWatch 12:32 PM
"Diversifying Dell takes aim at mobile market" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:46 AM
"Microsoft Launches New Social Network To Compete With Google" Forbes 9:53 AM
"Microsoft silently launches social networking site So.cl" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:45 AM
"Microsoft's social networking site So.cl now open to all users: The company says So.cl is still viewed as an experimental project targeted at students" IDG News Service 10:50 AM
"Microsoft's So.cl: A Brief Tour" PCWorld 11:30 AM
"Windows 8 tinkering points to news, sports apps" CNET Reviews 10:01 AM
"Microsoft dumps 'Aero' UI in Windows 8, 'Metro-izes' desktop: Won't reveal Windows 8's final desktop user interface until launch later this year" Computerworld 10:33 AM
"Windows 8's new UI: A return to Flatland/In an amazing reversal, Microsoft intends to remove all vestiges of Vista's 'dated and cheesy' Aero interface in favor of a flat look" InfoWorld 10:48 AM
"'Dated and cheesy' Aero ripped from Windows 8" The Register 12:06 PM
"Microsoft Will Offer $15 Windows 8 Upgrade to Boost Sales" Forbes 10:42 AM
"Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 wows AT&T Mobility" Network World 11:34 AM
"Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets: Large enterprises seek better ways to handle onslaught of BYOD" Network World 11:35 AM
"Can Windows 8 tablets be priced low enough to compete with iPad, Kindle Fire?" ZDNet 12:20 PM
"Microsoft's Visual Studio 11 lineup adds Windows Phone, Azure tools: Company claims system requirements will be the same as those of Visual Studio 2010 despite performance increases" InfoWorld 10:49 AM
"IBM Retirement Plan Promises Jobs Through '13" Computerworld 11:34 AM
"IBM Sets Up Camp in China's Answer to Silicon Valley" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 12:36 PM
"IBM parks parallel file system on Big Data's lawn" The Register 12:06 PM
"IBM's first tape drive turns 60: Model 726 Magnetic tape reader/recorder replaced punch cards" The Register 12:07 PM
"Intel, IBM: Uncertainty May Bring Best Values" TheStreet 4:09 PM
"IBM: Will Quantum Computing Become A Reality?" Seeking Alpha 4:09 PM
"Oracle v. Google jury still stuck on understanding patent claims" ZDNet 4:39 PM
"Oracle juices homegrown Xen to match own-brand Linux" The Register 4:26 PM
"Intel's Ivy Bridge Tops AMD's Trinity: AMD isn't part of the discussion when it comes to data-center builds." Barron's 9:41 AM
"AMD Unveils 'Trinity'-Based Embedded APUs" eWeek 10:38 AM
"AMD plugs Trinity into embedded systems" EE Times 10:37 AM
"AMD brings Piledriver to embedded applications with R-Series APUs" V3 12:11 PM
"Silicon Valley foreign worker search speeds up after lull" San Jose Mercury News 10:34 AM
"A new dawn for cloud computing" InfoWorld 10:49 AM
"New memristor offers super-fast memory" TG Daily 12:04 PM
"Linux 3.4 Released Quickly, After Smooth Development Cycle" IDG News Service 11:30 AM
"Linux kernel 3.4 released: Graphics card support, BTRFS improvements among key changes to Linux kernel" Network World 11:34 AM
"Linux 3.4 released by Linus Torvalds after smooth development cycle: Newest Linux kernel adds more support for the Btrfs file system, as well as graphics and security enhancements" Techworld 12:02 PM
"Apple Shares Regain Some Luster" WSJ Blogs 4:14 PM
"Is Apple's Stock Manipulated?" ["Today after the stock is down from $644 to $530, I must ask the same question: what do we know today that we didn't know a month ago that caused the stock to lose $120 Billion of its market cap? The obvious answer is: speculation. Today after the stock is down from $644 to $530, I must ask the same question: what do we know today that we didn't know a month ago that caused the stock to lose $120 Billion of its market cap? The obvious answer is: speculation."] Seeking Alpha 8:08 AM
"Apple: Just a Very 'Idiosyncratic' Stock, Says Morgan Stanley" Barron's 4:11 PM
"Morgan Stanley: Hedge funds treat Apple like junk/A high-quality, fast-growing mega cap company that gets no respect on the Street" Fortune 9:35 AM
"All Aboard The Apple Train? Not So Fast" Seeking Alpha 4:40 PM
"Apple At $530: Nothing Has Fundamentally Changed" Seeking Alpha 8:09 AM
"Why Apple Can Continue To Thrive Even If The Eurozone Falls" Seeking Alpha 9:35 AM
Industry News
"Tech stocks get behind Apple's gains: Tech stocks started the week on a strong note Monday, with the likes of Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. posting solid gains, and Yahoo Inc. getting some attention following its plans to sell back half of its stake in Alibaba Group to the Chinese e-commerce giant." MarketWatch 4:18 PM
"U.S. stocks rebound; S&P 500 at best in 2 months: Dimon says J.P. Morgan will suspend share-repurchase program" MarketWatch 4:18 PM
"S&P 500 Has Biggest Gain In Two Months On China Signals" Bloomberg 4:18 PM
"Stocks Snap Losing Streak in Style" TheStreet 4:18 PM
"Wall Street Posts Comeback Rally" FOXBusiness 10:45 AM
"Stocks rebound on Europe hopes" CNNMoney 12:26 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Losing Streak: The Nasdaq Composite index rose the most since December as hopes of political progress in Greece and talk of government efforts to buoy China's economy trumped a steep decline in Facebook's newly public stock." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:19 PM
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