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"Why Google and Apple Are Now Enemies: Just like Athens and Sparta, Google and Apple are destined to collide. It's a Greek tragedy unfolding before our very eyes." Datamation 3:00 PM
"Apple's Passbook Could Be A Platform, Not Just Another Mobile Payments Rival" TechCrunch 6:43 PM
"Tim Cook is Being a First Rate Tim Cook, Instead of a Second Rate Steve Jobs" Forbes 3:56 PM
"WWDC: New Friendships Forged, Old Bonds Broken/Apple revealed the end of some old alliances at WWDC on Monday, as well as the formation of new ones, such as a partnership with Facebook. 'What's really different now is [Apple's] willingness to partner,' said Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu. 'In the past, that was missing. Now, they're willing to partner where they're aren't as strong, rather than compete with someone like Yelp.'" MacNewsWorld 8:59 AM
"WWDC: Apple highlights Android fragmentation/What really sets Apple and Google apart in mobile operating systems is fragmentation, writes Shane Richmond." Telegraph 9:03 AM
"What iOS 6 Says About Mobile Fragmentation: Some of the best features of iOS 6 won't work on older iOS hardware. The same issue is true for other mobile platforms and new software. Is fragmentation inevitable?" InformationWeek 11:13 AM
"Better off without you: Apple's slow-motion divorce from Google" Digital Trends 9:17 AM
"Apple maps a path to mobile throne" AFP Relax News 9:34 AM
"Apple's big enemy in smartphone wars: delay" Reuters 8:04 AM
"Kodak Loses Ruling In Fight With Apple Over Patents: Eastman Kodak Co. failed to persuade a judge to rule that Apple Inc. (AAPL) has no interest in a group of patents Kodak is putting up for sale as part of its bankruptcy reorganization." Bloomberg 4:46 PM
"Apple fails to fend off mobile tracking lawsuit: Apple Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing it of letting advertisers secretly track the activity of millions of mobile device users, a federal judge ruled, but Google Inc and several other defendants were dismissed from the case." Reuters 1:27 PM
"Apple's deliberate approach allows Samsung to launch the Galaxy S III on time" Foss Patents 8:59 AM
"Apple fails to block US launch of Galaxy S III due to scheduling conflict" The Verge 8:04 AM
"Apple's Galaxy S III ban bid put on hold: District Court judge Lucy Koh says Apple can file an injunction request against Samsung's handset, but it won't be able to argue its case on June 21, as requested." CNET News 8:04 AM
"Apple denied US Samsung Galaxy S3 ban" V3 9:19 AM
"Apple mobile devices: New OS, new maps, and Facebook/Apple mobile devices – most of them, anyway – will get a new operating system, have Google maps replaced, and come with Facebook built in. Apple mobile changes scheduled for fall." Associated Press 8:50 AM
"Though Siri-ous, Automakers May Be Botching Infotainment" Forbes 7:49 AM
"WWDC 2012: Apple iPhone 5 details, Retina Display Macs" Computerworld 7:40 AM
"Developers to Apple: Promote Our Apps! Schiller Defends Software as Programmers Voice Concerns, Also Offer Praise; 'Opportunity Is the Best It Has Ever Been'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:09 AM
"Apple Begins Forcibly Disabling Messages Beta in OS X Lion" MacTrast 3:59 PM
"Apple Quietly Removes Windows Security Comparisons From Web Site" CRN 10:45 AM
"Apple and Oracle release simultaneous Java updates for OS X" Ars Technica 11:30 AM
"Apple Releases Java Security Update, Fixing a Dozen Vulnerabilities" Intego 8:59 AM
"Apple tries again with Java for OS X Lion, Snow Leopard updates" FairerPlatform 8:33 AM
"Java for OS X 2012-004 Update now available" TUAW 9:45 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Use the OS X installer to preview install locations: If you would like to preview which files are within an OS X installation package, the OS X installer contains an option to do so." CNET Reviews 6:40 PM
"Recurring 'Safari can't connect to the server' problem" Betalogue 1:58 PM
"Thunderbolt Software Update For OS X Causes Boot Failure" Gizmodo 8:44 AM
"Frequency-Hopping Radio Wastes Less Spectrum: The fastest cognitive radio ever will be used to test vital wireless innovations." Technology Review 12:21 PM
"Man plays Civilization II for 10 years" TG Daily 12:26 PM
"'Hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation': 10-year-long game predicts grim future for humanity" Mashable 12:13 PM
"Acer Takes on Apple With High-Res Iconia Tab A700 Android Tablet" PCWorld 11:51 AM
"Linus Torvalds crowned joint winner of 1.2m euro tech prize" ZDNet 12:43 PM
"Anonymous Sprint Employee Apparently Leaks Samsung Galaxy S III Training Videos: The clutch of videos appears to demo yet-unseen Samsung Galaxy S III features." PCWorld 11:55 AM
"Samsung TecTiles for Galaxy Smartphones Push NFC Market Beyond Payments" eWeek 10:58 AM
"3D renders of next iPhone parts good enough to fool many" 9 to 5 Mac 9:22 AM
"Apple iPhone 5 pictures: iPhone 5 revealed in leaked photos" BGR 9:08 AM
"MacBook Pro and MacBook Air 2012 roundup/Apple unveiled updates to its entire Mac laptop family all at once: MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros, and the new Retina Display Pro. What are the differences? Compare below." CNET Reviews 6:43 PM
"Retina MacBook Pro Shipping Estimates Slip to 3-4 Weeks as Initial Shipments Begin" MacRumors 9:08 AM
"MacBook Pro with Retina Display 3 to 4 Weeks From Shipping" eWeek 11:11 PM
"Apple runs out of Retina MacBook Pros: Shipping delay already runs three to four weeks; eBay resellers cash in on shortage" Computerworld 10:48 AM
"Shipments of new MacBooks begin to increase in June, say makers" DigiTimes 10:55 AM
"iFixit Tears Down The MacBook Pro With Retina Display, Deems It Nearly Impossible To Repair" TechCrunch 8:49 AM
"Retina MacBook Pro is the least repairable to date: While Apple has introduced some amazing advancements, some of its design decisions might frustrate some users down the road." MacFixIt 2:46 PM
"MacBook Pro with Retina display dismantled by iFixit, revealing soldered RAM" The Verge 8:40 AM
"Retina MacBook Pro Teardown: It's Locked Up Like Fort Knox" Gizmodo 8:44 AM
"Updated MacBook Air sports tweaked SSD tech" Register Hardware 8:01 AM
"Want to upgrade that 'Retina' MacBook Pro? Tough luck" ZDNet 1:00 PM
"Tim Cook Confirms That The Mac Pro Will Get A Big Refresh 'Later Next Year'" Business Insider 8:39 AM
"Finally: The iPhone's shutdown spinner is Retina ready in iOS 6" The Next Web 9:18 AM
"iOS 6 jailbreak hacks new Apple software a day after release" Crave @ CNET 8:10 AM
"Pictures of Apple's new Smart Case" Digital Trends 10:54 AM
"Apple silences mute kids' speech app in patent blowup" The Register 12:46 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple Updates Software for MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)" The Mac Observer 4:21 PM
"Apple Updates Trackpad for MacBook Pro with Retina Display" The Mac Observer 3:25 PM
"When my ISP implements IPv6 later this year (or maybe next year) and I get a new cable modem that supports IPv6, what effect, if any, will that have on my LAN, which consists of an Airport Extreme (connected to the cable modem via ethernet) to which about a half dozen devices (including an Airport Express, 2nd generation) are connected? Even if a cable modem doesn't support ipv6, it is possible many households may be quietly using it already by virtue of transition technologies like 6to4 and tunneling via teredo/proto41." MacInTouch 9:51 AM
"On the new MacBook Pro machines, Apple has added the ThunderBolt connector. My question is: for those of us that use our MacBook Pros for seminars and presentations, what option do we now have for connection to VGA projectors? There is nothing in the Apple Store as far as a ThunderBolt to VGA adapter." MacInTouch 9:50 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Tiny Escape For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:34 AM
"Nintaii 2 For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:34 AM
"Caribbean Zombie For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:34 AM
"Look ma! iOS apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook!" VentureBeat 10:28 AM
"How Scared of Apple Should Google Be?" The Motley Fool 10:10 AM
"The Macalope Daily: False equivalencies" Macworld [Insider Content] 9:45 AM
"Sirius XM's Greatest Fear: Apple in the Driver's Seat" TheStreet 9:38 AM
"Excited about turn-by-turn navigation in iOS 6? Sorry, iPhone 4 users . . ." Houston Chronicle 9:24 AM
"Does Apple Love PCs More Than Microsoft?" Tech.pinions 9:23 AM
"Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro, Other Products, but Where Is Apple TV? Apple is rolling out a bunch of new updates at its annual conference this week. But what it hasn't mentioned is the one thing everyone is talking about—an Apple TV. And that's a massive disappointment." The Daily Beast 9:20 AM
"Apple's Mapping Feature Wins Raves" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:34 AM
"This is all so incredibly sad." ["Welcome to another episode of 'every time I think I want to wade back into the Apple pundit space, I hit myself over the head with a mallet until the urge goes away' theater ... Gee, a data set with tens of millions of records in it, and in beta, and it's got bugs in it. Count me disappointed in Apple. (yeah, right). What site is making a deal of this? Oh, yeah. Gizmodo."] Chuqui 3.0+ 3:08 PM
"Apple's New Maps App Looks Pretty Silly Right Now" Business Insider 9:59 AM
"You Won't Believe How Dumb These iOS 6 Maps Mistakes Are" Gizmodo 9:06 AM
"This Is How Apple Ditched Google Maps" The Motley Fool 9:03 AM
"Why I Jailbreak, and Why You Should(n't)!" MacTrast 8:58 AM
"iOS Apps Can Run on a PlayBook, Kinda" Gizmodo 8:44 AM
"Here's Every Hidden Feature in iOS 6 Apple Didn't Tell You About" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"Apple's Incredible Attention To Detail In iOS 6 Means Slider Reflections Change As You Tilt Your Device" Cult of Mac 8:36 AM
"Apple, Google, Amazon: Give us our own domains/ICANN today reveals who's going after several new top-level-domains in a move that could shake up how we enter Web addresses. And might we see a .antivirus?" CNET News 8:03 AM
"The Retina MacBook Pro: More than an Apple Desktop Replacement?" Techland 10:06 AM
"MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? The decision just got a lot harder" ZDNet 8:37 AM
"Apple's Retina Macs: A little too elite? Apple loves to be ahead of the competition on the technology curve, but has it shuffled up that curve a little too far? The new retina MacBook is causing angst among Apple's most loyal professional users." The Register 8:02 AM
"Hey, Apple: Please Do Your Design Magic on iOS 6 Maps" Wired 8:01 AM
"Tim Cook feels the wrath of the Apple power user" Fortune 1:57 PM
"The Mac Pro is not dead. The Mac Pro 2013." FCPX.tv 7:41 AM
"How Much Is The New MacBook Pro With Retina Display (almost $9,000 if you go crazy)" Mac 360 7:36 AM
Non-Apple
"The One Thing I Want To See From Microsoft" Tech.pinions 3:59 PM
"You should never, ever, pre-order a video game" CNET News 1:07 PM
"iOS 6 features: How do Windows Phone and Android ICS compare?" ZDNet UK 12:45 PM
"Can Samsung make NFC tech happen? Not with TecTiles" ZDNet 12:44 PM
"New Internet Top Level Domain BS ahead" ZDNet 12:42 PM
"Updating a Home Network With TP-LINK" Wired 12:39 PM
"Hands-On With Imp, the Wi-Fi Card That Wants to Power Your 'Internet of Things'" Wired 12:38 PM
"Verizon's New 'Share Everything' Plans: Good Deal or Total Ripoff?" Techland 12:32 PM
"Asus Transformer Pad TF300: Plastic fantastic" Register Hardware 12:31 PM
"What Facebook Knows: The company's social scientists are hunting for insights about human behavior. What they find could give Facebook new ways to cash in on our data—and remake our view of society." Technology Review 12:21 PM
"3 Things You Need to Know About How LinkedIn's Calendar Works" CIO 11:55 AM
"How to Permanently Erase Personal Files From a Company PC" PCWorld 11:49 AM
"Is your IT architecture up to code?" InfoWorld 11:13 AM
"CISOs, CEOs Have Vastly Different Views on Security Threats: Survey" eWeek 10:59 AM
"Security Demands Stress Small Business IT Infrastructure: Sophos" eWeek 10:58 AM
"Cloud secrecy: Will it cause a system meltdown?" ZDNet 12:43 PM
"Cloud Computing vs. Real Cloud Computing" CRM Buyer 10:57 AM
"Toshiba shines in Q1 NAND rankings" EE Times 10:56 AM
"Max Payne 3: Gorgeous, Gritty, And Dumb" HotHardware 10:26 AM
"How Scared of Apple Should Google Be?" The Motley Fool 10:02 AM
"Tin Pan Valley: The Coming Shakeout for App Makers/Like the Early Music Industry, Today's Apps Are 'Made' By Marketing, Sales" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:42 AM
"Is Facebook Lying About 900 Million Users?" TheStreet 9:37 AM
"Facebook Wants Way Too Much Information" Kirkville 8:57 AM
"Cable companies get a DoJ inquiry, will cord cutters get a respite?" GigaOM 8:48 AM
"Tech Companies Shouldn't Underestimate The Over-65 Crowd" MacNews 8:34 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Apple dumps Google Maps." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:34 AM
"Dell Seeks $2 Billion In Cost Cuts Over Next Three Years" Bloomberg 9:58 AM
"Dell Aims for $2B in Cost Savings Over 3 Years" Reuters 11:09 AM
"Dell to dole out more cash, corporate push quickens" Reuters 10:08 AM
"Is Dell Really Committed to Its Dividend?" TheStreet 9:37 AM
"Dell sets European launch date for enterprise Cloud service" V3 12:34 PM
"Dell's new Vostro 3000 series laptops offer Ivy Bridge, security features galore starting at $599" ZDNet 12:44 PM
"Dell pushes Fluid File System with updated NAS boxes" ZDNet UK 12:45 PM
"IBM completes buyout of Tealeaf Technology" Associated Press 10:00 AM
"Microsoft tries to promote Windows 8 without hurting Windows 7 sales: It's a tricky balancing act for the company as the commercial availability of Windows 8 approaches" IDG News Service 11:54 AM
"TechEd 2012: Windows 8 tablets can be for the enterprise, too, Microsoft says/Microsoft says Windows RT tablets have management, security businesses need" Network World 11:55 AM
"Microsoft charges tablet OEMs $80 or more for Windows RT?" CNET News 10:05 AM
"Windows RT: The sticky problem of Windows Update" ZDNet 12:43 PM
"Microsoft: Building Metro apps for ARM the same as for Intel PCs/As company preps Windows OS to run on ARM hardware, it assures developers that their x86/64 experience will translate" InfoWorld 11:13 AM
"Skype integration with Windows Phone 8 seen in screenshots: More details expected at Windows Phone dev summit next week" Computerworld 10:43 AM
"Tech Heavyweights Oppose Xbox Import Ban: Even Microsoft rival Apple says U.S. ITC should reject calls by Google and Motorola to block importation of the gaming console due to alleged patent violations." InformationWeek 1:10 PM
"U.S. Congressmen Back Microsoft Before ITC" IDG News Service 11:51 AM
"Preliminary Xbox Live update rolls out" TG Daily 12:25 PM
"AMD adds ARM processor as it looks beyond x86: AMD adds the Cortex-A5 processor with TrustZone technology to boost security on x86 chips" IDG News Service 10:44 AM
"AMD to plunk ARM core onto Fusion, Opteron chips" The Register 12:28 PM
"AMD Finally ARMs Itself For New War On Intel" Wired Magazine 12:37 PM
"AMD looks smart in the brain engineering era" EE Times 10:56 AM
"Cisco's Cloud Play: Three Strong Examples/Cisco CEO John Chambers talks a lot about listening to customers, and this time it looks like the company really has." InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"Cisco's Latest Networking Products Ease Transition to Cloud Computing" eWeek 10:59 AM
"Cisco Live: New Developer Tools, Details On SDN Strategy Emerge" CRN 10:40 AM
"Cisco ends the SDN suspense: Unveils Cisco ONE architecture and strategy for instilling programmability into its network gear" Network World 11:56 AM
"Cisco ONE targets biggest IT trends on single platform" ZDNet 12:42 PM
"Cisco vs TiVo DVR smackdown: Whose patent is it anyway?" The Register 12:30 PM
"Proposals Made for Internet Suffixes" Associated Press [Paid Membership Required] 9:42 AM
"'.Apple,' '.auto' Among Internet Suffixes Proposed" Associated Press 10:03 AM
"Beyond '.com': 1,400 new internet suffixes proposed/North America, Europe head bids for Internet suffixes" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 10:37 AM
"Icann unveils gLTD submission list including .Apple and .London" V3 12:34 PM
"ICANN: Applicants from .apple to .zappos" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:52 AM
"Accelerating Internet search with quantum computing" TG Daily 12:26 PM
"PCs Tell Tablets: We're Not Dead Yet" InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"Desktop Computers Look More and More Like Smartphones" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:07 AM
"Tech dividends to rise 14% this year: Moody's" MarketWatch 12:55 PM
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