"Apple v. Samsung day 3 preview: The iPhone and iPad may feel obvious, but they weren't inevitable" The Next Web 9:16 PM
"Apple's Forstall: 'no reason' to look to Samsung for ideas" Electronista 8:05 AM
"Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project': An Apple executive recommended the smaller iPad, according to a 2011 email" IDG News Service 8:24 AM
"Samsung Executive Denies Copying Apple iPhone, iPad Designs in Patent Trial" eWeek 3:42 PM
"Scott Forstall Reveals How Apple Started Working On The iPhone Way Back In 2004 As Part Of Project Purple" Redmond Pie 8:13 AM
"Samsung's 'Beat Apple' files: Are these the smoking guns? Just before their weekend break, the jury got a peek at Samsung's internal documents" Fortune 7:46 AM
"Summer heat in the courtroom: Apple has four Android-related patent trials this month" Foss Patents 7:51 AM
"Where Will This Apple Lawsuit Go Now?" The Motley Fool 8:05 AM
"Samsung v. Apple: secrets of iPhone's early days revealed/Samsung slavishly copied Apple's smartphone design, two Apple executives argue in court, as they lay out how the iPhone was created and marketed. Samsung has countersued, saying its patents were copied." San Jose Mercury News 8:10 AM
"Mother of 'Happy Mac' graphic to testify in Apple v. Samsung: Susan Kare, the graphic designer who created some of the interface designs and best known graphics for the original Mac OS, is scheduled to appear in the patent case." CNET News 7:42 PM
"Apple and Microsoft's patent troll spells trouble for smartphone innovation: Apple and Microsoft are up to no good says antitrust lawyer David Balto. Dropping even the pretense of fairness and competition, the unlikely team have enlisted one of the most aggressive patent trolls to go after the Kodak patent portfolio." GigaOM 12:56 PM
"With Hulu Plus On Board, Did Apple TV Just Become A Bona Fide Platform?" Forbes 1:22 PM
"Apple, Samsung Wage Battle Both In and Out of Court" PCWorld 8/4
"Apple's Schiller: 'Shocked' at Samsung's iPhone copying/Says company gets 'free ride' on Apple's $1B advertising budget" Electronista 8/4
"Samsung's lawyers breached the rules again, showed witnesses the courtroom prior to testimony" Foss Patents 8/4
"Apple's request for sanctions against Samsung rejected by judge: Apple wanted Samsung Electronics sanctioned for leaking blocked evidence to the media in connection with the patent infringement trial involving the two firms." Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/4
"Apple refiles contract lawsuit against Google to protect its latest 3G/4G gadgets" Foss Patents 8/4
"Apple's Jobs was open to making smaller iPad" Telegraph 8/4
"Email shows Apple did discuss a 7-inch iPad" Crave @ CNET 8/4
"Apple's Jobs was open to making a smaller iPad: exec" Reuters 8/4
"Apple v. Samsung: The Trial and the Tribulations" TechNewsWorld 8/4
"Things you never knew about the iPhone" GigaOM 8/4
"Why Apple Is 'Losing' the Samsung Lawsuit So Far" Cult of Mac 8/4
"AuthenTec sells out to Apple to the sound of 1,000 lawsuits: The $356m purchase of AuthenTec by Apple has not been universally welcomed. Not only are analysts and potential rivals trying to piece together the logic of the deal, but investors and, more importantly, class actions lawyers, are trying to work out if the 60 per cent trading premium that the deal is set at, was sufficiently high." The Register 8/4
"Troubleshooting PowerNap in OS X Mountain Lion: Apple's PowerNap feature in Mountain Lion does have a few requirements and conditions in order to work properly." CNET Reviews 8/3
"Mountain Lion having mysterious effect on battery life for some users" Ars Technica 8/3
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To: Use Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro, no optical drive needed" The Next Web 1:05 PM
"How To: Use OS X password generator" FairerPlatform 7:24 AM
"Creating a Mountain Lion Rescue Disk on a Flash Drive" eXtensions 8/4
"Hide System Preferences in OS X" creativebits 8/4
"I Bet You Didn't Know You Could Select Multiple Files This Way in OS X" Kirkville 8/4
"AirDrop Any File From Quick Look in OS X Mountain Lion" OS X Daily 8/4
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Will my brand new refurb Mac come with Mountain Lion?" TUAW 8/4
"Passwords, Backups and a false sense of security" Julie Ng 8/4
"Yes, I was hacked. Hard." ["At 4:50 PM, someone got into my iCloud account, reset the password and sent the confirmation message about the reset to the trash. My password was a 7 digit alphanumeric that I didn't use elsewhere."] Emptyage 8/4
"Woz: The cloud is a nightmare/Speaking after a performance of Mike Daisey's one-man Steve Jobs show, Steve Wozniak says he foresees nightmares caused by data stored in remote servers." CNET News 12:33 PM
"Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud" The Straits Times [Free Registration Required] 7:57 AM
"Apple co-founder's grim warning about cloud" Melbourne Age 8:13 PM
"Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud" AFP 8:18 PM
"Apple reportedly looking to acquire The Fancy social commerce site" iDownload Blog 7:52 AM
"Chip Makers Focus on Cheaper Phones: the low-end smartphone market in developing countries." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:19 PM
"Getting to the bottom of great tech rip-off: First world problem it may be, but Australians are being ripped off blind on their purchases of digital music, videos ebooks, computer games and IT hardware. And it's perfectly legal." Sydney Morning Herald 7:49 AM
"Chinese prefer foreign brands" China Daily 9:27 PM
"BBC's Olympics website breaks records of its own with 29 million video requests" The Verge 8:05 AM
"BBC Olympics app downloaded 1.5m times as mobile use booms" Crave @ CNET 7:49 AM
"Two Cats, Mice and an iPad Result in Digital Magic [Video] Yahoo! News 7:27 PM
"Apple Wants To Buy Pinterest Rival, The Fancy" Business Insider 8/4
"Apple Reportedly Interested in Acquiring 'The Fancy', a Pinterest Rival" MacRumors 8/4
"Shot from the air: A photo of the new face of Apple's iCloud" Fortune 8/4
"Sprint heavily discounts the iPhone 4S ahead of iPhone 5 launch" iDownload Blog 8/4
"Al Franken says AT&T shouldn't charge for FaceTime" The Verge 8/4
"eBay Smartphone Trade-Ins Spike After iPhone 5 Rumors" PC Magazine 8/4
"Apple's 'dirty' energy company Duke faces with a Greenpeace Blimp: Greenpeace flew a blimp over Apple's energy supplier Duke Energy's power plant in North Carolina" Macworld UK 8/4
Non-Apple News
"Asus Invents a Tablet Powered by the Brains of a Smartphone" Patent Bolt 12:22 PM
"Samsung Invents the Perfect Eyeball System for Hollywood" Patent Bolt 8/3
"Techies Break A Fashion Taboo" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/3
"Adobe debuts its first open source type family" ZDNet 8/3
"Refugee from Facebook questions the social media life" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8/3
"AT&T to shut down 2G network by 2017" MarketWatch 8/3
"Samsung Debuts Embedded Multimedia Memory for Smartphones, Tablets" eWeek 8/3
"HTC looks to China to drive growth" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/3
"Anti-Patent Troll bill to 'save high-tech innovators' hits House" BetaNews 8/3
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets Paul Wagenseil, of Security News Daily, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, and Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/3
"Engadget Podcast 304 - 08.03.2012" ["15:05 - MacBook Pro review (13-inch, mid-2012); 46:13 - Apple reports 3 million Mountain Lion downloads in four days, 'most successful OS X release' 49:53 - Apple designer takes the witness stand in Samsung case, brings more iPhone / iPad prototypes along"] Engadget 8/3
"New iPhone in September? Mountain Lion after week 1, Hulu+ on Apple TV Plus More! (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 8/3
"New Configurations for Entry-Level Retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion Cuts Battery Life, and More" Low End Mac 8/3
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple's Thunderbolt FireWire adapter is a one-way connector: While Apple's new adapter can be attached to a computer by its FireWire connection, it will not proVide Thunderbolt over FireWire." CNET Reviews 8/3
Price Trackers/Deals
"TheMagicEgg For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:04 AM
"Alien Raid For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:04 AM
"Hedgehog Adventure For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:04 AM
"The Heist For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8/4
"Alone in the Gloom For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/4
"Castle Master PLUS For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8/4
"2012 MacBook Pros start showing up in the Apple Store refurbished section" 9 to 5 Mac 8/4
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices From $1,180 to $3,049" MacReviewZone 8/4
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -13 Inch Models -Prices $780 To $1,499 -Best Prices, Reviews & Information" MacReviewZone 8/4
"Shoot The Zombirds For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/3
"Royal Envoy (Premium) For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8/3
"ArcherCat For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/3
"Video Review: Rearth Ringke Steel Case for the iPhone 4/4s" Run Around Tech 9:10 AM
"BookBook turns your iPhone into a wallet, old school style" ZDNet 7:46 AM
"Updated DODOcase for iPad is colorful, stronger, and could be yours" TUAW 8/4
"Mophie Juice Pack Pro Review: The Mophie Juice Pack Pro provides sand and shock protection in a massive, difficult to open case for the iPhone 4 or 4S." 148Apps 8/3
"Commando Jack Review: Commando Jack is an open field tower defense game with the twist that players can shoot at their enemies from the their turret." 148Apps 8/3
"Puerto Rico HD Review: German-boardgame-meets-iPad in an excellent translation." 148Apps 8/3
"Funny Wood HD Review: This glossy hidden object game doesn't deliver the funny, but playing it did make me want to bang my head on some wood." 148Apps 8/3
"Clash of Clans Review/This social freemium town-builder offers up something a little different for a change: a singleplayer experience." 148Apps 8/3
"10000000 Review: 10000000 may have an ambiguous title that's hard to read due to the lack of commas, but what lies beneath is an extremely addictive match-3 and RPG hybrid." 148Apps 8/3
"Cats Away Review: Don't let this unassuming little ball of fluff and attention-hogging fun slip through the cracks." 148Apps 8/3
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Use Your iPad as a Digital Picture Frame" The Mac Observer 8/4
"The iPhone That Could Have Been: A court document in Apple's patent trial against Samsung reveals for the first time iPhone prototypes considered by Apple. See some of the more interesting design renderings, which date back to at least early 2006. The iPhone launched in 2007." [Slideshow] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:11 PM
"Apple's Biggest Marketing Secret Just Got Revealed In Federal Court" Business Insider 8:12 PM
"10 Things Apple Won't Tell You: Why customers may want to think different about the consumer-tech giant." SmartMoney 8:12 PM
"Did the Apple Samsung trial accidentally reveal no iPad Mini this year?" Examiner 7:38 PM
"Did anyone really confuse Samsung products for Apple's? Apple is claiming that Samusung copied the iPhone and iPad wholesale. But is there any evidence that anyone was actually confused between Apple's products and Samsung's?" CNET News 3:43 PM
"Can Apple still wow? The new iPhone will enter a market with tougher, more competitive rivals" MacLeans 8/4
"Samsung Galaxy S And Apple iPhone Side-By-Side Evaluation Report Revealed In Court" Redmond Pie 8/4
"Question of the week: Should Apple develop a dedicated gaming controller?" iDownload Blog 8/4
"The Macalope Weekly: Tablet trouble/Bad news, iPad fans. Turns out Apple's hot-selling device does not—repeat not—satisfy a made-up list of criteria from Lenovo. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. It does appear, however, that several people were wrong about the iPad and how well it would do." Macworld 8/4
"This Internal Apple Email From 2011 Got The Attention Of Everyone In The Court Room Yesterday" Business Insider 8/4
"Which missing features do you most want Apple to add to iOS?" iMore 8/4
"Is This App the Next Siri — or the New Big Brother?" Mashable 8/4
"Steve Jobs 'seemed receptive' to 7-inch iPad in 2011: Apple exec Eddy Cue argued in January 2011 that Apple should make a 7-inch iPad." Ars Technica 8/3
"January 2011 email from Eddy Cue to other Apple execs notes Steve Jobs interest in 7-inch iPad" 9 to 5 Mac 8/3
"Are Alternative Carriers Like Virgin Mobile Selling the iPhone 'Real'? (you better believe it!)" IndyMac Support 8/3
"Man designs new smartphone while watching the Olympics" BetaNews 8/4
"Will the FCC ever force AT&T and Verizon to revive unlimited data? A reader asks if the FCC might investigate AT&T and Verizon for getting rid of their unlimited data plans and raising rates via the share plans. Ask Maggie's Marguerite Reardon offers her opinion." CNET News 8/4
"KDE 4.9 Brings Fresh Stability and Performance to the Linux Desktop" PCWorld 8/3
"Hands On With Dyle TV and the Samsung Lightray 4G" PC Magazine 8/3
"5 Things SMBs Should Know About Google Wallet" InformationWeek 8/3
"GameStop won't stop: Electronics retailers and video game makers are facing bleak times. That puts game seller GameStop in the crosshairs." Fortune 8/3
"Watch The Breathtaking 'Assassin's Creed III' Game Engine Trailer" Forbes 8/3
"Is Synopsys helping chip making return to its roots?" EE Times 8/3
"Smartphone users report more phone problems, survey says" CNN 8/3
"World of Warcraft loses another million subscribers" BBC 8/3
"Does IT Really Care About Big Data? Surveys that show CIOs dislike big data are wrong. There are bigger reasons for IT to resist taking on another disruptive technology." InformationWeek 8/3
"Hopes dim for Sharp amid Japan's TV industry sunset" Reuters 8/3
"Why I'm dropping Gmail in favour of Outlook.com" The Inquirer 8/3
"TechBits: Notes Plus is pricey, but worth it" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8/4
"Red Cross Debuts Hurricane App: iPhone and Android can download this free that gives instant access to local and real-time information on what to do before, during, and after hurricanes." Patch 8/4
"iOS X Ultimatum Theme Brings OS X Mountain Lion Desktop Experience To iPhone" Redmond Pie 8/4
"Bubble Grubble HD for iPhone, iPad Now Available on the App Store" prMac 8/4
"Goal Defense is Now Available for Free for all iOS" prMac 8/4
"Will Microsoft's Surface be its next Zune?" ZDNet 9:10 AM
"Is Surface Microsoft's confession that Windows 8 isn't really cut out for tablets? The benchmark hardware for Windows 8 is designed with a keyboard and touchpad." Ars Technica 1:09 PM
"A clean slate: Why the Microsoft Surface could come out on top" Digital Trends 3:46 PM
"Oracle hoping to turn tables on SAP with Sybase-to-Oracle migration tools: In turn, SAP has been trying to convince customers using Oracle to switch to its own Sybase ASE" PC Advisor 8/4
"IBM Plan Seeks To Map Growth and Optimize Revenue Collection In Accra, Ghana" The Financial 8/4
"The next chapter in the ultrabook saga: 'Haswell'/Intel's future Haswell chip was a hot topic this week: behind closed doors in Asia, that is." CNET News 8/4
"Commodore 64 at 30: computing for the masses/The Commodore 64 is the best-selling personal computer of all time and 30 years old this week, writes Christopher Williams." Telegraph 8/4
"Facebook, Twitter Accounts of Yankees, Other Teams Compromised" Network World 8/4
"Twitter must tackle trolls say police" Telegraph 8/4
"The Federated Web Should Be Easier Than It Sounds" TechCrunch 8/4
"Facebook's Summer of Fail: The social networking sites' woes started with its IPO and have continued ever since" Computerworld 8/4
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