"Apple Patent Suit Targets Samsung's Galaxy S III" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:54 AM
"Apple adds Galaxy S III, Note and Note 10.1 to Samsung lawsuit, insists on billion-dollar bond" Foss Patents 7:41 AM
"Apple targets the Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note" Fortune 7:54 AM
"Samsung: Apple is trying to limit consumer choice" Telegraph 7:57 AM
"Samsung: Apple trying to limit consumer choice" Associated Press 8:12 AM
"Apple seeks court ban on Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Note 10.1" Digital Trends 4:16 PM
"Apple Sues Over Samsung Galaxy S III" BYTE 8:55 PM
"Is Microsoft Really the Winner of the Apple vs. Samsung Verdict?" The Motley Fool 7:41 PM
"Keep rival Samsung sweet, Apple told" Telegraph 4:16 PM
"After winning transfer to Delaware, HTC wants claims over six Apple patents stayed" Foss Patents 8:10 AM
"From smart to genius: will design define new gadgets?" Reuters 7:53 AM
"How Apple And Google Could Make QR Codes Mainstream" TechCrunch 4:20 PM
"A Great Wall of Competition Awaits the iPhone 5 in China" The Motley Fool 7:51 AM
"Is Apple Haunted?" ["But according to Thai Buddhists, they may have exactly that — the reincarnated spirit of Steve Jobs himself, who they say is living in a 'mystical glass palace hovering above his old office at Apple's Cupertino, California headquarters,' according to The Wall Street Journal."] Cult of Mac 4:26 PM
"Opinion: Apple's war on Google isn't just business, it's personal/Apple's relentless pursuit of Google has less to do with patents and profits and more to do with personal betrayal – and for that reason, it won't end until Apple's pockets are empty." Digital Trends 8:09 AM
"Apple adds Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note to amended 'Galaxy Nexus' complaint" AppleInsider 8/31
"Apple's Patent Win Could Start A Fundamental Shift In Industry Innovation" Forbes 8/31
"Apple asks Judge Koh to reconsider schedule for post-trial decisions on injunctive relief" Foss Patents 8/31
"Apple Claims Court Schedule For Samsung Ban Is Unfair" Bloomberg 8/31
"Apple demands Samsung injunction hearing be moved up" Electronista 8/31
"Grounds for Jury Misconduct in Apple v Samsung Patent Trial" The Mac Observer 8/31
"In Japan, a Setback for Apple in Patent Fight: A Japanese court rejected on Friday patent claims made by Apple against Samsung, a victory for the Korean company after its crushing defeat in the United States last week and a reminder of the global scope of the patent war between the two technology giants." ["The Tokyo District Court ruled that Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets did not violate an Apple patent on technology that synchronizes music and videos between gadgets and servers."] New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8/31
"Samsung triumphs over Apple in Japan patent case" Reuters 8/31
"Are Apple and Google really ready for patent detente?" Fortune 8/31
"Apple & Google CEOs Said to Discuss Patent Matters" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8/31
"Apple, publishers offer EU e-book antitrust concessions: source" Reuters 8/31
"The return of cheap e-books? Apple, e-book publishers bend in Europe, too: E-book publishers propose 2-year deal that could aid Amazon." Ars Technica 8/31
"Apple offers up e-book discount to avoid antitrust fines, report says: The tech giant and four major publishers offer a deal to let Apple's e-book competitors sell at a discount for two years in Europe, Reuters reports." CNET News 8/31
"Subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent Sues Apple over QuickTime & iDevices" Patently Apple 8/31
"Desktop Top Operating System Share Trend" [Mac share up to 7.13%, Windows share down to 91.77%] NetMarketshare 7:45 AM
"Desktop Top Browser Share Trend" [Safari rises from July levels to 5.10% in August, Chrome also saw rise while IE and Firefox slightly fell] NetMarketshare 7:44 AM
"New vulnerabilities found in latest Java update: Following its latest updates" CNET Reviews 8/31
"Apple's Mountain Lion now runs on 1 in 10 Macs" Computerworld 8/31
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/We answer reader questions about odd apsd-related firewall errors, dead MacBook batteries, and Java Runtimes." CNET Reviews 8/31
"Apple Genius Bar staffers will now recommend swapping that 3GS for a new iPhone" VentureBeat 4:21 PM
"What Laptops Looked Like Before and After the MacBook Air" Gizmodo 8:04 AM
"IFA 2012: Samsung defiant on 'pure innovation'/Samsung's recent legal battles with Apple have not slowed its momentum, as the company showed at IFA in Berlin." Telegraph 7:56 AM
"Walmart testing a new in store Scan & Go system exclusively for iPhone" iMore 8:04 AM
"Apple pushes out new, card-based iOS 6 App Store search interface" iMore 8:59 PM
"The first dedicated App.net client for iOS hits the App Store" The Next Web 4:17 PM
"Weekly Wrap: Final Draft, handcuffs, and other Apple news" Macworld 12:27 PM
"Prognosis for Medical Apps Is Guarded" ITworld 8:12 AM
"Steve Jobs' Most Outrageous Moments" Apple Gazette 8/31
"An LTE iPhone Could Send Some Customers From AT&T to Verizon" AllThingsD 8/31
"The company Apple-Samsung can't hurt: Qualcomm settled its patent disputes years ago. Now, it's looking for a surge in growth from the mobile sector." Fortune 8/31
"Windows Phone Revenues Are Smaller Than Apple's Interest Income" Forbes 8/31
"iTunes Store may finally open in South Africa" paidContent 8/31
"Apple launches new app and iTunes content infringement, copyright claims tools" The Next Web 8/31
"Apple's iOS 6 App Store search takes a bite out of Chomp" VentureBeat 8/31
"Chomp-Inspired iOS 6 App Store Redesign Could Impact Long Tail Of App Developers" TechCrunch 8/31
"Apple bans drone attack 'tally' app: Drones+ is latest app to be barred from App store" Macworld UK 8/31
"What Mitt Romney said last night about Apple's Steve Jobs" Fortune 8/31
"Mitt Romney faces the ghost of Steve Jobs" Upstart 8/31
"White cars in demand and on the rise? Blame Apple, says BMW designer" Digital Trends 8/31
"This Crazy Fan Recreated The Apple Store In His Home Office Down To The Smallest Detail" Cult of Mac 8/31
"Grandma plus iPad equals artistic expression" TUAW 8/31
"Sprint's hilarious new 'Sharing is not Caring' ad touts unlimited data over data sharing plans" 9 to 5 Mac 8/31
Non-Apple News
"Hon Hai Invents Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control System for Security Surveillance" Patently Apple 4:07 PM
"Kindle Fire won't go big to take on iPad" CNET News 8/31
"Philips databases pillaged and leaked SECOND time in a month" The Register 8/31
"Linux users targeted by password-stealing 'Wirenet' Trojan" Techworld 8/31
"Replacing Your Password with a Finger Swipe: The new device could transmit a user-specific ID through the skin." Technology Review 8/31
"Accused LulzSec Hackers Attended College Together: The two students accused of Sony Pictures hack participated in Cyber Defense Competition team exercises at the University of Advanced Technology in Arizona." InformationWeek 8/31
"FileSonic cyberlocker offline after piracy complaints" BBC 8/31
"Google Doodle Celebrates Educator Maria Montessori" PC Magazine 8/31
"Google TV Ads program to be shut down, focus on web adverts instead" Techworld 8/31
"Google abandons TV ad ambitions" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/31
"Grooveshark app yanked from Google Play yet again" CNET News 8/31
"Android phone makers back platform but consider other options" Reuters 8/31
"Amazon Kindle Fire 2 snubs Google Maps for Nokia maps" V3 8/31
"Hon Hai's Revenue Jumps, But Net Is Flat" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/31
"HP and Others Give Microsoft's Surface Tablet the Boot" Patently Apple 8/31
"Microsoft couple Lee Dirks and Judy Lew killed in car accident in Peru" GeekWire 8/31
Publications/Podcasts
"Interview: Sony keeps iOS close as it waits for Apple TV" paidContent 8/31
"Gene Steinberg meets Daniel Eran Dilger of AppleInsider, and Michael Prospero of Laptop magazine this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl 8/31
"Taiwanese pop star whips up a frenzy after posting images of his 'iPhone 5' to China's Twitter" The Next Web 12:27 PM
"Will the new iPhone come with totally redesigned headphones?" 9 to 5 Mac 7:20 PM
"Next Apple earbuds potentially sighted in Vietnam, may fix an iconic design (video)" Engadget 8:46 PM
"New Apple earphones for iPhone 5 allegedly appear on video" The Verge 8:53 PM
"Will Apple Intro New (Less Terrible) Headphones For Its New iPhone?" Gizmodo 8:46 PM
"Hands-on with an iPhone 5 dummy at IFA 2012" iMore 8:55 AM
"Mini Dock Connector Accessories May Not Be Available By The Holidays" iClarified 12:10 PM
"8 New Apple products – including the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini" Tapscape 9:24 PM
"Sharp's IGZO on display at IFA Berlin: better touch sensitivity, smaller bezels [Gallery/Video] 9 to 5 Mac 7:21 PM
"Assertive Display tech demoed on iPad at IFA- intelligently adjusts pixels in realtime to make content viewable in sunlight" 9 to 5 Mac 7:19 PM
"New iPhone 'facing screen delays': Supplies of the next iPhone could be constrained by delays manufacturing the screens, a report has claimed." Telegraph 7:56 AM
"Sharp Reportedly falling behind on iPhone 5 display production" Edible Apple 4:07 PM
"New Demo Video Shows Off The Purported Four-Inch iPhone Screen In Action" App Advice 8:01 AM
"Apple taps LG and AU Optronics for iPad Mini displays -Report" Edible Apple 4:07 PM
"Mobile/Tablet Top Operating System Share Trend" [iOS at 65.94%, Android also rises] NetMarketshare 7:47 AM
"Mobile/Tablet Top Browser Share Trend" [Safari rises but stays within 66% share] NetMarketshare 7:46 AM
"Did we listen to just as much music before the iPod? Some say the iPod changed everything, but the Audiophiliac doesn't agree." CNET News 8:55 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: The sincerest form of jerkery" Macworld 12:05 PM
"MacOS KenDensed: Patent Wars & Kindle's Phantom Sales Figures" The Mac Observer 11:57 AM
"I Just Played With Samsung's Amazing Galaxy S III And Now I'm Even More Annoyed By My iPhone 5" Business Insider 9:20 AM
"Apple's Patent Win Is Bad For Us All" TechCrunch 8:14 AM
"I'm seeing a lot of innovative notebook designs at IFA in Berlin (LG, Samsung, HP)" 9 to 5 Mac 8:10 AM
"iCloud syncs data, but it has drawbacks: Apple's iCloud allows users to sync data from various devices, but it does have some limitations." Seattle Times 8/31
"Apple's iPhone 5 Ploy: The company is trying to excite consumers by staging a shortage of new iPhones." PC Magazine 8/31
"iPad Mini Rumor Roundup: 7 Things You Need to Know" LAPTOP Magazine 8/31
"Apple & eBook Pubs Offer Concessions to Avoid EU Antitrust Case" The Mac Observer 8/31
"China firm knocks off iPhone 5; oh wait, there is no iPhone 5 yet" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/31
"How Apple could build a $249 8" tablet and beat the Nexus 7 at its own game: Older (but proven) iPad 2 technology may be incorporated into the iPad mini." Ars Technica 8/31
"Apple's iPhone chip salvation is close at hand" ZDNet 8/31
"iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 31" Network World 8/31
"Apple devices only? That's not BYOD: Given the choice, most users tend to want iPhones and iPads, so some IT organizations are standardizing on Apple. But that's just another way of hobbling user empowerment" InfoWorld 8/31
"Jobs' Love of Simplicity Launched a Design Revolution, Windows 8 'Worst Computing Experience', and More" Low End Mac 8/31
"The Macalope Daily: Predictable" Macworld [Insider Content] 8/31
"The lost prototype iPhone a year later: Can Apple keep a secret? There's no shortage of blogs claiming to possess photos, video and 3D renderings of the unreleased iPhone 5. The good news for Apple is it doesn't appear to have misplaced any prototypes lately." CNET News 8/31
"Apple v. Samsung case highlights money to be made from patent litigation" The Inquirer 8/31
"Why Samsung paying Apple billions in patent tolls is freakishly awesome for the mobile industry... and you" VentureBeat 8/31
"Patent Wars Be Damned: Android Thriving at IFA in Berlin As Japanese Court Rules for Samsung" Forbes 8/31
"Apple Worked A Broken Patent System: Apple used a dysfunctional U.S. patent system to gain excessive control over technologies it did not invent. If you value innovation, don't cheer Samsung's punishment." InformationWeek 8/31
"Apple falls to Samsung in Japan court battle" VentureBeat 8/31
"Apple-Samsung Lawsuit Done, Now What?" The Motley Fool 8/31
"Japan court: Samsung did not infringe Apple's media sync patent" Ars Technica 8/31
"Apple Just Suffered A Setback In Its Global Patent War Against Samsung" Bloomberg 8/31
"Apple v. Samsung jury foreman: only the 'court of popular opinion' can change the patent system" The Verge 8/31
"For how long will Apple be the biggest? Not all Apple's valuation ratios paint a bullish picture" MarketWatch 8/31
"Get that Apple iPhone 5 out of my face: I won't believe the Apple hype machine this time" MarketWatch 8/31
"Apple's Patents Not So Big in Japan as Samsung Found Not Liable for Infringement" AllThingsD 8/31
"Apple, Losing in the Smart Phone Market, Tries to Win in Court" Forbes 8/31
"The iPhone 5 Launch And What It Means For AT&T" Seeking Alpha 8/31
"Samsung Executives Waited Four Days Before Telling Chairman They Lost To Apple" Cult of Mac 8/31
"'This lawsuit is not about patents or money, it's about values'" The Register 8/31
"Why Can't We Be Friends? An Apple Google Truce Should Include App Standards" Forbes 8/31
"Apple, Google in secret patent settlement talks?" ZDNet 8/31
"Apple CEO Tim Cook 'talking' with Google CEO Larry Page: truce? Could Apple and Google be trying to come to some sort of 'arrangement'?" Macworld UK 8/31
"Internet addiction is real, German researchers say" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 8/31
"Toshiba outs Satellite U920T Windows 8 convertible: hands-on" ZDNet 8/31
"Envy x2 brings HP into tablet-ultrabook era: Hands on" ZDNet 8/31
"The 10 Best New Skyrim Mods for August 2012" Techland 8/31
"BYOD turns sysadmins into heroes" The Register 8/31
"The new PC era: 8 hot laptop-tablet hybrids/These devices attempt to bring the best of the tablet and laptop worlds together in one portable package" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 8/31
"Extreme tech: 22 devices that go all out/These 22 devices push the limits of technology in almost every way" [Slideshow] PCWorld 8/31
"When Google Docs Isn't Enough: One Retailer's Story" InformationWeek 8/31
"This Is Why You Want Passwords On Your Phone And Computer" Forbes 8/31
"Up close with Sharp's stunning IGZO display technology: The new technology will enter production this year and easily surpasses Apple's retina displays" Computerworld 8/31
"Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2: The device's S Pen stylus is surprisingly useful, with an update from Samsung" Computerworld 8/31
"Data Scientists: Meet Big Data's Top Guns/These big data gurus remain in high demand. A hiring side expert talks about what data scientists bring to the table." InformationWeek 8/31
"From smart to genius: will design define future gadgets?" Reuters 8/31
"The Hottest Smartphone Company Isn't Apple" The Motley Fool 8/31
"HP, Dell and the paradox of the disrupted: Once synonymous with PCs, Hewlett Packard and Dell are now struggling to keep up with the software-driven shift to integrated, differentiated systems." GigaOM 8:21 AM
"HP, Dell fallen on hard times as PC business falters amid shifting technology trends" Associated Press 8:21 AM
"HP Releases Beta Version Of Open WebOS" redOrbit 8:22 AM
"Microsoft spies Apple vulnerability: Microsoft and its partners find a hole in Apple's defenses." ["The Windows 8 touch screen is the first real change that has come to Windows laptops in a long time. ... And it's made more significant by the fact that Apple has rejected the idea of a hybrid device via Tim Cook's refrigerator-toaster analogy. Which gives Apple's less-nimble Silicon Valley neighbor, Hewlett-Packard, a rare leg up."] CNET News 8:56 PM
"Windows 7 Passes XP to Become the World's Leading Operating System" NetMarketshare 7:43 AM
"Finally! More people use Windows 7 than XP" BetaNews 12:10 PM
"Windows 7 overtakes XP; Mac OS X steams ahead of Vista" ZDNet 4:08 PM
"Hands on with Windows RT (finally)" ZDNet 4:08 PM
"Don't Pop the Champagne Quite Yet, Microsofties" Forbes 4:09 PM
"IBM and Vodafone Advance Smarter Home Initiative" The Financial 8:23 AM
"IBM's Watson could turn into a super-smart personal assistant for mobile devices" Tecca 8:24 AM
"Sorry, Larry, the Cloud Revolution Is Here: Little startup Workday has made Oracle's chief take notice, even if he belittles its chances of success." Barron's 7:52 AM
"In cloud computing, Intel aims to fill the automation gap" Daily News & Analysis 8:25 AM
"Google: Large and Growing, But Still Not Evil" The Motley Fool 7:55 AM
"Fall Budget System Buyer's Guide" AnandTech 8:15 AM
"Ten... 15in notebooks for under 400 quid" Register Hardware 8:14 AM
"Techies cook up Minority Report-style video calling" The Register 8:14 AM
"Software that lies (so you don't have to!): A new class of software tells fibs on your behalf. Are these apps unethical?" Computerworld 8:13 AM
"Purdue Researchers Beef up Phone Nanofilters to Fight Dropped Calls" DailyTech 8:05 AM
"RIM not Selling itself Anytime soon" The Motley Fool 7:55 AM
"Microsoft's New Building Made of Bricked 360s" [Humor] Glossy News 8:19 AM
"Solving The Developer Deficit In The Cloud" TechCrunch 7:58 AM
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