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"Apple Sees Schools Buoying Tablet Lead With IPad in Class" Bloomberg 8:35 AM
"iPad Mini event to include education push, report says: The company is reportedly often meeting with schools to discuss the iPad's appeal." CNET News 8:36 AM
"Report: Apple To Highlight iPad's Educational Value At Tuesday's iPad Mini Event" TechCrunch 8:40 AM
"Small iPad may be big problem for Kindle: Apple expected to launch 7-inch tablet against Amazon, Google" MarketWatch 8:34 AM
"Apple plays hardball with iPad mini reveal: This weeks unveiling looks to step on Microsoft's release of Windows 8, Surface tablet" Computerworld 8:31 AM
"Will Apple introduce a 7-inch iPad? Case makers think so. Makers of cases and other accessories have already started producing products designed to fit an iPad with a 7-inch screen, which they expect Apple to introduce on Tuesday." Christian Science Monitor 10:31 AM
"Expect Apple to Price iPad Mini at the Top of Its Class" AllThingsD 8:34 AM
"iPad Mini could hurt PC market, says analyst" CNET News 8:51 AM
"In dismal quarter for PCs, Apple's Macs could shine" Fortune 11:01 AM
"As iPad Mini Looms, Tablets Give Tech Giants Headaches" Forbes 11:02 AM
"Analyst: iPad mini at $250 could be a 'barnburner'/Sees the $250 to $350 price point as an underserved segment in a rapidly growing market" Fortune 8:39 AM
"Tokyo court rejects Samsung's request for iPhone injunction" The Asahi Shimbun 8:47 AM
"Samsung's Japanese iPhone block bid fails: Apple's global patent dispute with Samsung took another twist at the weekend after it was revealed a Tokyo court rejected a request by the Korean electronics giant for an injunction to stop all iPhone sales in Japan." The Register 8:47 AM
"Mini iPads Could Be A Mega Apple Hit" Seeking Alpha 4:12 PM
"iPads to Outnumber BlackBerries in the Office by 2014" AllThingsD 4:11 PM
"Gartner: More iPads Than Blackberries In Business In 2 Yrs" Forbes 9:57 AM
"Apple sued over exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T: Two users are seeking for a court to order Apple to unlock their phones, which were tied to AT&T Mobility's network" Computerworld 8:49 AM
"Pair sues Apple over iPhone locking" TG Daily 8:43 AM
"Naughty Siri breaks law by listing Chinese escorts" The Register 8:48 AM
"Video: Steve Jobs building NeXT" The Loop 12:15 PM
"Paid iBookstore Content Going Live in New Zealand and 17 Latin American Countries" MacRumors 11:32 AM
"Paid iBookstore content now live in New Zealand, 17 other countries" TUAW 3:57 PM
"Live Blog: Apple's More to Show event" Macworld 3:46 PM
"Ericsson launches world's first WebRTC-compatible mobile browser with Bowser" Techworld 11:39 AM
"Vidyo Takes On Polycom By Launching Browser-Based Telepresence And A $750 Executive Desktop System" TechCrunch 11:35 AM
"Twitter Poaches Former Google Exec Matt Derella As New Director Of Agency Business Development" TechCrunch 11:34 AM
"RIM CIO aims to reassure unhappy enterprise BlackBerry users" Computerworld 11:21 AM
"Motorola's answer to Jelly Bean upgrade woes: $100 off a new phone" ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Video-sharing applications put users in the picture" Reuters 10:10 AM
"Acer Profit Misses Estimates as Market Share, Sales Decline" Bloomberg 9:58 AM
"Yahoo CEO to make first earnings report: Investors looking for clues on Mayer's long-term vision for company" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"LG's H160 Windows 8 tablet has a pop out keyboard" TG Daily 11:47 AM
"Joanna Shields leaves Facebook to join UK's Tech City" BBC 10:16 AM
"Google Maps Gets 25 Million New Building Footprints" PC Magazine 11:15 AM
"Google expected to launch Samsung 10 tablet and LG Nexus 4 smartphone next week" Computerworld 10:31 AM
"CloudLock aims to protect Google Apps from rogue apps" GigaOM 9:38 AM
"Google develops computer inspired by Star Trek: A Star Trek-inspired computer interface that is always on standby to answer questions quickly and courteously is being developed by Google." Telegraph 8:42 AM
"Who do you go to if you have a problem with Google apps? Google doesn't have the same level of tech support for its ecosystem that Apple has with iOS. This is a point that is often overlooked when comparing the iPhone with any Android phone." The MT Show 7:51 AM
"MacBook Sales Skyrocket, Gold Rating of Retina MacBook Makes EPEAT Meaningless, and More" Low End Mac 4:15 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple's Forstall says iPhone 5 keyboard flickering is a software glitch, promises fix" iDownload Blog 2:10 PM
"Taking too good care of the MacBook Air's display: In trying to protect our hardware investment, we may be doing the wrong thing, or so says Apple about the MacBook Air." ZDNet 12:03 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Infectonator For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:45 AM
"40 Snakes For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8:45 AM
"Zen Wars For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:45 AM
"iPad Mini won't be the only Apple news" CNET News 3:52 PM
"iPad mini review: Apple's smaller and cheaper iPad looks set to be a Christmas smash, but is Apple's product going to be worth your money?" Macworld UK 11:03 AM
"7 reasons not to wait for Apple's iPad mini" ZDNet 12:02 PM
"5 questions about the Apple iPad mini: poll" MarketWatch 11:01 AM
"October 23 preview: Imagining Apple's iPad mini event" iMore 9:47 AM
"Apple's secret garden: the struggle over leaks and security/Employees tell us that leaks aren't coming from inside the house." Ars Technica 8:37 AM
"Tablet Grudge Match – The iPad vs The Surface: A purely hypothetical and theoretical comparison between the iPad and the Surface RT." tech2 8:37 AM
"Apple iPad Mini Launch: What Else On Deck? Apple is expected to debut the iPad Mini Tuesday, but that's not all. Here's a look at the other gear that may be coming our way." InformationWeek 11:54 AM
"Apple Event Preview: iPad Minis And Retina MacBook Pros And iMacs And Mac Minis, Oh My!" TechCrunch 11:36 AM
"What to Expect at Apple's iPad Mini Event" PC Magazine 11:29 AM
"Apple iPad Mini: What Can We Expect" TheStreet 8:34 AM
"The Only CEO Who Could Hold Steve Jobs's Jock Strap" TheStreet 8:34 AM
"And then there were two: what to expect from Apple's iPad mini event" GigaOM 8:31 AM
"Why Microsoft Wants To Be Like Apple: Microsoft is developing competitive products to emulate Apple's hardware, software, and services ecosystem." PC Magazine 8:31 AM
"Best iPhone 5 Carrier? Perhaps Sprint" Tapscape 8:30 AM
"How Much Of What You Once Did On The Mac Is Now Done Only On iPhone or iPad?" Mac 360 7:46 AM
"Why Google Hates Apple (and why it's a life or death struggle)" PixoBebo 7:46 AM
Non-Apple
"Don't mess with IBM: one downside of suing a tech company that thinks like a law firm" I, Cringely 4:36 PM
"Why Chromebooks Are Still Useful, Even in the Tablet Age" Techland 11:52 AM
"Holiday tablet wars are here, but where's Android?" TechHive 11:19 AM
"Android malware exploding, says Trend Micro" Network World 11:22 AM
"7 apps making the most of HTML5: Full-fledged Web apps are proving the power of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript and providing great examples of how best to use the latest scripts and tags" InfoWorld 11:05 AM
"Why admins should know how to code" InfoWorld 11:04 AM
"Tech predictions gone wrong: A romp through some of the worst tech predictions from people who should have known better" Computerworld 11:02 AM
"Motorola's Wearable PC: More Than A Headset" InformationWeek 11:00 AM
"Gartner: 10 Critical Tech Trends For The Next Five Years" Forbes 10:56 AM
"The secret to building primary storage for the private cloud" InfoWorld 11:03 AM
"Virtualization Lets Little Bank Play on Big-Bank Turf" [Podcast] E-Commerce Times 10:50 AM
"London Calling: Is NFC the next Bluetooth?" EE Times 10:50 AM
"Preston Gralla: Tech talk seems to be taboo on the campaign trail" Computerworld 10:31 AM
"Verizon Data Collection Doesn't Bother Me" BYTE 10:11 AM
"Samsung Chromebook: Hands-On Review/Samsung's latest Chromebook benefits from rapid improvements in Google's Chrome OS. Is this cloud computing vehicle right for you?" InformationWeek 10:11 AM
"Suddenly, Facebook seems all about the money" CNET News 10:08 AM
"Nokia Lumia 920 Pre-Orders Have Mysteriously Disappeared From Best Buy" Business Insider 10:03 AM
"Will Yahoo revert back to a technology company?" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:47 AM
"Motorola DROID RAZR HD Full Review" HotHardware 9:39 AM
"In-App Purchases are Coming to 'Fieldrunners 2' in Next Update" Touch Arcade 12:56 PM
"Remember When Timehop Got Better? The Time Machine For Your Social Updates Gets An iPhone App" TechCrunch 11:35 AM
"Siri, Start my Car! – Viper SmartStart" Coolest Gadgets 10:19 AM
"Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Application Development Framework Mobile: New HTML5 and Java-Based Framework Enables Developers to Build Hybrid Mobile Applications for Multiple Platforms, Including iOS and Android" Marketwire 10:04 AM
"Maxthon Loads Pages Faster than Safari and All Others in Comprehensive iOS Browser Test from Tom's Hardware" PRNewswire 9:37 AM
"SalamanderSkinz Introduces Nautilus: an Amazing Waterproof Case for Apple iPhone 4/4S/5" PRWeb 9:22 AM
"Truck Stops Pro Updated for iPhone 5" PRWeb 9:22 AM
"Tekserve Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Serving New York's Apple Community" Business Wire 9:21 AM
"Cellebrite Delivers Physical Extraction for iOS 6 and Android™ 4.1; Announces Forensic Support for iPhone® 5 and New Blackberry® Decoding" Business Wire 9:21 AM
"Why Microsoft Wants To Be Like Apple: Microsoft is developing competitive products to emulate Apple's hardware, software, and services ecosystem." PC Magazine 11:17 AM
"Microsoft Dives Into the Retail Scene: Firm Takes Unprecedented Role in Dictating How Big-Box Stores Should Display Computers and Pitch Them to Shoppers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:55 AM
"Microsoft's Plan to Bring About the Era of Gesture Control: Apple might have made the touch screen ubiquitous, but Microsoft thinks hands-free interfaces will be just as big." Technology Review 11:37 AM
"Microsoft's Mobile Strategy Ripples Through Industry" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:55 AM
"Bill Gates: 'Windows 8 Is Key To Where Personal Computing Is Going'" TechCrunch 11:35 AM
"Bill Gates talks about Windows 8, Surface" Seattle Times 11:26 AM
"Windows Devices: The Future Is Called RT" Forbes 9:55 AM
"Microsoft Tightens Personal Data Rules" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:09 PM
"Microsoft all out of Surface RT tablets: More expensive models join $499 tablet on backorder" Computerworld 10:31 AM
"Can The Microsoft Surface Finally Make Me A Winner?" Forbes 10:02 AM
"Windows prelaunch paranoia: 17 years of gloom and doom" PCWorld 11:18 AM
"Enterprise sends Windows 8 to the grave before launch" ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Controversial Windows President Steven Sinofsky in spotlight as Windows 8 launches" Seattle Times 11:26 AM
"Microsoft's Sinofsky way unavoidable for Windows 8/Summary: Windows chief Steven Sinofsky gets criticized for central planning, but that may be necessary to get Windows 8 launched. Windows 9 may be a different story." ZDNet 12:00 PM
"Windows 8 versions will confuse the punters, say OEMs: Consumers must rely on retailers to explain difference between Basic x86 and RT" Channel Register 11:49 AM
"Windows 8: 8 things you should know about Microsoft's upcoming operating system" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:47 AM
"Analysis: Most companies won't be early adopters of Windows 8" Reuters 10:03 AM
"Windows 8 An Enterprise Dud: Salesforce.com's Benioff/Salesforce.com's CEO says 'there will be no Windows 8 upgrade cycle' as enterprises embrace social, mobile, and device diversity." InformationWeek 10:11 AM
"Windows 8 will mark 'the end' of the Microsoft OS, says Salesforce.com CEO Benioff" Techworld 11:38 AM
"Windows 8 Review: Can't Please Everyone" CRN 10:29 AM
"HP betting big on cloud to help company turn around: HP GM says cloud is a 'big deal' for turning around the struggling tech giant" Network World 11:22 AM
"HP launches Service Anywhere cloud offering: HP Service Anywhere offers IT service management capabilities as a service" Techworld 11:38 AM
"Meet the Last Man Standing in the HP Spying Scandal" Wired Magazine 11:57 AM
"IBM refreshes analysis offerings: IBM has added new capabilities to Hadoop and Cognos, and has started a cloud analysis service as well" Computerworld 4:54 PM
"Big Data Is Faster and Cheaper But Not New Or Revolutionary - IBM" Forbes 9:56 AM
"Will IBM's Bet On A Realigned Jobs Market Be Its Undoing?" Forbes 9:57 AM
"Oracle's Hurd: World is 'drowning in data,' warns of overload" ZDNet 12:01 PM
"Oracle brings cross-platform Java dev to mobile devices: The Oracle ADF Mobile extension allows developers to write one program that can run on both Apple and Android devices" IDG News Service 11:03 AM
"Cisco's Chambers: Bet On Us Because We Don't Lose" CRN 10:30 AM
"Cisco Takes Lead In Enterprise SBC Market: Researcher" CRN 10:29 AM
"Intel strives to develop tiny chips to run wearable computers: Chip maker is 'exploring' chips half the size of its Atom processor" Computerworld 5:26 PM
"Crisis Investing - With Applications To Apple" Seeking Alpha 3:50 PM
"Alwaleed says Citigroup has great potential" ["He also said he would stick with his investment in Apple Inc . 'In the next year or two we still want to be living with the legacy of Steve Jobs,' said Alwaleed, referring to Apple's co-founder and former chief executive who died last year."] Reuters 8:58 AM
"Don't Risk Speculating On Consumer Electronics" Seeking Alpha 12:18 PM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks slip ahead of Yahoo, TI results/Apple keeps rising ahead of expected iPad Mini; Amazon crunched" MarketWatch 3:58 PM
"U.S. stocks end up after late-session rebound: Of three major indexes, Nasdaq Composite posts biggest gains" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"U.S. Stocks Erase Losses as Apple Offsets Earnings" Bloomberg 3:59 PM
"Wall Street in Three-Day Slide" FOXBusiness 3:59 PM
"Stocks Recover to End Higher; Apple Jumps 4%" CNBC 3:59 PM
"Asia Markets: China, Japan rise, but other Asia markets slip" MarketWatch 9:42 AM
"HK Shares Outperform; Signs of Fund Inflows: Asian shares were mixed Monday as investors consolidated their positions following the recent rally, but the Hong Kong market posted healthy gains amid signs of increased capital inflows." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:55 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks struggle; BP down after Rosneft deal/Spain clears a hurdle as Rajoy's party wins regional election" MarketWatch 12:06 PM
"World stocks lower before EU leaders wrap up talks on tackling eurozone financial crisis" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 11:55 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:13 PM
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