"Apple Sells Three Million iPads in Three Days: Wi-Fi Only Models of New iPad mini & Fourth Generation iPad Double Previous First Weekend Sales" ["...double the previous first weekend milestone of 1.5 million Wi-Fi only models sold for the third generation iPad in March."] Apple 7:54 AM
"Apple Sells Three Million iPads in Three Days" Business Wire 7:55 AM
"iPad Mini, iPad sales crack 3M over three days: Analyst estimates that more than 2 million were iPad Minis" Computerworld 10:26 AM
"iPad Mini eating into iPad sales? Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates the bulk of first-weekend iPad sales: 2 million to 2.5 million out of a total 3 million: were for the smaller tablet." CNET News 10:41 AM
"Apple Sells 3 Million IPads in Debut Fueling Optimism" Bloomberg 10:32 AM
"iPad Mini Demand Exceeds Supply on Opening Weekend" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:32 AM
"Apple Says It's 'Practically Sold Out' of iPad Minis, but Doesn't Provide Number" AllThingsD 8:22 AM
"Apple sells 3 million iPads since Friday" Reuters 9:55 AM
"Apple says it sold 3 million iPads in 3 days, 'practically sold out of iPad minis'" The Next Web 8:12 AM
"Apple: 3M iPads sold over the weekend" CNET News 8:38 AM
"Apple sold 3 million iPads this weekend" CNNMoney 9:06 AM
"Apple Totes Up iPad Sales" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:57 AM
"Apple says first weekend of 4G iPad, iPad mini sales set record" Ars Technica 8:21 AM
"Apple earned $36.8bn in 2012, paid only 1.9 percent overseas tax" ZDNet 8:07 AM
"Apple paid less than 2% in taxes on overseas earnings" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:23 PM
"Apple pays less than 2 per cent tax on non-US profits" Crave @ CNET 8:07 AM
"Judge cancels trial, tosses Apple's FRAND lawsuit against Google's Motorola Mobility" ["Apple can salvage these claims is through an appeal (but not through refiling in another U.S. district court)."] Foss Patents 1:01 PM
"Google says Apple patent lawsuit dismissed" Reuters 3:00 PM
"Federal judge tosses Apple patent lawsuit against Motorola" CNET News 3:00 PM
"Apple suit vs. Google over patent rates dismissed" Associated Press 4:00 PM
"Motorola Says Wisconsin Court Throws Out Apple Patent Suit" AllThingsD 2:59 PM
"Apple's anti-Googorola patent lawsuit tossed by US court: Big setback for Cupertino's scorched-earth patent offensive" The Register 4:38 PM
"Judge puts an end to Apple's patent license lawsuit against Motorola: Judge feared Apple's inflexibility would make trial pointless." Ars Technica 5:23 PM
"Apple leads legal battle over e-commerce vs. privacy rights in California Supreme Court" ["Apple argues that the law, called the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, applies only to brick-and-mortar businesses and was last revised in 1991, when the notion of an iTunes store wasn't even a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. E-retailers insist that applying the law could heighten the risk of credit card fraud and identity theft because it would hamper their ability to verify credit card information."] Silicon Valley 10:59 AM
"Apple sued over bargain price mishap in New Zealand: Customer's order worth $1600 but purchased for just $35 cancelled because of 'pricing problems'" Macworld UK 8:37 AM
"Waikato man takes on Apple over bargain buy" Fairfax NZ 12:02 PM
"Shenzhen Apple Store Opening Has No iPhone 5 and iPad Mini, Still Draws Thousands' Attention (Video)" M.I.C. Gadget 11:52 AM
"Apple Said to Be Exploring Switch From Intel Chips for the Mac" Bloomberg 3:59 PM
"Apple, Intel suffering from the seven-year itch? Published report says Apple is exploring ways to replace Intel by using a homegrown chip design technology." CNET News 4:05 PM
"Apple mulling transition away from Intel chips for Macs" AppleInsider 5:21 PM
"Bob Mansfield's new group implied to be heading transition away from Intel processors on Macs" 9 to 5 Mac 5:22 PM
"OS X Snow Leopard shows signs of becoming Apple's XP: Mountain Lion uptake trails those of Lion, Snow Leopard in 2011, 2009" Computerworld 8:03 AM
"Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype" ["Users of Skype 6.0 for Mac and Windows are now greeted with options to log in using a Microsoft or Facebook account."] The Verge 10:23 AM
"[Full-disclosure] multiple critical vulnerabilities in sophos products" ["A working exploit for Sophos 8.0.6 on Mac is available, however the request."] Neohapsis Archives 3:12 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Review: Organize task manager for Mac is deep and complex" Macworld 8:21 AM
"FontAgent Pro 5 industrial-strength font manager now offers cloud option" Macworld 9:07 AM
"So you want an office of Apple Macs - here's a survival guide" The Register 8:02 AM
"Fondle fever: Growing tablet market no longer just an iPad market" Register Hardware 8:02 AM
"IDC: Apple's tablet share fell to 50.4% in advance of the mini/Android tablets: from Samsung and Amazon: took up the slack" Fortune 11:15 AM
"Apple loses ground in the tablet market to Android devices" Neowin 7:54 AM
"Change in tablet market share from Q2 to Q3 hurts Apple, helps Samsung and Amazon" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 12:08 PM
"Wiping Off Download Bots Pulls iPhone's Share of Smartphone App Downloads Below 30% for First Time" ABIresearch 11:05 AM
"iPhone's app download share falls below 30%, but iPads have 5X the downloads of Android tabs" VentureBeat 10:55 AM
"Apple Replaces 'Samsung Didn't Copy' Notice With a New One" Mashable 7:55 AM
"Naughty-step Apple buries court-ordered apology with JavaScript" The Register 8:00 AM
"Apple apologizes to Samsung again, but thanks to some cunning code, you may not notice" Digital Trends 8:23 AM
"Apple accused of making Samsung apology difficult to find in latest twist to patent infringement case" Telegraph 8:28 AM
"Apple amends Samsung apology after judge's order" V3 8:26 AM
"Apple hides rewritten Samsung notice on its website" The Inquirer 8:01 AM
"The Crowd At Apple's New Store Near Foxconn Chants: 'Apple! Apple! Apple!'" Business Insider 8:37 AM
"Apple removes third-party emoji apps from App Store: Apple has sent out notices to emoji app developers informing them of the changes" Macworld UK 7:56 AM
"Claimed unlocked iPhone 5 prices show up on Apple's website" iDownload Blog 7:54 AM
"The Latest Steve Jobs Action Figure Is a Horrifying Mutant" Gizmodo 10:42 AM
"This New Steve Jobs Action Figure Looks Freakishly Realistic" Cult of Mac 12:07 PM
"London Project Will Control 14K Street Lights Via iPad" PC Magazine 11:08 AM
"The app's the thing as Shakespeare goes digital" ["Plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' spring to life in iPad apps released by Cambridge University Press, which pairs the texts with audio performances, commentary and other interactive content, transforming the classic plays for the digital age."] Reuters 10:29 AM
"Why Cam used iPhone on the field with RGIII" USA Today 4:37 PM
Non-Apple News
"How Tony Fadell's Nest Is Becoming The iPhone of ThermoStats" Cult of Mac 5:34 PM
"KDE 'annoys the hell out of' Linus Torvalds" The Register 1:38 PM
"Rare Air Raid Atari game worth at least $30K" TG Daily 1:30 PM
"Step Away from the Remote Control: Startup PredictGaze thinks technology that can determine where you're looking—and what you look like—is the interface of the future." Technology Review 1:28 PM
"OLED TVs to Arrive This Year But Won't Make Huge Splash" PC Magazine 11:30 AM
"Virgin Mobile USA Launches $5 Daily Broadband Plan" PC Magazine 11:30 AM
"More VMware ESX hypervisor source code leaked by hackers" IDG News Service 11:16 AM
"Colt aims to make power, cooling management in data centers more flexible" IDG News Service 11:16 AM
"Twinstrata Unveils Cloud Storage Platform: CloudArray 4.0 adds network attached storage (NAS) capability, new appliances and support for additional cloud service providers." InformationWeek 11:13 AM
"Hackers claim attacks against ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal, other websites" IDG News Service 10:56 AM
"League of Legends rewards well-behaved players" BBC 10:34 AM
"Big Data Supports Superstorm Sandy Relief Efforts: Data integration, visualization and analysis tools help get medical help to people devastated by natural disasters like Sandy or Haiti's earthquake." InformationWeek 10:23 AM
"Facebook password-bypass flaw fixed" CNET News 10:12 AM
"AU Optronics cuts 100 jobs, 0.5% of workforce" MarketWatch 9:51 AM
"Android market share growth slowed over the past 6 months" Fortune 8:36 AM
"Google giving customized results when people search for Obama, but not Romney" The Verge 8:32 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"William Shatner - there's an app for him" New York Post 3:07 PM
"Bryan Chaffin on Steve Balmer's Competence, Apple's Management Shake-Up and Evil Amazon (Part 2)" MacNotables 12:32 PM
"TNW's Daily Dose: Apple's launch weekend record, disappearing dictionaries and more." The Next Web 11:12 AM
"Photo Stream Sharing. An easier way of sharing photos from your photo library with people you know." The MT Show 7:49 AM
"iPad mini costs $329 to buy, but costs Apple only $188 to build" ZDNet 12:25 PM
"Most Apple Stores sold out of iPad mini, 16GB model most popular" AppleInsider 10:23 AM
"Yes, Apple will approve Google Maps for iOS: What a much-discussed story in the Guardian misunderstands about developers: and about Apple." CNET News 12:38 PM
"Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval: Google is working on a downloadable maps app but insiders don't have high hopes that it will be approved by Apple" The Guardian 11:06 AM
"Apple unlikely to approve Google Maps app for iOS, report says: People at Google that are working on the dedicated application say that they are 'not optimistic' that Apple will approve the software for iOS." CNET News 10:17 AM
"Report: Google Maps For iOS Will Be Ready By End Of Year, But Google Isn't Sure Apple Will Approve It" TechCrunch 11:59 AM
"Siri can buy your movie tickets in iOS 6.1" VentureBeat 8:20 AM
"Siri to gain movie ticket purchasing in iOS 6.1" iDownload Blog 8:28 AM
"Torture-testing the Nexus 7, iPad, and iPad Mini: While the Google tablet freaks out and shuts down when submerged in water, it holds up better in drop tests done by warranty company SquareTrade." CNET News 12:38 PM
"Unlocked iPhone 5 prices leak on Apple's site" CNET News 8:07 AM
"Get the iPad User Guide For iOS 6" FairerPlatform 8:07 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Fireworker For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:58 AM
"Crazy Bikers 2 For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:58 AM
"Cross Fingers For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:58 AM
"Newegg offering Parallels Desktop 7 for $10 after rebate" TUAW 9:30 PM
"iCloud Is Breaking My Mind: It seems as if my iPhone has a sick, needy relationship with Apple. Call me. Call me again. No, really, tell me you love me and that everything is OK. Are you there? Yes. Good. I miss you. Tell me you love me again. Every few times I use my iPhone 5 with iOS 6, it seems like I'm getting prompted for my Apple ID password." MacNewsWorld 8:58 AM
"Musician's Corner: Tab Toolkit Is The Perfect App For Learning Cover Songs" App Advice 3:59 PM
"Mosaic App for iPhone Makes Photo Books Easy" PC Magazine 8:09 AM
"How To Use Your iPhone Or iPad To Translate Without An Internet Connection" Mac 360 7:51 AM
"Learn ASL with Marlee Matlan on your iPhone" Appolicious 1:13 PM
"Appidemic: Pocket Climber for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:21 AM
"Will 10-inch Android tablets be the losers of the tablet PC wars?" ZDNet 1:58 PM
"Bravo's Silicon Valley vs. A Real Silicon Valley Founder" Wired 1:54 PM
"Mmm, what's that smell: Coffee or sweat? How to avoid a crap IT job" The Register 1:37 PM
"These $600 Android-powered Oakley goggles are so cyberpunk" TG Daily 1:31 PM
"Google's Nexus Strategy In A Nutshell: Cheap Mobile Internet Everywhere" TechCrunch 1:26 PM
"How does wi-fi localisation work?" Fairfax NZ News 11:50 AM
"Kim Dotcom burning through PR capital" Fairfax NZ News 11:50 AM
"The easiest and most reliable way to send photos" UTSanDiego 11:46 AM
"Like it or not, closures are coming to Java" InfoWorld 11:15 AM
"Security through obscurity: How to cover your tracks online" InfoWorld 11:15 AM
"October, 2012: The Month That Your Smartphone and Four Other Technologies Officially Started To Die" Forbes 11:08 AM
"Fondle fever: Growing tablet market no longer just an iPad market" Channel Register 1:36 PM
"Apple Share of Tablet Market Dips as Amazon, Samsung Gain" Bloomberg 10:36 AM
"5 Ways To Survive The Coming IT Apocalypse" InformationWeek 10:24 AM
"After Hurricane Sandy: Lessons for the data center" InfoWorld 11:14 AM
"Sandy A Grim Reminder: Back Up Your Data" BYTE 10:24 AM
"Smartphone Anti-Theft Database: What's Enterprise Impact? Major U.S. phone carriers hope their new database will deter thieves. But experts say the plan won't soothe many enterprise data security concerns." InformationWeek 10:23 AM
"Get a year of unlimited cloud backup for $25" CNET News 10:12 AM
"Room To Read Turns Silicon Valley Riches Into Global Libraries, Schools" Forbes 10:05 AM
"Why Amazon's tablet share is poised to pop" ZDNet 12:26 PM
"Windows RT accounts for half of the 32GB Surface's disk space" The Verge 12:12 PM
"Microsoft Surface web benchmarks reveal terrible performance: Microsoft Surface Tablet benchmark tests display surprising lack of speed from the iPad rival" Macworld UK 10:45 AM
"Microsoft promotes Windows 8 with 'fast and fun' slide" BetaNews 10:42 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"This iPad Mini Ad Parody Is Actually Better Than the Original" Gizmodo 9:42 AM
"Re-imagined Classic 'Boulder Dash XL' is Coming to iOS Soon" Touch Arcade 8:23 AM
"Marlee Signs teaches you sign language in your spare time" TUAW 8:20 AM
"Joy Factory Expands Family of iPhone 5 Cases with Airmax Clear" Run Around Tech 8:20 AM
"iStreamPlanet Selects Sorenson Media's Squeeze Server 2.0 as Its Transcoding Solution to Deliver Scalable, Flexible Cloud-Based Video Services" Business Wire 8:14 AM
"Belkin to ship first third-party Lightning accessories" CNET News 12:38 PM
"Belkin Says It's Lightning Fast With New iPhone Accessories" AllThingsD 12:21 PM
"Belkin becomes first official Apple partner to launch Lightning-enabled accessories" The Next Web 8:25 AM
"Belkin Announces New Accessories for Apple's Lightning Connector" Business Wire 8:14 AM
"niApps Releases New Promotional App for iOS Devices" prMac 8:13 AM
"Ariau Interactive for iPad - Explore the Amazon with Award Winning eBook" prMac 8:13 AM
"Top Kids Apps - Independent Ratings + Reviews of Top Kids' Apps" prMac 8:13 AM
"Zombot Apps Launches Sprouts for iPhone App: Grow Sprouts the Easy Way" prMac 8:13 AM
"Ilaro Research Note Management App Released for iOS" prMac 8:13 AM
"Change Thoughts from Negative to Positive" prMac 8:13 AM
"Casino Jackpot 1.0 Free for iOS - Quality, Vegas-Inspired Casino Games" prMac 8:13 AM
"WordsFlow 1.0 for InDesign - auto-merge Word files for production bliss" prMac 8:13 AM
"Kukarika releases Memory Seasons: Halloween Edition 1.0 for iOS" prMac 8:13 AM
"HP ponies up bigger bucks for Linux Foundation: The WebOS backer boosts its status to Platinum membership, which requires a $500,000 commitment. HP also will now hold a seat on the Linux Foundation's board." CNET News 10:11 AM
"HP Takes Linux Foundation Membership To New Level" CRN 10:52 AM
"Acer: Has Microsoft bitten off more than it can chew?" ZDNet 1:58 PM
"Microsoft's Surface Is Doing Well, but the Pro Edition May Secure Its Future" Minyanville 2:08 PM
"Microsoft looks to give Surface sales a pop with pop-up stores" PCWorld 11:31 AM
"Ford And Microsoft Deliver Their 5 Millionth SYNC-Enabled Vehicle, Plan To Bring Cloud And Car Closer Together" TechCrunch 1:26 PM
"Microsoft extends social drive with Moxie partnership" V3 1:41 PM
"Microsoft CEO visits Israel, meets with Netanyahu: On heels of Microsoft's Windows 8 launch, chief executive visits Israel to renew commitment" Associated Press 10:05 AM
"Microsoft CEO lauds close hi-tech ties with Israel during visit" Xinhua 9:12 PM
"AMD announces fastest 16-core server chips as ARM future looms: New Opteron server chips include the new Piledriver cores" IDG News Service 10:54 AM
"AMD unveils Abu Dhabi chips for speedier servers" Computerworld Blogs 10:55 AM
"AMD rolls Piledriver core into Opteron 6300 for high-end servers" V3 1:41 PM
"AMD Launches New Opteron 6300 Processors For Servers" CRN 10:52 AM
"AMD revs Opterons up to 6300 for fat x86 servers" The Register 1:38 PM
"New PlayStation 4 development kit contains an AMD 'heart': report" ZDNet 1:58 PM
"Files aren't property, says US government: New twist in Megaupload case a threat to all clouds, claims EFF" The Register 1:38 PM
"Are Chip Makers Chipping Away at PC Business?" The Motley Fool 9:57 AM
"Apache Server Setting Mistakes Can Aid Hackers: Numerous large companies that use free Apache server software leave internal status pages visible, which can help hackers exploit networks." InformationWeek 10:25 AM
"Gartner upbeat on big data jobs" Computerworld 11:35 AM
"Tech Pros Optimistic About Job Growth: Independent tech field reps most optimistic about prospects than they've been in 15 months, survey finds." InformationWeek 10:25 AM
"IT sector rebounds, gains 12,500 jobs in October" Network World 11:15 AM
"U.S. stocks rise modestly before election" MarketWatch 4:02 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise Before American Presidential Elections" Bloomberg 4:02 PM
"Stocks Edge Up Ahead of Election Day" TheStreet 4:02 PM
"Stocks end slightly higher as election looms" CNNMoney 4:02 PM
"Stocks Eke Out a Gain Ahead of US Election" CNBC 4:02 PM
"Blue Chips Finish in the Black: Stocks rose on the eve of the presidential election, rebounding from a selloff Friday that had capped the Dow industrials' second straight weekly loss." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:03 PM
"Investors on hold as election looms" CNNMoney 9:38 AM
"HSBC shares drag London stocks lower" MarketWatch 9:51 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks lower, eyes on U.S. election" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"Europe Markets: U.S. election, Greece weigh on Europe stocks" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"Markets on edge ahead of crucial Greek votes and US presidential election" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:56 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:07 PM
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