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"Apple, Google Consider Arbitration Over Standard Patents" ["The companies have been exchanging proposals on using binding arbitration to reach a licensing agreement over patents that are essential to comply with industry standards on how phones operate. Such an agreement could lead to a global settlement of all of their patent disputes, Apple said in a filing yesterday."] Bloomberg 2:30 PM
"Samsung goes after HTC deal to undercut Apple-filing" Reuters 4:45 PM
"Samsung wants details of Apple's settlement with HTC: In a filing this afternoon, Samsung notes that it plans to file a request with the court for Apple to provide a copy of its patent license agreement with HTC." CNET News 4:46 PM
"Judge accepts $22.5 million Google fine in Safari privacy case" IDG News Service 3:21 PM
"U.S. Judge Allows Samsung to Add iPhone 5 in Lawsuit: The patent dispute between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. escalated after a U.S. judge on Thursday granted both companies permission to add new products to their lawsuits claiming infringement, including the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy Note 10.1." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:33 AM
"Apple, Samsung Allowed to Add Products to Patent Lawsuit" Bloomberg 9:45 AM
"Apple, Samsung allowed to add products in US patent lawsuit" Reuters 7:37 AM
"Apple and Samsung add iPhone 5, Note, S3 to brewing law-storm" The Register 7:53 AM
"iPhone 5, Galaxy S III Added to Samsung, Apple Patent Case" PC Magazine 2:36 PM
"Samsung, Apple allowed to add products including iPhone 5 in patent lawsuit: The judge raised the possibility that Apple's latest tablets could be included if Samsung requests it" IDG News Service 7:56 AM
"Court Adds iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 10.1 And Galaxy S III To Patent Lawsuit, Signals iPad Mini Could Be Added, Too" TechCrunch 8:24 AM
"A Fresh Season of Apple Television Rumors" AllThingsD 7:49 AM
"2012 Businessperson of the Year: 2. Tim Cook" Fortune 4:59 PM
"Apple's iPad shipments for China nearly double, after trademark dispute: Apple iPad shipments for the third quarter reached 2.07 million units" IDG News Service 7:49 AM
"Apple and Google disagree on key parameters of potential FRAND arbitration, including scope" Foss Patents 8:34 AM
"Steve Jobs, the $60 Light Bulb, and the Future of Technology" Forbes 8:01 AM
"Tax office takes $28.5m bite out of Apple" ["Apple's Australian arm reaped $4.9 billion in revenue last year through the sale of its computers, iPads and iPhones. The bill takes its total tax tab for the year ending September 24, 2011, to $94.7 million."] Sydney Morning Herald 11:23 AM
"Apple hardware chief sells off $10.7M in stock: Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering Dan Riccio let go of a little more than $10.7 million in stock this week." CNET News 7:05 PM
"Apple to seed beta version of OS X 10.8.3 after Thanksgiving weekend" AppleInsider 9:29 PM
"Windows Users Plan Mass Exodus to Apple" LAPTOP Magazine 9:21 AM
"Apple returns 'start page' to Safari in time for holidays" MacNN 8:23 AM
"Apple notifies iMessages beta users that service will end on Dec. 14" AppleInsider 5:27 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week readers e-mailed in questions about hiding the OS X menu bar, erasing hard drives, and creative uses of technology." MacFixIt 8:05 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Adobe Edge Animate 1.0 review: Graphics-led tool for creating HTML animation for web, devices and digital publishing" Macworld UK 8:34 AM
"Sony confesses: we can't beat iPhone... yet" The Register 11:44 AM
"Sony sells 70 million PlayStation 3 consoles over six rollercoaster years: The PS3 has survived delays, deep losses, software bugs, and a major hack to become a hit product for Sony" IDG News Service 11:06 AM
"11.6-inch becomes niche-market size for notebooks, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 10:37 AM
"AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule" Computerworld 10:24 AM
"Scientists print out 'walking' biological machines" TG Daily 11:39 AM
"Misfit Shine: A Fitness Gadget Backed by Former Apple CEO Aims to be Different" ABCNews 10:12 AM
"Google Turns Vacuum Cleaner Into Book Scanner" Wired Magazine 11:53 AM
"Google Reveals Mysterious Niantic Project: Get ready for Ingress, a multiplayer, augmented reality game from Google's Niantic Labs." InformationWeek 10:08 AM
"Wordpress to accept Bitcoin without confirmations" The Register 11:46 AM
"Behold the $30,000 high-tech Scrabble board" CNET News 10:04 AM
"'Call of Duty' Game Rings Up $500 Million in Retail Sales" Bloomberg 10:16 AM
"Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day in Hiding" Wired 11:52 AM
"Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in 'pirate haven'" Reuters 9:55 AM
"Twitter Adds Ability to Email Tweets From the Web" PC Magazine 11:03 AM
"Wii U to ship incomplete, missing Nintendo TVii service and more" CNET Reviews 12:12 PM
"Nintendo Faces Wii U Shortage After Debut in U.S. This Weekend" Bloomberg 10:16 AM
"Nintendo launches Wii U in uncertain market: Analysts expect strong initial sales, but more skeptical long term" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
"Sony to take aim at iPhone, Galaxy S3 in upcoming 'flagship' handset" CNET News 11:38 AM
"Sony Mobile Chief Acknowledges Its Smartphones Suck, Promises An iPhone, Galaxy S III Competitor Soon" TechCrunch 8:24 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, Mac|Life's Adrian Hoppel, and Micromat's Jeff Baudin this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1:11 PM
"The Opinion Cast: PCs are Losing and Android is Winning?" Tech.pinions 11:09 AM
"LTE iPad Mini on sale in carrier stores tomorrow: Sprint says that it will begin selling the LTE version of Apple's smaller tablet online and in stores." CNET News 7:54 AM
"Sprint Says It Will Have LTE-Equipped iPad Minis, 4th-Gen iPads in Stores on Friday" AllThingsD 7:57 AM
"Sprint to begin selling Apple's LTE iPad mini and iPad from retail stores on Friday" The Next Web 8:08 AM
"Apple's iPad Mini With LTE Hits Sprint And At&T Retail Today, And Likely Other Stores, Too" TechCrunch 8:24 AM
"Sprint, AT&T selling iPad mini with fast LTE cellular service" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:55 AM
"LTE-equipped iPad Mini, fourth-gen iPad now in stores" CNET News 11:39 AM
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices From $850 to $3,049" MacReviewZone 6:03 PM
"Apple MacBook Air Buyer's Guide -Prices $688 To $1,599 -Prices, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 5:24 PM
"Top Black Friday apps for iOS: Get the best deals on Black Friday with this collection of iOS apps that are perfect for braving the biggest shopping day of the year." CNET Reviews 6:07 PM
"Stormfront celebrates the opening of its 20th store by offering 10% off Macs" Macworld UK 8:26 AM
"Stop. Don't buy an Apple product until next Friday's Black Friday sale" Macworld UK 8:26 AM
"These Are The Deals You Can Expect From Apple Next Black Friday [Buying Guide] Cult of Mac 2:35 PM
"Apple refurbs: iPod touch from $129, MBP from $1019" MacNN 2:35 PM
"One day Amazon SD Card and USB3 sale, prices from $28 for 64GB" 9 to 5 Mac 8:05 AM
"Adobe Black Friday: Save on Photoshop Elements, Acrobat, Lightroom" FairerPlatform 8:18 AM
"Black Friday iPad: Get an iPad 2 + $75 gift card" FairerPlatform 8:18 AM
"iHome Black Friday Deals: iP97 for 40% off, iA90 also 40% off" FairerPlatform 8:19 AM
"Apple Indeed Talking with Cable Operators About New TV Product, But Launch Not Imminent" MacRumors 10:31 AM
"Rumor: Apple television 'imminent', but will it turn on and tune in, or drop out?" Computerworld 10:03 AM
"The Apple Television Isn't As 'Imminent' As Some Would Have You Believe" Cult of Mac 9:26 AM
"An Apple Television Is Not Coming Soon" AppleBitch 9:00 AM
"Apple has talked with cable companies about 'new TV product,' but launch not imminent" AppleInsider 8:49 AM
"Woz worries Microsoft is now more innovative than Apple" iDownload Blog 8:34 AM
"Office for IOS and Android: Microsoft Makes the Right Move" The Motley Fool 8:16 AM
"Will the iPad mini Become the Mainstream iPad?" The Tech Night Owl 7:55 AM
"Apple's Changing Colors: How Will Cupertino's Changing Of The Guard Change Apple In The Future?" Mac 360 7:37 AM
"Ascending And Descending: The Shape Of Apple And Microsoft In The 21st Century" PixoBebo 7:37 AM
Non-Apple
"'Fingersense' Touchscreen Tech Could Revolutionize Smartphones" BGR 2:38 PM
"15 awesome office gadgets and must-haves!" ZDNet 11:57 AM
"Dell's PC strategy: Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't" ZDNet 11:57 AM
"A year in cybersecurity and cybercrime: 2012 review" ZDNet 11:56 AM
"Russian Roulette — An Excerpt From the Wired E-Book John McAfee's Last Stand" Wired 11:51 AM
"Nintendo Wii U: 15 Points to Consider Before Buying One" Techland 11:47 AM
"Thought you'd escaped Twitter? Think again as Twits get email button" The Register 11:43 AM
"Living with the Dell/Current Motor's SuperScooter: What would the world be like if PC companies designed and manufactured vehicles?" TG Daily 11:40 AM
"What Google Should Do With the Nexus Q (Hint: Give It Google TV)" Wired 11:52 AM
"Dear Google And Nokia: To Build An Accessory Ecosystem, You Have To Ship" TechCrunch 11:35 AM
"Top laptops: 20 best laptops in the world/The best laptops you can get for less than a fully-stacked iPad" TechRadar UK 8:55 AM
"Windows Phone 8 review: Microsoft lays a foundation for success/But is there room for another mobile OS in a world ruled by Android and iOS?" Ars Technica 8:35 AM
"With beauty and brains, New MySpace seems too good to be true (review)" VentureBeat 8:27 AM
"Weak results send Dell to almost 4-year low"w" MarketWatch 12:07 PM
"Dell Drops to Three-Year Low as Forecast Misses Estimates" Bloomberg 10:16 AM
"Dell's Death Not Greatly Exaggerated" TheStreet 9:30 AM
"Dell's PC strategy leaves it stranded" CNET News 12:12 PM
"Dell Shifts Executives Around To Hurry Up And Fix Itself" Business Insider 12:09 PM
"Dell and pals mash parts together, squeeze out first 16Gb FC stack: Dell's Compellent unit has worked with Brocade, Emulex and QLogic to offer the first end-to-end 16Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage networking setup, speeding access to SAN data." The Register 11:45 AM
"Dell starts up 'Top Gun' for channel hotshots, leather jackets and all" The Register 11:46 AM
"Dell shares hit 3½-year low on weak 3Q, outlook" Associated Press 2:36 PM
"Despite an Ugly Quarter Dell Is a Buy" The Motley Fool 2:28 PM
"Facing Irrelevance, Microsoft Tries to Reinvent Everything" Forbes 9:59 AM
"New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky - teamwork" Reuters 10:00 AM
"Windows 8 Sales Well Below Projections, Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Uncertainty could turn Windows 8 into the next Vista" Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 5:26 PM
"Whispers are out that early sales of Windows 8 are far below Microsoft's expectations" The Next Web 5:27 PM
"Windows 8 sales 'well below' projections, report claims: Windows 8 isn't flying off the shelves in the numbers Microsoft was hoping for, according to a report." CNET News 9:10 PM
"Surface tablet captures lion's share of Windows RT market" PCWorld 11:38 AM
"One Possible Explanation for Why Windows 8 Tablets Are Hard to Find" Techland 11:47 AM
"Microsoft serves up 60-day trial version of Office 2013" CNET News 10:03 AM
"Seven Reasons Windows 8 Adoption In The Enterprise Is At Risk" Forrester 10:43 AM
"Forrester finds mixed prospects for Windows 8 in the enterprise" ZDNet 11:55 AM
"Windows 8 Compatibility Plagues Antivirus Tools: Don't try installing free tools from popular antivirus developer Avira on Windows 8 systems yet." InformationWeek 12:14 PM
"Selective sync, other updates come to SkyDrive" Seattle Times 11:09 AM
"Microsoft adds selective sync to SkyDrive cloud storage" PCWorld 11:04 AM
"HP big cheese: Is the cloud even proper IT? Whoops, I said it" Channel Register 11:44 AM
"HP crams massively multi-core chips into Big Data servers" ZDNet 11:55 AM
"Oracle Spotlights Its Database Memory Gap: Oracle takes Microsoft to task for its SQL Server Project Hekaton announcement, but in doing so it underscores what's missing from Oracle DB and Exadata." InformationWeek 10:08 AM
"IBM Stops Work at Lithuanian Research Center, Verslo Says" Bloomberg 9:55 AM
"AMD Prepares for January Reorganization, Including More Job Cuts" AllThingsD 4:53 PM
"Post-Election Congressional Shuffling Could Impact Feds' IT, Cybersecurity Plans" E-Commerce Times 10:37 AM
"Wireless charging blazes path toward mainstream" CNET News 10:04 AM
"Wearable computers: The next generation" [Slideshow] Computerworld 10:24 AM
"IT at the crossroads: Lead or fade away/The consumerization, mobile, and big data trends all point to old-style IT's diminishing stature" InfoWorld 10:48 AM
"Apple Hardware VP Cashes in $10.7M in Stock" The Mac Observer 7:05 PM
"Apple SVP Dan Riccio sells $11M in company stock, gives some proceeds to charity" AppleInsider 7:07 PM
"Heavy Volume Pushes $AAPL from $505 to $527" The Mac Observer 7:30 PM
"Another Day, Another Apple Selloff" The Motley Fool 7:34 PM
"The Demise of Apple or a Time to Buy?" IndieResearch 7:07 PM
"Why Microsoft Beats Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:29 PM
"High-flying Apple falls to earth as investors fret over taxes" ["Taxes on capital gains and dividends are likely to rise next year as part of an expected deficit-cutting deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of scheduled tax hikes and spending cuts. With a stock like Apple, where investors may have large embedded capital gains as a result of its stellar run, selling now locks in gains and offsets the possibility of higher taxes next year."] Reuters 2:32 PM
"Why Apple is a Top 25 Dividend Giant" Forbes 9:47 AM
"Can the Market Recover Without Apple?" Breakout 9:47 AM
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