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"Apple Can Finish What Microsoft's Sinofsky Started" Monday Note 1:00 PM
"Are Apple And Google Going To Settle Their Patent War?" Forbes 9:13 AM
"As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:40 AM
"Apple bear comes in from the cold as shares tumble: Apple shares have tumbled 26pc since touching a record of $705.07 (444 pounds) on September 21. So are the bears on Wall Street sharpening their claws?" Telegraph 7:24 AM
"Apple: Soon To Face Severe Margin Compression" Forexpros 7:22 AM
"Apple Purchases 1,024 Patents From Rockstar Consortium" Tom's Hardware 7:23 AM
"FBI arrests JFK worker in heist of 3,600 Apple iPad minis" Fortune 7:38 AM
"Apple & Google: Tech Leaders in Harnessing Solar Energy" Patently Apple 11:29 AM
"Steve Jobs' yacht gives insights into his design process: Jobs and noted designer Philippe Starck spent five years working out the details of the super yacht Venus." CNET News 1:58 PM
"Apple's iMessage and FaceTime suffer another significant outage" AppleInsider 5:39 PM
"iMessage, FaceTime out of commission on Sunday" Macworld 6:41 PM
"Apple to seed beta version of OS X 10.8.3 after Thanksgiving weekend" AppleInsider 11/16
"Windows Users Plan Mass Exodus to Apple" LAPTOP Magazine 11/16
"Apple returns 'start page' to Safari in time for holidays" MacNN 11/16
"Apple notifies iMessages beta users that service will end on Dec. 14" AppleInsider 11/16
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 11/16
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Review: ZeoBit MacKeeper 2012: Is it a Scam?" Mac Expert Guide 5:30 PM
"How To Get Screen Captures with Stock Mac Software - Part 1" The Mac Observer 11/17
"Tuning up iTunes using TuneUp: My Success Story" iSource 11/17
"Review: W3capture – Easily Convert Webpages to PDF Files" MacTrast 11/17
"Adobe Edge Animate 1.0 review: Graphics-led tool for creating HTML animation for web, devices and digital publishing" Macworld UK 11/16
"DivX 9 delivers hardware encoding, legacy versions to die" FairerPlatform 10:40 AM
"Reader Reports: Tax Software/I received notice today from TurboTax that this year's version requires OS 10.6.8 or newer so no more TurboTax for PowerPC users." MacInTouch 11/17
"Snapz Pro X 2.5 Finally Makes Nice with Mountain Lion" TidBITS 11/16
"JFK worker found to be involved in $1.5m iPad heist from earlier this week" 9 to 5 Mac 11/17
"Man arrested for iPad Mini theft Reportedly had maxi mouth: Worker at JFK airport arrested by FBI in connection with theft of two pallets of Minis was allegedly less than stealthy." CNET News 11/17
"Sony confesses: we can't beat iPhone... yet" The Register 11/16
"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 11/16
"11.6-inch becomes niche-market size for notebooks, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 11/16
"AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule" Computerworld 11/16
"Scientists print out 'walking' biological machines" TG Daily 11/16
"Misfit Shine: A Fitness Gadget Backed by Former Apple CEO Aims to be Different" ABCNews 11/16
"Google Turns Vacuum Cleaner Into Book Scanner" Wired Magazine 11/16
"Google Reveals Mysterious Niantic Project: Get ready for Ingress, a multiplayer, augmented reality game from Google's Niantic Labs." InformationWeek 11/16
"Wordpress to accept Bitcoin without confirmations" The Register 11/16
"Behold the $30,000 high-tech Scrabble board" CNET News 11/16
"'Call of Duty' Game Rings Up $500 Million in Retail Sales" Bloomberg 11/16
"Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day in Hiding" Wired 11/16
"Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in 'pirate haven'" Reuters 11/16
"Twitter Adds Ability to Email Tweets From the Web" PC Magazine 11/16
"Wii U to ship incomplete, missing Nintendo TVii service and more" CNET Reviews 11/16
"Nintendo Faces Wii U Shortage After Debut in U.S. This Weekend" Bloomberg 11/16
"Nintendo launches Wii U in uncertain market: Analysts expect strong initial sales, but more skeptical long term" MarketWatch 11/16
"Sony to take aim at iPhone, Galaxy S3 in upcoming 'flagship' handset" CNET News 11/16
"Sony Mobile Chief Acknowledges Its Smartphones Suck, Promises An iPhone, Galaxy S III Competitor Soon" TechCrunch 11/16
"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 11/16
"The Opinion Cast: PCs are Losing and Android is Winning?" Tech.pinions 11/16
"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 11/16
"Sprint Says It Will Have LTE-Equipped iPad Minis, 4th-Gen iPads in Stores on Friday" AllThingsD 11/16
"Sprint to begin selling Apple's LTE iPad mini and iPad from retail stores on Friday" The Next Web 11/16
"Apple's iPad Mini With LTE Hits Sprint And At&T Retail Today, And Likely Other Stores, Too" TechCrunch 11/16
"Sprint, AT&T selling iPad mini with fast LTE cellular service" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/16
"LTE-equipped iPad Mini, fourth-gen iPad now in stores" CNET News 11/16
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices From $850 to $3,049" MacReviewZone 11/16
"Apple MacBook Air Buyer's Guide -Prices $688 To $1,599 -Prices, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 11/16
"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 11/16
"Stormfront celebrates the opening of its 20th store by offering 10% off Macs" Macworld UK 11/16
"Stop. Don't buy an Apple product until next Friday's Black Friday sale" Macworld UK 11/16
"These Are The Deals You Can Expect From Apple Next Black Friday [Buying Guide] Cult of Mac 11/16
"Apple refurbs: iPod touch from $129, MBP from $1019" MacNN 11/16
"One day Amazon SD Card and USB3 sale, prices from $28 for 64GB" 9 to 5 Mac 11/16
"Adobe Black Friday: Save on Photoshop Elements, Acrobat, Lightroom" FairerPlatform 11/16
"Black Friday iPad: Get an iPad 2 + $75 gift card" FairerPlatform 11/16
"iHome Black Friday Deals: iP97 for 40% off, iA90 also 40% off" FairerPlatform 11/16
"How To Disable Siri And Other Features When Passcode Lock Is Enabled" App Advice 6:41 PM
"How To: Get Lan Multiplayer Working Again In Minecraft" Macenstein 10:18 AM
"How To find your IMEI number on your iPhone" Neil Turner's Blog 7:22 AM
"How To: Make Airport Forget a Network" FairerPlatform 11/17
Tips
"Reader Reports: Airport/My Safari loaded all pages except a few. I updated the firmware on my Airport Extreme router and the problem disappeared. Just for the record: I've had problems like this and fixed them by changing the DNS settings in my Network preference pane. The reason is that I've got AT&T Uverse, which has lousy DNS; supplying some better DNS servers in the Network pref pane makes all the difference in the world." MacInTouch 11/17
"Re-Enable Password Check in iOS 6 To Avoid Nasty In-App Purchase Surprises [iOS Tips] Cult of Mac 11/16
"4G iPad Mini: Which Carrier Has the Best Deal?" Gizmodo 11/16
"6 tips for getting more from your Apple TV" Macworld 11/16
"Black Friday Buyer's Guide: The iPad Mini" All Voices 11/16
"My 2012 Holiday Gadget Gift Guide iPad App" Best App Site 11/16
"Meet PES, the Stop-Motion Genius Who Turns Grenades Into Fresh Guacamole" Wired 11/17
"Here's How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs 'Squads' Like Lean Startups" TechCrunch 11/17
"So, it's war. Well, isn't that convenient. So, if the designs of Microsoft's partners are so lousy, why do they sell them in their stores?" John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site 11/17
"Why smart people do dumb things online: Here's How To use free apps and common sense so you don't do something stupid: like the brilliant DaVid Petraeus did." Computerworld 11/17
"'Fingersense' Touchscreen Tech Could Revolutionize Smartphones" BGR 11/16
"15 awesome office gadgets and must-haves!" ZDNet 11/16
"Dell's PC strategy: Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't" ZDNet 11/16
"A year in cybersecurity and cybercrime: 2012 review" ZDNet 11/16
"Russian Roulette — An Excerpt From the Wired E-Book John McAfee's Last Stand" Wired 11/16
"Nintendo Wii U: 15 Points to Consider Before Buying One" Techland 11/16
"Thought you'd escaped Twitter? Think again as Twits get email button" The Register 11/16
"Living with the Dell/Current Motor's SuperScooter: What would the world be like if PC companies designed and manufactured vehicles?" TG Daily 11/16
"What Google Should Do With the Nexus Q (Hint: Give It Google TV)" Wired 11/16
"Dear Google And Nokia: To Build An Accessory Ecosystem, You Have To Ship" TechCrunch 11/16
"Top laptops: 20 best laptops in the world/The best laptops you can get for less than a fully-stacked iPad" TechRadar UK 11/16
"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 11/16
"With beauty and brains, New MySpace seems too good to be true (review)" VentureBeat 11/16
"The Demise of Apple or a Time to Buy?" IndieResearch 11/16
"Why Microsoft Beats Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/16
"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 11/16
"Why Apple is a Top 25 Dividend Giant" Forbes 11/16
"Can the Market Recover Without Apple?" Breakout 11/16
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