"Apple TV set – an enduring fantasy? Rumours continue over CEO Tim Cook's phrase 'an area of intense interest', but an Apple TV set still seems unlikely" The Guardian 8:43 AM
"Parsing Apple's TV ambitions: People don't replace their TVs every few years, which makes the idea of an Apple TV set less plausible compared to an Apple set-top box, says former Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée." CNET News 3:26 PM
"Tim Cook Won't Stop Dropping Hints About an Apple Television Set: The company might have to navigate the pitfalls that Google TV already discovered." Minyanville 1:19 PM
"Apple to bring Bluetooth to Apple TV, could add Siri, gaming" Macworld UK 8:50 AM
"2012: Apple's annus horribilis" Computerworld 8:27 AM
"Why Apple is Great and Everyone Else Is Not Even Close" Forbes 9:07 AM
"Apple's iMac on the road to irrelevance: The computer that saved company's bacon in '98 peaked a year ago" Computerworld 8:45 AM
"Apple's Solid Mac Performance Compares Favorably To Sluggish PC Sales" Seeking Alpha 10:20 AM
"Apple redraws maps after Australian drivers led astray in the bush: Mildura police issue warning after motorists lose way in scorching temperatures because town misplaced on Apple Maps" The Guardian 6:06 PM
"Apple Fixes 'Potentially Life Threatening' Australian Maps Problem" The Mac Observer 6:06 PM
"Apple Maps 'is life-threatening' to motorists lost in Australia heat" BBC 8:46 AM
"Australian travelers stranded in wilderness because of iOS 6 maps: Motorists were taken over 40 miles off course." Ars Technica 9:12 AM
"Police issue warning after Apple Maps leads drivers astray in Australian wilderness" The Verge 8:23 AM
"Australia Police: Don't Use Apple Maps" The Mac Observer 8:43 AM
"Australian Police Warn Against Apple Maps, Citing 'Potentially Life Threatening' Misdirection" TechCrunch 9:05 AM
"Apple Maps 'Life Threatening,' Say Australian Police" AllThingsD 12:14 PM
"Apple Maps guides Australian motorists into 'life threatening' situation" BetaNews 10:22 AM
"FTC's Second Kids' App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children: Kids' Data Still Collected, Shared without Parents' Knowledge, Consent" Federal Trade Commission 3:19 PM
"FTC Urges Apple & Google to Get Serious About Kid Privacy" The Mac Observer 4:28 PM
"Worldwide Smart Connected Device Market, Led by Samsung and Apple, Grew 27.1% in the Third Quarter, According to IDC" Business Wire 4:02 PM
"IDC: 'smart connected device' shipments reach record 303.6m in Q3 2012, led by Apple and Samsung" The Next Web 9:00 AM
"IDC: Samsung and Apple are driving holiday sales" Fortune 10:13 AM
"Smart Device Shipments Broke Records In Q3 2012, Reaching 303.6 Million Devices; Expected To Grow To 362 Million In Holiday Quarter" TechCrunch 9:06 AM
"Millennial Media: iPad mini impressions grew 28% per day" Fortune 12:36 PM
"Chengdu's First Apple Store Opening This Saturday Together With Hong Kong's Third Store" M.I.C. Gadget 8:53 AM
"Apple's Massive New Hong Kong Store with 30-Foot Tall Glass Windows Leads Next Weekend's Grand Openings" MacRumors 8:49 AM
"Black Friday on the iPad: Revisiting some dubious data/The holiday shopping news for Amazon was not quite as awful as it seemed" Fortune 8:52 AM
"Sprint: T-Mobile USA's Recent iPhone Deal Won't Allow It To Overtake Sprint" Seeking Alpha 8:46 AM
"Apple still one of the Happiest Companies in America — but not as happy as before" AppleDailyReport 9:40 AM
"Apple Plummets To 42 On This Year's List Of 50 Happiest Companies To Work For" Cult of Mac 9:15 PM
"Woman photographs herself unlocking stolen iPhone: A woman unwittingly took a photograph of herself as she tried to unlock an iPhone that had been stolen from a nightclub." Telegraph 10:12 AM
"8 great free Mac gifts" [Slideshow] Macworld 8:56 AM
Non-Apple News
"No password is safe from this new 25-GPU computer cluster: The setup uses 25 AMD Radeon graphics cards and can make 350 billion guesses per second. All eight-character passwords fall in hours; some take only six minutes." CNET News 2:53 PM
"Valve chief confirms Steam-centric console-killing PC" The Register 2:15 PM
"Police-themed ransomware speaks to victims -- literally: New variant of Reveton ransomware uses localized voice messages to trick victims into paying rogue fines" IDG News Service 1:19 PM
"With BlackBerry 10's Launch Fast Approaching, RIM Offers A First Glimpse At The Hardware" TechCrunch 2:05 PM
"RIM Releases BBM 7 With Free Wi-Fi Voice Calling" PC Magazine 1:13 PM
"Twitter may release its own Instagram-like photo filters this month" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:04 PM
"Toshiba develops MRAM for smartphone processors" IDG News Service 11:47 AM
"Spotify Founder Daniel Ek Wanted to Create Something 'Better than Piracy'" ABCNews 11:03 AM
"Antivirus guru John McAfee sells rights for movie about his life" CNET News 9:25 PM
"John McAfee: Let me go to the USA - or old Blighty" The Register 2:13 PM
"Google Now, Google's effort to automate your life, may be coming to Chrome" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 2:22 PM
"Google Drive and Gmail services back online after outages" V3 2:20 PM
"Ada Lovelace: 'The Enchantress of Numbers'/Ada Lovelace was the visionary half of the team that helped create the modern computer. Lovelace is honored by Google as the 'first computer programmer.'" Christian Science Monitor 11:40 AM
"Google Stashed $2B in Taxes in the Bermuda Triangle in 2011" AllThingsD 9:59 AM
"Huawei to Open Research Center in Finland" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:44 AM
"Huawei Sets Up in Nokia's Back Yard" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:40 AM
"Google to sell off Motorola's set-top box business as Google TV flounders" AppleInsider 8:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Record Breaking Price Paid At Auction For First Apple Computer - But This Collector Owns Two Of Them!" The Classic Computing Blog 3:09 PM
"Holiday Gift Ideas from The MacJury" MacVoicesTV 11:45 AM
"Our Christmas gadget wish lists. It's kind of like Oprah's 'Favorite Things' except without the ad support." The MT Show 8:26 AM
"Review: Apple Mac Mini 2012/Nice media centre, shame about the HDMI glitches" The Register 9:10 AM
"Nexus 10 vs Surface RT vs iPad 4 tablet comparison review" PC Advisor 8:48 PM
"Prizefight: Apple iPad 4th generation vs. Google Nexus 10/It's a slobber knocker between two of the heaviest-hitting full-size tablets. Can Apple's iPad 4 keep its spot as the Prizefight champion, or will Google's Nexus 10 finally take it down? Let's get it on!" CNET TV 5:41 PM
"Bill-Splitting Causing a Splitting Headache? Try These Apps." AllThingsD 8:59 AM
"Fly Delta App – 'This is not the upgrade you're looking for!" Best App Site 9:03 AM
"KitCam for iPhone review: New photo app from the creators of the PhotoForge series impresses" Macworld UK 10:22 AM
"Review - Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour - The Franchise FPS Returns On IOS" MacTrast 12:09 PM
"Appidemic: Monster Pinball for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:58 AM
"'Partia' Review - A SRPG Diamond in the (Very) Rough" Touch Arcade 8:56 AM
"Wordistic iPhone Game Review: Fun Game, Strange Design" Tapscape 8:30 PM
"Audiobooks HQ Review: Audiobooks HQ gives users access to over 5300 audiobooks, comprising of many of the great classics over the years." 148Apps 10:13 AM
"Apple TV Holiday Apps Mistake, A Sign for Tighter Integration with iOS Devices?" PadGadget 3:26 PM
"Apple trolling us with Apple TV apps and games?" iDownload Blog 9:43 AM
"I Want HBO GO on my Apple TV" MacNews Blog 9:03 AM
"Apple Will Not Build A TV, Says Former Exec Jean-Louis Gassee" ReadWrite 8:59 AM
"Apple television: Where others failed, content could hold the key" ZDNet 8:46 AM
"Tim Cook Opens Up in First Extended Interview" TidBITS 8:25 AM
"Macs Made In The Good Old U.S. of A? Which Mac? This Mac? Really?" PixoBebo 8:25 AM
Non-Apple
"Android, too complex for its own good" ZDNet 2:28 PM
"Hardware, the Ugly Stepchild of Venture Capital, Is Having a Glamour Moment" Wired 2:25 PM
"Yes, Valve is prepping a Steam Box" TG Daily 2:12 PM
"Gift Guide: The Google Nexus 4" TechCrunch 2:04 PM
"LG Optimus G Android Smartphone Review" HotHardware 1:39 PM
"What Does a Cloud IT Career Really Mean?" CIO 1:18 PM
"Augmented Reality Is Revolutionizing the Publishing Industry (Finally!)" PC Magazine 1:14 PM
"Does it still make sense to buy an e-reader?" CNET Reviews 2:53 PM
"Very novel: Which e-reader is right for you?" The Independent 12:59 PM
"Your key technology decisions for 2013" InfoWorld 12:52 PM
"Why we need to win the battle for an ultrafast Internet: Do you really think the ISPs are giving us enough bandwidth? Think again" InfoWorld 12:52 PM
"8 biggest myths about managing geeks" InfoWorld 12:52 PM
"What If Google Ignores BlackBerry 10? Google's long-time support for RIM's BlackBerry platform seems to be waning. Will BlackBerry 10 be able to win back Android and iPhone users without mobile apps from Google?" InformationWeek 12:23 PM
"The Cloud: No Longer Distrusted and Misunderstood" [Podcast] E-Commerce Times 12:02 PM
"3 Windows 8 ultrabooks: Lightweight and powerful/We examine the HP Envy TouchSmart, Sony Vaio T13 and Toshiba Portege Z935 to see how these new Windows 8 ultrabooks shape up." Computerworld 11:49 AM
"All-in-ones don't deserve to be desktops" Boston Herald 11:19 AM
"BlackBerry 10 won't be PlayBook redux. Here's why" CNET News 10:35 AM
"Android Is Dead - Part 2: Titans Clash" Seeking Alpha 10:24 AM
"How T-Mobile's smartphone pricing could change the U.S. wireless industry" GigaOM [Free Registration Required] 10:03 AM
"Holiday Gift Guide: the best gadgets under $200" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 10:03 AM
"Is Amazon's 8.9-Inch Kindle Fire HD a Flop?" Gizmodo 12:55 PM
"Toward a More Informed Discussion on Android" Tech.pinions 9:41 AM
"Autonomy's Lynch Hasn't Heard From HP in Accounting Row" Bloomberg 10:17 AM
"HP still top of PC league, but trailing fourth in all-devices rankings: HP may still be clinging onto the top spot in the global PC stakes but in the world of smart connected devices it is becoming less and less of a relevant player, market stats show." Channel Register 2:16 PM
"Hewlett-Packard stirs more concerns with decline in printing" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 10:20 AM
"Faster networks anyone? IBM pops optics on conventional silicon chips." GigaOM 9:31 AM
"IBM advances silicon nanophotonics: IBM's work on silicon nanophotonics could engender a new class of higher throughput optical networking equipment" Computerworld 11:48 AM
"Big Blue etches silicon nanophotonics with regular chip tech" The Register 2:13 PM
"IBM inches towards commercial 25Gbit/s optical chips" V3 2:19 PM
"IBM takes optical chip breakthrough to standard manufacturing" ZDNet 2:28 PM
"Microsoft Seeks to Invalidate Motorola Patent in U.K. Trial" Bloomberg 10:23 AM
"Windows 8 hybrid laptops will be scarce through the holidays" PCWorld 1:15 PM
"Microsoft Surface Coming To Store Near You? Microsoft hopes broader retail distribution strategy will boost Surface sales, says analyst." InformationWeek 10:55 AM
"Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales: Analysts say Microsoft is likely looking to seed market for key Surface partners like Lenovo and Samsung" Computerworld 11:48 AM
"Microsoft Has Reportedly Sold At Least 4.2 Million Windows Phones Since October" Forbes 2:50 PM
"The second annual Dell World kicks off this week in Austin, Texas, and more than 500 solution providers are expected to attend, according to the Round Rock, Texas-based company." [Slideshow] CRN 11:43 AM
"What's the way ahead for Dell storage?" The Register 2:17 PM
"Cisco Aims to Wake Up Sleepy Brand With New Campaign" AllThingsD 9:58 AM
"Cisco Busts Out New Brand Strategy" [Video Report] TheStreet 2:44 PM
"Cisco grabs for 'No. 1 IT company' crown" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 11:18 AM
"Cisco: Still Marching To Its Own Beat" TheStreet 9:33 AM
"Intel Designs New Process for Mobile Chips" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:42 PM
"Deep Divides In Dubai At UN Talks On Internet" Associated Press 10:26 AM
"The meeting that could kill the internet? Fears of internet oppression by the UN are unfounded, writes Christian Caryl." Sydney Morning Herald 1:49 PM
"Russia backs down on proposals to regulate the Internet" Reuters 2:55 PM
"IEDM goes deep on 3-D circuits" EE Times 12:01 PM
"Is silicon's crown under threat?" TG Daily 2:11 PM
"Google, Facebook call for an end to 'abstract' patents: A group of tech companies including Google, Facebook, Red Hat and Dell have stepped into a US patent case to call for a ban on patenting abstract ideas." TG Daily 2:11 PM
"When is a patent too abstract? Google and Facebook weigh into key software case" ZDNet 2:28 PM
"Tech World Discovers New Species: The Cloud Architect" Wired 2:24 PM
"Apple could buy all the gold in China, more likely to increase investor dividend: Rather than purchase China's gold, it's been suggested that Apple will pay a larger dividend to shareholders" Macworld UK 12:14 PM
"Apple's Return On Capital Employed Is Not Sustainable" Seeking Alpha 12:09 PM
"Why Apple Should Not Give-in to Special Dividend Demands" The Motley Fool 12:06 PM
"Apple: Reasons for the Fall and What to Do About It" The Motley Fool 12:06 PM
"'Apple Has Become a Casino': Terranova" [Video Report] CNBC 12:39 PM
"Apple Stock Hardly Died After Past Death Crosses" Forbes 10:13 AM
"iPad Projected to Have Strong Growth the Next Four Years" Forbes 9:24 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly rise, but Tokyo, Shanghai lag/Most major Asia stock markets saw modest gains Tuesday, although the Japanese market slipped amid weakness for utility firms, and mainland Chinese shares pulled back after recent gains." MarketWatch 9:27 PM
"Tech Stocks: H-P rises on Icahn speculation, but Apple slips/Billionaire reportedly building position in H-P; Groupon stock falls" MarketWatch 8:43 PM
"U.S. stocks rise on hopes for fiscal-cliff talks: Market Snapshot: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 4:04 PM
"Wall Street Tilts Higher; Tech Shares Climb" FOXBusiness 12:20 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise on China Amid American Budget Talks" Bloomberg 4:05 PM
"Stocks Inch Higher as McDonald's, HP and Cisco Advance" TheStreet 4:05 PM
"Stocks end higher as tech shares gain" CNNMoney 4:05 PM
"Dow Logs 4-Day Win Streak; Apple Slips" CNBC 4:05 PM
"Wall St edges up with help from McDonald's" Reuters 10:15 AM
"Stocks Notch Small Gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:06 PM
"Stocks weighed down by Europe: Investors will be cautious heading into the week, amid a fresh bout of uncertainty over Europe and ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington." CNNMoney 9:30 AM
"Resource firms rise in London, banks drop" MarketWatch 2:41 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia inches higher on China, U.S. data" MarketWatch 9:41 AM
"Asian Shares Rise as China, U.S. Data Support Sentiment" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:57 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks track U.S. higher, Italy sinks" MarketWatch 2:42 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:50 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:44 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:44 PM
"Recent stumbles aside, 2 tech stocks to buy" MarketWatch 10:00 AM
"Three tech trading ideas for xMas" MarketWatch 2:46 PM
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