"Cries of Apple's Patents Being Found Invalid a Nice Pipe Dream" Patently Apple 11:52 AM
"Samsung sues Apple over Notification Center in Korea" iDownload Blog 8:01 AM
"You're Underestimating Apple's Business Opportunity" The Motley Fool 12/22
"Apple Is On The Cusp Of Dominating The U.S. Smartphone Market" Business Insider 12/22
"China Unicom's iPhone 5 mainland sales soar" China Daily 12/22
"Why Apple Needs a Really Expensive iPhone" Cult of Mac 12/22
"Google finds its design voice on iOS" The Next Web 12/22
"Yes, Apple's Appealing The Samsung Patents Case!" Forbes 12/22
"Apple backs down. Decides not to be 'a bunch of ---holes': 'Technical issues' that scuttled a $140,000 Kickstarter project may have been resolved" Fortune 12/22
"Where OS X security stands after a volatile 2012: And where are we going with OS X security in 2013?" Ars Technica 4:16 PM
"Motorola patent invalidated, may affect German iCloud ban" Electronista 12/22
"Apple seeds second Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 update in two days" Macworld UK 12/21
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Power outage fries DSL modem and brings back kernel panics" Betalogue 12:26 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"OS X Mountain Lion Bible review" AppleTell 7:26 PM
"How to recover your Mac from a back up: If your Mac should crash, here's how to recover your Mac from a back up copy" Macworld UK 12/22
"QuarkXPress 9.5 with App Studio review: Quark has completely revamped its App Studio digital publishing offering with version 9.5 of QuarkXPress." Macworld UK 12/21
"MacPilot 5 review: When System Preferences doesn't give you enough control over your Mac's settings, turn to MacPilot 5." Macworld UK 12/21
"Make use of the built-in VPN service in OS X: In addition to client support for VPN, OS X contains a fully fledged VPN server" CNET Reviews 12/21
"Adding Metadata to Your Garageband Project" Mactuts+ 12/21
"Change Mission Control Animation Speed (Mountain Lion)" Mac OS X Hints 12/21
"How To Use Your Mac To Track Your Stock Market Losses From The Menubar" NoodleMac 12/21
"The Swiss Army Knife Of Mac Audio Recorders Lets You Record And Draw At The Same Time" McSolo 12/21
"Use Your Mac To Connect And Run Any Mac Or PC Anywhere Else In The World" Mac 360 12/21
"Worried About Wi-Fi Security On Your Mac? Use A VPN Shield To Protect Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 12/21
"No Apple Maps On The Mac? Use GMap To Bring Maps In An App To The Mac" Mac 360 12/21
"This Mac Video Converter App Converts 32 Audio And Video Formats" TeraTalks 12/21
"How This Nifty Mac Todo App Works Like Magic To Hide And Appear Without A Click" Mac 360 12/21
Op/Ed
"Pages documents in the Cloud: 5 MB for a blank document with plain text?" Betalogue 8:49 AM
"Apple's Safari could have been named 'Freedom'" The Verge 12/21
"Safari browser could have been called iBrowse: Freedom and Alexander were also possible names for the browser" Macworld UK 12/21
Press Releases
"Please McBank, Can I Have Some More? The Ultimate Chrsitmas Mac App" prMac 8:50 AM
"On truths, dreams, confessions--and the iPhone: A new restaurant in Miami encourages people to leave personal revelations for everyone to see. A quite startling one involves Apple's bond-inspiring gadget." CNET News 12/22
"Job's family Yacht supposedly impounded after payment dispute with designer Philippe Starck" iMore 12/22
"Apple tweaks Lightning spec following Kickstarter project gone awry: Apple today said it's changing its Lightning specification license to allow both the aged 30-pin adapter and the Lightning connector in a single accessory." CNET News 12/21
"Apple statement on cancelled portable power Kickstarter project: technical issues prevent integration" VentureBeat 12/21
"Apple kills off portable charging project" TG Daily 12/21
"Apple's strict MFi terms force Kickstarter project to shut down" iDownload Blog 12/21
"Apple Kills The POP Kickstarter Project Over Lightning" Forbes 12/21
"Apple Kills Kickstarter Project That Raised $140,000" Business Insider 12/21
"Chitika: recent iOS 6 adoption spike due to China iPhone 5 launch" iDownload Blog 12/21
"Apple And Microsoft: A Holiday Retail Study" Seeking Alpha 12/21
"Inside The App Stores: Apple, Android & The Hottest App You've Never Heard Of" ReadWrite 12/21
"EU Issues Formal Objections Against Samsung For Patent Abuse" TechCrunch 12/21
"Every Steve Jobs Video in One List" FairerPlatform 12/21
"Apple Loop: Cook Runner Up for Person of the Year, China iPhone Status, More Patent Drama, Naming Safari" Forbes 12/21
Non-Apple News
"Google Granted a Different Project Glass Design Patent" Patent Bolt 12/22
"Google to debut Motorola-built 'X phone' next year, takes aim at Apple and Samsung" AppleInsider 12/21
"Google 'X Phone' to compete with Apple and Samsung: Google-owned Motorola plans to release a sophisticated new smartphone next year, the Wall Street Journal reports." CNET News 12/21
"Google-Motorola working on new flagship 'X Phone' to take on iPhone 5 | 9to5Google" 9 to 5 Google 12/21
"Dish faces challenges ramping up its LTE network: The FCC has imposed some strict requirements on Dish's rollout of its recently-granted 4G LTE network." CNET News 12/21
"North Korea releases first computer game: Pyongyang Racer offers tour of capital's monuments" The Register 12/21
"Flutter Adds Gestural Controls to Netflix, YouTube, and More: The free software now lets you control music and video on the Web through a webcam-equipped computer." Technology Review 12/21
"Mobile's Next Major Integrated Layer: OS-Level Home Automation" TechCrunch 12/21
"For IT Job-Hunters, Relocation Is a Family Affair" CIO 12/21
"Stabuniq malware found on servers at U.S. financial institutions" IDG News Service 12/21
"The 'January Effect' for cyberattacks is real, say experts" CSO 12/21
"Fuzzy answers on service fees hit RIM: Analysts also cite expected cash burn with BlackBerry 10 launch" MarketWatch 12/21
"RIM will let customers pick services from a menu: The company will shift away from its all-in-one model when it introduces BlackBerry 10" IDG News Service 12/21
"$99 HiSense Pulse set-top box is powered by Google TV" TG Daily 12/21
"Google tests integrating Gmail activities into search results" PCWorld 12/21
"Cloud providers ready to strike with nuclear option/Cloud services come with a new risk: terms of use that allow your supplier to pull the plug on your site with little warning" InfoWorld 12/21
"Amazon Web Services Adds New Storage For Data Intensive Applications" TechCrunch 12/21
"Amazon: TV is about to get way more interesting" Fortune 12/21
"MIT boffins demonstrate NEW form of magnetism: Atom can't tell up from down in 'quantum spin liquid'" The Register 12/21
"Micron hit by manufacturing glitch, makes loss" EE Times 12/21
"Facebook quietly tests new Timeline design" CNET News 12/21
"Facebook tests charging $1 to send messages to strangers" BBC 12/21
"TV Everywhere, for Real, for Now: NimbleTV Starts a New York Trial Run" AllThingsD 12/21
"'AmazonCare' Might Be The Next Page Amazon Takes Out Of Apple's Playbook" TechCrunch 12/21
"RIM recognizes strength of Nokia's patent portfolio and signs up for a new license" Foss Patents 12/21
"Amazon: TV is about to get way more interesting/With the original programming strategies off all the major Internet video-streaming companies now in place, the TV business is about to change drastically." Fortune 12/21
"GoPayment drops Windows Phone support, recommends a new phone" The Verge 12/21
"Dennis Sellers Launches The Apple Daily Report" MacVoicesTV 12/21
"Gene Steinberg meets Michael Prospero of Laptop magazine, and John Martellaro of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/21
"Guy Kawasaki Dishes On How Hard It Was To Work For Steve Jobs [Video] ReadWrite 12/21
"Apple's switch to HTTPS thwarts Chinese censors: Using the secure protocol for its online App Store prevents censors from blocking access to certain apps." CNET News 12/21
"Apple shifts iTunes to HTTPS, sidesteps China's censors" The Register 12/21
"Apple Moves Chinese App Store to HTTPS, Blocks Censoring" The Mac Observer 12/21
"Future iPhones may smell, taste, and touch (as well as see and hear): IBM 5 in 5 report describes future of computers with all five senses" Macworld UK 12/21
"Next iPad Mini Likely to Have Retina Display" MacNewsWorld 12/21
"Some users report iPhone 5 battery life issues with iOS 6.0.2" AppleInsider 12/21
"Apple's Latest Update Fixes One Problem With Your iPhone, But Causes Another" Business Insider 12/21
"iOS 6.0.2 triggering battery drain, say some users" CNET News 12/21
"iOS 6 bug reenables JavaScript in Safari without user consent" AppleInsider 12/21
"Apple's new iMac confirmed to be incompatible with VESA mounts" AppleInsider 12/21
"TSMC CEO insists US chip plant has nothing to do with Apple" iDownload Blog 12/21
AppleCare/Helps
"Hi all. I am running a 4-monitor setup at work on 10.8.2 on a Mac Pro with 2 Radeon 5770 video cards (2 monitors into each card). Since updating to Mountain Lion, I am having an issue where items dragged-and-dropped from applications to the desktop don't drop where I let go of the mouse. Instead, they drop into that same position on the next monitor. So, if I drop an email attachment out of Outlook onto the center of my main monitor, it will actually drop onto the center of the 2nd screen. If I drop onto the 4th screen, it ends up on the 1st screen." MacInTouch 12/21
Price Trackers/Deals
"Boxing Day Apple deals: iPhone 5 from $0, deals on iPads, MacBooks & iPods, $7 albums on iTunes" 9 to 5 Mac 3:04 PM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal – 56 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:12 AM
"Best Buy knocks 20% off all iTunes gift cards. $100 card for $80 – $15 card for $12" 9 to 5 Mac 12/22
"Extreme 7 Game Shootout: 27-inch iMac with GTX 680MX at Best and 2560x1440" Bare Feats 12/21
"Cut the cord: 13 set-top media streamers/Wondering which Internet streaming device is right for your living room? We help you weigh the options, from Apple TV and Roku to new Boxee, Google TV and NeoTV boxes." Computerworld 12/21
"LaCie CloudBox is the product Apple should have made" AppleDailyReport 12/21
"The 20 Best iOS And Android Apps Of 2012" TechCrunch 3:04 PM
"Sleeping with the Enemy: Wordament on iOS/Wordament on iOS isn't a problem, but delivering Xbox LIVE Achievements on iOS is definitely a problem" Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 12:26 PM
"Philip Glass, Music Apps, And The Future Of The Album" ReadWrite 8:12 AM
"Food sharing app Burpple serves up photo filters to make your latest eats look even tastier" The Next Web 8:09 AM
"Playmobil Pirates Revew: Looks like LEGO isn't the only kids toy that can make the transition to video game form." 148Apps 12/21
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Make Restaurant Reservations With Siri" App Advice 12:30 PM
"DIY iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Christmas Ornaments" iPhone Savior 12/22
"First day tips and tweaks for new MacBook owners" CNET Reviews 12/22
"How to Configure Language Support on Your iOS Device" The Mac Observer 12/22
"White balance: the iPhone photographer's little secret" iDownload Blog 12/22
"How To delete an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac from Find my iPhone" iMore 12/21
"Hook up an iPhone, or iPod, to your car | The Car Tech blog" CNET Reviews 12/21
"A Table View based app for iPhone (Part 2): In part 1 of this blog, we looked at setting up a table view based application using a plist to describe an NSDictionary of friends. If you have been following along, this part of the blog starts with the application as we left it in part 1." The iPhone Developer Resource 12/21
Tips
"Tips for using the coolest features of new Google Maps for iPhone" Los Angeles Times 12/22
"Last-Minute Tablet Shopping Tips: Need to score a tablet for someone on your shopping list before Tuesday? Here's advice on what you might be able to find in the nick of time." InformationWeek 12/22
"Shelly's Picks for Best Tablets for Kids" Shelly Palmer 12/22
"Do you need a case for your smartphone? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers some advice on smartphone cases and also helps a reader decide between the iPad Mini and the fourth generation iPad." CNET News 12/22
"Why does my external hard drive only show 2.2TB? Older hard-drive enclosures may be limited in the size of drive they can present to your system." MacFixIt 12/21
"Bugs & Fixes: Turning power off turns trouble on" Macworld 12/21
"Google touts 10 tips on how to use its iPhone Maps app" CNET News 12/21
"Apple Makes Jailbreaking More Difficult in iOS 6.1 Despite No Jailbreak for iOS 6" iClarified 8:55 PM
"Is Your Apple Store Packed This Holiday Weekend?" TheStreet 7:26 PM
"Cassandra -Monday Review: It will soon be Friday" eXtensions 6:49 PM
"Children trapped by free apps" Melbourne Age 5:53 PM
"Can Google Challenge Apple Without Apple's Manufacturing Prowess?" Forbes 12:25 PM
"Instagram reverses service terms may still be bad news for iOS, Android users" PCWorld 8:09 AM
"A troubling promise in iPad Mini's new Xmas ad: In a touching ad for the iPad Mini, a girl plays a song to her grandfather over FaceTime. She promises to be home for Xmas. But is she just mocking granddad?" CNET News 12/22
"Top tech flops of 2012 tainted a good year for gadgets" ["Wrong-Way Award: Apple Maps; Bait-and-Switch Award: Microsoft Surface; Bad Idea Award: Google Nexus Q"] NBC News 12/22
"The Apple vs Samsung Verdict, A Critique" Forbes 12/21
"An iPad lover's review of Microsoft Surface. You know what's coming, right?" BetaNews 12/21
"What the end of Google Sync means to you" Macworld 12/21
"Sex, Drugs, Theft and Destruction: What Really Goes On Inside An Apple Retail Store, And Why You Should Be Afraid" ReadWrite 12/21
"Corruption rife at Apple Stores, workers are on Santa's naughty list, report: Gizmodo's report reveals shocking misbehaviour at Apple Stores" Macworld UK 12/21
"Facebook's 2012 Highs And Lows" [Slideshow] InformationWeek 12/21
"11 Amazing Apps Of 2012: Here are 11 applications that mattered in 2012 -- and a hint at what's to come. Each underscores meaningful software trends." InformationWeek 12/21
"My tech purchases of 2012, how they fared" ZDNet 12/21
"Tech's 20 Biggest Winners of 2012" [Slideshow] PCWorld 12/21
"Forget Kim Kardashian, here's what we really searched for in 2012" Los Angeles Times 12/21
"Beyond Apple and Google: 2012''s key enterprise shifts/Oracle, SAP, HP, and VMware all began to reinvent themselves in the past year to better face the new tech landscape" InfoWorld 12/21
"10 technologies that disappointed in 2012: From the Apple Maps fiasco to tanking stock prices for Facebook and Zynga, 2012 saw some real tech lowlights" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 12/21
"The 10 biggest tech grinches of 2012: Brains full of spiders, hearts full of unwashed socks, here are 2012''s mean ones of tech" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 12/21
"V3's technology review highlights of 2012" V3 12/21
"2012 Year in Review: Technology" [Slideshow] CBS News 12/21
"9 Ways Hacktivists Shocked The World In 2012" InformationWeek 12/21
"Web media: The 5 biggest stories of 2012" CNET News 12/21
"10 Resolutions for CIOs to Kick-Start the New Year" CIO 12/21
"10 Year-End To-Do Items For IT Leaders" InformationWeek 12/21
"The smartphone you'll lust after -- for Christmas 2013: The YotaPhone dual-screen smartphone promises to take staying up to date to a compelling new level" InfoWorld 12/21
"The Griffin Faces Case Gives Your New iPod touch Some Personality" App Advice 7:19 PM
"OneWed helps you plan your wedding on an iPad" GeekWire 3:40 PM
"Keep Your Hands Warm And Get Your Touchscreen On With The Etre FIVEPOINT Gloves" App Advice 3:05 PM
"Metal Slug marches onto iOS and Android" AppleTell 3:05 PM
"Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week" [Slideshow] Mashable 3:04 PM
"This iOS app calculates tips based on the performance of your server" The Next Web 1:22 PM
"Explore the Universe From Your Couch With This Free, Stellar iBook" Gizmodo 12:26 PM
"A miniature speaker amplifier for your desktop: The Pro-Ject Stereo Box S is a tiny thing, but it's big enough to bring desktop speakers to life!" CNET News 12:25 PM
"This Week's Must-Have iOS Apps: Wunderlist, Scanner Mini, Static & More [Roundup] Cult of Mac 8:50 AM
"AppSpace Launches Expense Tracker 2.0 iPad Application" prMac 8:08 AM
"The New Year's App will spice up the Party" prMac 8:08 AM
"New Free App Challenges Sports Fans" prMac 8:08 AM
"Dream Bucket List App - Live The Life You've Always Imagined" prMac 8:08 AM
"FlipSide case for iPhone packs stealthy game controls, plays on solar power (Video)" Engadget 8:01 AM
"Recards App Puts Fun Seasonal Greetings at Your Fingertips" prMac 12/22
"Puzzling Cubes released for iOS and Android" prMac 12/22
"Now Available - Saagara's Augmented Reality App" prMac 12/22
"Memory Jar app helps parents remember more of their kids' lives" prMac 12/22
"Leminder App Released - Perfect Timer for Your Kitchen" prMac 12/22
"Gun Hockey for iPad - Real-time physics casual board game" prMac 12/22
"FoxTube for Facebook 1.0 on iOS - High-Def, Social-Network Video Player" prMac 12/22
"Create Funny Caricatures with Face Warp Camera on iOS" prMac 12/22
"Can You Escape The Yard? Prison Run 2 for iOS Now Free for Limited Time" prMac 12/22
"Bass Drop Dubstep HD - The Most Expansive Dubstep Sampler and Keyboard" prMac 12/22
"Apple airs new holiday iPad commercial 'I'll Be Home'" 9 to 5 Mac 12/21
"Animoog 2.0 for iPad helps you crank out hits with accelerometer-controlled modulation" Engadget 12/21
"The Wall Street Journal joins iOS Newsstand" iLounge 12/21
"Best iPad accessories: Larger or Mini, here are the most useful accessories you should aim for (except for the iCade, which is just fun)." CNET Reviews 12/21
"Business adoption of Windows 8 remains low in Europe: Windows 8 sales to businesses in the month after its release amounted to just 8 percent" Techworld 3:04 PM
"What is new in Windows 8? One look at Windows 8 and you will realise it is very different to any of Microsoft's previous operating systems.?Here are 20 key new features, improvements and additions" Computeract!ve 6:13 PM
"Lenovo, Dell, HP Windows 8 Tablets on Hold Due to Problems in Drivers" Capital Technologies 7:20 PM
"The first wave of Windows 8 PCs" The Hartford Courant [Free Registration Required] 6:18 PM
"Surface Pro Vs Surface RT – Why Not a Happy Medium, Microsoft?" Press Blue 8:22 AM
"Surface Pro release date may prop Microsoft as Surface RT Tablet sinking" Northern Voices Online 6:11 PM
"Microsoft Surface tablet pops up in U.K. retail store" PC Tablet 8:22 AM
"After first-round success, Microsoft accelerator lines up its new start-ups" The Times of Israel 8:22 AM
"Microsoft patents long-distance virtual handshakes, hugs" GeekWire 8:11 AM
"IBM offers a real sense of future technology IBM has collated research data from around the world and predicts the new era of technology will introduce cognitive systems, mimicking the five senses of humans" Manufacturing Digital 8:23 AM
"Q&A: Chao Zhang explains how humans will interact with computers in the future" GeekWire 12:25 PM
"Will Microsoft Save Itself in 2013?" DailyFinance 12/22
"Here comes Microsoft Surface Pro, 64 bits and all: The Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft's Surface tablet is just around the corner. Here's what to expect." CNET News 12/22
"Mozilla backpedals on Firefox 64-bit for Windows, will keep nightly builds coming after all" The Next Web 12/22
"IE beats Firefox, Chrome in Microsoft's Penguin Mark" Ghacks 12/22
"HTC Set to Join Nokia, Others in Windows Tablet Rush" eWeek 12/22
"Microsoft's Visual Studio will gain some Expression" Physorg 12/22
"Dell Inc.'s acquisition targets record remarkable growth figures" US Daily Stock 12/22
"Will Hewlett-Packard Finally Get It Together?" The Motley Fool 12/22
"From Samsung to Hewlett-Packard–and Everything in Between" Barron's 12/22
"Intel Designs Energy-efficient Chips Worthy Of Competing With ARM Chipmakers." MobileBloom 12/22
"Google and Motorola making 'X Phone', report claims" Crave @ CNET 12/22
"U.S. Stocks Drop as House Republicans Cancel Vote" Bloomberg 12/21
"Stocks Fall as Republican Leader Loses Control of His Party" TheStreet 12/21
"Stocks close down nearly 1% on fiscal cliff fears" CNNMoney 12/21
"Stocks sink after Republicans cancel budget vote: Investors sent Washington a reminder Friday that Wall Street is a power player in talks to avoid the 'fiscal cliff.'" Associated Press 12/21
"Despite Triple-Digit Drop, Dow Gains for Week" WSJ.com 12/21
"Stocks set to fall as fiscal cliff looms" CNNMoney 12/21
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks fall as budget deal optimism fades" MarketWatch 12/21
"Europe Markets: U.S. 'cliff' turmoil sinks European stocks/Greece's equities benchmark resumes move higher" MarketWatch 12/21
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