"ITC judge wants Samsung to post a bond of 88% of its U.S. smartphone sales due to Apple patent case" Foss Patents 7:24 AM
"ITC Judge recommends Samsung post 88 percent value bond, import bans in Apple patent case" Engadget 8:33 AM
"ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung devices infringing on Apple patents: Following an October preliminary finding, judge also approves design tweaks for Samsung." Ars Technica 9:27 PM
"Details of proposed sanctions emerge in Apple-Samsung case: Sanctions against Samsung in patent case before U.S. International Trade Commission would involve sales, import ban and posting of bond for 88 percent of value of smartphones at issue while potential bans were under review." CNET News 4:41 PM
"Apple (AAPL) Drops Patent Claim Against Samsung's S III Mini in the U.S." Wall Street Pit 7:19 AM
"No Matter How You Look at It, Apple's Shares Are Cheap" Barron's 7:21 AM
"iThefts push up 'Apple' crime rate" New York Post 7:34 AM
"The Idea That Apple's Best Days Are Behind It Is Absurd/" Business Insider 12:12 PM
"'Not Deliberate' Says Google, On Google Finance Showing Apple Stock Chart For 'Sell'" Search Engine Land 9:05 PM
"Apple's Million Dollar Per Day Retail Store (in Words and Pictures)" TheStreet 12/28
"Reports of Tim Cook's Pay Cut Greatly Exaggerated: Despite appearances, Apple CEO Tim Cook's $1.3 million cash salary actually was a $400,000 increase over his pay in 2011. The company compensated him with $378 million last year, but the overwhelming majority of it was in restricted share units: a sort of stock grant that has no actual current value." MacNewsWorld 12/28
"Apple gives Tim Cook 51 percent salary increase: Apple CEO Tim Cook received compensation totaling $4.17 million in 2012, down 98.9 percent on last year—although his 2011 compensation of $378 million consisted mostly of a one-off stock grant, worth $376.2 million at the time." IDG News Service 12/28
"Huge Christmas for iTunes, App Store" PC Magazine 12/28
"2012 in review: The year in Apple news" Macworld 12/28
"Lack Of Online Reviews Hurts Apple's Online Store [Infographic]" ["Apple's score of 80 is still considered very good, but the fact that the company did not make the list of top five online retailers should be a wake-up call. 'It is a little bit of a yellow caution flag,' said Larry Freed, president and chief executive of Foresee."] ReadWrite 12/28
"AAPL: iPad mini Sells Out in Hong Kong, Says Topeka" Barron's 12/28
"Apple to drop patent claims against new Samsung phone: Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial U.S. market." Reuters 12/28
"Apple Will Drop Galaxy S III Mini From Samsung Patent Suit" Bloomberg 12/28
"Apple to drop patent claims against Samsung phone" AFP 12/28
"How to quickly set calendar times in OS X: If needed, you can take advantage of the OS X Calendar's ability to identify time frames to enter events faster." MacFixIt 12/28
"How to Create a Keyboard Shortcut for Menu Items Everywhere" Mactuts+ 12/28
"Get Emoji Definitions Quickly in iOS" OS X Daily 12/28
"Let's Talk About One-Trick Pony Apps For Your Mac (the app that's always on top)" NoodleMac 12/28
"How An App Makes Your Mac Faster And Makes Your Battery Last Longer" BohemianBoomer 12/28
"A Simple, Inexpensive Way To Create Subtitles Or Captions On Your Movies" McSolo 12/28
"Is There A Simple, Easy, Inexpensive Way To Hide Files And Folders On A Mac?" Mac 360 12/28
"How This Clever, Free App Can Help You Become A Mac Power User" TeraTalks 12/28
"Inky: Hands On with a New Mac eMail Client" FairerPlatform 12/28
"Kim Dotcom To Host Mega's Launch Event At His New Mega Zealand Mansion Next Month" TechCrunch 12/28
"DotCom promises splashy launch for Mega" CNET News 12/28
"Report: Fujitsu President Says Windows 8 Demand Weak, Intros New Smartphone" PC Magazine 12/28
"Weak Windows 8 Demand Saps PC Sales, Fujitsu President Says" Bloomberg 12/28
"Cisco, HP, Walmart, others support Judge Posner, propose methodologies for patent damages" Foss Patents 12/28
"Android-Android war raging in Korea as LG seeks injunction against Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" Foss Patents 12/28
Publications/Podcasts
"Hartmut Esslinger's Upcoming Book Reveals Early Apple Designs" Design Trend 7:25 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, from The Loop and the Angry Mac Bastards radio show, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/28
"New iPads In March And Our iOS 7 Hopes And Dreams On Our All-New CultCast" Cult of Mac 12/28
"Podcast: End of Year Review - 2012 Apple products plus Holiday wrap up" Insanely Great Mac 12/28
"Ultrabook vendors concerned about revision of MacBook Air in 2013" ["The sources pointed out that the MacBook Air for 2013 will feature a new processor platform, but its industrial design will not see any major changes."] DigiTimes 12/28
"Apple to Update MacBook Pro and MacBook Air in June 2013 with New Processors, All Retina?" MacRumors 12/28
"Here Come New, More Powerful Versions Of Apple's Best Computer, The MacBook Air" Business Insider 12/28
"Suppliers hint at changes to MacBook Air -- Digitimes" CNET News 12/28
"Rumor: New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Due In June 2013" Apple Bitch 12/28
"Apple Suppliers To Continue Work During Chinese New Year To Meet High Market Demand" App Advice 12/28
"Strong demand prompts Apple suppliers to work during Chinese New Year" AppleInsider 12/28
"'Insatiable demand' for iPad mini drives stock-outs in China" AppleInsider 12/28
"iPad mini in hot demand in China -- analyst" CNET News 12/28
AppleCare/Helps
"I have a little later (mid-year vintage) model of that machine and so far am having no issues. However, there are some things to try and sleuthing to do. I would first try two things: Try resetting the PRAM and the SMC. There are instructions for both procedures all over the place. Also, determine if this happens only when the 9400 is involved, or does it happen with the 9600 (or with both). Are there any console messages that occur just prior to the panic? What software is running at the time of the crash? Do you recall installing any particular software or attaching any special hardware just prior to this syndrome beginning?" MacInTouch 12/28
Price Trackers/Deals
"Fruitopia For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"World of Blocks For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"ORBITAL HD For iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99), The iPhone Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"Apple drops prices on refurbished Mac Minis by $50, now start at $469" 9 to 5 Mac 4:00 PM
"Defender II For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"LensFlare For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"Puzz For iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"Apple iMac 21.5in (Late 2012) review" PC Advisor 3:48 PM
"Comparing charging rates of iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, iPods" Insanely Great Mac 4:07 PM
"Mujjo Sleeve for iPad mini Review" iSource 11:02 AM
"The Pen Is Mightier Than the Swipe: Whether you're a Matisse or a Molière, there's a tablet stylus out there for you" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/28
"SHARKK Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Review" Run Around Tech 12/28
"Review of Proporta's iPhone 4/4S Mizu Shell" It's All Tech 12/28
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Major iOS Updates to Korg, Animoog, Magellan – And Audiobus Support Spreads Fast" CreateDigitalMusic 4:01 PM
"30 best iPad apps" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 7:20 AM
"Review: iTrack Solo is a fun musical gadget" USA Today 12/28
"Is the iPad Set for a Holiday Blowout or Blowup?" The Motley Fool 8:56 PM
"Steve Jobs Isn't The Only Kind Of Artist Leader" Forbes 8:52 PM
"Google's big push to make better iOS apps than Apple" GigaOM 8:43 PM
"What Is an iPhone? My dumbphone experiment takes an unexpected twist." Technology Review 8:42 PM
"Type 'sell' into Google Finance and take a bite out of Apple: It's not clear why, exactly, this is happening, but as of this writing, if you type 'sell' into Google Finance, you get Apple's rather sullen stock chart. Algorithmic slip-up? Or gremlinesque Android?" CNET News 6:34 PM
"Top Comments: The Problems with Facebook, Windows and Apple" Mashable 4:41 PM
"Apple And Google Race For Black Gold" Forbes 12:02 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Small sample sizes" Macworld 10:50 AM
"ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung devices infringing on Apple patents: Following an October preliminary finding, judge also approves design tweaks for Samsung." Ars Technica 9:27 PM
"New eVidence points to Apple television sets in 2013" Beatweek Magazine 7:03 AM
"This Is the TV Problem That Apple Must Solve" The Motley Fool 12/28
"Loss Of Apple'S Processor Business Unlikely To Affect Samsung" BGR 12/28
"Attempts to ban Apple devices could see Samsung fined $15 billion" TUAW 12/28
"The Sad Tale of Two Apple Audio Players" 512 Pixels 12/28
"Apple's iPad Generates 87% of Pre-Xmas Tablet Web Traffic" The Mac Observer 12/28
"Man Bites Dog: China Fines Apple for Copyright Infringement" TechNewsWorld 12/28
"China iPad mini Demand Called 'Insatiable" Tapscape 12/28
"Sorry folks, book publishers don't know Apple's plans" TUAW 12/28
"Rethinking The Mobile App 'Walkthrough'" TechCrunch 12/28
"The Year of Doom For Microsoft, Google and Apple" Forbes 12/28
"Why I Might Drop the iPhone 5 for the Galaxy Note II, and you should too." ["All in all, Apple has fallen behind the curve. After trying the Galaxy Note II for two weeks, it's clear that Android Jellybean (4.1) has managed to pull ahead. And the second iteration of the Note – a device I've made fun of since before it even made it to the shelves – is a far better phone, semantically and as a competitive computer."] Forbes 12/28
"Tim Cook's $4.2M Compensation; Foxconn's Improving Conditions; EA Scrubs Gun Links" PC Magazine 12/28
"Are tablets now disposable computing devices? Summary: With the price of 7" tablets now reaching the sub-$200 level, should they be considered disposable computing devices?" ZDNet 12/28
"Can the N.Y. Times ride Apple all the way to a Pulitzer? Part 9 in its iEconomy series, published Thursday, is the hammer that tries to nail it" Fortune 12/28
"Apple's Slow And Steady Search Attack" Seeking Alpha 12/28
"Social networks, Apple, Microsoft and Linux in 2013" The Inquirer 12/28
"Looking back at my Apple-related predictions for 2012" AppleDailyReport 12/28
"This is (almost) the iMac I've always wanted" AppleDailyReport 12/28
"Apple is Not Always Emperor in China" The Motley Fool 12/28
"The Most Disturbing New Trend For Apple Customers In 2012" PixoBebo 12/28
Non-Apple
"The Wii U Is The Nintendo'S Last Console" BGR 12/28
"5 common computer problems you can fix yourself" USA Today 12/28
"Raspberry Pi Hack Turns The Ultra-Affordable Computer Into An AirPlay Receiver" TechCrunch 12/28
"ASUS Matrix Radeon HD 7970 Platinum Review" HotHardware 12/28
"16 of the most useful cloud management tools" Network World 12/28
"Digitimes Research: Loss of Apple processor orders unlikely to affect Samsung" DigiTimes 12/28
"Zuckerberg Photo Flap: 4 Lessons/What Randi Zuckerberg's 'private' Facebook photo -- and subsequent Twitter fuming -- can teach the rest of us about social business." InformationWeek 12/28
"Tips to help your smartphone work better" [Video Report] CNET News 12/28
"Can New BlackBerries Help Save Research in Motion?" [Video Report] TheStreet 12/28
"Google Music Scan and Match swaps explicit songs for clean tracks" TG Daily 12/28
"Can This Program Launch Google Over Apple and Microsoft?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 12/28
"2 Tech Moments of 2012 That Made You Say 'WTF?'" Wired Magazine 12/28
"2012: The tech year in cartoons/From SOPA to the Petraeus affair, here's a look at some of the year's biggest IT stories from the pen of Computerworld's editorial cartoonist, John Klossner." Computerworld 12/28
"Mobile's Biggest Losers In 2012: The last twelve months have been turbulent for smartphone makers and wireless network providers. Here's who took it on the chin hardest." InformationWeek 12/28
"Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats" Computerworld 12/28
"The top 10 trends in enterprise cloud for 2013" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 12/28
"Security in 2013: The rise of mobile malware and fall of hacktivism" PCWorld 12/28
"2012''s worst security exploits, fails and blunders" PCWorld 12/28
"10 Biggest Information Security Stories Of 2012: From John McAfee's escape from Belize to the privacy debacle that compromised CIA director Petraeus' career, 2012 had no shortage of security shockers." InformationWeek 12/28
"Video games in 2012: A year of high-octane sequels" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12/28
"How Amazon ruined my Christmas: Netflix's Christmas outage is yet another reminder that downtime happens at the worst possible time and the cloud is not inherently resilient." ZDNet 12/28
"Will Free Music Save This PC Giant?" Seeking Alpha 12/28
"Could These 6 Pending Regulations Destroy The Internet In 2013?" ReadWrite 12/28
"After initial flop, does Google+ have a secret weapon for a comeback?" Beatweek Magazine 12/28
"Seriously, Google? Really? How Google's Math Kills The Web As You Know It" Mac 360 12/28
"Google Promotes iOS Apps After Maps Success" Mashable 4:40 PM
"newPCgadgets and newMacgadgets introduces the new iPad Mini Wall Mount Frame. Like their other popular Apple Store inspired products, the new iPad Mini Wall Mount Frame is sure to be a favorite among consumers and businesses alike." newPCgadgets 4:15 PM
"Dieter Rams Design Principles used to create Audio Recorder App - Rcrdr" prMac 10:47 AM
"New Year App Blowout - 25 App Indie iOS Sale - 5th Annual" prMac 8:33 AM
"Digiarty Released Space Settlers - First Online Sci-Fi RTS iPhone Game" prMac 8:12 AM
"Rockmelt brings the best of the internet to your iPhone and iPad" iMore 7:30 AM
"New York's MTA releases Subway Time app, lets users know exact train arrival times" iMore 7:30 AM
"New iOS app shows NY subway arrival times" CNET Reviews 12/28
"AUTONOMY UPDATE: Lynch Junks Accounting Fraud Allegations as US Investigation Underway" FxPips.com 7:43 AM
"U.S. probes company bought by HP" Bloomberg News 7:44 AM
"HP Confirms Subsidiary Autonomy Being Probed By Justice Department" redOrbit 4:16 PM
"It Just Keeps Getting Worse for Hewlett-Packard" The Motley Fool 7:45 AM
"Autonomy's Lynch rejects fraud claims as US probe is launched: Firm's founder hits back at HP" Irish Independent 7:45 AM
"US Justice Department looks into HP's Autonomy acquisition" PCWorld 9:05 PM
"Fujitsu president blames poor sales on 'weak' Windows 8 demand: Windows 8 becoming a scapegoat?" TechRadar UK 7:50 AM
"Windows 8 wrestles with PC's legacy: opinion On a traditional PC, Windows 8 Metro is a solution looking for a problem." CNET Reviews 8:43 PM
"Can Microsoft Go Pro in Tablets in 2013?" DailyFinance 9:10 PM
"Short Microsoft? No, Just Buy The Dips Of This Solid DiVidend Stock" Seeking Alpha 7:50 AM
"Kabini to be 10 percent faster than 28nm Bobcat" Fudzilla 7:46 AM
"Intel's Cable TV Service And Set Top Box Will Soon Roll Out City By City" TechCrunch 4:19 PM
"Intel Reportedly plans to launch its internet TV service in a limited number of cities" The Verge 6:39 PM
"Intel's 'Redhookbay' Spotted in Benchmarks with Android 4.2.1, Dual-Core CPU" Softpedia 7:47 AM
"Intel Redhookbay benchmarks surface, show dual-core Merrifield processor" SlashGear 7:47 AM
"Intel postpones Haswell launch until Computex" Hardware.info 7:48 AM
"Intel Haswell possibly delayed till June 2013" Tech2 7:49 AM
"Intel Haswell CPUs delayed until June 2013" CPU World 9:07 PM
"US judge SLAMS both IBM and the SEC over bribery settlement" The Register 7:52 AM
"4 Reasons Cisco Will Be The #1 IT Company" Seeking Alpha 7:47 AM
"7 ways the PC changed forever in 2012" Digital Trends 9:11 PM
"HP Goes Radio Silent Into 2013 on Autonomy Debacle" TheStreet 12/28
"HP confirms DOJ investigation into Autonomy acquisition: HP said in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it has provided information to U.S. and U.K. authorities" IDG News Service 12/28
"Hewlett-Packard Says Justice Department Probing Autonomy" Bloomberg 12/28
"HP discloses US probe into Autonomy" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/28
"H-P Confirms DOJ Probe Over Autonomy Mess" FOXBusiness 12/28
"HP-Autonomy acquisition under US govt investigation" ZDNet 12/28
"Autonomy's Lynch defends record as HP confirms Federal probe" Reuters 12/28
"HP Has Been Slammed With 10 Lawsuits Over The Autonomy Debacle" Business Insider 12/28
"Will Free Music Save This PC Giant?" Seeking Alpha 12/28
"Year in Review: Windows 8, roadmaps, Office Next top the reader charts" ZDNet 12/28
"You need a touchscreen for Windows 8: Windows 8's best feature isn't being used by most Windows 8 PC owners." CNNMoney 12/28
"This Dumb Year: The 57 Lamest Moments in Tech 2012" Techland 12/28
"2012: The year in application development/Native vs. Web, the rise of GitHub, hard truths for HTML5 -- here's a look back at the year in programming trends" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 12/28
"Top 10 Tech News Stories of 2012: From Apple vs. Samsung to Facebook's IPO, here's what had the tech world talking in 2012." PC Magazine 12/28
"2012: The year that netbooks DIED" The Register 12/28
"Developers push the technology frontiers" Fairfax NZ News 12/28
"Apple: Target Stays Over $1,000 - iPad mini Major Catalyst" Forbes 12/28
"Apple vs. Bank of America: A Vital Comparison Every Investor Should Know" The Motley Fool 12/28
"The truth about Apple's fundamentals" MarketWatch 12/28
"Tom Gardner: How You Need to Look at Apple Today" The Motley Fool 12/28
"An Apple Play Basket for the New Year" The Motley Fool 12/28
"In search of Apple's microprocessor" asymco 12/28
"The average Apple analyst's price target has fallen to $740: Eleven lowered their 12-mos. targets in December, yet few stocks have as far to go" Fortune 12/28
"How Apple Determined Tim Cook's $4.2 Million Salary" Business Insider 12/28
"Apple supremo Tim Cook's pay packet Slashed 99% in 2012" The Register 12/28
"Well, This Is A Deeply Unsettling Comparison For Apple Shareholders" Business Insider 12/28
"Radiant looks to expand customer portfolio beyond Apple" DigiTimes 12/28
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks slammed by late sell-off/Hewlett-Packard, IBM Juniper, Microsoft and Amazon take hit" MarketWatch 12/28
"U.S. stocks sink with hopes for cliff deal" MarketWatch 12/28
"Stocks Drop for the Week as Obama Struggles to Make a Deal on 'Fiscal Cliff'" TheStreet 12/28
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Deadline Approaches on Budget Deal" Bloomberg 12/28
"Stocks tumble as 'fiscal cliff' deadline nears" Associated Press 12/28
"Stocks sink 2% for the week: Stocks closed lower for the fifth straight day Friday, ending the week down nearly 2%, as investors continue to fear the impact of falling over the fiscal cliff." CNNMoney 12/28
"Stocks Tumble 2% for Week, Spooked by 'Cliff' Talks" CNBC 12/28
"Fiscal Thrashing: Dow Sinks in Longest Losing Streak Since July" FOXBusiness 12/28
"Stocks under fiscal cliff pressure: Investors braced for another day of waiting and worrying Friday, as lawmakers fumbled to find a solution to the fast-approaching fiscal cliff." CNNMoney 12/28
"'Cliff' Concerns Sink Europe Markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/28
"U.K. stocks erase gains as miners fall: Lonmin shares in retreat as CEO to resign for health reasons" MarketWatch 12/28
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks extend gains at week's end" MarketWatch 12/28
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks drop on fiscal-cliff impasse/Bankia plunges as shares to be excluded from IBEX-35" MarketWatch 12/28
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/28
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/28
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12/28
"Our Outlook for Tech and Communication Services Stocks" Morningstar 12/28
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