"Here's How Tim Cook Can Fix Steve Jobs's Biggest Failure" TheStreet 8:28 AM
"Slow but steady: How the iPhone is changing the phone industry" Macworld 9:05 AM
"How Apple Can Get Its Swagger Back" The Motley Fool 4:35 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook May Testify in E-Books Antitrust Suit" Bloomberg 4:57 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook may testify in U.S. e-book case" CNET News 4:59 PM
"CEO Tim Cook may have to testify in Apple e-books case" Reuters 8:20 PM
"Intel Inside iPhones, iPads Would Let Apple Kick Samsung Out/The latest rumor involving Apple: it is in talks with Intel to have that company make the chips for iOS devices. That job currently belongs to Samsung, which is battling Apple in retail over smartphone sales, and in the courts over patent issues. The move could help lower costs for Apple while also giving the company deeper access to Intel's famous chip manufacturing expertise." MacNewsWorld 8:30 AM
"Intel: There Is No Apple Foundry Deal" Seeking Alpha 2:56 PM
"Apple Loses Bid to Dismiss Data Collection Privacy Suit" Bloomberg 7:10 PM
"U.S. judge will not suspend Apple Siri patent case vs. Samsung" Reuters 7:09 PM
"Judge says Apple's Siri case against Samsung can proceed: U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh had said last month that a second patent case pitting Apple against Samsung in Northern California might be put on hold. Now she says otherwise." CNET News 9:37 PM
"Judge: We can't rely on what Apple tells court in privacy suit/U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal has ordered Apple to show the court what it's doing to produce documents in a suit related to the gathering of location-tracking data in iOS." CNET News 10:57 AM
"Apple Is Quietly Turning Every Car On The Road Into An 'iCar'" Business Insider 8:28 AM
"Are Apple's Macs becoming more vulnerable to malware?" Silicon Valley 10:06 AM
"Pwn2Own carnage continues as exploits take down Adobe Reader, Flash" Ars Technica 2:32 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask questions about managing user accounts, wiping OS X and setting up a Mac from scratch, and restoring lost Apple programs." MacFixIt 7:10 PM
"Restrict printer usage in OS X: With the OS X printer configuration, you can impose limits on which accounts are allowed to print to specific printers on your system." MacFixIt 4:57 PM
"Advice from an Apple Tech: Three common Mac fixes" Macworld 9:06 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Solar Cells May Supplement Smartphone Batteries" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:34 PM
"Eset Cybersecurity Pro review: Antivirus for Mac users/Yet another security suite for worried Mac users" Macworld UK 9:06 AM
"Joining CD tracks, quickly adding items to playlists, and iTunes device limits" Macworld 9:08 AM
"How To Record Audio From Skype Calls In High Quality On Mac" AddictiveTips 9:30 AM
"How to Monitor Your Mac's Connections with Little Snitch" Mactuts+ 9:06 AM
"WordPress Responsive Design Calculator: Pixels to REM" Foliovision 7:07 PM
"Need that iPhone or Android photo fast? Import quickly to Mac with built-in Preview: You don't have to load iPhoto to get pictures off your smartphone and onto your Mac. The Preview app is a quick and easy alternative." CNET News 9:45 AM
"MacMost Now 836: Finder Column View" MacMost 8:22 AM
"Wimoweh Lets You Manage Your Mac's Sleep More Effectively [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 9:16 AM
"What's The One Feature In Modern Computing We Love To Use? The Magic Wand Of Undo" Mac 360 8:27 AM
"Yet Another Cheap Not Cheesy Way To Love And Listen To Pandora Music On Your Mac" TeraTalks 8:27 AM
"What's The Coolest, Fastest, Most Fun To Use Menubar Alarm For The Mac? Hint: It's Tiny!" McSolo 8:27 AM
"Where Did That Email Attachment Go? Find It Fast On A Mac With The Attachments Menu" Mac 360 8:27 AM
"Paranoid About Security? Meet My New Password Manager Friend For Mac Or iPhone" BohemianBoomer 8:27 AM
"Got Big Files To Send From Your Mac? Too Big For Email? The Answer Is FileChute" NoodleMac 8:27 AM
"Tired Of Quicken? Need A Less Expensive Way To Manage Money? You Need A MoneyWiz" Mac 360 8:26 AM
Op/Ed
"It's the End of the Line for Java on the Mac" The Mac Observer 7:07 PM
"Forget OS X Lynx, These Are The Best Mascot Ideas For OS X 10.9 [Gallery] Cult of Mac 1:36 PM
Press Releases
"Acronis launches new version of Mac backup software" ZDNet 11:18 AM
"Mac Apps: Geekbench 2.4.2, Firefox 19.0.2, CleanMyMac 2 + Mac Coder Party Tips" FairerPlatform 11:11 AM
"New Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual, 5th Edition Available" Architosh 8:32 AM
"e-on Software publishes rendered results of new PlantFactory technology" Architosh 8:23 AM
"Apple finally fixes App Store flaw by turning on encryption" CNET News 5:01 PM
"Apple ups lead over Android among business users: The iPhone and the iPad have grown more popular with the enterprise crowd at the expense of Android devices, according to an Egnyte report." CNET News 8:30 AM
"Apple and Amazon talk up 'used' content services" V3 9:40 PM
"Tablet shipments in India hit 3.11 million in 2012, with Samsung, Apple and Micromax leading the way" The Next Web 9:02 AM
"Gogo: Apple and its iPads dominate in-flight internet usage" 9 to 5 Mac 9:05 AM
"Apple Rules the Air, Says In-Flight Wi-Fi Provider Gogo" Mac|Life 8:28 AM
"iPhone And iPad Dominate In-Flight Internet Usage [Infographic] Redmond Pie 9:06 AM
"Apple Reigns Supreme According to Gogo In-Flight Internet Usage Stats" DailyTech 9:19 AM
"Apple trailed 2012 tablet shipments in India – that is, if you counted phablets" iDownload Blog 10:57 AM
"Apple hits 99 percent work-hour compliance among suppliers" TechSpot 8:30 AM
"Users Still Prefer iPad for Web Browsing – 80% of all Web Traffic Done on iPad" PadGadget 4:35 PM
"iPad US Usage Still Above 80% But Slipping a Bit" Forbes 8:48 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller tells Android users, 'Be safe out there'" Computerworld Blogs 9:24 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller makes dig at Android security on Twitter: 'Be safe out there'" Macworld UK 8:29 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller has a dig at Android's security flaws" The Inquirer 8:57 AM
"What Do 'Angry Birds' and Slash Have in Common?" Mashable 9:08 AM
"Ferrari FF iPad mini Integration Unveiled At Geneva Auto Show; Free Ferrari FF iPad App" MacPrices 2:30 PM
"Video ad for Domino's Japanese iPhone app is the worst thing you'll see today" VentureBeat 9:47 AM
"'80s Apple Posters Made By Matt Groening, 'The Simpsons' Creator, Unearthed Online" The Huffington Post 7:15 PM
Non-Apple News
"South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive 101: Five Themes to Follow in Austin" Techland 9:42 PM
"What Google's HQ looked like back in 1999" Network World 2:31 PM
"Microsoft Working on Expandable Smartphones & More" Patent Bolt 2:31 PM
"Google in Race with Apple to Bring Backside Controls to Devices" Patent Bolt 11:26 AM
"Google Glass App Identifies People By Clothes, Hints At Tech That Could Counter Face Blindness" TechCrunch 11:25 AM
"Asus details Transformer AiO Windows 8 device with detachable Android tablet display" V3 11:07 AM
"New kitchen gadgets get techie" USA Today 11:05 AM
"Mind games: Using brain waves to play a video game" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:29 AM
"Red Hat: We still love Java 6, even if Oracle doesn't" The Register 11:04 AM
"Facebook privacy changes lead to more data being shared" TG Daily 11:01 AM
"New-look feed has more control, less clutter: Aussie Facebook designer" Sydney Morning Herald 10:50 AM
"Facebook front page gets a sweeping face lift" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 10:01 AM
"Amazon yanks SimCity download from store: EA server woes lead to well over 800 one-star reviews – so far" The Register 11:03 AM
"Commotion Wireless: Free and Open Way to Network" ABCNews 9:49 AM
"Solar Cells May Supplement Smartphone Batteries" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:43 AM
"While It Mulls Global Pricing, BlackBerry May Also Be Prepping Its Z10 For A March 22 AT&T Launch" TechCrunch 10:55 AM
"Is this what the future of TV looks like?" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:31 AM
"Android phones susceptible to freezing cold boot attacks" CNET Reviews 9:39 AM
"Fail: Chrome, Firefox, and IE all crack during hacking competition" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 11:08 AM
"No Winning Exploit Found For Chrome OS At Annual Hacking Competition, Pwnium 3" TechCrunch 10:55 AM
"Google Fiber TV adds 3D channels: The search giant has beefed up its TV lineup with two new 3D channels." CNET News 11:25 AM
"Google, MPEG LA kiss and make up in WebM patent spat" The Register 11:04 AM
"Google Unveils 'Art, Copy, & Code' Branding Experiments Project" PC Magazine 10:34 AM
"German Court 'Inclined' to Ban Google Maps" Gizmodo 10:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 94 - Top Secret Fishing Strat'" Touch Arcade 8:20 PM
"Plotter Turns the Map on Your iPhone Into a Social Discovery Tool" ["Q&A With Tom Nolan, Founder and CEO of Plotter"] Mashable 1:36 PM
"Daniel Bérubé and Michael Horton Preview 12th Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet and Developments in Video" MacVoices 1:10 PM
"Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro of The Mac Observer and Peter Cohen, of the Angry Mac Bastards radio show and The Loop, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1:10 PM
"Rumors Of iPhone 5S And The Next iPad On Our Newest CultCast" Cult of Mac 9:31 AM
"Apple iMac 27in (Late 2012) 'Best' review: The Apple iMac 27in that arrived at the end of 2012 is arguably the finest all-in-one computer money can buy." PC Advisor 11:28 AM
"Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD review: Solid alternative to laptop hard drives" CNET Reviews 8:20 PM
"Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened HD Review" 148Apps 2:58 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Bringing iPhone Safari Up to Speed" Gizmodo 10:56 AM
"A TiVo Mini Alternative: TiVo Stream to Apple TV" Zatz Not Funny! 10:02 AM
"iPhone 101: Lock / unlock screen rotation" TUAW 8:43 AM
Tips
"The phone subsidy is paid off, so why is my monthly bill still high? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why carriers continue to charge the same monthly service fee even after your phone subsidy is paid. She also explains T-Mobile's prepaid offerings." CNET News 8:51 AM
"Why There Are So Many Streaming-Music Rumors Right Now" Wired 8:55 AM
"Apple and Google's huge streaming music gamble" CNNMoney 8:49 AM
"Apple Can Recapture Old Magic By Looking To The East" Seeking Alpha 8:47 AM
"The future of Video is online, part II" AppleDailyReport 8:36 AM
"Are Apple and Google Being Forced Out Of TV?" Forbes 8:31 AM
"How Is It That Apple, Google, And Amazon Are All Considered Modern Technology Companies?" PixoBebo 8:26 AM
"Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: The Crazy Apple Critic Declares A Winner!" TeraTalks 8:26 AM
"How The 'Open' Android OS Is Getting Clobbered By Apple's 'Closed' iOS iPhone and iPad" Mac 360 8:26 AM
"More features iOS should take from Android? Ars readers weigh in: How apps are handled, keyboards, text selection, and widgets made the list." Ars Technica 8:26 AM
"A Shrinking Garmin Navigates the Smartphone Storm: Smartphones are digital 'Swiss Army knives' that do just about everything. Can the world's leading GPS company survive?" Technology Review 10:57 AM
"How I ditched the security risks and lived without Java, Reader, and Flash" PCWorld 10:37 AM
"What's Next for Android: Google's New Hardware Strategy" TheStreet 11:21 AM
"Almost all mobile malware now targets Android" TG Daily 11:01 AM
"More Chromebooks emerge online, but Google's OS still lags" Techworld 10:37 AM
"Where the Pixel Fits Into Google's Game Plan" PC Magazine 10:35 AM
"Two personal Wi-Fi hotspots: Different strokes for different folks/The Verizon Wireless JetPack and the FreedomPop Photon both offer mobile Wi-Fi -- one is fast but pricey, the other is limited but free." Computerworld 10:03 AM
"Wireless Capacity Crunch Answers At MWC 2013" InformationWeek 9:46 AM
"U.K. Ranked Tops In European Broadband Study" InformationWeek 9:45 AM
"A look at Facebook's new layout" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:08 AM
"Facebook News Feed: 5 Coolest Changes" InformationWeek 10:19 AM
"Facebook rolls out jazzy news feed, fights irrelevancy: The changes unveiled Thursday attempt to address complaints that the social network has become too disjointed" Salon 10:46 AM
"Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8: Is Microsoft listening, though?" The Register 8:50 AM
"In The Age Of Mobile Devices, Is That A Storm Cloud Hanging Over Windows 8?" BohemianBoomer 8:26 AM
"Icahn demands Dell pay $16 billion dividend to avert fight" Reuters 9:43 AM
"Dell Bid at $15 Would Still Be Cheap Buyout: Real M&A" Bloomberg 9:33 AM
"Why Dell doesn't like Icahn's plan" Fortune 11:22 AM
"Dell fight sees clash of two capitalisms" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:17 PM
"IBM CEO Rometty Shares Vision Of Big Data Era" InformationWeek 9:44 AM
"IBM CEO: We're Widening Watson's Reach" TheStreet 9:35 AM
"IBM crowned patent king for 20th year in a row: The computing giant wins the patent game again, but it looks like Samsung, Google, and Apple will be tough competitors in the future." CNET News 9:40 PM
"Cloud computing's big debt to NASA: IBM is betting big on OpenStack, deeply rooted in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ingenuity" Computerworld 10:03 AM
"Will IBM Hit Gold with MobileFirst?" The Motley Fool 9:35 AM
"Microsoft vs. the world: The punches keep coming" InfoWorld 10:21 AM
"Windows 8 Device Choices Baffle Buyers" InformationWeek 9:45 AM
"Nokia acknowledges new risk: What if Microsoft builds its own Windows Phones?" ZDNet 11:15 AM
"Windows Phone Finally Turning The Corner In The U.S.?" Seeking Alpha 9:36 AM
"Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It" Bloomberg Businessweek 9:53 AM
"Microsoft becomes autocrats' best friend: It enables China to spy on and censor its citizens using Skype" Computerworld Blogs 10:04 AM
"Microsoft preps UPDATE EVERYTHING patch batch: Microsoft plans to deliver seven bulletins next week, four critical, and three important, as part of the March edition of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle." The Register 11:04 AM
"Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to fix four critical flaws, all versions of IE at risk again" ZDNet 11:15 AM
"Microsoft, Google refuse to disclose U.K. female employee counts" ZDNet 11:13 AM
"Microsoft patent may block Google Maps in Germany" ZDNet 11:15 AM
"Oracle Has Resolved A Messy Lawsuit With A New Jersey University" Business Insider 7:09 PM
"Intel banking on 'experience-based' capabilities for Ultrabook" ZDNet 11:14 AM
"Resale of e-books, music files the next retail battleground: File-transfer technology that can prevent unlicensed copying is threatening to bring a new upheaval to the digital marketplace. With secondhand exchanges ready to pop up online, a legal fight is brewing over patents, and some wonder how the book and music industries can cope with a crash in prices." New York Times 10:44 AM
"U.S. seeks more manufacturing tech centers" EE Times 10:09 AM
"Ongoing discord over US cybersecurity bill" Reuters 10:50 AM
"USA: China, Russia want more internet control" Reuters 10:49 AM
"How different comp sci degrees measure up by salary: The right degree can put you on the fast track to a high-paying job" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 10:22 AM
"Ubuntu Mir: Is This the Future of Linux Everywhere?" Wired Magazine 11:10 AM
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