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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, August 24, 2013
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Inc. battles US over scope of e-books injunction" Reuters 8:01 AM
  • "Apple and Samsung do not have to publicly disclose profits, judge rules" T3 8:01 AM
  • "Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner" Computerworld 8:02 AM
  • "Apple and Microsoft, Then and Now" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:56 AM
  • "Apple Revamps Its Education Web Page Ahead Of iOS 7 Launch" AppAdvice 9:15 AM
  • "On The Symmetry Between Microsoft And Apple" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:30 PM
  • "Krugman: Apple might be in bigger trouble than Microsoft/While admitting he's not a tech expert, famed New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman says that Apple relies on individual, whimsical purchasers, while Microsoft relies on conservative IT managers." CNET News 12:29 PM
  • "Why are Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung so interested in Best Buy?" The Next Web 5:10 PM
  • "Rumors Running Wild as Sept. 10 Draws Near: If only every day could spur the imagination, conversation and all-out excitement that's been focused on this year's tenth day of September. Both low- and high-end iPhones will debut that day, popular opinion holds, though those are definitely relative terms. What dollar value must Apple never ever drop below for it to retain its luxury aura, but still make inroads in new markets?"  MacNewsWorld 8/23
  • "Citing Steve Jobs email, DOJ claims Apple changed in-app purchase rules to retaliate against Amazon"  GigaOM 8/23
  • "DOJ wiggles on Apple e-book remedies but not oversight: The US Department of Justice says it's willing to cut the length of an injunction against Apple in half to five years but says having an external monitor is required." CNET News 8/23
  • "Apple battles U.S. over scope of e-books injunction: The United States offered to ease the terms of a proposed civil injunction against Apple Inc for conspiring to raise e-book prices, but the company said the revised proposal is still designed to 'inflict punishment' and must be rejected." Reuters 8/23
  • "Justice Department scolds Apple while seeking lighter e-book penalties" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "DOJ Softens Proposed Apple E-Book Injunctions, Slightly" AllThingsD 8/23
  • "DOJ Revises Apple E-Books Proposal, Barely" PC Magazine 8/23
  • "Apple E-Books Injunction Proposal Revised by U.S." Bloomberg 8/23
  • "Dell nemesis Icahn offers Apple's Tim Cook slap-up grub in share buy bid"  The Register 8/23
  • "Apple, Samsung Win Ruling to Keep Financial Data Secret: Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. don't have to reveal confidential data including financial information, source code, business plans and market research reports to the public, a U.S. appeals court ruled today."  Bloomberg 8/23
  • "Appeals court overrules Apple-Samsung judge, allows more document sealing: A sharp disagreement over secrecy in patent trials." Ars Technica 8/23
  • "Samsung denied new trial over Apple's 'bounce-back' patent: Amid planning for the damages retrial, Judge Koh rules that there will not be another new trial over the '381 patent."  CNET News 8/23
  • "Judge Koh denies Samsung motions to delay Apple's November retrial on damages" Foss Patents 8/23
  • "Samsung refused retrial over 'overscroll bounce' patent in Apple dispute" IDG News Service 8/23
  • "Apple's 'rubber-banding' patent win stands – Samsung denied new trial" 9 to 5 Mac 8/23
  • "Apple buys public transport app firm Embark to rival Google Maps" V3 8/23
  • "Making Maps Better: Apple Buys Public-Transit App Embark" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Apple acquires public transit startup Embark" The Inquirer 8/23
  • "Exec Joins Retail Team, But Details Are Murky" ifoAppleStore 8/23
OS X
News
  • "Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta: Anyone with an iCloud account can try the Web-based apps that are free for now" Computerworld 8:02 AM
  • "iWork for iCloud beta now open to anyone with an Apple ID" Engadget 8/23
  • "Apple's iWork for iCloud Beta now open to everyone: The services were previously only available to developers and then those who received invitations." CNET News 8/23
  • "iWork For iCloud Beta Launches To Public" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "Apple's iWork for iCloud Beta Open to Public" PC Magazine 8/23
  • "Cassandra: iWork beta for All" eXtensions 8/23
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/How to remove the VIP mailbox in OS X if it unexpectedly appears, and more, answered in this week's Q&A session." MacFixIt 8/23
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Mac Gems: Google Earth a fun way to see the world through your Mac" Macworld 7:50 AM
  • "Review: When speed is all you care about in a browser, turn to Chrome for Mac" Macworld 7:50 AM
  • "Hands-on: iWork for iCloud beta almost as good as Mac, iOS versions" Macworld 8/23
  • "Apple iMovie '11 review: Updated with 2013 comparisons/iMovie '11 offered a number of standout features including Movie Trailers and one-step-effects, how does it stand up three years later" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "Mac Gems: Looking for the perfect beat? Start with DM1" Macworld 8/23
  • "Sort artists by last name and find missing digital booklets" Macworld 8/23
  • "OS X Tip: Pipe Sound Through Different Devices" Kirkville 8/23
  • "Rearrange the Finder's sidebar sections via drag and drop" Mac OS X Hints 8/23
  • "Use Spotlight To Find And Reveal Files In The Finder [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "How Is Your MacBook's Battery Health? Find Out With A Click (and it's free)" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Is Your Mac Low On Memory? Free It Up With FreeMemory. It's Free!" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Free: An Easy Way To Create HDR Photos" Mac 360 8/23
  • "How Many Photos Do You Have Lost In Your Email? Find Them For Free With Lost Photos" NoodleMac 8/23
Op/Ed
  • "Why free-to-play app pricing is so effective, and what you can do about it" GigaOM 2:16 PM
  • "Will iWork for iCloud work for you?" PCWorld 8/23
Press Releases
  • "Apimac introduces free version of Strip HTML for Mac" AppleDailyReport 7:37 AM
  • "Apple releases Digital Camera RAW update adding support for new cameras" TUAW 8/23
  • "Words is a very interesting newish 'Read It Later'..." Minimal Mac 8/23
  • "1Password 4 for Mac 'sneak peek' shows what to expect this fall" GigaOM 8/23
  • "Alex4D Transparent Blur: Transparent Blur implements an iOS 7-style overlay onto clips which is used as a text background." Alex4D 8/23
  • "WatchGuard Partners with NCP engineering to Offer Premium IPsec VPN Client for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X Users" PRNewswire 8/23
  • "Finding something Abstract for your Desktop" prMac 8/23
  • "SniperSpy Mac Spy Software Adds Webcam and Microphone Surveillance" prMac 8/23
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple TV rumours won't go away: Apple has no incentive to try to crack the TV market – far more likely is a wearable Apple fitness device" The Guardian 8/23
  • "Apple negotiating directly with TV content providers for television product, report says" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "iPhone Leads Android in Smartphone Loyalty" AllThingsD 8/23
  • "iPad and Samsung Galaxy gain market share as Kindle Fire sputters, says Jumptap" DigiTimes 8/23
  • "iPad and Samsung Galaxy Gain Market Share as Kindle Fire Sputters" MacPrices 8/23
  • "Is Apple Finally Adding Ratings Into Ranking Factors?" The Fiksu Blog 8/23
  • "Apple changing app store ranking: adding ratings, now updating every 3 hours" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "China Mobile's 4G Network Good News for Apple, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson - China Mobile" 24/7 Wall St. 8/23
  • "Your Future iPhone May Be Stuffed With Wax" ["It's a Core i7 microprocessor — the same chip that runs many of today's desktop and laptop PCs — and the wax is stuffed into a metal mesh surrounding this tiny sliver of silicon. When someone cranks the chip well beyond its recommended speeds, the wax absorbs the extra heat coming off the silicon, and at 54 degrees Celsius, it starts to melt."] Wired Magazine 8/23
  • "Let the smartphone wars continue; 85% of iPhone owners are likely to upgrade to a new model" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Central FL's Lynn University ditches textbooks for iPads for freshmen" MacNN 8/23
  • "Apple Posts Summer Theater Mac Pro Commercial to YouTube" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "Apple narrows date for next Mac Pro – Says Coming Fall in new Trailer" Architosh 8/23
  • "Magic Beard: Man Uses iPhone App And Ton Of Facial Hair To Create Amusing Viral Video" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Ashton Kutcher plays Steve Jobs...and Sheryl Sandberg? The star of the movie Jobs lights up Twitter and YouTube with an inspiring speech that evokes not only Apple's late CEO but also Sheryl Sandberg and her Lean In lessons." Fortune 8/23
Non-Apple News
  • "Yahoo buys image recognition firm IQ Engines to reorganize Flickr" Engadget 7:21 PM
  • "Guardian teams up with New York Times over Snowden documents" Reuters 8:05 AM
  • "Regulators beware, Uber has a very powerful friend: Google" The Next Web 8/23
  • "NSA Paid Tech Companies Millions For Prism: Leaked documents show taxpayer cost of involving Google, Microsoft and other tech companies in Prism digital dragnet." InformationWeek 8/23
  • "Sleep Texting Is The Latest Digital Epidemic You Don't Need To Be Worried About" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Apple supplier Foxconn sells augmented reality patents to Google, probably for Google Glass" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Google Car + Uber = Killer App" Forbes 8/23
  • "Google Buys Patents From Apple Ally Hon Hai" WSJ Blogs 8/23
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The core of Apple's problem is Tim Cook, Scoble says" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Podcast: Gold iPhone, Fingerprint scanners, mobile gaming, Zombies & in-app purchases" Insanely Great Mac 8/23
Hardware/Software
  • "iPhone 5C captured in high-def Video: red, yellow, green, blue, white" VentureBeat 3:52 PM
  • "Multiple iPhone 5C Units Snapped At Pegatron Factory" TechnoBuffalo 5:10 PM
  • "Picture of iPhone 5Cs leaked by Pegatron employee" 9 to 5 Mac 8:21 PM
  • "Champagne / Gold iPhone 5S Shell Leaked Again In New Set Of High Quality Photos" Redmond Pie 4:03 PM
  • "iPhone 5S 5C Release Date: China launch on November 28th?" BGR 8/23
  • "iPhone 5S, 5C release date set in China, rumor claims: Following news about Japan's release date for the iPhone 5S, a new rumor from China tries to peg that country's date for the iPhone 5S and 5C." CNET News 8/23
  • "New report claims iPhone 5S, 5C will launch in China on November 28" iDownload Blog 8/23
  • "Apple Inc. iPhone 5S, 5C Release Date For China Out" ValueWalk 8/23
  • "Alleged retail packaging leak confirms iPhone 5S name and 128GB model" TechnologyTell 8/23
  • "Leaked images round-up: iPhone 5C scratch test, iPad 5 rear shell, iPhone 5S gold casing" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "Haswell MacBook Pros On Track To Ship In September [Report] Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "Haswell MacBook Pros Due in September, Say Sources" Tapscape 8/23
  • "Apple may replace laptop hinges with an interlocking flexible metal sheet" Geek 8/23
  • "Apple patent filing involves electronic text manipulation and display" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Apple working on a dual orientation connector with external contacts" AppleDailyReport 8/23
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "MiniFlyer For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 11:10 AM
  • "Alien Invasion Vs Spaceship : The Real Combat Mission For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 11:11 AM
  • "PetWorld 3D: My Animal Rescue For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $3.99)" Apple Sliced 11:11 AM
  • "Bioshock, Bioshock 2 Mac: 50% Off on Mac App Store" FairerPlatform 7:24 AM
  • "War of Words 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "Alien Shooter -Survive For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "Naughty Boy -Sling And Shoot For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review: SHARKK Apple iPad & iPad Mini Backlit Keyboard Case" Run Around Tech 7:38 AM
  • "Reviews: Optrix PhotoProX for iPhone 5" iLounge 8/23
  • "Arduino: An Introduction" Mactuts+ 8/23
  • "Mad Science: ProMAX ONE+ with four GeForce GTX 770 GPUs --INSIDE the box" Bare Feats 8/23
  • "Review & Giveaway: ARMORZ Stealth Extreme R Tempered Glass for Apple iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 8/23
  • "Hands on: SPRNG clip for Apple EarPods" Electronista 8/23
  • "The MXL AC-404 USB microphone is worth a listen for FaceTime, Skype users" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Review: ECBC Zeus could use some improvements" TechHive 8/23
  • "Review: The Misfit Shine is gorgeous but dumb" TechHive 8/23
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Apple iOS 7: 6 Betas Later [Video]"  Redmond Pie 7:35 PM
  • "Reward Summit for iOS helps you choose what credit card to use to maximize points and rewards" iMore 5:11 PM
  • "Dystopian Text-Based Puzzler 'Blackbar' Arrives in App Store" MacRumors 5:11 PM
  • "New iOS Game: Blackbar Creates Its Own Category" Kirkville 2:10 PM
  • "No more nagging: 5 apps for sharing tasks at home" GigaOM 10:35 AM
  • "Cassandra: Not all Photo Apps Suit -Studio Design" eXtensions 7:24 AM
  • "Pocket Is The Better Way To Manage News On Your Mac, iPhone, and iPad For Free" BohemianBoomer 8/23
  • "'League of Evil 3' Review - Same Old, Same Quality" Touch Arcade 8/23
  • "The Drowning – Call The Lifeguard, This Game Is Sinking" Apple'n'Apps 8/23
  • "SolForge Review: Control armies of zombies, mystical creatures, cybernetic troops, and more in this free-to-play trading card game." 148Apps 8/23
  • "Zombies Ate My Friends Review: This sidescrolling RPG puts players right in the rotting heart of a zombie apocalypse." 148Apps 8/23
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How-to: Setup and use Dropbox to manage and share photos, files" 9 to 5 Mac 11:12 AM
  • "How to get great graphic designs using stock images" Macworld 8/23
  • "How to save storage space by removing photos from your iPhone" iDownload Blog 8/23
Tips
  • "How will a cheaper iPhone 5C affect pricing for older iPhones? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers some advice about buying an older iPhone in light of a new, less-expensive iPhone 5C potentially hitting the market." CNET News 8/23
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple's Gold iPhone Joins The New Smartphone Battlefield of Color And Customization" Forbes 8:28 PM
  • "The Macalope Weekly: Farewell" Macworld 7:48 AM
  • "Apple trolls, you reap what you sow" iMore 8/23
  • "iPhone 5C: What we expect about the announcement, specs, and release date of Apple's rumored cheaper iPhone/Apple's cheaper iPhone 5C doesn't officially exist, but plenty of gossip suggests that it does. CNET details what we know, what we think we know, and what we don't know." CNET Reviews 8/23
  • "How We Came to Understand Apple's Unreleased iPhone 5C" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "A Quick Fix for Apple TV's Netflix Woes" TidBITS 8/23
  • "Apple, Samsung do not have to publicly disclose profits, court rules" AppleInsider 8/23
  • "Why Steve Jobs worked as a manager but not in a movie" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Apple Could Lead the Next Big Tech Trend--Security as a Service"  Tech.pinions 8/23
  • "Exclusive T3 render of the Apple iPad Pro" T3 8/23
  • "What Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Living In The Post PC Era" Forbes 8/23
  • "Does Apple Really Need The Aluminum Cover For Its iPhones?"  Seeking Alpha 8/23
  • "The state of Apple's TV quest" The Loop 8/23
  • "When Apple's Iron Fisted Control Backfires Users Suffer" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "Plants vs. Zombies 2 Pro-Tips: Free-to-Play or Free Forever?" 148Apps 8/23
  • "Do we really need yet another photo sharing app? No, we do not" TUAW 8/23
  • "Should Apple Change its Stance on Touchscreen MacBooks" Apple Gazette 8/23
  • "How the Apple Maps fiasco paved the way for Jony Ive's iOS 7" BGR 8/23
  • "Samsung Apple rubber band patent retrial denied" BGR 8/23
  • "The Fear And Desperation Of Apple's Competition" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Dozens of iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C Photos Revealed" PhoneBuff 8/23
  • "Is this the budget iPhone 5c?" T3 8/23
  • "Champagne iPhone 5S: The New Gold?" Tapscape 8/23
Non-Apple
  • "VMware Killed the Past. Can It Claim the Future?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:04 PM
  • "Medium needs to figure out what it wants to be when it grows up" GigaOM 10:06 AM
  • "Why you plug gadgets into the wall like a Neanderthal: Wireless charging? We have the technology; what we don't have is industry vision: or unity." Computerworld 7:39 AM
  • "iFixit teardown of Moto X finds it plenty repairable" Engadget 8/23
  • "Running with Google Glass: This app lets you race against a ghost version of yourself" GeekWire 8/23
  • "This Insane Samsung Ad Is Insane for a Reason That Samsung Wants Hidden" Valleywag 8/23
  • "My Lady Brains Can't Comprehend This Terribly Sexist Samsung SSD Commercial" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Five Reasons Ballmer Had To Go" Forbes 8/23
  • "Is Ballmer's Retirement a Prelude to a Microsoft Split-Up? With Ballmer leaving Microsoft within a year, I can see the company splitting into separate divisions."  PC Magazine 8/23
  • "Microsoft, With CEO Ballmer Headed For Exit, May Need Outsider To Drive Innovation Fix" Forbes 8/23
  • "Microsoft's Big Risk As Ballmer Departs: Windows Phone" InformationWeek 8/23
  • "Best of Ballmer: The products and moments that marked the tenure of Microsoft's CEO" The Next Web 8/23
  • "Ballmer: Microsoft doesn't want to be IBM (or Apple)" CNET News 8/23
  • "What Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did for Xbox — and what his retirement means for its future" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer's leaving. Now what?" CNNMoney 8/23
  • "Ballmer is Retiring. A Look Back and a Look Ahead for Microsoft" Tech.pinions 8/23
Humor/Cartoons
  • "56 Steve Ballmer Photoshops in Honor of His Retirement" Gizmodo 8/23
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "HelloLab 1.0 - A different kind of Photo Camera for iOS" prMac 9:48 AM
  • "InWeby - The First and The Only Full-featured Website Builder for iPad" prMac 8:09 AM
  • "See through government censorship in Blackbar" iMore 7:56 AM
  • "Right Wrong Word Game now available on iPad" prMac 7:53 AM
  • "Wheel Introduces A Quick New Way To Apply Photo Effects On iOS" AddictiveTips 7:37 AM
  • "New Job Listing Suggests League Of Legends For iOS Could Be Incoming" AppAdvice 7:32 AM
  • "Oceanhorn - Debut Trailer is here!" Oceanhorn 8/23
  • "Powerocks Magicstick Lipstick/Cigar Shaped Charges Smartphones, Tablets & Other Devices" Thomas PR 8/23
  • "Coming August 24: Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro, from The Mac Observer, and Avram Piltch, from Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/23
  • "iOS Hackers And Devs Gather For JailbreakCon 2013" Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "Rdio For iOS Gets Station Tuning, New Collection Options" MacStories 8/23
  • "Rdio For iOS Gets Station Tuning, Improved Search, And Redesigned Collection" Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "'Candy Crush Saga' Update Adds a New Episode and More Levels" Touch Arcade 8/23
  • "Tempo Smart Calendar Adds A New Company Card To Better Connect You With Companies" 148Apps 8/23
  • "Music Libraries Become Personalized Radio Stations with New iPhone App SongSpeaker" PRNewswire 8/23
  • "The Next Candy Crush Saga? Colorful Match-Three Game Jelly Splash Launches On iOS" AppAdvice 8/23
  • "Cloud Spin lets you take to the skies in a fantasy adventure" iDownload Blog 8/23
  • "Jimdo for iOS Enables Website Creation, Editing On the Go" Mac|Life 8/23
  • "BlackBerry leaks BBM manuals for iOS, Android, hints at launch" Electronista 8/23
  • "Pandora's iOS and Android apps get sleep timer, might protect against data-limit night terrors" Engadget 8/23
  • "Pandora To Drop 40-Hour-Per-Month Limit On Mobile Ahead Of iTunes Radio Launch" AppAdvice 8/23
  • "iPad Animation App Loop Captures The Fun Of Making Doodled Flipbooks" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "Modus III Is A Portable Workstation That Wants To Turn Your iPad Into A Desktop" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "ControlCraft 3 - Sequel to Popular Action Strategy Game Now on iOS" prMac 8/23
  • "Passwarden 2.0 adds auto-login, in-app iOS browser" prMac 8/23
  • "Baby's Day Out 1.0 for iOS - Fertility, Ovulation and Period Tracker" prMac 8/23
  • "Call Voice Changer-IntCall 2.0 Disguises Voice for Fun Phone Pranks" prMac 8/23
  • "Dazzling Wasabi Storybook App Delivers Common Core Aligned Edutainment" prMac 8/23
  • "Duck Duck Moose Launches Moose Math" prMac 8/23
  • "'Podium', the best iPhone case / dash mount ever." MadMacMods 8/23
Computer Industry
  • "CEO Exit Sets Microsoft on New Path: Steve Ballmer to Leave Within a Year; Stock Jumps 7%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 AM
  • "3 people who can lead Microsoft after Steve Ballmer" TG Daily 4:11 PM
  • "Only an outsider CEO can help Microsoft: Unless Microsoft finds its next CEO outside its current and former ranks, it won't change, say analysts" Computerworld New Zealand 4:43 PM
  • "Ballmer's Exit Marks the End of an Era at Microsoft" eWeek 11:34 AM
  • "How Ballmer Missed the Tidal Shifts in Tech" New York Times 8:29 AM
  • "A New Direction For Microsoft As CEO Steve Ballmer Retires Within 12 Months" Seeking Alpha 7:23 AM
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months; board searches for successor" Asian Age 7:59 AM
  • "Microsoft releases to manufacturing Windows 8.1: Sources" ZDNet 6:23 PM
  • "Windows 8.1 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) Finalized, Will Be Available On October 17th" Redmond Pie 6:00 PM
  • "Windows 8.1 is ready for its October 17th release" The Verge 4:16 PM
  • "Bing intros robust product results for snappier impulse shopping" Engadget 7:47 AM
  • "Microsoft Shares Jump As Ballmer Announces He Will Step Down Within 12 Months" RazorianFly 7:53 AM
  • "Intel setting up shop in NY, LA ahead of television push" Electronista 7:35 PM
  • "AMD Rocks Gamescom 2013: Partners with Publishers to Showcase Latest PC Gaming Evolved Titles" HotHardware 8:34 PM
  • "Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager" Global Data Point 8:35 PM
  • "HP CEO Whitman: Acquisitions Are in Company's Future" eWeek 11:34 AM
  • "Lenovo's PC 'Start menu' may just be another form of bloatware" BGR 7:37 AM
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within a year [This post has been updated with an interview with Steve Ballmer and CEO succession committee head John Thompson.] Seattle Times 8/23
  • "CEO Exit Sets Microsoft on New Path: Steve Ballmer to Leave Within a Year; Stock Jumps 7%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Questions for Microsoft as It Nears a Crossroad" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Retire Within 12 Months" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer Just Made $769 Million" AllThingsD 8/23
  • "Microsoft's decline wasn't Steve Ballmer's fault" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Retire In Next 12 Months" Forbes 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire" CNNMoney 8/23
  • "After Ballmer, Microsoft can at last reboot: analysis Apple gadgets and Google online services have run rings around Redmond, but bringing in a new leader will make it easier for the bold changes Microsoft needs." CNET News 8/23
  • "Ballmer's Greatest Hits and Misses as Microsoft's Chief Deal Maker" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/23
  • "Microsoft, Ballmer, and the end of the PC era" I, Cringely 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer: The $16 billion drag on Microsoft" Fortune 8/23
  • "Bye bye Ballmer: Embattled Microsoft CEO to retire within a year" ExtremeTech 8/23
  • "Ballmer Memo: 'Moving Forward'" WSJ Blogs 8/23
  • "Microsoft Surges Following Steve Ballmer's Departure" Seeking Alpha 8/23
  • "Ballmer Announces Retirement From Microsoft" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire within 12 months" Reuters 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months: Ballmer will remain at the helm until a successor is chosen." CNET News 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire within 12 months" USA Today 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months" FOXNews 8/23
  • "Microsoft Boss To Quit Amid Strategic Shift" Sky News 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer's letter to employees on news he will retire as Microsoft CEO" MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months: Microsoft has announced that chief executive Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months, once it has found a successor." BBC 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Plans to Retire as CEO Within Year, Co. to Seek Successor" Associated Press 8/23
  • "Microsoft says CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months" MSN 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer to retire as Microsoft CEO" The Verge 8/23
  • "Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in the next 12 months/Summary: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced his intentions to step down. A search committee is seeking his successor." ZDNet 8/23
  • "Microsoft shares rise early amid Ballmer retirement news: The software company's shares are up approximately 8 percent in early trading." CNET News 8/23
  • "Ballmer's Pending Departure Only Makes His Mistakes More Obvious" The Exchange 8/23
  • "Microsoft reportedly cutting Surface Touch Cover prices to $79" GigaOM 8/23
  • "Delta Airlines makes mass Windows Phone 8, Lumia 820 buy: Redmond's claimed seat allocations deserve a bumpy ride" The Register 8/23
  • "Sony's winning the PR war, but Microsoft is playing a longer game" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8/23
  • "Dell to sack 1000 employees in Mohali" Live Punjab 8/23
  • "Court says Dell's three-week robodialing spree should have stopped when woman asked" The Verge 8/23
  • "You gotta be kidding me: HP's back in the hunt for acquisitions" GigaOM 8/23
  • "HP's plan to save itself: make buying ink so easy that no one bothers buying third-party ink again" Quartz 8/23
  • "Hewlett-Packard's biggest 'innovation' is its plan for managed retreat" Quartz 8/23
  • "8-Core Intel 'Avoton' CPU Launch Date Set" Softpedia 8/23
  • "AMD Showcases Radeon Sky Cloud Gaming in Action at Gamescon." X-bit labs 8/23
  • "Will Santa Think AMD Shareholders Have Been Naughty Or Nice This Year?" Seeking Alpha 8/23
  • "AMD sells, leases back Singapore facility" bit-tech 8/23
  • "Cisco's Chambers: The Internet of things 'is where the future is'" WRAL Tech Wire 8/23
  • "Oracle launches paid support for 'free' NoSQL database" The Register 8/23
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Apple News
  • "Apple: A New Era Begins, What Will Happen To Its Earnings?" Seeking Alpha 8/23
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  • "Tech Stocks: Microsoft up on Ballmer exit; Facebook rises/Microsoft Corp. jumped Friday on news that CEO Steve Ballmer is planning to retire, which gave a boost to the tech sector despite post-earnings selloffs on stocks like Pandora Media and Marvell Technology." MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Stocks Gain, Housing Stocks Sink" TheStreet 8/23
  • "Microsoft pushes Nasdaq to weekly win" CNNMoney 8/23
  • "Stocks Wobble Amid Weak Housing Data" FOXBusiness 8/23
  • "U.S. Stocks Gain: Nasdaq Shares Climb a Day After Trading Glitch" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Asia Markets: Japan stocks rally, as China shares retreat/Japanese stocks led most Asian markets higher Friday, cheering gains on Wall Street and a weakened yen, while Chinese stocks retreated amid concerns about liquidity conditions" MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise after German, U.K. data/European stock markets moved mostly higher on Friday, after data confirmed that the German and U.K. economies are on track for a sustainable recovery. Investors awaited the latest take on consumer confidence in the euro zone, due in the afternoon" MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Nasdaq in Fresh Market Failure: Glitch That Locked Out Investors for Three Hours Is Latest Malfunction in Electronic Trading" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 8/23
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