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As expected, hackers re-enable Atom (hackintosh) support in OS X 10.6.2, should Apple just throw in the towel as this seems to be a losing battle? Cast your vote in "Today's Poll..." below in the left column or go straight to the results here.
Friday Highlights: TheStreet continues to highlight excerpts from Jason Schwarzes ebook on Apple's Decade, today looking at how Apple shares can hit $500; some expect the iPhone to hit 10% of China's 3G market; TidBITS uncovers a Finder-copying bug in Snow Leopard, and CNET's MacFixIt helps out with missing AppleTalk issues in Snow Leopard; Gameloft slowing down on Android development plans as their iPhone efforts are selling 400 times more than on Android, while SEGA is 'seriously committed' to iPhone games; got $50,000 and a strong desire to own an Apple I, it can be yours!; Macworld UK cites Gene Munster saying Apple's tablet should be around $700, not $2000; MacPrices reviews the new 27" iMac; SeekingAlpha analyst asks if Apple can stop the Android momentum; Chrome OS coverage in our Op/Ed section, TG Daily says we need it, InfoWorld says it will fail.
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| Fri Nov 6 | "Apple's Rumorware: Some companies crank out vaporware. Apple outsources that job to the press." Forbes
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"iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code: Apple agreed to turn over iPhone source code in antitrust lawsuit, but then reneged, plaintiffs say"
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"Apple's Decade: How It Can Hit $500" TheStreet 7:27 AM
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"A Worm in the Apple?" ["The problem for a stock's price is that the market moves based on EXPECTATIONS, and this cover signals the bar has been raised significantly for AAPL shares here going forward. The last such cover for AAPL and Jobs came in late 2005 thanks to TIME and BUSINESS WEEK, near $70 on its way to $50 over the coming 6 months"] Seeking Alpha 3:56 PM
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"iPhone to seize 10% of 3G market: China's second largest cell phone carrier said today they expect the iPhone to attract over one tenth of China's third generation (3G) users in the next couple of years." China Daily 7:14 AM
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"Hack re-enables Atom processor compatibility for Mac OS X 10.6.2" AppleInsider 7:44 AM
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"Hackintoshers bring back Atom support" Mac.Blorge 7:48 AM
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"A Finder-Copying Bug in Snow Leopard, Part 2" TidBITS 7:47 AM
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"Third-party screensavers return to Snow Leopard" Macworld 2:43 PM
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"Overcoming missing Appletalk printer connectivity in Snow Leopard" CNET Reviews 8:01 AM
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"Snow Leopard discussion covers reliability problems, HP printing, Finder FTP, programming issues and more" MacInTouch 3:54 PM
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"Curio Professional 6: A place for everything and everything in one place" Macworld 7:59 AM
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"Having Fun With Google Earth For Mac, PC, Browser, And iPhone" Mac360 11:08 AM
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"Macsimum Migration Kit: Information organizing software for Mac OS X" Macsimum News 9:13 AM
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"An AppleScript to reinstall custom icons after updates" Mac OS X Hints 9:42 AM
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"Move forward and back in iCal with the Magic Mouse" Mac OS X Hints 9:42 AM
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"Back up OS X to a Windows machine on the network" Mac OS X Hints 9:42 AM
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"Restore default bootloader without harming partitions" Mac OS X Hints 9:42 AM
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"Twitter Stops Asking What You're Doing" TidBITS 4:28 PM
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"New Ebook Explains Syncing and Solves Syncing Problems" TidBITS 3:49 PM
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"'Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard' released" MacTech Magazine 2:21 PM
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"Cocktail 4.5 (Leopard Edition) has been released." Maintain 9:28 AM
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"Minco 1.0 final released" Celmaro 8:49 AM
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"Autodesk unveils Smoke for Mac" Broadcast 7:43 AM
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"Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans" ["We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like ... many others,' Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort said at an investor conference. ... Games for iPhone generated 13 percent of Gameloft's revenue in the last quarter. 'We are selling 400 times more games on iPhone than on Android,' Rochefort said."]
Reuters 7:44 AM
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"SEGA's Secret iPhone Games: The publisher says it's seriously committed to the handheld and has major titles still to come." IGN 7:50 AM
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"SEGA makes iPhone promise as analysts predict Apple to drive mobile gaming" 9 to 5 Mac 7:50 AM
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"Grand Opening Rush Continues: 2 More Openings" ifoAppleStore 7:59 AM
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"Apple planning more iPod touch apps for retail?" iLounge 8:50 AM
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"iPhone is 'Eye-phone' for surgeons in India" EE Times 11:22 AM
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"Original Apple I is up for sale on eBay for $50,000!" Edible Apple 9:10 AM
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"AT&T Counters Verizon Ads With Luke Wilson's Help" WSJ Blogs 7:25 AM
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"Sony demos monster 3D TV: 280in 'wall' made from 70 28in sets" Register Hardware 1:58 PM
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"Workers have gone on 'unlimited strike' at Atmel's fab" EE Times 12:21 PM
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"Techies Gather for a Lunch to Save the World" PC World 12:08 PM
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"Security pro says new SSL attack can hit many sites" Computerworld 10:57 AM
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"The 50 Best Inventions of 2009: From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year" Time 10:51 AM
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"YouTube introduces automatic captions for deaf viewers" BBC 10:42 AM
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"Beware of the '12 Scams of Christmas'" ABCNews 10:39 AM
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"Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge" CNET News 3:08 PM
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"Betting that Brizzly will be huge, ex-Googlers are working on things" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 11:48 AM
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"The man behind the netbook craze: A few years ago rivals mocked Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek, and his purse-size laptop computers. Millions of netbooks later, Shih is having the last laugh." Fortune 10:03 AM
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"AT&T Counters Verizon Ads With Luke Wilson's Help" WSJ Blogs 9:45 AM
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"Sony wages war on Apple: music, books, movies and app store incoming" Mirror 11:13 AM
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"Sony's Hirai Talks About An i-Tunes-like Store" BusinessWeek 7:23 AM
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"Sony plans its very own socially-connected iTunes" 9 to 5 Mac 8:46 AM
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"The MacJury Deliberates Holiday Gift Picks (Session 2)" The MacJury 10:00 AM
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"Expect Apple tablet at around £400 - analyst: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster does not believe Apple would sell tablet for $2,000"
Macworld UK 8:03 AM
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"iTablet goes OLED, bumped until late 2010" ZDNet Blogs 7:16 AM
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"Apple #4 in Reliability, Apple Tablet a Gadget for All?, HP's i7 Notebook Outdoes Mac Rivals, and More" Low End Mac 3:51 PM
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"iMac Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:43 AM
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"15'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:43 AM
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"13'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:43 AM
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"MacBook Price & Deal Tracker -Prices Start At $640... Other Extras" MacReviewZone 2:20 PM
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"iPod Classic Price Tracker... Up To $170 Off Original Price -New, Closeout, Refurbished, Used And Discounted... The Best iPod Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 9:14 AM
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"Apple Friendly Gift Guide... Best Selling Digital Cameras -From $105 To $4,500" MacReviewZone 3:48 PM
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"Acer P215H bmid 21.5” Widescreen LCD Monitor: $139.99" The Mac Observer 3:49 PM
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"Review: 27'' 3.06GHz iMac" MacPrices 9:10 AM
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"Bluetooth headphones group test: We test the best Bluetooth headphones for the iPod and iPhone" Macworld UK 8:02 AM
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"Canon Selphy CP790: This printer is cute and stylish, but it wastes ink and has an awkward paper-handling setup" Macworld 12:14 PM
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"WolframAlpha for iPhone review: Number crunching powerhouse in the palm of your hand" Macworld UK 8:02 AM
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"NAVIGON 1.3 Update w/ Traffic Live for iPhone 3G/3GS (Review)" Insanely Great Mac 8:29 AM
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"iScrapbook 2.1: Scrapbooking program offers high-quality design and easy layouts" Macworld 8:45 AM
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"Geared for iPhone: Clever puzzler starts out too simply before the action picks up" Macworld 2:41 PM
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"'Pocketball' – A Fresh Physics-Based Puzzler" Touch Arcade 10:17 AM
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"How to Get a Magic Mouse to Touch Scroll in Windows" jkOnTheRun 11:14 AM
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"How to: Trouble with Flash 10.1? Re-install a stable version" FairerPlatform 8:22 AM
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"Tips for extending your iPhone battery's life" Dallas Morning News [Free Registration Required] 8:17 AM
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Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Haier Wine Lover’s Bundle: $25.00 - Awesome Holiday Gift!
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"How smoking can ruin your Mac" CNET News 4:36 PM
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"Some Claim Android App Store Worse Than iPhone's" Slashdot 3:57 PM
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"iPhone a Better Gaming Platform Than Android?" CNBC 3:57 PM
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"Microsoft's Bad Image should be a Warning to Apple" The Apple Blog 12:13 PM
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"Smartphones' ecosystem dilemma: Why is the Motorola Droid apparently gaining traction in the smartphone market, when Microsoft and Nokia are failing so miserably?" ["What Apple has done so successfully is build a thriving ecosystem around its product. The various Android-based phones are following the same path. There are now more than 100,000 applications (dubbed apps) for the iPhone, with hundred more appearing every week. As the advertisements tell consumers, there's an app for that, whether it is timing your cooking for a complicated dinner party, using Facebook, tracking FedEx packages or getting snow reports from ski resorts."] Reuters 12:12 PM
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"Techmeme Mobile launches for iPhone, Pre, Droid" CNET News 4:37 PM
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"Introducing The GEICO GloveBox iPhone Application: A Gecko in Your Pocket? Have An iPhone? Download the GEICO GloveBox™ App Today!" Geico 3:50 PM
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"Apple Specialist Dealers Announce Huge Pre-Holiday Sale: Dealers Across the US to Offer the Best Deals Of the Year On New Macs: This Friday, Saturday and Sunday Only" Apple Specialist 2:18 PM
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"Apple Specialist Dealers Announce Snow Leopard Launch Events" Apple Specialist 2:16 PM
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"Apple Specialist Dealers Announce Huge Pre-Holiday Sale: Dealers Across the US to Offer the Best Deals Of the Year On New Macs This Friday, Saturday and Sunday Only" Business Wire 9:43 AM
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"EasyTrails supports Eco-volunteers: Micro-donations for a better world" EasyTrails 9:41 AM
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"Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1 now available on the AppStore" Coladia 8:49 AM
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"MyPsy Psychological Profiler app from Apple can help employers" New Launches 8:12 AM
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"Spend your money through cashless cardless transactions, use your iPhone" New Launches 8:12 AM
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"SEGA Announces 'Super Monkey Ball 2' for iPhone, Hands On Video" Touch Arcade 8:03 AM
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"A Few to Consider: Chuck Norris, Implode, Snowy's Christmas Pinball" Touch Arcade 8:03 AM
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"$0.99 Madness: Enigmo 2, Beneath a Steel Sky, Ground Effect, Loopy Laboratory and a Freebie" Touch Arcade 8:03 AM
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"Marware announces Free Custom iPhone & iPod Case Engraving is available" Marware 8:00 AM
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"Savvy iPhone Users Gear Up for Black Friday" prMac 7:50 AM
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"StuckPixel introduces Monster Bash 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch" prMac 7:50 AM
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"iPhone Tab Bar Icons for Developers - Keeping Apps from being Rejected" prMac 7:50 AM
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"Grandma's Remedies from Italy 1.0 iPhone App - Old Italian Wisdom" prMac 7:50 AM
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"Balloons! for iPhone takes off" prMac 7:48 AM
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"Introducing iMac and Mac mini repair manuals" iFixit 7:22 AM
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"Global Security Information Now On-the-Go With Cisco iPhone Application: Customers Have Defense Capabilities of Cisco Security Intelligence Operations in the Palm of Their Hand" Marketwire 10:01 AM
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"Cisco iPhone security app lets users check site reputation" iPodNN 7:44 AM
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"Cisco launches iPhone security app" CNET News 7:14 AM
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"Oracle Gets More Time to Swallow Sun: Oracle has received an extension from the European Union as the database giant attempts to complete its controversial acquisition of Sun." TheStreet 9:41 AM
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"EU extends review of Oracle's Sun deal: Oracle, the US software group, has asked Europe's main competition watchdog to extend the deadline for approval of its proposed $7.4bn merger with rival Sun Microsystems, it emerged on Friday." Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:13 AM
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"EU extends review of Oracle plan to buy Sun" Reuters 10:13 AM
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"IBM Savors Oracle-Sun Delay" TheStreet 9:42 AM
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"Self-Policing Cloud Computing: IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud." Technology Review 1:45 PM
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"IBM and Informatica Take Next Steps Toward Cloud Delivery" InformationWeek 3:17 PM
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"Dell bets on corporate spending for recovery" Reuters 10:03 AM
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"Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory" ZDNet Blogs 2:13 PM
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"Dell shares drop as PC maker reports drop in earnings" MarketWatch 2:47 PM
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"Dell Offers Virtualized Desktop Solution, Services for Health Care" eWeek 11:23 AM
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"Glass half full for Microsoft shareholders: Capping off one of the most difficult fiscal years in its history, Microsoft held its annual shareholders meeting with the backdrop of an economy that has at least stopped getting worse." Seattle Times 12:20 PM
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"Mac ads haunt Steve Ballmer: Shareholders quiz Microsoft's CEO about Apple's advertising campaign" Fortune 10:09 AM
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"Windows 7: From Beta to Final Code in One Year/How did Microsoft go from a pre-beta version of its operating system to final product in under a year? And how is it helping the XP migration?" InternetNews 11:41 AM
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"Microsoft denies building security 'backdoor' in Windows 7: Privacy organisations shouldn't read too much into NSA involvement it says" Computerworld 1:51 PM
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"Major IE8 flaw makes 'safe' sites unsafe" The Register 2:01 PM
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"Microsoft Uncovers Vulnerability in Google Chrome Plug-in for IE" eWeek 11:24 AM
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"MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE" The Register 2:01 PM
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"Xbox modders unite in class action suit/Somebody was bound to have a go: Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is organising a class-action suit against Microsoft over the company's ban on modified Xboxes." TG Daily 1:55 PM
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"After a Hot Autumn, Intel & AMD Business Cools: Builds begin to slow as Q1, a typically slow period, approaches. Will the sector descend gently or crash to earth?" InternetNews 11:41 AM
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"Intel investor wants company bosses to pay fines: Top execs should pick up $2.7 billion antitrust tab" Computerworld 1:49 PM
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"Will Cisco's Flip Video camcorder morph into a smartphone?" MarketWatch 2:47 PM
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"New H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firms: Lawmakers may be setting the stage for the fight over broader immigration reform" Computerworld 10:58 AM
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"Technology's troubles are not expected to last: IT sector tallies highest dollar increase in earnings, up $5.1 billion since July 1" MarketWatch 2:45 PM
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"Hot Stocks: Tech Slide Focuses on Dell, H-P/Tech issues fell across the board Friday, sparked by investor disappointment over Dell's latest earnings report. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports from San Francisco." [Video Report] MarketWatch 2:47 PM
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"Tech stocks slide on downbeat Dell report: Nasdaq poised to end week in the red, as chip shares also fall" MarketWatch 2:33 PM
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"Stocks extend 2-day slide: Selloff continues as investors respond to mixed economic news and a darkening outlook for technology companies." CNNMoney 2:36 PM
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"Three-Day Slump for Stocks? Led by sinking tech and energy shares, the markets retreated Friday afternoon, putting Wall Street on track for a rare three-day slump." FOXBusiness 2:33 PM
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"Stocks Fall Back on Dell Dud: Stocks recently traded off session lows, though stayed solidly in the red, pressured by tech, energy and a strong dollar." TheStreet 2:36 PM
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"Stocks dip as investors weigh recovery bets" Reuters 2:35 PM
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"Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens: Stocks drop as investors push into safe-haven investments; Dell weighs on technology stocks" Associated Press 2:35 PM
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"Dow Tries to Claw Higher as Merck Gains" CNBC 3:00 PM
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"US Stocks Decline Slightly, Led By Technology Sector" MarketWatch 9:48 AM
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"Safety Bids, Energy Sector Pressure Stocks: Stocks were trading lower for a third straight day Friday afternoon, as investors sought safety by selling stocks in favor of the dollar and Treasurys." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:37 PM
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"Futures Dip, Tech Shares Under Pressure" CNBC 10:04 AM
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"Stocks set for another slump: Investors nervous after Dell's earnings miss forecasts. World markets down." CNNMoney 9:38 AM
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"Asia Markets: Chinese airlines fall, as yuan seems unlikely to move soon/Chinese airline stocks continued to shed some of their recent gains Friday in Hong Kong, due in part to disappointment that Beijing hasn't given any clear public signal it may change its currency policy." MarketWatch 9:47 AM
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"Banking concerns pressure Europe stocks: Fiat downgraded at UBS, Volkswagen shares also decline" MarketWatch 2:38 PM
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