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Apple/Macintosh

"Next week's Apple-Google FRAND trial may be canceled on Monday morning" Foss Patents 6:38 AM

"Apple finally complies with latest UK ruling, apologizes for snarky letter, runs correct Samsung/Apple judgement" 9 to 5 Mac 7:56 AM

"Apple posts revised 'Samsung did not copy' statement, acknowledges first version was inaccurate" Engadget 6:49 AM

"Apple's mea culpa: U.K. site posts apology, new statement/After testing a British court's patience with a not so apologetic public statement, the iPhone and iPad maker is finally eating humble pie." CNET News 9:17 AM

"Apple's iPad Mini Tests Crowded Market" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:49 AM

"A tale of two execs: Microsoft's Sinofsky and Apple's Forstall/commentary Both were growing in influence, with a reputation for being difficult. Now one is the architect of Microsoft's comeback attempt in consumer markets and the other is being forced out of Apple. What happened?" CNET News 7:06 AM

"Uh-Oh Insider Trading: SVP Legal Bruce Sewell Sells AAPL Stock" Patently Apple 8:21 AM

"Apple's Minimalist Jony Ive Assumes Jobs's Role for Design" ["Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was able to keep the executives' long-simmering tension under control. Cook made the final decision to revamp management after Forstall refused to sign a public apology for the mishandling of mapping software, people with knowledge of the matter said. ... Forstall was also the most divisive member of Apple's executive team, people who worked with him told Bloomberg Businessweek last year."] Bloomberg Businessweek 11/2

"Ive and Forstall: A Tense History/Bloomberg's Peter Burrows and Adam Satariano discuss the tense history between Apple's Jonathan Ive and Scott Forstall." [Video Report] Bloomberg 11/2

"How Jony Ive Will Make Checking The Weather On Your iPhone A Religious Experience" Forbes 11/2

"The future of the iPad: Microsoft has the Surface. Apple has the iPad Mini. Where do things go from here? The immediate future may look a lot like the present." CNET Reviews 11/2

"iPad Mini to hurt Windows 8 devices, says analyst: Apple's diminutive new tablet will take a bite out of sales of new Windows 8 devices this holiday season, says Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu." CNET News 11/2

"How many iPad Minis could Apple sell this weekend? Including pre-orders, unit sales of the new tablet may reach as high as 1.5 million over the next three days, says Apple analyst Gene Munster." CNET News 11/2

"Apple expected to ship 850K iPad minis in first week of sales" AppleInsider 11/2

"Court Orders Apple to Revise Cheeky Apology: Apple has been ordered to post a new statement on its UK website after the original one declaring that Samsung didn't copy its tablet design didn't meet with the judges' approval. 'The court may not have been perfectly happy about Apple's statement, but it was 100 percent truthful and in the free world everyone should be free to say accurate things,' said intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller." MacNewsWorld 11/2

"Apple's reformed 'apology' to Samsung makes an appearance in UK newspapers" The Next Web 11/2

"Samsung to get another crack at questioning Apple's Phil Schiller: Apple must make Schiller availabe for deposition by Monday" IDG News Service 11/2

"iPhone, iFone, and Apple's Mexican trademark standoff: what's really going on/Yes, you can buy an iPhone in Mexico" The Verge 11/2

"Apple loses iPhone name battle against iFone in Mexico: The Mexican IT solutions company registered for its trade name in 2003" Macworld UK 11/2

"Apple Could Lose The Right To Sell Devices Called 'iPhone' In Mexico" Business Insider 11/2

"You say iPhone, I say iFone: Apple loses Mexican trademark case (and more than a few pesos)" VentureBeat 11/2