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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, May 17, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hired as 'tutor' on Jobs, Apple for Sony biopic" 9 to 5 Mac 9:33 PM
  • "Sorkin says Jobs movie won't be straight biography" Reuters 8:55 PM
  • "Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Shares Some Thoughts About Steve Jobs Biopic, Woz Hired As Advisor"  MacRumors 8:55 PM
  • "Viacom and Time Warner Cable settle dispute over iPad streaming rights" iDownload Blog 8:17 AM
  • "Time Warner Cable and Viacom end dispute, channels set to return to TWCable TV app" iMore 8:17 AM
  • "Has Apple taken control of iPhone5.com? Apple had complained to the World Intellectual Property Organization about the domain, which was unaffiliated with the iPhone maker. And now it seems to have found closure." CNET News 11:03 AM
  • "Apple wins dispute over iPhone5.com domain name" The Next Web 8:36 AM
  • "Apple Claims Ownership Of iPhone5.com Domain" Cult of Mac 8:17 AM
  • "iPhone Users More Likely to Tell Truth Via Text, Study Says: People are more likely to tell the truth in a text message than in a voice interview, according to researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan." PCWorld 11:19 AM
  • "Samsung Wrests No. 1 Smartphone Position From Apple; Worldwide Cellphone Sales Decline 2 Percent in Q1 2012 – First Year-over-Year Decline Since Q2 2009" MacPrices 11:52 AM
  • "The tablet revolution is coming: Working anywhere without compromise" ZDNet 8:01 AM
  • "Verizon Reiterates How Unlimited Data Will Die A Slow Death" Cult of Mac 5:45 PM
  • "Verizon Clarifies: Unlimited Data Plans to Die Slow Death" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:37 PM
  • "Sprint might bend over backwards to get AT&T and Verizon iPhone users to switch"  MacDailyNews 3:42 PM
  • "Sprint to offer $100 towards iPhone 4S with trade-in" iLounge 11:56 AM
  • "Sprint: Trade in old iPhone, get $100 towards iPhone 4S" ZDNet 12:23 PM
  • "Sprint won't make money on the iPhone until at least 2015" iDownload Blog 8:31 AM
  • "Dan Hesse certain the iPhone will be profitable for Sprint" TUAW 8:31 AM
  • "Best Buy Stores Cut iPhone 4 Price to $50" PCWorld 4:11 PM
  • "Who was Steve Jobs? New kids book aims to answer the question" CNET News 8:47 AM
  • "Crooks sell skint fanbois potatoes instead of iPhones: Greater Manchester police are appealing for help after a number of people who thought they were laying hands on a shiny new iPhone ended up with a sack of spuds instead." The Register 12:22 PM
  • "Microsoft books stall at Appule - the Mac expo stiffed by Apple" Channel Register 8:21 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "AT&T eyes lower subsidies, shared data plans" Reuters 4:07 PM
  • "Cathedral Embraces PlayStation, Wins Converts, Ignites Conversations" Wired 12:15 PM
  • "Acer targets SMBs with Ivy Bridge TravelMate laptops" V3 12:12 PM
  • "SGI skips future Xeon E7s, lobs E5-4600s into UV2 supers: Adds Xeon E5s, Tesla K10 GPU coprocessors to rackable boxes" The Register 12:05 PM
  • "This super-efficient chip is 'inexact': An international team of engineers has designed an 'inexact' computer chip that attempts to challenge the industry's 50-year pursuit of accuracy." TG Daily 12:03 PM
  • "Diablo III Battles Battle.net Blues as Players Slam the Game in Reviews" Techland 12:10 PM
  • "Netflix Gets Fancy New Web Video Player, Lures Old Subscribers Back" Techland 12:09 PM
  • "Twitter Now Honors Mozilla's Do Not Track Feature" TechCrunch 11:54 AM
  • "Curt Schilling is mum on his pitch: Bailout talk with R.I bigs held in secret" Boston Herald 10:21 AM
  • "Samsung not seen quaking in boots over Apple-Elpida report" Reuters 10:07 AM
  • "Toshiba slashes TV production: Company decides to end its domestic production of flat-panel TVs in an attempt to boost its sagging operating profit." CNET News 10:01 AM
  • "Lone Anon hater claims responsibility for Pirate Bay attack" CNET News 10:00 AM
  • "Mark Zuckerberg could become second wealthiest man in US following Facebook IPO" New York Post 11:13 AM
  • "Facebook shortens lock-up period for some holders" MarketWatch 12:43 PM
  • "Facebooks Elite Cash In But Other Insiders Must Wait" Forbes 10:48 AM
  • "Verizon customers, say goodbye to grandfathered unlimited data plans if you want to upgrade" The Verge [Free Registration Required] 9:45 AM
  • "Third Point faces high stakes with Yahoo" MarketWatch 9:41 AM
  • "GameStop Earnings Fall on Tepid Demand" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 AM
  • "LG Rolls Out New Optimus Smartphone" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 AM
  • "Google Reveals Video Glasses Working with Magic Rings & Invisible Tattoos" Patent Bolt 11:23 AM
  • "Verizon Unlimited Users' Plans Not Going Away, But Options Likely To Narrow" AllThingsD 11:04 AM
  • "Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation: EMC deal for XtremeIO highlights Israel's highly-skilled IT workforce, tech success" Computerworld 8:22 AM
  • "ABC rips off Apple's famed '1984' advert to hype up dumb singing contest" iDownload Blog 4:21 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Drugs, Cops & Dismemberment: The Crazy Adventures Of A Vintage Mac Collector [Interview] Cult of Mac 11:05 AM
  • "Get a free copy of Macworld's commemorative Steve Jobs issue: Download our free Macworld UK magazine app to get your free Steve Jobs issue today" Macworld UK 11:00 AM