"Again, Apple gets all the attention: Apple has trumped the PC guys again. This time in a laptop category that HP or Dell should own. So, why does the world obsess about the newest MacBook Pro and not competing laptops from Hewlett-Packard or Dell? Let's just say that Apple has an innate sense about good design." CNET News 8:02 PM
"Apple opens in London: 300 people wait in line for the opening of the company's first store in London" London Free Press 2:02 PM
"Microsoft Surface Tablet Could Hurt iPad, iPhone Even Apple TV Sales" eWeek 7:53 PM
"Apple vendors in Iran scoff at US sanctions" AFP 8:12 AM
"Restriction of Apple products in Iran 'pointless' say vendors" AFP 8:03 AM
"IPhone Obsession Brings No Relief For Imagined Vibrations" ["'The iPhone has changed everything about how we relate to technology, for both good and bad,' said Larry Rosen, a psychologist and professor who is the author of 'IDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us'"] Bloomberg 6/22
"Fury at Apple's 'rip-off' plan to make ALL iPhone accessories obsolete by changing design of socket" Daily Mail (UK) 6/22
"iPhone 5: What's Up With the Dock? In 2003, the third-generation iPod debuted with a 30-pin dock. That basic design has been used on iPods, and eventually iPhones, ever since. But with the arrival of the next iPhone, Apple may introduce a new dock design. That could provide some design advantages to the upcoming handset, but it could also leave customers and third-party device makers in the lurch." MacNewsWorld 6/22
"iPhone 5 dumping Dock Connector for 'chipped' Micro MagSafe?" ZDNet 6/22
"Every iPhone accessory you own is now obsolete" News.com.au 6/22
"Apple, Facebook map out a plan: Self-developed app to replace Google's" Associated Press 6/22
"Feds want help from publishers who settled Apple/e-book case: As the Department of Justice continues to press its antitrust case against Apple and some of the country's largest book publishers, it wants the publishers who have already settled to turn over evidence." CNET News 6/22
"Are Apple's legal woes biting it?" [Video Report] BBC 6/22
"California judge puts limit on Apple-Samsung patent exhibits: Apple and Samsung are limited to 125 exhibits and 25 hours of argument to streamline the case" IDG News Service 6/22
"Apple v. Samsung Smackdown Headed to Jury Trial" AllThingsD 6/22
"Apple sues HTC in Virginia court for abuse of 4G/LTE standard-essential patents" Foss Patents 6/22
"Apple files 4G LTE patent countersuit in ITC case against HTC" AppleInsider 6/22
"Proview in jeopardy over creditor's appeals court complaint" Electronista 6/22
"Apple asks retail employees to test Mountain Lion" CNET News 6/22
"Apple Genius Bar staff testing Mountain Lion: Apple is asking its Apple Store Genius Bar staff to get involved with testing the latest beta version of OS X Mountain Lion." Macworld UK 6/22
"Apple Expands Testing of OS X Mountain Lion to Select Retail Store Staff" MacRumors 6/22
"Apple releases Safari 6 Developer Preview 2: The new preview build fixes a crash experienced in the previous build" Macworld UK 6/22
"Samsung tempts iPhone users with iTunes content transfer tool" V3 6/22
"Vacation Blackout Hints at Late July Release for OS X Mountain Lion" MacRumors 6/22
"Confirmation OS X Mountain Lion Coming Late-July" Tapscape 6/22
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"iCal has been a disaster with Lion and Exchange servers. In Snow Leopard, if you have checked the 'Delete events XX days after they have passed,' it would send cancelled meeting note to everyone about meetings that occurred months ago. It made the Mac users the laughing stock of the company. We quickly alerted others to turn off the 'Delete events XX days after they have passed' on the iCal preferences. But, the damage was done with a few users. I have had the exact same issue occur with me. I double-click on the .ics file, change the calendar to my work (the default), and accept the invite. Nothing else. The result is that iCal sends a cancelation - the message says it is from the original organizer), from me to the entire distribution list. This is a critically bad bug in my opinion, which, of course, led to the usual 'it's a Mac thing' blame statement from all directions." MacInTouch 4:09 PM
"Bugs & Fixes: From missing alarms to update woes" Macworld 6/22
"How to manage ext2/ext3 disks in OS X: OS X cannot natively read the popular ext2 and ext3 filesystems, though support for these filesystems can be implemented if needed." CNET Reviews 6/22
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Mac OS X's Mail: SMTP servers and network failure" Betalogue 3:56 PM
"Remove the Alias Arrow Badge From Icons in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 7:58 PM
"Mac Tip: Audio Recording Via The QuickTime Player" MacTrast 7:57 AM
"Make These Audio Tweaks To Improve Your iMovie [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 6/22
"Mac Tip: Move Menu Bar Contents Around In Mac OS X" MacTrast 6/22
"Disable iPhoto sharing via AppleScript" Mac OS X Hints 6/22
"Swap the Last Two Characters Typed with a Keyboard Shortcut" OS X Daily 6/22
"Remove Chrome 'Most Visited' Web Thumbnails" OS X Daily 6/22
"The New Mac Trend: Download Video Tutors For Your Mac And Mac Apps" Mac 360 6/22
"Cut, Copy, Paste, Check Spelling The iPhone And iPad Way Right On Your Mac" NoodleMac 6/22
"Use Your Mac To Relax Or Get Better Sleep With A Little Background White Noise App" TeraTalks 6/22
"4 Ways Your Mac Can Help You Type Faster Than You Can Actually Type" Mac 360 6/22
"2 Easy Mac Apps That Remove Unwanted Items From A Photo With A Click" PixoBebo 6/22
"275 High Resolution Desktop Wallpaper Photos For Your Mac (less than 2-cents each)" McSolo 6/22
Op/Ed
"Those wonderful Mac App Store restrictions" Watching Apple 1:48 PM
"App Store opens in 32 more countries" FairerPlatform 6/22
"Apple's App Store travels to 32 more countries" CNET News 6/22
"Apple to Host Summer Film Making Classes for Kids" The Mac Observer 6/22
"Watch the 'Dream Team' of iPhone Hackers Present on the Corona Jailbreak [Video] iClarified 6/22
"Criminal who did Apple out of $1m gets nine years: Criminal who did Apple out of $1m worth of iPads, iPhones and Macs gets up to nine years" Macworld UK 6/22
"Chinese Mother Uses 4-Year-Old Son to Steal iPhone" M.I.C. Gadget 6/22
Non-Apple News
"'Active' Video Games Don't Make Youths More Active" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:42 PM
"Samsung Invents New Ways of Handling Folders on Android" Patent Bolt 6/22
"Adobe fixes Flash Player for Firefox to stop crashes" Computerworld 6/22
"Firefox Promises Privacy Patch Against Tab Spying/Shared PC warning: Firefox 13 browser records and stores a user's most-visited pages, including sensitive content otherwise protected by HTTPS." InformationWeek 6/22
"Alan Turing 100: Visionary, war winner ... game maker?" The Register 6/22
"Alan Turing - Codebreaking, computing and bigotry: Science Museum celebrates 100th anniversary of man who cracked Enigma code and founded the computer age" Techworld 6/22
"Open source cloud vendors air their differences: Citrix, OpenStack and Eucalyptus officials fire zingers back and forth" Network World 6/22
"Malware targeting AutoCAD files could be sign of industrial espionage" Network World 6/22
"Verizon Rolls Out Ice Cream Sandwich to Droid Razr, Razr Maxx" PC Magazine 6/22
"Facebook Finally Lets You Edit Your Comments Anytime" PCWorld 6/22
"After Oracle, OpenSolaris rises again: Oracle tried to kill it, but the former Sun project has emerged from the ashes, nurtured by a crowd of innovative startups" InfoWorld 6/22
"CEO Of Internet Provider Sonic.net: We Delete User Logs After Two Weeks. Your Internet Provider Should, Too." Forbes 6/22
"U.S. computer graphics scientist wins Kyoto Prize" Associated Press 6/22
"Schilling says company crash cost him his baseball fortune" CBSSports 6/22
"Curt Schilling: I lost $50M in failed gaming company" Boston Herald 6/22
"Office printers spew reams of garbage as 2-year-old Trojan runs wild" The Register 6/22
"Megaupload's Dotcom bouncing back with new venture, attracts Apple co-founder's attention" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 6/22
"Google Slips Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Details: Google accidentally spilled some beans about Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ahead of its official Google I/O debut. Here's what Google's slip-up says about the next version of Android." InformationWeek 6/22
"Google Allows Developers to Answer User Comments in Play App Store" IDG News Service 6/22
"Google CEO sidelined by mystery voice condition" Reuters 6/22
"Google's Larry Page loses voice, will not speak at key events: Page will not be speaking at an upcoming Google developer conference and the company's earnings calls next month" IDG News Service 6/22
"Nintendo Debuts 3DS XL With 90% Larger Displays: Available August 19 For $199" TechCrunch 6/22
"Sony Invents Optical Communication Glasses for Work & Play" Patent Bolt 6/22
"Actress Kelly Macdonald Explains Why The Brave Video Game Was More Challenging Than The Pixar Film" Forbes 6/22
"Podcast #2012 2: The Bangkok-based eXtensions podcast based on the week's Cassandra columns and whatever else I throw in." eXtensions 10:24 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets columnist Joe Wilcox of BetaNews, commentator Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, and Mike Prospero, Reviews Editor of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/22
"Interview with Eric Cheng of Lytro" Your Mac Life 6/22
"Playing w/ the MacBook Air, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter, MS Surface (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 6/22
"Charging your iPad only sets you back $1.36 in yearly electricity costs" ZDNet 7:53 PM
"'Amazing Google Maps Experiences' Are Coming to iOS - What Does This Mean?" The Next Web 11:03 AM
"Apple's iPad costs you $1.36 per year to charge: According to the Electric Power Research Institute, its data is based on owners fully charging the slate every other day." CNET News 6/22
"It costs just $1.36 to charge an iPad for a year" Associated Press 6/22
"iPad Calculated to Use $1.36 Worth of Electricity a Year" The Mac Observer 6/22
"Power your iPhone for $0.38 a year; iPad, $1.36" Tapscape 6/22
"The Next iMac May Not Have A Retina Display After All" Cult of Mac 6/22
"No Retina Display in Next-Generation iMac?" MacRumors 6/22
"The next-gen MacBook Pro with Retina Display Review" ["I'm giving the MacBook Pro with Retina Display our bronze Editor's Choice award. Making it the first Mac to ever receive one. It would have been a silver had the software story been even stronger (iWork, Mountain Lion, Office and Photoshop being ready at launch would have been a feat worth rewarding). And it would have been a gold had Apple been able to deliver all of that but without sacrificing end-user upgradability. Which brings me to my final point."] AnandTech 8:10 AM
"iHealth Blood Pressure Dock Review: iHealth Blood Pressure Dock is a well designed hardware accessory for iPad or iPhone/iPod touch that allows users to measure and track their blood pressure at home." 148Apps 6/22
"Video Review: iKeep & iKeep Charger from Poldera" Run Around Tech 6/22
"Code Folio Practical, Functional With Just A Couple Of Missteps" MacNews 6/22
"Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition Review" Mac|Life 6/22
"Free: Play Poker With Your Friends Using A Cool, Multi-player Mac Poker App" BohemianBoomer 6/22
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"WorldCard HD – Intelligent Business Card Manager iPad App Review" iPad Apps Reviewer 9:03 PM
"iOS app face-off: Spotify Radio vs. Pandora" TechHive 9:43 AM
"GeoTagr: iOS App Records Digital Camera Photo Locations" The Next Web 8:18 AM
"Timer: a single-serving iPhone app for timing stuff" TUAW 8:24 AM
"Button Mash Your Way Through Endless Hordes Of Undead In Apocalypse Knights" App Advice 7:54 PM
"Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings Review/A fairly run of the mill but reasonable Hidden Object game." 148Apps 2:06 PM
"Trivi.al Review: Basic to look at but an entertaining trivia game to play with friends." 148Apps 2:02 PM
"Dragon Flight Review: Free endless shmup with upgrades, dragons, and a pink-haired valkyrie" 148Apps 1:52 PM
"My Laboratory Review: My Laboratory is an element puzzler that puts gamers in charge of creating a brand new world." 148Apps 11:02 AM
"Letters From Nowhere 2 Review: A sequel to a fun hidden object game that's a little too close to the original material." 148Apps 9:27 AM
"Disco Kitten Review: Move a dancing kitten around to disco beats and avoid getting shocked while filling up a greedy friend with a constant flow of electricity." 148Apps 8:30 AM
"A Visit to the Apple Company Store" Examiner 9:40 PM
"Google v Apple: The unraveling of a friendship" Tapscape 8:34 PM
"Is Apple tweaking App Store search algorithm?" iDownload Blog 7:54 PM
"Deadlifts, Hand Lotion, And iPads Don't Mix" App Advice 7:54 PM
"Apple retail employees come in sprightly, but leave worn-out" VentureBeat 9:40 PM
"New York Times slams Apple Retail. Kinda." iMore 7:57 PM
"Did N.Y. Times report drive Apple to be extra generous to workers?" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:53 PM
"Apple Stores get their turn under NY Times' investigative spotlight" CNET News 7:46 PM
"Microsoft Surface can win you over" ["For me and many others like me, Surface is the only tablet that can be used for more than common tasks -- certainly not Apple's iPad. Windows is a very powerful platform, and most professionals need it for work. I want to tell you why you need Surface."] BetaNews 7:43 PM
"Time Magazine explores the Cult of Apple in China" Fortune 2:12 PM
"Opinion: Apple And The New Connector" Coolsmartphone 1:52 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Slippery Surface" Macworld 9:57 AM
"Apple v. Motorola case to be 100% dismissed" SlashGear 7:53 PM
"Apple vs. Motorola thrown out of court" iMore 9:28 AM
"A Lack Of Confidence In Apple Delivering A Retina Display For The iMac Soon" AppleBitch 9:23 AM
"Microsoft Surface Vs iPad: 5 Reasons Why You Should Ditch Apple" iTechPost 8:46 AM
"Siri, how do I feel? Our gadgets may soon know more about our moods and emotions than we do." Computerworld 8:27 AM
"Five things to look forward to in Apple's iOS 6: A lot of small tweaks and updates add up to a big win for iPhone and iPad users" Computerworld 8:01 AM
"Steve Jobs on Choosing Future Technologies" The Motley Fool 6/22
"What Resolution to Expect From Apple's Future Retina Devices" Gizmodo 6/22
"Apple TV - Destined To Be Mediocre" Seeking Alpha 6/22
"Apple Tries to Buy Time in Patent War and 4 Tech Titans in Demand" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 6/22
"Crunching the numbers on Retina: what to expect in iMacs, MacBook Airs, and Thunderbolt monitors with Retina displays" gdgt 6/22
"10 Mac Apps that Need MacBook Pro Retina Support (and Pronto)" Techland 6/22
"Apple's iPhone 5 connector said to be a control freak: 30-pin? Nope. Micro-USB? Nope. Power grab? Yup" The Register 6/22
"Editorial: On a Smaller Dock Connector and Compatibility Article" iLounge 6/22
"iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 22: Apple iPhone 5 scuttlebutt includes mini dock flare-up, the 5th dimensions, Liquidmetal again, China 3G" Network World 6/22
"The New Apple Is Sticking A Fork In Old And New Competitors (and not even one at a time)" Mac 360 6/22
Non-Apple
"Everything to Everyone: Needing to test a component in Internet Explorer 10, I spent some time with Windows 8 today, and boy, oh boy." Binary Bonsai 7:57 PM
"Is modern technology creating a culture of distraction?" GigaOM 2:05 PM
"MacOS KenDensed: Microsoft Surfaces & Everybody Hates Samsung" The Mac Observer 8:35 AM
"Laocoön: Suppose you dropped your phone — a real fall, like from the second story — and it broke. You're picking up the pieces, cursing and trying to think of the last time you backed up your contacts, when you notice something. Deep within the phone's hardware, hidden from everyday use, you find a message — etched right onto the chassis." TechCrunch 8:30 AM
"My Experiences with the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e" Low End Mac 6/22
"If Apple Jumped Off a Bridge, Would Microsoft Jump, Too?" Minyanville 6/22
"Unfixable Computers Are Leading Humanity Down a Perilous Path" iFixit 6/22
"Here's now much data we generate every minute" CNET News 6/22
"Is there more to Larry Page's sickness? One analyst wonders" CNET News 6/22
"BlackBerry 10 hands on: Virtual keyboard and radical new UI" ZDNet UK 6/22
"Top 5 hottest smartphones this summer" ZDNet 6/22
"Ten techie homeowner tips for Jason's new house" ZDNet 6/22
"Which mobile OS's apps make most money? Hint: It's not Android or iOS." Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 6/22
"What happened to Turing's thinking machines?" ZDNet 6/22
"How Smart Phones are Changing the Way We Bank, Drive, Have Sex, and Go to the Bathroom" Time 6/22
"Alienware M17x Gaming Notebook, Amped with Ivy Bridge and GeForce GTX 680M, Hands-On Sneak Peek" HotHardware 6/22
"Video Viewing Up On Tablets and Phones, Down On PCs" PCWorld 6/22
"The Best Google Chrome Extensions 2012: Picking the best from so many great add-ons was hard, but we did so. Here are our choices for some of the greatest extensions you can add to your Google browser." PC Magazine 6/22
"Microsoft's Surface Many Annoy Hardware Firms, But They'll Live" Forbes 6/22
"Game on: 3 high-performance laptops duke it out/We test the Eurocom Panther 4.0, HP Envy 17 and MSI GT783 to find out which will get gamers to the finish line fastest." Computerworld 6/22
"Virtualization Security: Where's The Innovation?" InformationWeek 6/22
"Twitter Crash: Hack Or Hardware Fail? Twitter blames a cascading bug, but hacking group UGNazi claims responsibility." InformationWeek 6/22
"3 reasons we won't see a cloud API standard" InfoWorld 6/22
"Great Open Source Cloud Debate Rages: One, and only one, open source project usually gains the upper hand in a new software category, but cloud has three tough contenders in OpenStack, CloudStack, and Eucalyptus. Must one win?" InformationWeek 6/22
"Using A Cloud Service At the Office Without Permission? You're Not Alone" AllThingsD 6/22
"At the Salo end of Nokia's deep crisis" Reuters 6/22
"Here's Why It Doesn't Matter That Microsoft's Tablet Won't Have 4G" Business Insider 6/22
"Do you lose free speech rights if you speak using a computer? Scholar argues computer-generated speech is not protected by the Constitution." Ars Technica 6/22
"Report: Samsung Galaxy S III phone explodes in user's car in Ireland" MacDailyNews 6/22
"Microsoft Shrouded The Surface In 'Apple Levels Of Secrecy' By Designing It In A Secret Underground Bunker" Business Insider 6/22
"Microsoft's Surface tablet said to be Wi-Fi only at launch; no 4G, no 3G, no 2G, not even 1G" MacDailyNews 6/22
"Microsoft Gives Hardware Partners Some Hard Knocks" TechNewsWorld 8:44 AM
"Microsoft Tries to Etch a Future in Tablets: The software giant announces a new piece of hardware—and goes into competition with its own partners." Barron's 8:09 AM
"Microsoft re-Surfaces: takes aim at apple with new tablet, innovations" Boston Herald 8:23 AM
"Acer: Microsoft will fail if it copies Apple's hardware strategy" VentureBeat 7:56 PM
"Want to try Surface? Find a Microsoft store, if you can: If Microsoft limits Surface distribution to its stores, as it has said, initial sales likely won't go through the roof." CNET News 8:03 PM
"'Apple iPad rival' Microsoft Surface to be wi-fi only" The Economic Times 7:57 AM
"Microsoft Surface tablet: iPad's new rival?" Rediff 8:04 AM
"3 Things to Watch with Microsoft Surface" The Motley Fool 8:30 AM
"PixelSense: The not-so-secret advantage of the Microsoft Surface tablet" Digital Trends 8:31 AM
"Microsoft 'Scratches' the Surface" TheStreet 8:38 AM
"Microsoft Surface can win you over" BetaNews 7:42 PM
"The 'do not touch' Microsoft Surface touch tablets" ZDNet 7:53 PM
"Microsoft: So Close, Yet So Far Away" The Motley Fool 8:35 PM
"The Next Challenge for This Tech Giant" ["The big news in technology stocks this week was Microsoft's unveiling of its Surface tablet. Will it be a big enough hit to put a dent in the dominant market share of Apple's iPad?"] The Motley Fool 8:25 AM
"Microsoft: Should They Buy Nokia? (Video)" Forbes 7:46 PM
"Microsoft Did Not Sacrifice Existing Windows Phone Users For WP8" Forbes 8:24 AM
"Predictions and Suggestions for Microsoft's Upcoming Product Lineup" Redmond Magazine 8:43 AM
"3 Signs Microsoft Is Set to Explode" The Motley Fool 7:54 PM
"Carriers Throw Support Behind Windows Phone 8; Verizon Most Important For Fledgling Platform" MobileBloom 8:44 AM
"FTC commissioner slams Microsoft do not track plan" BtoB Magazine 8:45 AM
"Select developers can get inside Microsoft's SmartGlass" PhysOrg 8:44 AM
"In China, a PC giant rises to challenge Hewlett-Packard" Silicon Valley 7:43 PM
"HP may cut up to 1,000 jobs in Germany - magazine" Reuters 8:40 AM
"IBM Serves New Tennis Analytics At Wimbledon" InformationWeek 8:34 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Shareholder's Lawsuit Dismissed over Mark Hurd" eStocksDaily [Free Registration Required] 8:40 AM
"Google slashes price for using Google Maps API: Shortly after Apple dumped Google Maps for iOS, Google announces it's time to dramatically cut the price for others using the online service. Google also gives a plug for its map-based ad service." CNET News 8:32 AM
"Dow Ends Down Week on Up Note" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/22
"Stocks look to recover: U.S. stocks were headed for a mixed open Friday, a day after plunging on fears of slow global growth ahead of Moody's downgrade of several major banks." CNNMoney 6/22
"Canada stocks waver on CPI, inflation data" MarketWatch 6/22
"Asia Stocks Fall on Growth Concerns" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/22
"Asian Stocks Drop, Led by Miners, on Commodity Prices, U.S. Data" Bloomberg 6/22
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks drop on growth outlook fears" MarketWatch 6/22
"Europe Stocks Pare Losses" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/22
"European Stocks Retreat as German Business Confidence Declines" Bloomberg 6/22
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks close out week with 1% gain/Spain's IBEX 35 index rises after bank stress test" MarketWatch 6/22
"World markets slump on double dose of bad news" CNNMoney 6/22
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 6/22
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 6/22
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