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"Munich I Regional Court scheduled ten Qualcomm v. Apple decisions for tomorrow (December 20)"
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"The Secret Of Apple's Success In Selling Premium Tech As An Affordable Luxury" Roughly Drafted Beta 10:49 AM
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"Apple needs to revisit its own developer rules after spamming Carpool Karaoke notifications: It's the U2 debacle all over again" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
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"Facebook allegedly gave Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix and Spotify special access to user data: Privacy-schmivacy" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
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"Facebook enabled Apple devices to obfuscate data sharing from users, report says: A damning report on Tuesday provides further details on Facebook's shady data sharing practices, already under intense scrutiny for the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, suggesting the social media giant enabled Apple devices to surreptitiously collect information about users without their — or apparently Apple's — knowledge." AppleInsider 7:31 AM
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"What came true and what didn't for Apple in 2018: Jason Snell ended last year with hopes and dreams for 2018. Here's a look at what became reality and what didn't." Macworld 10:37 AM
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"Apple makes available second developer betas of macOS Mojave 10.14.3, tvOS 12.1.2, and iOS 12.1.3: Apple's beta release program for macOS Mojave 10.14.3, and tvOS 12.1.2 churns on with second releases of both, plus a renumbered iOS 12.1.3 'second beta.'" AppleInsider 1:12 PM
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"How to download and install macOS 10.14.3 developer beta 2 to your Mac: If you are a developer and want to know what to expect in macOS 10.14.3, here is how to install the developer beta." iMore 1:11 PM
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"How to create a Smart Playlist of your loved songs in Apple Music" iDownload Blog 9:02 AM
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"How to save your Desktop and Documents folder to iCloud Drive in macOS Mojave" Apple World Today 8:53 AM
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"Tips: Five different ways how to find your hidden files on macOS/Apple is wise to hide certain key files so that they can't be edited or deleted by accident but this can be very inconvenient from time to time. Fortunately, Apple also provides five completely different ways to reveal them all. AppleInsider details how to pick the right technique for you and then how to use it." AppleInsider 7:49 AM
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"VirtualBox 6.0 released with improved graphics and hardware support" Liliputing 10:00 AM
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"MacX MediaTrans Major Update- Simplify Data Backup & Sync without iTunes" prMac 9:37 AM
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"Excel Software Ships MacA&D 5.1 & MacTranslator 4.1 for Software Design" prMac 9:23 AM
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"Data Creator 1.7 for macOS to create demo data content exportable to use for presentaions and test" Ecleti 8:53 AM
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"Orders: Manage your customer orders. Orders 1.4 is an application for Mac to archive your company sales orders, typically coming in tabled or form orders, after a previous preprocessing or directly from web servers or other sources. " Ecleti 8:57 AM
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"App Store shoppers will soon be able to gift in-app purchases: Apple on Wednesday altered its App Store guidelines to allow sending in-app purchases as gifts, extending gifting beyond just apps themselves." AppleInsider 4:59 PM
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"Apple TV's first 'zero sign-in' partner delays feature until 2019: Apple's site has been quietly updated to reflect the change" The Verge 7:53 AM
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"Zero Sign-on now live on Apple TV, but Spectrum TV app delayed to 2019" 9to5Mac 9:01 AM
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"Apple TV's zero sign-on goes live for Spectrum subscribers, but no app in sight: Apple and Charter Spectrum appear to have flipped the switch on zero sign-on functions for the Apple TV, even though a promised Spectrum cable app is still missing in action." AppleInsider 9:36 AM
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"Nasa hack exposes space agency staff's data" BBC 10:10 AM
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"As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants: Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people's data than it has disclosed." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7:35 AM
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"Facebook's Data Sharing: 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:35 AM
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"Facebook let outside companies read its users' private messages for years" Telegraph 7:35 AM
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"Facebook Caps Off 2018 With Yet Another Massive Privacy Scandal" Gizmodo 7:27 AM
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"Facebook's data sharing excesses even surprised its 'partners': Apple, Netflix, Spotify and even Yandex had more access than they should have." Engadget 7:28 AM
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"Facebook Drags Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon Into Latest Privacy Controversy" Thurrott 7:34 AM
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"Facebook's data-sharing deals exposed" BBC 7:31 AM
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"Facebook bans hundreds more pages relating to Myanmar conflict: The latest takedown involved pages reaching millions of people." Engadget 7:28 AM
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"The first big phone of 2019 has a Snapdragon 855 and 12GB RAM: Lenovo-no, they didn't!" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
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"The first Samsung phone to feature a notch is coming soon, and it's not the Galaxy S10" BGR 7:30 AM
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"Galaxy S10 spotted in the wild with barely-there bezels, in-screen camera: Device gets papped on a South Korean subway" The Inquirer 7:27 AM
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"Huawei evaluates options for consumer operations in Brazil: The company needs a local partner to resume sales of mobiles and other products." ZDNet 7:17 AM
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"Cloudera Machine Learning release takes cloud-native path: By updating its Data Science Workbench with a new edition to run on Kubernetes clusters, is it opening the door toward a broader cloud-native transformation for its product portfolio?" ZDNet 7:17 AM
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"Ars takes a first tour of the length of The Boring Company's test tunnel: Still too soon to tell if this is a revolution in transportation." Ars Technica 7:31 AM
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"Facebook Data Breach Redux, 5G Rollouty – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-19" The Mac Observer 5:03 PM
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"Apple Cloud Services, Password Management, Apple Leadership, with Peter Cohen -ACM 493" The Mac Observer 5:00 PM
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"Clockwise #273: I'm In Troubletown" Six Colors 4:45 PM
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"MacVoices #18239: Josh Centers Takes Control of Notes" MacVoices 1:27 PM
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"Apple says some 2018 iPad Pro units ship with bent chassis, not considered a defect: Apple on Wednesday confirmed 'some' 2018 iPad Pro models ship out to consumers with a slightly bent chassis, though the company says the deformation does not degrade performance and is not considered a defect." AppleInsider 6:27 PM
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"Apple Says Some 2018 iPad Pros Ship Bent, But It's Normal and Not a Defect" MacRumors 6:50 PM
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"Some 2018 iPad Pros ship slightly bent, Apple says it's normal" SlashGear 9:15 PM
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"New Apple Patent Outlines Work on Wraparound Display" The Mac Observer 11:04 AM
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"Is Google purposefully breaking Microsoft, Apple browsers on its websites? Some insiders are confident it is: Google's doing to Microsoft what Microsoft did to everyone in the 1990s, allegedly" The Register 10:13 AM
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"Apple Music coming to non-Amazon Alexa devices someday: Amazon has confirmed that Apple Music will in fact migrate to third-party Alexa powered devices, but we're not sure how long you'll have to wait for it." AppleInsider 9:36 AM
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"Amazon Confirms More Alexa-Enabled Speakers Will Eventually Support Apple Music" MacRumors 10:48 AM
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"Apple Confirms iOS 12.1.2 Addresses Qualcomm Patents, Introduces New Force Closing App Animation in China" MacRumors 10:00 AM
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"A new iOS 12 update is here and iPhone users will want to get it right away" TrustedReviews 10:15 AM
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"How to install tvOS 12.1.2 developer beta 2 on your Apple TV: Installing the tvOS 12.1.2 beta is more complex than an iOS or macOS beta, but it's also for developers only." iMore 1:11 PM
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"How to download watchOS 5.1.3 beta 2 to your Apple Watch: Installing the watchOS 5.1.2 beta is more complex than an iOS or macOS beta, but it's also for developers only." iMore 6:45 PM
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"PSA: Apple's $29 iPhone battery replacement program ends soon/If you've been putting off getting your iPhone battery replaced at a discounted rate, time is running out." ZDNet 12:37 PM
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"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:52 AM
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"13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:52 AM
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"Amazon drops 2018 iPads down to $229 ($100 off) with free delivery by Christmas" AppleInsider 7:31 AM
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"Review: Satechi USB-C Mobile Pro Hub adds useful ports but causes issues for early adopters/The Satechi USB-C Mobile Pro Hub adds some beneficial ports to the latest iPad Pros, but can cause more frustration if you've got new Mac hardware and have already adapted to USB-C than it may solve." AppleInsider 2:04 PM
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"Is the HomePod wireless?" iMore 6:47 PM
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"Best Mac mini cases in 2018" iMore 1:12 PM
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"The Best iPad Cases: Did you buy the latest, greatest (and relatively inexpensive) Apple iPad? Protect your tablet with one of our picks for best iPad cases." PC Magazine 12:17 PM
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"Best Photography Cases for iPhone 8 Plus in 2018" iMore 11:26 AM
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"Goodbye iPhone XR: Signal strength and size bring me back to the iPhone XS/In my quest to find the perfect iPhone for myself, I switched back to the Apple iPhone XS after testing the XS Max and XR. It all came down to a couple key elements." ZDNet 8:30 AM
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"Review: Nekteck 90W USB-C power brick is affordable, PD certified and has a captive cable" iDownload Blog 9:01 AM
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"The Kwilt2 and Kwilt3 make it easy to set up and use a personal cloud" Apple World Today 8:52 AM
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"First look: Drobo 8D Thunderbolt 3 direct-attached RAID array/It's bigger, faster, and has more capacity than any previous direct-attached Drobo. But it's the first since the company was bought out by StorCentric. Is this new box still really a Drobo? Read and find out." ZDNet 9:27 AM
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"Cavalier Maverick portable Bluetooth and WiFi speaker system with built-in Alexa review" The Gadgeteer 9:59 AM
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"The 8 Best iPhone and Android Apps to Help You Eat Healthier" MakeUseOf 11:26 AM
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"The best iPhone bike mounts: These choice iPhone bike mounts hold your phone so you don't have to" Digital Trends 7:54 AM
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"How to disable automatic app downloads on iPhone and iPad" 9to5Mac 8:03 PM
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"How to sell an old iPhone: You could get hundreds for your old iPhone from Apple, a third-party buyback company or eBay. Here's how to get the best price for your old handset" Macworld UK 11:25 AM
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"Why Tech Goes Obsolete and What We Can Do About It" TFOT 11:25 AM
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"Holiday Gift Guide: These service subscriptions for Mac users make great last minute gifts" AppleInsider 10:48 AM
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"Enable animated Weather-centric wallpapers and information system-wide with Asteroid" iDownload Blog 7:54 AM
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"How to Rescue, Repair and Revive Old Family Photos: If the march of time is eroding your personal picture archive, give your beloved images new life." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:48 AM
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"Why is Apple allowing iPad Pros to leave the factory with a slight bend?" BGR 7:40 PM
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"Apple's New iPhone Faces Destructively Long Delay" Forbes 7:30 PM
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"Last Pass confirms huge increase in use of password managers since iOS 12" Apple Must 5:02 PM
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"4 cases where 3D Touch is a superior feature to a simple long press" phoneArena 9:01 AM
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"Comment: Now is the time for Apple to really market privacy to mass-market consumers" 9to5Mac 7:54 AM
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"Apple's Newest Mac Pro Turns Five Years Old Today" MacRumors 7:37 AM
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"Apple's iPhone strategy isn't working in India" BGR 7:30 AM
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"Why Is The Split Keyboard Not Available On iPad Pros?" Daring Fireball 7:29 AM
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"Yes, Chromebooks can and do get infected" Malwarebytes 10:38 AM
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"The economic impacts of climate change could limit climate change: Lowered GDP would mean lower emissions." Ars Technica 9:36 AM
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"Amnesty International used machine-learning to quantify the scale of abuse against women on Twitter" TechCrunch 7:37 AM
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"How one hacked laptop led to an entire network being compromised" ZDNet 7:17 AM
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"Would You Have Sex With a Robot? A survey from dating site SaucyDates.com asked both men and women that question and found that over a quarter of online daters would give AI a try in the bedroom." PC Magazine 7:13 AM
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"DirecTV Now for iOS updated with 2018 iPad Pro optimization, expanded Cloud DVR support, more" 9to5Mac 7:29 PM
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"Shot on iPhone XR and iPhone XS: Holiday cheer, winter landscapes and more" Apple 1:06 PM
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"Apple features iPhone XS and iPhone XR winter photography in new 'Shot on iPhone' collection" AppleInsider 1:12 PM
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"6 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on December 19th" BGR 10:09 AM
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"Recent, Notable Guests on TMO's Background Mode Podcast: Jeff Gamet, Dr. Kiki Sanford" The Mac Observer 5:01 PM
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"Microsoft issues emergency update to fix critical IE flaw under active exploit: Memory corruption vulnerability allows drive-by attacks." Ars Technica 8:41 PM
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"Microsoft's new Office app for Windows 10 is coming to all Office users for free: Microsoft is replacing its existing 'My Office' app with a new Office app for Windows 10: a Progressive Web App which will be available to all Office users 'soon.'" ZDNet 12:45 PM
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"What will you get with a Microsoft 365 consumer subscription? After successfully rolling out its Windows-plus-Office bundle for enterprise customers, Microsoft is working on a consumer version. Here are my predictions on what that subscription will include." ZDNet 6:50 PM
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"Windows 10 October Update is now finally available to 'advanced users': We assume that means anyone over the age of 80" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
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"Windows 10 19H1 Build 18305 Introduces Windows Sandbox, Simplified Start Menu, New Settings UI, More" Thurrott 1:41 PM
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"Microsoft Surface Go With LTE Review: The Best Netbook/A little of the future with too much of the past" The Verge 7:44 AM
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"Microsoft brings PDF text annotations to OneDrive iOS app in the latest update" MSPoweruser 7:46 AM
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"40 jobs as Sheffield tech firm partners Microsoft on rural internet" The Star 7:45 AM
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"Cortana Gets Microsoft To-Do Integration" Thurrott 10:36 AM
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"OneDrive Is Getting a Fluent Design Refresh on the Web" Thurrott 10:36 AM
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"Minecraft lays its last brick on Xbox 360, other last-gen consoles: PS3, Wii U, Vita owners in search of updates will have to get another version." Ars Technica 1:13 PM
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"HP laptop spotted with Nvidia GeForce MX250 GPU" Hexus 7:41 AM
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"HP Chromebook x2 review: A better bet and bargain than the Google Pixel Slate/Less money and fewer bugs, but the same frustrations." PCWorld 7:39 AM
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"Asus launches AMD-powered laptops VivoBook X505 and F570 in India: Asus chooses AMD Ryzen CPUs for its new mainstream and Thin and Light gaming laptop. Both models sell exclusively on Paytm Mall." digit 7:40 AM
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"Intel Unveils 10-Nanometer Sunny Cove Processors For 2019: Will They Power Future MacBooks?" Brinkwire 7:43 AM
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"Intel's all-new next-gen processors will be ready this time next year" Pocket-lint 7:44 AM
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"Intel and ESL's new partnership invests $100m into 'accelerating esports growth': 'This partnership opens even more opportunities for us'" MCV 7:43 AM
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"Intel has the world's largest 360-degree movie set: It's a 10,000 square-foot geodesic dome" TechSpot 7:41 AM
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"IBM Sells Lotus Notes to India's HCL, But Has it Got a Future?" Toolbox 7:42 AM
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"IRS Linux move delayed by lingering Oracle Solaris systems: A recent Treasury audit report revealed an IRS IT move from Solaris to Linux was delayed due to gross incompetence." ZDNet 4:43 PM
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"Oracle introduces hybrid cloud solution: for its own cloud: Combination of on-premises and cloud services works great if you are invested in Oracle's cloud." Network World 7:45 AM
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"Gigabyte Launches a $900 Motherboard: It's an E-ATX Z390 motherboard aimed at overclockers wanting a Core i9 processor and setup for watercooling. The fact it costs $900 suggests it's only going to be of interest to the most extreme (and wealthy) overclockers out there." PC Magazine 12:17 PM
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"Jeffries cuts Apple stock target to $225, remains hopeful about Services success" AppleInsider 10:48 AM
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"iPhone sales may disappoint, but Jefferies says Apple's services margins will blow estimates out of the water" CNBC 9:01 AM
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"Canalys on Apple in India: 'It's been a rout'" Apple 3.0 7:50 AM
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"Stocks tumble after Fed raises rates again, lowers expectations for hikes next year: Dow swings nearly 900 points in another volatile day of trade" MarketWatch 4:27 PM
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"Stocks Hit New Lows After Early Rally as Fed Hikes Key Rate: Stocks plunged Wednesday afternoon following the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates by a quarter point." TheStreet 4:27 PM
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"Dow Jones Eyes 700-Point Weekly Loss After Fed Rate Hike; This Stock Market Leader Holds Firm" Investor's Business Daily 4:28 PM
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"Stocks skid to 15-month low after Fed raises rates again" Associated Press 4:28 PM
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"Dow, S&P 500 having worst month since 1931 as Grinch hits Wall St." FOXBusiness 4:28 PM
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"UPS expects more than 1M returns a day up to Christmas" FOXBusiness 7:47 AM
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"Stocks End Lower After Fed Lifts Rates: Dow falls 352 points as worries about higher interest rates and slowing growth pushed indexes down" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:28 PM
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"Japan Inc heads abroad in $180bn deal rush" MarketWatch 7:48 AM
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"Italy leads European markets higher; investors hope for a dovish Fed hike: Deal news rallies Glaxo shares; banks gain on Italy optimism" MarketWatch 7:48 AM
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