"Morgan Stanley: Apple may sell 190 million iPhones next year/A proprietary survey finds demand for iPads and iPhones much stronger than expected" Fortune 7:48 AM
"Apple Is About To Sell A Mind Boggling Number Of iPhones" Business Insider 9:00 AM
"AAPL: Morgan Stanley Survey Sees Higher-Than-Expected iPhone Demand" Barron's 9:56 AM
"Apple Stores: How Much is Too Much of a Good Thing?" Forbes 10:07 AM
"Apple to open R&D center in Israel: Report" Reuters 7:26 AM
"Report: Apple ups ante with Israel R&D center" EE Times 10:29 AM
"Apple mulls new chip boffinry HQ in Israel: R&D centre threat to Samsung" The Register 7:47 AM
"What Apple seeks in Israel: In many ways, Intel is the model for Apple's plans for an Israeli development center." Globes 2:40 PM
"Inside Anobit: Why Apple is investing in flash RAM technology" AppleInsider 7:26 AM
"2011"s Most Momentous Moments for Apple" MacNewsWorld 8:03 AM
"Apple-HTC patent case faces further delay at ITC" CNET News 7:47 AM
"Perfect Photo Suite 6 review: Collection of tools for image retouching with some special effects thrown in" Macworld UK 8:04 AM
"Kaspersky ONE review: Protect Macs, PCs and non-Apple mobile devices in one go" Macworld UK 8:04 AM
"Microsoft Outlook 2011 for the Mac — Still Not Quite Usable" The Tech Night Owl 8:19 AM
"Advanced text handling tips in OS X" MacFixIt 2:48 PM
"What Can I Do? My Mac is Running Slow: (1) Applications" eXtensions 8:23 AM
"What Can I Do? My Mac is Running Slow: (2) The Hard Disk" eXtensions 8:23 AM
"Jump to the Most Recently Used Desktop Space with a Hidden Gesture in OS X Lion" OS X Daily 8:07 AM
"How to Restore from a SuperDuper! Backup" Macinstruct 8:47 AM
"Change The Name of Your Bluetooth Device" The Mac Observer 2:36 PM
"How To Turn Your Mac's Desktop Into A Moving, Living, Custom Environment" Mac 360 8:23 AM
"2,800 Graphic Illustrations For Pages Or Keynote" Mac 360 8:23 AM
"Change the Desktop Wallpaper Automatically in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 8:07 AM
"How To: Boot Camp – Minimise & Hide In Mac OS X" MacTrast 8:05 AM
"How to Keep Applications Running in OS X" The Mac Observer 3:29 PM
"Making Finder BeachBalls go away without rebooting" Mac OS X Hints 9:44 AM
Op/Ed
"Lion discussion rolls along with more about iCal group-scheduling problems; various user interface elements; auto-save, versions, Save As and Duplicate; preferences; etc." MacInTouch 3:59 PM
"One Minor Hiccup: As it turns out, there was one item from my laptop drive failure a few weeks ago that didn't end at all like I expected." MacNews Blog 8:24 AM
"Christmas Wish: iMessage For Mac OSX" AppleBitch 8:22 AM
"Apple breaks into top 10 'best' companies to work for" MacNN 7:26 AM
"Apple and Tim Cook Fare Well in Survey of Best Places to Work" MacRumors 10:11 AM
"Jobs named 'Most Fascinating' by Walters" WTOP 8:43 AM
"Nielsen: iPhone & Android own 83% of U.S. smartphone market" Fortune 8:18 AM
"Report: The Rise of Smartphones, Apps and the Mobile Web" Nielsen 8:18 AM
"Smartphone use exploding, Apple's iPhone 4 remains on top" AppleInsider 2:39 PM
"iPhone, iPad Apps Bring in Four Times the Revenue of Android" ITProPortal 8:18 AM
"Apple among most searched in Google Zeitgeist 2011" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 2:40 PM
"Acer chairman optimistic about Wintel" DigiTimes 7:57 AM
"Acer: Apple share to weaken in two years, Android to be flat" Electronista 7:57 AM
"Acer chairman sees Mac growth stalling in face of ultrabook surge" AppleInsider 8:00 AM
"Wozniak: Apple Couldn't Emerge in Singapore/Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, said a company like Apple could not emerge in societies like Singapore where 'bad behavior is not tolerated' and people are not taught to think for themselves." WSJ Blogs 8:14 AM
"The 'iPhone 5' and scampi feature in Google's top UK searches of 2011" The Next Web 8:08 AM
"Calif. Mini-Store To Move Into Expanded Space" ifoAppleStore 8:00 AM
"Apple pulls driver's license app from store amid fears it is being used to make fake IDs" Daily Mail (UK) 7:27 AM
"Kindle Fire's 'one-click' sales draw concerns" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:06 AM
"WD slashes warranty periods on Blue and Green drives: Western Digital is cutting the distribution warranty period for Caviar Blue, Caviar Green and Scorpio Blue drives from three to two years." The Register 11:01 AM
"Quest extends Unix Sudo tool: Enterprises can now run user compliance reports against Sudo" IDG News Service 10:43 AM
"Game on at NYU: Vid kids' degree" New York Post 10:38 AM
"ST claims world's first contactless wafer test" EE Times 10:21 AM
"Acer To Cut Product Lines By Two Thirds In 2012, Bet Heavily On Ultrabooks" TechCrunch 10:57 AM
"Facebook Timeline goes live worldwide" CBS News 10:13 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Sale Now for $299.99: Verizon" eWeek 10:22 AM
"Sony Ericsson Xperia owners get 50GB of free online storage: The smartphone maker is working with cloud storage company Box" IDG News Service 10:30 AM
"Sony Playstation Chief: Vita Has Advantages Over 3DS at Launch" IDG News Service 10:41 AM
"Google to Invest $120 Million in Singapore Data Center" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:43 AM
"Pressure Mounts on RIM: With Stock Plunging to New Lows, Fresh Calls for Change to Co-CEO Structure" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"Tango Moves Beyond Video Calls Alone" WSJ Blogs 9:36 AM
"Apple TV Doing Pretty Well For A 'Hobby'" MacNews 8:47 AM
"Another way to fetishize Apple: T-shirts" Mac.Blorge 8:40 AM
"Why Eric Schmidt's prediction about Android vs. iOS development is dead wrong" Network World 8:24 AM
"Steve Jobs rejected cancer treatment due to unconventional beliefs, says his close friend: Late Apple co-founder insistent on alternative methods of treatment despite repeated pleas from family, friends" xinmsn 8:15 AM
"Steve Jobs and the 'Think Different' ad: The untold story" CNET News 10:33 AM
"Forbes offers insight into how Steve Jobs initially felt about Apple's 'Think Different' ad" TiPb 8:31 AM
"Turns Out Steve Jobs Wasn't the Driving Force of the Think Different Ads After All" Gizmodo 7:58 AM
Non-Apple
"3 Reasons to Believe in the Death of 'Smartphones'" The Motley Fool 9:26 PM
"RIM paints a rosy fiscal picture, but challenges loom" GigaOM 8:57 PM
"Bill Gates to remain full-time philanthropist, full-time Windows user: Microsoft founder characterizes Steve Jobs as brilliant, but bitter over Windows success" InfoWorld 4:29 PM
"The hits and misses of Twitter's 2011 redesign" ZDNet 11:10 AM
"Tech 2012: Please Don't Call These Predictions/A few best- and worst-case scenarios for the year ahead, on Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and more." Techland 11:02 AM
"In Search of the Tech-Savvy Airport" PCWorld 10:41 AM
"Chrome 15 Beats Out IE8 As World's Most Popular Browser" PCWorld 10:41 AM
"Carrier IQ Poses a Threat Despite Good Intentions" PCWorld 10:40 AM
"Facebook Timelines: How to Get Started" PCWorld 10:40 AM
"Best written video games of 2011" [Video Report] MSNBC 10:36 AM
"2011's best mobile devices: The InfoWorld picks" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 10:30 AM
"The best of Network World's Gift Guide 2011: Our intrepid gift guide guru Keith Shaw travels the world looking for tech gifts to put under your tree" Network World 10:43 AM
"Joy to the sticks: 9 gifts for hard-core gamers" [Slideshow] The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:27 AM
"Tech Companies in 2012: Who's Hot, Who's Not?" E-Commerce Times 10:21 AM
"The Web in 2012: Five predictions, starting with IE10" CNET News 9:59 AM
"Are 'digital drivers' the new drunk drivers?" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:27 AM
"Samsung's Galaxy S-II Meets AT&T's New LTE/4G Network: Contributor Gary Krakow reports on the new Samsung Galaxy S-II Skyrocket a near perfect blend of Samsung technology and AT&T's new blazingly fast LTE data network." [Video Report] TheStreet 9:52 AM
"Big Data in 2012: Five Predictions" Forbes 9:52 AM
"Time for a leadership change at RIM" CNNMoney 9:31 AM
"Seven Ways to Get Yourself Hacked: As targeted scams become more common, it's vital to protect yourself." Technology Review 10:58 AM
"The once and future WebOS" ["Open Source WebOS, then, is really an anti-IBM and -Oracle (Sun) strategy more than anything else. ... Whitman may talk a good game, but I don't think her troops are ready to be that bold. I think they'll flinch, perhaps without even telling her, and make WebOS a little less open than it should be. And by doing so they'll let WebOS fail."] I, Cringely 7:59 AM
"Microsoft's new iPad keyboard will set you back $50" The Next Web 2:49 PM
"Full Episodes Of NBC Shows Now Showing On iPhone" Apple'n'Apps 2:48 PM
"SportsPicker Mobile helps sports junkies make picks" The Loop 2:50 PM
"Choose Your Winning Sports Teams with SportsPicker Mobile" The Mac Observer 2:35 PM
"ArtRage for iPhone Fun Painting App Now Launched - To be Demoed at CES" Thomas PR 2:35 PM
"Carabiner Clip for iPhone Possibly Pointless" Wired 11:06 AM
"Google lets iOS users doodle on their emails" TG Daily 11:05 AM
"iStopMotion for iPad, Boinx Software's latest addition to the iStopMotion family of products, will be released today, December 15th, at 1pm." Boinx Software 10:12 AM
"Paragon Software Decks the Halls with Holiday Savings for Mobile and PC Users, and Announces Year-End Results! Up to 50% off reference and productivity applications for Android, bada OS, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and desktop PCs!" Paragon 9:37 AM
"Iron Maiden's Daughter Slaughter Lesson for Apple's iTunes App Store" Forbes 9:12 AM
"ZENS Launches First Qi Wireless Charging Apple iPhone Products in China With Channel Partners" PRNewswire 8:51 AM
"Amphetamobile Develops AMMO RACK App for SciVerse Applications" PRNewswire 8:51 AM
"Fight for Survival and Avenge Your Fallen Soldiers in Glu Mobile's New Military Shooter Frontline Commando" PRNewswire 8:51 AM
"Glu Mobile Takes You from Rags to Riches with Stardom: The A-List" PRNewswire 8:51 AM
"Handelabra Studio Officially Releases Uncle Slam: iPad fighting game pits U.S. presidents against each other in rock-em, sock-em boxing match" PRNewswire 8:51 AM
"Excited Elf Makes iPhone® App" PRNewswire 8:50 AM
"Free GamePrices iPhone App Helps Video Game Shoppers Save Money" PRNewswire 8:50 AM
"FXDD Launches JForex Mobile App for iPhone and iPad" PRNewswire 8:50 AM
"OnSwipe: Make your site 'swipeable' on the iPad" SocialMedia 8:43 AM
"Roambi Flow, Roambi Analytics Named Best Business Apps in App Store Rewind 2011" Business Wire 8:30 AM
"Innovative iPhone Game, Persuasion, Enhances Gaming Experience" Business Wire 8:30 AM
"Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition Now Available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Devices" Business Wire 8:30 AM
"Grand Theft Auto 3 Comes to the iPhone, iPad" The Mac Observer 8:19 AM
"Grand Theft Auto 3 Now Available for iPhone and Android" Mashable 8:17 AM
"Smule releases Magic Guitar for Apple mobile devices" VentureBeat 8:11 AM
"Record streaming TV on your iPhone or iPad with TV Anytime" TiPb 8:10 AM
"EA Releases Trenches II For iOS: Enlist Now" App Advice 7:55 AM
"ArtRage for iPhone Fun Painting App Now Launched" PRWeb 7:27 AM
"iOS App PhoneTree Messenger Changes Name to Caller101" prMac 4:16 PM
"iStopMotion for iPad Makes Storytelling Magical" prMac 2:36 PM
"It's Story Time with Koto Go Silence: Children's App for iPhone and iPad" prMac 10:30 AM
"FreeAppEachDay.com - Paid Apps for Free. Inviting Free Developer Sign Up" prMac 10:30 AM
"GAMEVIL Launches Physics-Puzzler Toy Shot on to the App Store" prMac 10:29 AM
"Maya Collapse Match the new Maya civilization game shakes the App Store" prMac 9:56 AM
"MegaCubic Invites All to Join the Final Day of Luck n' Roll Sweepstakes" prMac 9:42 AM
"PLapp Available at Special Price to Celebrate App Store Rewind Selection" prMac 9:39 AM
"Interactive Storybook App Promotes Visual Literacy In Middle Graders" prMac 9:12 AM
"Digifilm Releases Dirty Salsa Pro and Dirty Salsa mini for iPad & iPhone" prMac 9:03 AM
"IBM buys Emptoris for contract managment, supply software: The move adds to IBM's family of commerce-related applcations" IDG News Service 10:44 AM
"IBM to buy Emptoris: International Business Machines Corp. agreed to acquire Emptoris Inc., as the tech giant continues to place an emphasis on Web-based software company purchases." MarketWatch 9:44 AM
"IBM Buys Supply Chain Analytics Software Emptoris To Boost Smarter Commerce Offerings" TechCrunch 10:58 AM
"Are Dell's Earnings Worse Than They Look?" The Motley Fool 9:46 AM
"HP tightens severance policy for executives" Reuters 9:47 AM
"How HP and open source can save WebOS" InfoWorld 10:30 AM
"HP spends $1.5M on 3rd-quarter lobbying: Hewlett-Packard spends $1.5 million on 3rd-quarter lobbying, issues include trade, immigration" Associated Press 3:23 PM
"Microsoft Begins German Patent Cases Against Motorola Mobility" Bloomberg 9:52 AM
"Microsoft v. Motorola: three Munich hearings in a row, second hearings scheduled for March and April" Foss Patents 3:31 PM
"Why Microsoft Might Buy Nokia" Seeking Alpha 9:53 AM
"Bill Gates confirms he will not return to Microsoft full-time" ZDNet 11:11 AM
"Microsoft opens instant-messaging for all comers" CNET News 9:58 AM
"Microsoft gets silent upgrade religion, will push IE auto-updates" Computerworld 10:17 AM
"Microsoft to Auto-Upgrade Internet Explorer Users" PC Magazine 10:39 AM
"Microsoft Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Compliance Clash/Microsoft dials up the rhetoric and says take that, unidentified competitor whose name begins with the letters 'Google.'" InformationWeek 10:03 AM
"Windows 8 aims to take pain out of managing passwords" CNET News 3:28 PM
"Oracle: Stepping On Toes And Offering No Apologies" Seeking Alpha 11:18 AM
"Oracle spends $1.26M on 3rd-quarter lobbying: Oracle spends nearly $1.3 million on 3rd-quarter lobbying; issues include taxes, immigration" Associated Press 3:25 PM
"AMD looks at its options under new CEO" MarketWatch 9:43 AM
"AMD spends $120,000 on 3rd-quarter lobbying" Associated Press 3:21 PM
"LG to tune in TVs to Intel's WiDi: Intel has won LG's backing for its Wireless Display (WiDi) video-over-Wi-Fi initiative." Register Hardware 11:01 AM
"Intel spends $878K on 3rd-quarter lobbying: Intel spends $878,000 on 3rd-quarter lobbying, issues include trade, immigration" Associated Press 3:24 PM
"Cisco OnPlus Managed Services Aimed at Small Businesses: OnPlus Service is offered at a list price of $250, which includes an OnPlus Network Agent appliance." eWeek 10:23 AM
"Tiny ribbons could cool computers" TG Daily 11:00 AM
"Street mixed on further semicap deals: Some see further possibilities for consolidation in chip gear sector" MarketWatch 11:16 AM
"Robust tech hiring expected in 2012 for Bay Area" Contra Costa Times 10:18 AM
"IDC: Tablet sales underwhelm in Q3, but strong holiday season expected" Computerworld 10:17 AM
"Stocks Break Losing Streak: Stocks gained after investors took heart from stronger U.S. economic data, snapping a three-day losing streak, but finished off session highs after another warning about Europe's sovereign-debt crisis." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:01 PM
"Stocks set to bounce on jobless claims" CNNMoney 9:31 AM
"Mexican stocks face third consecutive loss" MarketWatch 3:19 PM
"U.K. stocks rise led by insurance stocks: Old Mutual rallies after firm announces sale of Nordic business" MarketWatch 9:43 AM
"Asian Shares Tumble" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:43 AM
"Asian Stocks Decline as Economies Slow, Europe Concern Flares" Bloomberg 11:05 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia markets slide on Europe, growth fears" MarketWatch 9:38 AM
"European Stocks Advance on Economic Data; Old Mutual Shares Gain" Bloomberg 11:06 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rebound, led by Old Mutual/Swiss franc rises as SNB affirms euro floor at CHF1.2" MarketWatch 9:38 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 3:22 PM
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