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Friday Highlights: Citing inside information, 9 to 5 Mac reports of new details on Jony Ive's redesign of iOS 7 which will be "black, white, and flat all over", additional coverage in our Hardware/Software section; in what sounds like bad news for Apple, Judge in e-book antitrust case believes the US Department of Justice has sufficient evidence to show Apple guilty of price-fixing; fellow defendant, Penguin, decides to settle with DoJ; more OS X spyware has been found by researchers; WWDC keynote to land on 10 June; Macworld advises upgrade to 11.0.3 citing app improvements; Macworld UK reviews Acorn 4, powerful, "affordable image editor"; restore your Mac from Time Machine; PopClip is a little app for OS X which presents an iOS-like clipboard aide; Techland lists what could be "the most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts"; should we be upset that Apple is thinking about ditching the folder structure of OS X?; iPhone 5 loses lead in camera tests to Samsung's Galaxy S4; Apple releases new ad for iPhone 5, Jay Yarow says the ad is "great"; reports in our General Interest section; Memorial Day weekend sale at Best Buy offers $50 off iPhone (begins Sunday); the first Apple computer made still works, on sale for $400,000; iPhone 5 repair costs rising; Mashable shows steps to take in order to sync your Facebook contacts to your iPhone; TUAW's Ross Rubin looks at all the companies that attempted to compete with the iPod in what he calls a "trail of tears"; AllThingsD's D11 conference is next week, Tim Cook to be interviewed, and here's a list of four questions Horace Dediu hopes will be asked; John Mello on the news surrounding the mysterious iWatch, now slated for a 2014 release; Ted Landau says the joy of Apple TV is not just having one, but many in the house.
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"iTunes Match: Apple halts UK subscriptions" T3 7:40 AM
"Why the iPad Is the Most Hated Gadget Ever" Cult of Mac 3:07 PM
"Apple, Microsoft now move battleground to mobile space" The Economic Times 8:45 PM
"Apple's struggle to defeat Amazon set to be exposed by European ebook inquiry: The deal that the iPad maker struck with publishers could be threatened by an inquiry into the prices people in the EU pay for their digital reading" The Guardian 8:47 PM
"Apple falls to 3rd place in the Chinese smartphone race" Fortune 8:47 PM
"2012 Looking Copacetic for iPhone, iPad Sales: Apple's iPhone and iPad will be seeing increased competition in the coming year, but it's not likely to rain on the company's parade. Analyst forecasts for sales of the devices appear to run the gamut from excellent to stupendous." MacNewsWorld 12/16
"Apple Fiscal Q1 2012: The Biggest Earnings Blowout In History?" Seeking Alpha 12/16
"Exclusive: Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip/Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas." Reuters 12/16
"Apple's A5 chip is built by Samsung: The processor that powers Apple's iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is being manufactured in Texas by rival Samsung" The Guardian 12/16
"Apple's A5 processors made on $3.6 billion Samsung production line in Texas, says Reuters" The Verge 12/16
"ITC to review a ruling on HTC patent suit vs Apple: The International Trade Commission said on Friday it will revisit in part a decision by an ITC administrative law judge, who had found 'no violation' by Apple of four HTC patents that include technologies for power management and phone dialing." Reuters 12/16
"Apple, Samsung Face Hurdles in Patent Suits: Judge" Bloomberg 12/16
"Some users Report problems accessing Apple's iTunes, iCloud: An error message says the user's password is incorrect - even when it isn't" IDG News Service 12/16
"Apple iTunes match music service launches with outage" BBC 12/16
"Fanbois locked out of iTunes store, iCloud in Apple outage" The Register 12/16
"Widespread iTunes and iCloud Apple ID 'Couldn't be Found' Outage [Fixed?] MacRumors 12/16
"OS X 10.7.3 (11D33), Now Available To Testers" RazorianFly 12/16
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To Configure Your Mac's Firewall" Macinstruct 9:36 PM
"Snapheal Mac App: Super-Impressive, Dead-Easy & Ridiculously Cheap Photo Manipulation [Review] Cult of Mac 12/16
"Bugs & Fixes: No green light for UltraViolet" Macworld 12/16
"Vue 10 Infinite review: Create amazing landscapes with sprawling vegetation and curving roads" Macworld UK 12/16
"Free App Of The Week: Feature Rich Audio Recording With Audacity" Mac 360 12/16
"What's The Mac App Bargain Of The Year? Hint: It's From Adobe" Mac 360 12/16
"Use Timing To Find Out Which Mac Apps You Use The Most" Mac 360 12/16
"Add Spacers to the Right-Side of the Dock in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 12/16
"Safari: Saved Searches & Finding Text on Pages" The Mac Observer 12/16
"5 Top Tips For TextEdit [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 12/16
"Mac Tip: Block Popup Ads In Safari" MacTrast 12/16
"iPhone 4 led U.S. smartphone gains in 2011" GigaOM 12/16
"Galaxy and iPhone to top smartphone holiday sales" Reuters 12/16
"Media Tablet Shipments Miss Third Quarter Targets, But New Entrants and Holiday Demand Will Spark Fourth Quarter Growth – IDC" MacPrices 12/16
"IDC Sees Apple's Q4 Tablet Share to Dip Below 60%" The Mac Observer 12/16
"A tasty iPad solution for busy restaurants" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"Apple struggles to take bigger bite out of China" Reuters 12/16
"Steve Jobs, Google+ and iPhone top Google's 2011 search list: Tech topics, led by Apple terms, were hot this year on the annual Google Zeitgeist list" Computerworld 12/16
"HP still Australia's top PC supplier, but Apple now number two [updated] iTWire 12/16
"Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life documentary now available on pay-per-view" The Next Web 12/16
"Walter Isaacson Considering Expanding Steve Jobs Biography" MacRumors 12/16
"Ronald Wayne shows off rare Apple documents: Includes abandoned Apple I case plans" MacNN 12/16
"iTunes Match streaming music service arrives in Canada" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"TV Shows fully available on Apple TV in Canada now" ehMac 12/16
"Apple Releases First '12 Days Of Christmas' Gift" RazorianFly 12/16
"New iTunes-only 'Avatar' offers rich interactive viewing" CNET News 12/16
"Siri Can Now Help You Shop At Best Buy" RazorianFly 12/16
"60 iPhones sing Deck the Halls: Some of them are painfully out of tune, but it's for a good cause" Fortune 12/16
"Woman Scammed In Buying MacBook/Inside the Police Reports: A woman paid $400 for an Apple MacBook Pro but she only received a binder." Patch 12/16
Non-Apple News
"The Nintendo 3DS finally gets Game Boy Advance games" CNET News 12/16
"Adobe promises patch for critical Acrobat and Reader flaw on Friday" V3 12/16
"Seagate matches and raises WD disk warranty cuts" The Register 12/16
"Drum machine shirt gives new meaning to beating your chest" Sydney Morning Herald 12/16
"Facebook leak: $1 billion 2011 profit" New York Post 12/16
"Walter Isaacson reveals subject of next biography: After Franklin, Einstein and Jobs, the best-selling biographer is setting his sights on a lesser known -- yet pioneering -- figure in technology history." Fortune 12/16
"Nokia to Reveal Comeback Plans in January" Forbes 12/16
"Flash Player 11.1 Arrives for Android Ice Cream Sandwich" PCWorld 12/16
"Google's Android Update Alliance Is Already Dead" PC Magazine 12/16
"Google's Siri-a-like to be named 'Majel' after Trek actress" The Register 12/16
"Sprint says 26M handsets have Carrier IQ; AT&T claims 900K: Both companies insist that the software is used only for diagnostic info" Computerworld 12/16
"'BioShock' creator talks history, writing and 'nerdity'" CNN 12/16
"Square Enix investigating possible hack" The Verge [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"Sony Looks for Vitality in Dying Breed: New PlayStation Vita Will Help Gauge Whether Consumers Will Continue to Buy Portable Videogame Machines" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/16
"Holding out hope in RIM's hometown" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"RIM's top bosses slash salaries to $1 a year" The Register 12/16
"RIMM: More Trouble In Motion/WSJ's Chip Cummings details more troubles facing Research in Motion, including lower global shipments for the BlackBerry and a long-awaited product revamp delayed until late 2012." [Video Report] MarketWatch 12/16
"Buying Guide: iPhone 4 and 4S cases" Macworld 12/16
"Gene Steinberg meets Macworld's Jason Snell, The Loop's Peter Cohen, and Steve 'Mr. Gadget' Kruschen this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/16
"Apple Gives Siri Hackers a Break: Things just got a little bit easier and possibly closer to legal for hackers trying to bring Apple's digital personal assistant Siri to iOS devices other than the iPhone 4S, according to a prominent iOS hacker." PCWorld 12/16
"iPhone 4 owners can legally get Siri--with some know-how" CNET News 12/16
"Report: Siri ports to iPhone 4 now legal" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"Viral Video: Walt Mossberg Demos Tangle-Resistant Ear Buds, an iPhone Beer Meter and More!" AllThingsD 12/16
"LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt review: LaCie's Thunderbolt SSD drive is the fastest small storage around" Digital Arts Online 12/16
"Libratone Live review: A lifestyle accessory that sounds as good as it looks with a rich and detailed sound" Macworld UK 12/16
"Review: the Plantronics Savi W740A DECT headset" IT.Enquirer 12/16
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"A Worthy Addition to Photo Apps on the App Store: Pixlr-o-matic from Autodesk -Now Updated" eXtensions 10:53 AM
"Shoot 360-degree iPhone 4/4S Videos with Kogeto Dot and GoPano Micro: Both accessories get the job done, but don't expect high-quality Video" Macworld 12/16
"Dramatic Black & White for iPhone and iPad: Get impressive monochromatic effects with this iOS image editor" Macworld 12/16
"Consume 2.0 — Usage Monitoring was Never this Delicious" Beautiful Pixels 12/16
"Flipboard's Hit iPhone App Is All By Design" Fast Company 12/16
"Five Camera Apps for the iPhone: Medium Format, 6 x 6, 6 x 7; Finger Focus (Blur effects); My Sketch; and OSnap!" eXtensions 12/16
"Moog Sythesizer for the iPad: Animoog" eXtensions 12/16
"Updates to some Useful Apps: Pinball HD, The New Yorker, Skype et al" eXtensions 12/16
"Piano Apprentice for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch review" Appletell 12/16
"Pad & Quill Note-Taking App Is Beautifully Retro" Wired 12/16
"Review: Grand Theft Auto III 10th Anniversary for iOS" TechCrunch 12/16
"Free on iTunes: 4 Free Booktrack Books for iPhone & iPad" The Mac Observer 12/16
"Elmo's Monster Maker – Creating Friends For Elmo" Apple'n'Apps 12/16
"Hands-On with 'Off The Leash', Coming in January from Big Pixel Studios" Touch Arcade 12/16
"'War on Terror' Review - Controversial Board Game Turned iOS Title" Touch Arcade 12/16
"'Crazy Bomber' Review - Would You Like Some 'Bomberman' With That?" Touch Arcade 12/16
"'MinoMonsters' Review - Monsters in Your Pocket, Now on iOS and Cuter Than Ever" Touch Arcade 12/16
"'Bug Princess' Review - Unsurprisingly, CAVE's Latest Bullet Hell Shooter is Another Winner" Touch Arcade 12/16
"Chrono Trigger Review: One of the most beloved RPGs of all time (no pun intended) has popped-up on the App Store. Have the years been kind to this 16-bit legend?" 148Apps 12/16
"Tongue Tied! Review: A challenging but stylish twist on the physics platforming genre." 148Apps 12/16
"Tiny Places Review: Stretch his tongue and send this little reptile flying as he escapes through holes in boxes in this casual title." 148Apps 12/16
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Upgrade Your MacBook Pro's Hard Drive" Macinstruct 12/16
"How to See Facebook Timelines on Your iPhone" iDownload Blog 12/16
"How to Download Mac Geek Gab Premium Episodes w/Instacast" The Mac Observer 12/16
"Facebook, Google, Twitter and the Internet knockoff economy" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"Password security is broken, say experts" V3 12/16
"2011 In Tech: A Year Of Great Losses" TechCrunch 12/16
"Report: Spectrum fragmentation will result in costlier LTE smartphones/Thirty-eight different spectrum frequency combinations will be used in LTE deployments by 2015" IDG News Service 12/16
"Google's Strategy Is One Browser To Bind Them All" Seeking Alpha 12/16
"Best of Google 2011: Gags, Easter Eggs, Pranks, and Games" [Slideshow] PCWorld 12/16
"Moving to the cloud in 2012? Look out for these pitfalls" IDG News Service 12/16
"Microsoft Azure gets an open source rival: Tier 3's Cloud Foundry-based .Net cloud offering gives VMware an entrée into the .Net application market, but will VMware seize the opportunity?" InfoWorld 12/16
"How to thwart the high priests of IT: Some of your technologists are working both against you and against IT's own interests; here's how to flush them out" InfoWorld 12/16
"The dream keyboard for PC game perfectionists" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 12/16
"Consumers Suffer 'Gadget Fatigue' as Devices Pile Up" Forbes 12/16
"Last-minute stocking stuffers for laptops and mobile tech" CNET News 12/16
"Top 10 last-minute alternative tech gifts" V3 12/16
"2011 Gift Guide: Best Stuff For Luddites" TechCrunch 12/16
"Christmas gifts for the techies" Dallas Morning News [Paid Registration Required] 12/16
"From 'bots to EVs--5 predictions for '12 in cutting-edge tech" CNET News 12/16
"Even with $1 salaries, RIM co-CEOs are doing just fine" CNET News 12/16
"Looks like 'game over' for BlackBerry" CNNMoney 12/16
"Senator Franken Troubled by Responses to Carrier IQ Qestions" The Mac Observer 12/16
"Microsoft-Novell antitrust case ends in hung jury: The jury was unable to agree on whether Microsoft acted to deliberately impede Novell's WordPerfect software" IDG News Service 12/16
"Judge dismisses $1B lawsuit against Microsoft" Associated Press 12/16
"Novell-Microsoft Trial Over WordPerfect Ends With Hung Jury" Bloomberg 12/16
"Novell-Microsoft mistrial over WordPerfect" Seattle Times 12/16
"Judge declares mistrial in Novell lawsuit against Microsoft" Seattle Times 12/16
"Jury says verdict close in $1B Microsoft lawsuit: Jury says it's close to verdict in Utah company's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft" Associated Press 12/16
"Microsoft Decision in Motorola Mobility Case Postponed" Bloomberg 12/16
"Microsoft will beat Linux clouds at their own game - with open source" The Register 12/16
"Oracle Accused Of Lies, Extortion By N.J. University: Montclair State University lawsuit claims Oracle purposely over-promised off-the-shelf ERP functionality it couldn't deliver." InformationWeek 12/16
"Earning Preview for Oracle 2Q 2012" Seeking Alpha 12/16
"Dell Resurrects Venture Capital Arm" WSJ Blogs 12/16
"Dell Abandons Netbooks in Favor of Ultrabooks" PCWorld 12/16
"Bye Bye Netbooks: Dell Shifts Focus To Thin And Powerful Notebooks" Seeking Alpha 12/16
"Dell Discontinues Inspiron Mini Netbooks" eWeek 12/16
"Dell flees netbook market, dumps Minis" The Register 12/16
"Dell sees soft PC demand in India as prices spike" MarketWatch 12/16
"Dell Sees Weak PC Demand in India" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/16
"Meg Whitman May Work for $1, But She's Raking in the Stock Options" WSJ Blogs 12/16
"Intel to struggle to see general adoption of Medfield in 2H12, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 12/16
"House Defeats Amendment to Drop DNS Blocking From Stop Online Piracy Act" eWeek 12/16
"Tablet sales up 264 percent, but miss targets, says IDC" ZDNet UK 12/16
"How PC Makers Can Stave Off Obsolescence" Wired 12/16
"Deloitte predicts top 10 tech trends in 2012" ZDNet 12/16
"Who will win in IT in 2012? A bigger portion of spending will go to mobile computing, social networking and analytics. That means a new lineup of companies could benefit next year." Fortune 12/16
"How the Street came up with 8% growth for Apple in 2014: Horace Dediu tells the story. The narrative is fictional, but the numbers, sadly, are real." Fortune 12/16
"U.S. stock indexes end two-week win streak" MarketWatch 12/16
"Stocks close week down more than 2.5%" CNNMoney 12/16
"Buying Builds Momentum as Bank, Tech Stocks Rally" FOXBusiness 12/16
"U.S. Stocks Rise on Gains by Producers" Bloomberg 12/16
"Stocks End Bad Week With Mixed Trading" CNBC 12/16
"Stocks Sputter After Warnings on Europe" TheStreet 12/16
"Early rally fades; stock market down for the week" Associated Press 12/16
"Europe Clouds U.S. Stocks: Positive Indicators on U.S. Economy Aren't a Match for Sovereign-Debt Crisis" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/16
"Stocks get ready to continue gains" CNNMoney 12/16
"Canadian stocks rise, but trade lower on week" MarketWatch 12/16
"Asian Stocks Snap Three-Day Loss on Stronger U.S. Economic Data" Bloomberg 12/16
"Asia Markets: Shanghai stocks rebound to lead Asia higher" MarketWatch 12/16
"European Stocks Slip: European stocks pulled back on Friday, adding to the fourth weekly loss in the past five." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/16
"European Stocks Fall on Concern Region May Slip Into Recession" Bloomberg 12/16
"Europe Markets: Europe bourses decline; mining stocks rise/Paris weakest among the biggest markets to cap off a bearish week" MarketWatch 12/16
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12/16
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