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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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"Samsung Files New Claims Against Apple In Germany" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:10 PM
"Apple chooses Israel for its first R&D center outside Cupertino" israel today 8:06 AM
"Haifa mayor wants to house Apple development center: Apple will want to locate its new Israel development center close to the Technion." Globes 8:08 AM
"Apple to open R&D center in Israel: Technology giant set to inaugurate first development center outside US at Haifa's Scientific Industries Center, due to its proximity to Technion" Ynetnews 8:01 AM
"If Apple Onshored iPad Production it Would Create 67,000 American Manufacturing Jobs!" Forbes 2:29 PM
"ITC review of dismissal of HTC's first complaint against Apple limited to one patent" Foss Patents 3:09 PM
"iTunes Match: Apple halts UK subscriptions" T3 12/17
"Why the iPad Is the Most Hated Gadget Ever" Cult of Mac 12/17
"Apple, Microsoft now move battleground to mobile space" The Economic Times 12/17
"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 12/17
"Apple falls to 3rd place in the Chinese smartphone race" Fortune 12/17
"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 12/17
"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
"UI Actions brings 'universal attachability' to AppleScript, greatly enhancing your control over applications running on your computer." Pfiddlesoft 10:12 AM
"Login HD - The long awaited security app for your Mac - A must have" prMac 12/17
"Project X?7 (10 to 7), translates a FCP X Project XML export" Final Cut Pro Training 12/17
"VMware bringing its virtual desktops to Mac, Linux" ZDNet 12/16
"MacJournal Updated, Adds More Blogs And Timeline View" Cult of Mac 12/16
"15-minute refund period of Google, Apple apps irk consumers" donga.com 7:44 PM
"Santa Claus shows us How To use Siri in Apple's new iPhone 4S commercial" 9 to 5 Mac 7:05 PM
"Last Minute reviews and gifts for Apple lovers" 9 to 5 Mac 6:28 PM
"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
Publications/Podcasts
"iPad Live, tonight at 9pm ET. Be there!" TiPb 7:56 PM
"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
"A Worthy Addition to Photo Apps on the App Store: Pixlr-o-matic from Autodesk -Now Updated" eXtensions 12/17
"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 Create an iTunes Playlist" Macinstruct 11:38 AM
"How To Burn a Music CD in iTunes" Macinstruct 11:09 AM
"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
"Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones Behind the Wheel" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:45 PM
"RIAA and DHS are hives of depraved piracy" Boing Boing 7:17 PM
"Stop SOPA! A Plea from the Inventors of the Internet: Vint Cerf among internet luminaries to sign an open letter to Congress" Computerworld New Zealand 6:26 PM
"Head MPAA shill reduced to outright lies in bid to make the case for SOPA" Boing Boing 10:23 AM
"Amazon Kindle Fire Is Far From A 'Failure'" Seeking Alpha 7:53 AM
"The Galaxy Nexus Reviews are Mixed, but EVERYONE is Loving These New Ads" Appboy Blog 7:15 AM
"Dell Pulling Out Of Netbooks Raises Confidence In Apple's Model" iPhoneHelp 12/17
"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
"App internet and mobile devices to drive massive technology demands in 2012: The rise of the "app internet" – in which users' PCs, smartphones and tablets run the business applications – will drive completely different demands from technology next year." Computerworld New Zealand 7:24 AM
"Tablet Era: Dell Pulls The Plug On Netbooks" Smart Office 9:22 PM
"Dell pulls back from netbook market: Dell has confirmed that it has ceased production of its Inspiron Mini netbook computer" New Zealand Reseller News 9:18 PM
"HP appoints new ME channel manager" TradeArabia 8:24 AM
"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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