"Is Apple's Momentum Sustainable? Software is the key to this hardware firm's success." ["Apple's focus on usability over technology will deliver the masses. ... The heart of Apple's strategy is to create a bond with the user that is more powerful than any given device cycle. Current momentum and execution should deliver many years of customer acquisition, but Apple is building a moat around software that locks in customers. Given the loss of visionary leader Steve Jobs and growing competition from Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, we believe Apple will not be able to sustain its leadership by delivering great design."] Morningstar 8:07 AM
"Apple May Hurt Shareholders With Patent War" Bloomberg 8:30 AM
"How long can Apple sustain Steve Jobs' patent war?" Bloomberg News 8:30 AM
"Jobs' 'nuclear war' is not doing Apple any good - analyst" The Register 11:20 AM
"Amazon, Apple Soar In Customer Satisfaction In 2011; Netflix Plummets" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
"Amazon, Apple hit satisfaction highs as Netflix stumbles" Electronista 8:26 AM
"Apple vs. Android: Who won the Christmas bake-off? If you count the iPad and iPod touch, it looks like iOS by nearly a million units" Fortune 8:06 AM
"It Sure Looks Like Apple's iOS Blew Away Google's Android Over Christmas Weekend" Business Insider 8:25 AM
"iTunes Connect reopens early from holiday shutdown: Access to Apple's iTunes Connect service reopened a day shy of taking the full week planned for the yearly holiday shutdown of the website." AppleInsider 9:02 PM
"Massive phishing scam targets Apple users" TG Daily 8:08 AM
"Fake Apple billing email is circulating" TUAW 10:21 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"New year's resolution: A clean Mac/Simple ways to banish grunge, dirt, and dust bunnies from your computer and peripherals" Macworld 8:26 AM
"Review – Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10 and Creative Suite 5.5" Mac Edition Radio 7:48 AM
"Show an iOS App in the Mac OS X Finder" OS X Daily 8:24 AM
"Keychain Access: Wi-Fi Passwords & Holiday Sanity" The Mac Observer 7:53 AM
"How to Monitor Your Mac's Firewall Logs" Macinstruct 7:47 AM
Op/Ed
"Lion is suffering from classical bloat. Which is why I call Lion the Windows Vista of Mac OS.: The Lion experience is much slower than Snow Leopard even if the underlying hardware and programs are better performing." MacInTouch 5:06 PM
"Regarding David Fink's comments about Applescript, Ruby and Matt Neuberg, I agree that anyone capable of writing a book on Applescript, as well as a book on Ruby and Applescript, should probably be using Ruby as a front end to Applescript. Ditto for folks who are professional programmers or equivalent. For the rest of us, getting things done with lowly Applescript (and other natural language scripting environments, such as LiveCode) is a much more attainable proposition." MacInTouch 5:06 PM
"Confused about iTunes Match? Apple tries a new explanation" CNET News 5:08 PM
"What is iTunes Match? Read the FAQ" FairerPlatform 9:39 AM
"Ballooning iTunes Album Artwork Folder" Kirkville 8:23 AM
Press Releases
"Real Racing 2 comes to the Mac App Store" FairerPlatform 7:56 AM
"Latest Dropbox beta takes on iCloud's Photo Stream" Apple Headlines 7:55 AM
"2011"s top stories: iPad 3/It hasn't arrived yet, but the iPad 3 is already famous and has been one of the most read about topics of 2011" Macworld UK 8:23 AM
"iPhone App Downloads In November Up 83% Over Last Year" TechCrunch 9:37 AM
"Flurry Reports 242 Million iOS and Android App Downloads on Christmas Day" 148Apps 11:16 AM
"Apple's App Store tops 5M free downloads per day in November" GigaOM 12:14 PM
"Google's Android Vs. Apple's iOS: Christmas Match" Redmond Pie 11:16 AM
"Apple chosen as top online electronics retailer in customer survey" AppleInsider 5:21 PM
"Personal tech gets down to business: After seeing executives jury-rig consumer gadgets and software for work, companies like Google and Apple are suiting up for success in the office." Fortune 9:46 AM
"Apple tells its employees to keep warm with hoodies" 9 to 5 Mac 8:27 AM
"Apple Online, Amazon Rank High with Consumers" The Mac Observer 9:43 AM
"iPhone 4S to get a New Year's launch in China?" ZDNet 9:57 AM
"10 Chinese Budget Smartphones That Could Kill The iPhone" M.I.C. Gadget 8:23 AM
"Argentina blocking iPhone sales in order to boost its ailing economy" TiPb 8:30 AM
"Will UK Prime Minister get an iPad app for work? Unlikely. Here's why." TechCrunch 9:31 AM
"Running a country? There's an app for that, almost" Associated Press 8:30 AM
"UK Prime Minister Will Get His Very Own iPad App" The Mac Observer 8:16 PM
Non-Apple News
"Top Stories of 2011: All Apple All the Time/Eight of 10 Most Read Corporate Articles Were About Apple, Death of Jobs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:18 PM
"Eco-outlets enable charging via USB" ZDNet 11:43 AM
"Wi-Fi desk rodents break free from oppressive cabling: A reference design for a wireless mouse has received Wi-Fi Direct certification, making it the first rodent to achieve such fame, though not, perhaps, the very first to ditch the wire." The Register 11:32 AM
"Amazon introduces Elastic Network Interfaces for cloud instances: Flexible configuration options allow more connection control" Techworld 11:30 AM
"Japan Gets Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machines" TechCrunch 11:27 AM
"Apple TV/iTV rumor mill churns out more firms that may win supply contracts" SlashGear 8:07 AM
"Apple's TV killer 'on shelves by summer 2012": If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again" The Register 8:58 AM
"Apple television said to run on customized chips like iPhone, iPad" AppleInsider 8:27 AM
"Foxconn, TSMC Pegged as Apple Television Suppliers" The Mac Observer 12:43 PM
"Apple wins patents on apps, multi-touch, hardware" MacNN 8:30 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Battleship For iPad Is $0.99 Right Now (Previously $4.99)" Apple Sliced 8:54 AM
"Trivial Pursuit For iPad Is $0.99 This Week (Was $4.99)" Apple Sliced 8:54 AM
"The Mac Version Of Asphalt 6: Adrenaline Is Temporarily Available For $0.99 (Normally $6.99)" Apple Sliced 8:54 AM
"Here's our gift to you: We've opened the doors to our eStore* and have cut the prices on our non-upgrade, desktop software by 50%. It's our way of thanking you for a great 2011. But don't wait too long, this amazing event ends at 11:59PM Central, on December 31st. Use coupon code EY2011 when you check out." Mariner Software 1:36 PM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Deals" MacPrices 8:09 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:09 AM
"17" MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:09 AM
"Apple Display Buyer's Guide -Up To $150 Off Apple 27 ' Thunderbolt Display" MacReviewZone 3:28 PM
"Apple Time Capsule Buyer's Guide -Up to $70 Off Currently Shipping Models" MacReviewZone 3:29 PM
"iPad Accessories Buyer's Guide -Best Selling Apple iPad Accessories -From $2 To $185" MacReviewZone 3:26 PM
"Apple Thunderbolt Display Review" Geeky Schmidt 10:14 AM
"iPhone 4 Eyes: The best camera is always the one you have with you, and lately that means your phone. These add-on lenses will up your mobile photo game." Wired 8:04 AM
"Cloud storage sites by Amazon, Google, Apple, Carbonite compared" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 9:06 PM
"iHome iW1 AirPlay audio system looks, but doesn't sound, great" Macworld 12:14 PM
"Review – Roxio's Toast 11 Remains The Swiss Army Knife For Optical Media On The Mac OS" Mac Edition Radio 10:26 PM
"Seagate's hybrid Momentus XT 750-GB: Almost an SSD, almost affordable" Houston Chronicle 10:47 AM
"Tom Bihn's Cadet Is Like Santa's Bag: It Holds More Than You'd Think" MacNews 7:51 AM
"HP Envy 110 review: The Envy 110 has a striking, slimline design, but the level of performance is a little disappointing given the high price" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
"Kodak Office Hero 6.1 review: The Office Hero 6.1 is hard to beat in terms of running costs and versatility, but there's room for improvement" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
"Lexmark Pro715 review: The bulky Pro715 provides a 50-sheet document feeder and a wide range of office-friendly features" Macworld UK 11:25 AM
"These eco-friendly 'green' ear buds deliver oodles of detail" CNET News 9:58 AM
"How iOS and Android Ruled Christmas" The Motley Fool 9:05 PM
"A Killer Lawsuit App: The economy dodges a protectionist bullet in the Apple case." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:04 PM
"2 More Reasons to Buy Apple's New TV" The Motley Fool 9:03 PM
"Argentine Government Temporarily Bans Sale of Apple and BlackBerry Products" ITProPortal 9:03 PM
"No, Argentina isn't officially blocking iPhone sales, but the joke is spreading" The Next Web 9:03 PM
"Why Apple never goes big: Buy out Netflix? EA? Never." The Motley Fool 5:20 PM
"No iPhones for Christmas brings out worst in kids" CBS News 4:44 PM
"Devoted and Digital: The Faithful Turn to Apps" [Video Report] MarketWatch 4:41 PM
"If Apple Can't Block Android Phone Sales, It'll Make Them Pay Instead" Business Insider 4:49 PM
"Apple could get $10 per Android phone sold, but would lose its edge" The Loop 4:32 PM
"2012: The Year Ahead In Apple Portable Computers – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 1:13 PM
"Can Steve Jobs keep the book biz strong?" TG Daily 11:32 AM
"Is Apple Slowly Killing Shutterfly and American Greetings?" TheStreet 11:19 AM
"Is it time for Apple's patent war to end?" GigaOM 10:15 AM
"Apple: Amateurs Copy, Geniuses Steal" The Motley Fool 9:57 AM
"The Macalope Daily: A great field of winning" Macworld [Insider Content] 9:44 AM
"Steve Jobs' best-of-television service, revisited: As rumors of a 'real' Apple TV heat up, ideas that could disrupt the industry resurface" Fortune 4:43 PM
"Apple iTV: It's about the experience, not content" GigaOM 4:42 PM
"How Apple could shake up TV: A la carte channels" CNET News 4:35 PM
"Apple May Offer Customised Channel Line-Ups to Apple TV Subscribers" ITProPortal 9:07 PM
"How Apple could shake up TV: Channel or show subscriptions" CNET News 4:35 PM
"Apple Television Must Crack the Customizable Content Code, Too" AllThingsD 11:53 AM
"Analyst: Apple Should Enter TV Business, Content is Key" The Mac Observer 4:30 PM
"Why Apple Needs to Sell More than Just a Television Set with the Apple TV" Forbes 10:47 AM
"Apple: Sterne Agee Concurs With TV Set Speculation" Barron's 9:57 AM
"Apple's TV Plans Shouldn't Reinvent Cable, Experts Say" Cult of Mac 9:37 AM
"Favorite stories from 2011: Tethering, TouchPad, Steve Jobs" ZDNet 8:29 AM
"Apple releasing completely redesigned iPhone 5 in fall 2012" Apple Headlines 7:55 AM
"My Predictions For 2012: The IPad" MacNews 7:51 AM
"IT staffing troubles begin, especially with younger developers" ZDNet 11:43 AM
"Top 10 reviews of 2011: IBM 5150, iPhone 4S, and Dell and Lenovo laptops" V3 11:37 AM
"Google's Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS: An In-Depth Look" Computerworld 10:59 AM
"Image Gallery: Google's Ice Cream Sandwich" Computerworld 10:59 AM
"The Year in Review: Research in Motion" PC Magazine 10:57 AM
"The Year on the Web: Social networking grew up in 2011, becoming more of a fundamental underpinning of the Web." Technology Review 11:29 AM
"The Year in Numbers: A look back at 2011's biggest technology stories, by the numbers." Technology Review 11:29 AM
"The Top 10 Tech Stories of 2011" PC Magazine 10:57 AM
"Best game cinematics of 2011" [Video Report] MSNBC 10:54 AM
"Life in IT: Tech ideals meet user reality/IT pros share their real-life, on-the-job stories. Here's a look at memorable ones from the last year" InfoWorld 10:47 AM
"Today in Tech: Why TVs are cheapest they've ever been" Fortune 10:41 AM
"Cloud Could Rain On Microsoft's Profit Parade" Forbes 11:55 AM
"Motorola apparently concerned about ITC review of Microsoft decision" Foss Patents 9:36 AM
"Windows Phone Marketplace Beats Android Market to 50,000 Apps" AllThingsD 9:41 AM
"Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hits 50,000 Apps, Still Lags" PCWorld 10:58 AM
"Windows Phone upgrade plans: First Tango, then cash" CNET News 12:05 PM
"So much for personalized WP7 game recommendations" TG Daily 11:31 AM
"Not even one of Oracle's six patents-in-suit has been definitively invalidated -- but four of them are under pressure" Foss Patents 10:16 AM
"Exploding HP Printers Turn Out to Be Not So Explosive" Technology Review 11:29 AM
"Intel to unveil 22nm Ivy Bridge processors on April 8, say Taiwan PC makers" DigiTimes 10:33 AM
"Intel Tries to Keep Netbooks Alive With New Atom Chips" IDG News Service 10:58 AM
"Cisco: We are NOT lagging behind Brocade/FCoE ahead of 16GBit/s FC, sniffs boss" The Register 11:32 AM
"IT managers are aloof, insular, says psychologist: If they changed their ways, IT managers could have enormous impact on their organizations" Computerworld 10:30 AM
"2012 Games Preview: What to put on your play list" Register Hardware 11:33 AM
"Top 5 gadgets for 2012, and the gadgets they'll replace" Denver Post 10:32 AM
"Five open source technologies for 2012: Everyone knows about the success of Linux and Apache, but here are other open source technologies on the rise" IDG News Service 10:29 AM
"Five tech trends to watch in 2012" Mashable 11:05 AM
"10 Networking Predictions For 2012" [Slideshow] CRN 10:28 AM
"10 IT Shifts In 2012: Exclusive Research" InformationWeek 10:04 AM
"2012 tech predictions" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:43 AM
"Viral Audio: A Look Back at Tech in 2011, and Forward to 2012" AllThingsD 9:41 AM
"Looking Forward to 2012: The Continued Demise of Cash/How mobile payments, NFC and person-to-person apps will change the way that people pay each other in the coming year." Techland 11:35 AM
"Processors: What to Expect From CPUs in 2012/Expect more speed and less power consumption in next year's processors" PCWorld 11:00 AM
"U.K. ends lower; oil stocks, banks lead decline: Tesco rises as retailers expected to see post-Christmas boost" MarketWatch 11:48 AM
"Asian Shares End Mostly Lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"European Shares Climb After Italian Debt Auction" Reuters 10:42 AM
"European Stocks Decline; Carmakers, Miners, Lenders Lead Losses" Bloomberg 11:40 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe slips, Germany falls amid ECB lending boost/Focus also on Italy bond auction after yields fall in bill sale" MarketWatch 11:46 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:23 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:22 PM
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