"Apple CEO Tim Cook could top pay list in 2011" Associated Press 7:12 PM
"Apple publishes 2012 Proxy Statement for investors, reveals Tim Cook earned $377 million in compensation during 2011" 9 to 5 Mac 7:01 PM
"Apple's 2012 Proxy Statement Now Online" Apple 6:45 PM
"Samsung and Apple Begin New Year With Explosive Momentum" ["The late December survey looked at smart phone demand trends going forward, and finds Apple iPhone demand remains incredibly strong more than two months after the iPhone 4S release. Among respondents planning to buy a new smart phone in the next 90 days, better than one-in-two (54%; down 11-pts) say they'll get an iPhone."] ChangeWave Research 7:36 AM
"iPhone demand strong months after 4S release" Register Hardware 8:01 AM
"ChangeWave survey finds 'explosive momentum' for Apple and Samsung" Fortune 8:30 AM
"Demand and satisfaction for Apple's iPhone strong following 4S launch" GigaOM 8:32 AM
"54% of future smartphone buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPhone" AppleInsider 8:30 AM
"The Day A Smart Phone Changed an Industry" Tech.pinions 9:38 AM
"Did Apple sell as many as 35 million iPhones last quarter?" CNET News 8:32 AM
"Why Apple is in no hurry to settle its iPhone patent suits" Fortune 8:29 AM
"Financial analyst believes patent litigation could raise Apple share price by $35-$260" Foss Patents 8:35 AM
"Angry iPhone users bring antitrust class action against Apple: New suit argues AT&T tie-in and App Store are anticompetitive" The Register 8:35 AM
"Apple Gets Hit With $1.9 Million Copyright Lawsuit By Chinese Writers" mocoNews 7:56 AM
"Apple Wins in Italy: Apple Inc. recently scored another legal victory over its arch rival Samsung Electronics Co., after a Milan court rejected the Korean company's bid to ban the iPhone 4S sales in Italy. Apple seemed to be having a favourable run as this is Apple's second victory in consecutive months. Just last month, Samsung had failed to block iPhone 4S sales in France." Zacks 8:55 AM
"Android litigation seen adding 'significant value' for Apple shareholders: Patent infringement litigation between Apple and Android-based handset makers is viewed as a positive for AAPL shareholders, who could benefit from the company's iPhone patent portfolio with licensing deals or a potential ban on Android devices." AppleInsider 8:23 AM
"Easy encryption with Disk Utility" Macworld 3:03 PM
"It's easy to use Time Machine plus another kind of backup program (I do) without running into this problem. Time Machine, and other backup programs I've used, have an Options section (the name may vary) where you list folders you never want backed up. Simply: 1. Find out where all your backup files (from various programs) are stored. 2. In each of your backup programs' preferences, exclude *all* your backup folders regardless of what programs they're associated with." MacInTouch 9:36 AM
"Video Tip: Change Natural Scrolling In Mac OS X Lion" MacTrast 8:08 AM
"Mac Tip: Emailing A Website or Webpage" MacTrast 8:08 AM
"Copy Text from Quick Look Previews with a Terminal Command" Lifehacker 9:23 AM
Op/Ed
"Lion discussion includes answers to questions about autosave; details about saving state when a document is reopened; a user interface issue; and a question about MPEG-2 support." MacInTouch 9:35 AM
"Resolutions For 2012: Games On The Mac" AppleBitch 8:42 AM
"Paste Text From Your Mac To Your iOS Device" iClarified 4:01 PM
"Now is the perfect time to take advantage of a special sale on Bibles at Accordance. We've discounted over 30 Bibles by as much as 33% below our everyday selling price. All of them are Mac, iPad and iPhone compatible, and have the amazing search and display capabilities Accordance is known for." Accordance 2:52 PM
"Aiseesoft Releases the iPad Converter Suite for Mac Platinum for Mac Users" PRNewswire 10:55 AM
"Cisco, Watch Out For Line2: Who needs a full-blown desktop phone system anymore if you have an iPad — even for business? Line2 is taking on Cisco with its VoIP app which offers small businesses the ability to use an iPad to manage their entire phone system." Forbes 9:37 AM
"Marines Want iPads to Control Robo-Copter Brains" Wired 11:17 AM
"New York retailer lets customers surf inventory via Apple iPad" ZDNet 7:59 AM
"LG ships largest LCD TV this summer; will its 4K rez help passive 3D?" CNET 12:00 PM
"LG's 55-inch OLED TV packed with 3D bells, smart TV whistles" CNET 12:00 PM
"Sharp unveils monster 80-inch 3D TV" CNET 12:00 PM
"Relaunch Your OS Nostalgia With 'The Restart Page'" Webmonkey 11:35 AM
"A Smart Phone that Knows You're Angry: New system detects emotions based on variables ranging from typing speeds to the weather." Technology Review 11:13 AM
"BlackBerry PlayBook's Next OS Plays To RIM's Strengths: Email, Calendar, Productivity" TechCrunch 11:11 AM
"Live from Norway, it's the Opera TV Store" CNET 9:52 AM
"The Race to Nab Web Addresses: Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Domain-Name Opening" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"Fusion Garage, The Guys Behind The CrunchPad, Are Officially Done And Owe Creditors $40 Million" Business Insider 9:50 AM
"IPod of ThermoStats Saves Energy With Pizzazz" Bloomberg 8:36 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Happy New Year! We review our iOS gifts. Also, Tim blows stuff up with the Action Movie app and Marv talks about making the family calendar." The MT Show 8:46 AM
"iWake With AppAdvice For Monday Now Available" App Advice 8:19 AM
"Apple iOS strength prompted Objective-C language growth in 2011: The language used to build apps for the iPad and iPhone has a head of steam going into 2012" InfoWorld 4:02 PM
"Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments sink 5.7% on quarter in 4Q11" ["Apple is the only vendor that managed to keep its fourth-quarter notebook shipments staying at the same level recorded in the third quarter, and even saw its shipments of MacBook Air models increase to 1.2 million units in the fourth quarter from one million in the previous quarter."] DigiTimes 10:57 AM
"Intel ignores Steve Jobs, adds touchscreen to Ultrabook" The Register 7:13 PM
"MacBook Air shipments jump as notebooks plummet overall" GigaOM 10:57 AM
"Could AMD be part of Apple's supply chain?" ZDNet 7:59 AM
"iPad 3 to sport HD camera in the front, upgraded camera in the back" Network World 8:47 AM
"Apple is working on quad-core IOS devices" The Inquirer 8:23 AM
"Apple Invents an Ingenious Security System for the iWallet Era" Patently Apple 9:09 AM
"Apple patent stashes passwords in chargers" The Register 1:04 PM
"Learn About Tempo With GarageBand Music Theory" Wired 11:16 AM
"iPhone Pulse Oximeter: New App For That/Zensorium's Tinke app connects to an iPhone and measures heart rate, respiration, and blood oxygen." InformationWeek 10:47 AM
"Plaid Forever is a new YouTube talk show shot using only iPhones" The Next Web 4:02 PM
"iPad app Vodio is Flipboard for Videos" The Next Web 9:38 AM
"Action Movie FX: Have Fun Blowing Up the Neighborhood" MacNewsWorld 8:08 AM
"Scramble With Friends – New Word Game To Play Together" Apple'n'Apps 3:26 PM
"Review: iHandy Level for iOS" Best App Site 8:46 AM
"HopStop Review: Easy-to-use navigation tool guides you through the big city" Macworld 8:01 AM
"iPhone Appidemic: Dominus Plus" AppleTell 11:46 AM
"Digging Slice of Bread Goes to the Beach" The Mac Observer 12:58 PM
"'Wizard Ops' Review – A Fast-paced 3D Shooter That Ends Far Too Quickly" Touch Arcade 8:19 AM
"'Sleepy Jack' Review – A Charming Shooter That Will Leave You Starry Eyed" Touch Arcade 8:19 AM
"Glmps Review: This new app mixes photography and Video in a fresh way." 148Apps 3:12 PM
"Beat the Traffic Review: Navigation app that lets users observe current traffic conditions, accidents and road construction in real-time." 148Apps 1:04 PM
"Our Everyday Lunch Review: More than just a recipe app." 148Apps 9:22 AM
"SynthStation Review: Akai's SynthStation brings the noise - and obscenely powerful sequencing - to the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad" 148Apps 8:19 AM
"30 Second Life Review: Slave away your whole life or slack off, this game will let you try it all in under a minute." 148Apps 10:12 AM
"Legendary Heroes Review: Create a dream team of unique heroes and fight off the enemy hordes." 148Apps 11:19 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Using AirPrint to Print Various Photo Sizes" Mobile Printing 8:50 AM
"How Can I Get That 'New Mac' Feeling on My MacBook? [Ask MacRx] Cult of Mac 8:41 AM
"How to Activate an Unlocked iPhone 4S" OS X Daily 8:05 AM
"Why Apple Shouldn't Stop the Steve Jobs Doll (opinion)" Entrepreneur 12:40 PM
"Apple didn't invent ______, but Apple made it better" The Loop 12:40 PM
"Can Wintel win the Ultrabook market? Battered by the iPad and the MacBook Air, PC makers and Intel are ganging up on Apple with Ultrabooks. Will this blunt Apple's attack, or be another profitless bit of me-too-ism by the 20th century anachronism known as Wintel?" ZDNet 11:02 AM
"The Release of the iPhone: Moscone Center, 9 January -5 Years Ago" eXtensions 10:46 AM
"iPhone satisfaction at 75%; closest competitor at 47%" The Loop 11:15 AM
"Apple sees 'explosive momentum' for iPhone" The Loop 10:56 AM
"iPhone purchase plans at all-time high in U.S." Computerworld 3:04 PM
"Survey: Over Half of Future Smartphone Buyers Pick Apple's iPhone" Techland 10:06 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Lesson learned" Macworld [Insider Content] 9:39 AM
"Inside CES 2012: the Copycat Electronics Sh**show/Mac users can be forgiven for thinking that the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show is essentially the PC version of what was once Macworld Expo. But that's not really the case, here's why." RoughlyDrafted Magazine 2:59 PM
"Catching up with Apple – This Years CES Theme" Tech.pinions 9:38 AM
"Apple's Titanium PowerBook Was a Design Masterpiece" Low End Mac 9:36 AM
"Why I Picked the iPhone 4S: It's All About Sacrifices" iDownload Blog 9:22 AM
"Apple's iPhone 4S sets ground for future growth" Computerworld 8:59 AM
"Apple Continues To Cast A Huge Shadow Over The Tech Industry" The Tech Night Owl 8:52 AM
"And this is why Apple doesn't want to settle Android patent lawsuits" ZDNet 8:41 AM
"If Only Apple Was More Flexible..." Forbes 8:29 AM
"Somewhere Steve Jobs is smiling: Digital music surpasses CDs" Mac.Blorge 8:27 AM
"Acer commits most blatant ripoff of Apple yet" The Loop 8:43 AM
"Would you feel secure connecting Windows PCs and Android phones with 'AcerCloud?'" MacDailyNews 8:43 AM
"Could Acer Be Any More Blatant in Ripping off Apple?" Technologizer 8:17 AM
"iPhone 4S: Is Siri really a data hog? Data consumption comparisons of iPhones and other smartphones yield mixed results, but several factors gobble data" PCWorld 7:57 AM
Non-Apple
"The Siren Call of PC Laptop Prices Revisited" Low End Mac 2:59 PM
"Android As We Know It Will Die In The Next Two Years And What It Means For You" The Grain 11:57 AM
"Prettier than Apple? Vizio's new line of computers is very attractive" VentureBeat 7:11 PM
"The New Vizio PCs and Notebooks Are Worthy of Apple" Gizmodo 2:58 PM
"Vizio thin-and-light laptops first hands-on!" The Verge 11:46 AM
"Surprise! AT&T's network got very good" CNNMoney 11:48 AM
"Is Amazon cooking up cloudy big data service?" The Register 11:18 AM
"SolarKindle charges your Kindle with the power of the sun" ZDNet 11:39 AM
"Big IT Vendors Lead Patching Laggards: IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities after being notified by the world's largest bug-bounty program, according to the TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI)." Computerworld 10:53 AM
"Lenovo S2 Smartphone: First Impressions" PCWorld 10:51 AM
"Hands-On With Toshiba's Ultra-Thin and Light Android Tablet: Join our walk-through of Toshiba's impressively designed slate." [Slideshow] PCWorld 10:51 AM
"Why Your Next TV Should Be A 3D TV: After watching Hugo in 3D, I am now convinced that this technology has staying power." PC Magazine 10:49 AM
"I Played Asteroids With My Eyes: Tobii's eye-tracking technology was out in force at a CES 2012 press event last night, where the company let journalists play an arcade game with their eyes." PC Magazine 10:47 AM
"How to move a data center without having a heart attack" InfoWorld 10:31 AM
"Picking the top technologies in a wild year: The 12th annual InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards boldly choose the best of the best, backed by a fearless crew of expert reviewers" InfoWorld 10:31 AM
"The People vs. Best Buy, Round Two" Forbes 10:25 AM
"Mobile, Cloud, App Wish List for 2012" eWeek 10:22 AM
"Why the semiconductor industry will rise again" EE Times 10:21 AM
"PadGadget Weekly App Series – Best Productivity Apps for iPad Owners" PadGadget 12:39 PM
"Get ready to run, jump and GLIDE through the jungle with Updraft Jack! You are a sugar glider fleeing from an owl in hot pursuit in this action-packed dash game for iPhone and iPod Touch." Metaversal Studios 12:11 PM
"This iPhone App Will Turn Your Vain Self Portraits Into Ugly Ceramic Vases [CES 2012] Cult of Mac 11:19 AM
"ZeptoLab™ Expands North American Licensing and Merchandising Business for Award-winning Game Cut The Rope™" PRNewswire 10:56 AM
"yurbuds® To Showcase Newest Sport Earphones Featuring Innovative TwistLock™ Technology at Pepcom Digital Experience!" PRNewswire 10:56 AM
"The New Altec Lansing Live 5000 Wi-Fi Speaker Integrates Life and Music Like Never Before" PRNewswire 10:56 AM
"Vivick Will Unveil Full Line of Innovative Apple® Compatible Accessories and More at 2012 CES" PRNewswire 10:55 AM
"Bad Juju Kicks Off the New Year with Two Free Mobile Games: The Mooniacs™ and Flip Riders™ Free for Android and iOS" PRNewswire 10:55 AM
"GoPano Micro Is a Panoramic Camera for the iPhone" PCWorld 10:51 AM
"Sanho CloudFTP Makes Any USB Device: Camera, USB Hard Drive, Or Flash Drive, Wireless" MacPrices 10:09 AM
"Zombie Wars for iPad Transforms Readers and Their Friends into 3D Characters in a Free Digital Comic Book" Business Wire 10:09 AM
"Artists Add Style to Consumer Tech Accessories; Gallery of Designs, Now Available to U.S. Retailers, Reflect Personality of iPad, iPhone, Kindle Users" Business Wire 10:09 AM
"Active Storage Delivers New mMedia Platform: ActiveSAN Joined By High-Capacity On-line Storage and Near-line Archive Components for Adaptable Production Platform" Business Wire 10:08 AM
"Speck's Sexy, Sporty CandyShell Grip Is The Last Case iPhone Gamers Will Ever Need [CES 2012] Cult of Mac 10:05 AM
"CES 2012: Boost Revs Design For iPhone Battery Cases" BYTE 10:02 AM
"Griffin's Twenty amps up AirPlay for Apple's Airport Express" CNET 9:52 AM
"Xbox Live might come to iPhone, Android?" TG Daily 9:46 AM
"Belkin, Elgato Thunderbolt peripherals revealed at CES" Apple Headlines 3:01 PM
"Belkin Outs The Thunderbolt Express Dock, A Multi-Port Adapter For All Your Docking Needs" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"Belkin's Thunderbolt Express Dock finally goes on sale in September for $299" The Verge 8:55 AM
"Share The iPad Love On Road Trips With Philips' In-Car Screen Kit" Gizmodo 8:42 AM
"Hipmunk Checks In: Launches Hotel Search For iOS And Android" TechCrunch 8:40 AM
"Dell: PCs not under threat from tablets or smartphones/Users of smartphones will look for PC screens to better experience the Internet" IDG News Service 3:02 PM
"Microsoft at CES 2012: Nothing to see here?" CNET 9:52 AM
"Microsoft CEO Ballmer's last stand: Liveblog from CES" ZDNet 11:38 AM
"Will Windows 8 be on demo or display only at CES?" EE Times 10:20 AM
"Windows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology: Pools USB drives into redundant logical drives" Techworld 11:14 AM
"Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC: The technology makes the cursor jump directly to where the eye looks on the screen" IDG News Service 10:15 AM
"Windows Phone update hits the airwaves: Microsoft is rolling out another Windows Phone update to fix a number of bugs and glitches in its mobile OS." TG Daily 11:15 AM
"Microsoft adds new tech to Bing Maps directions: Improved routing courtesy of new algorithm" Techworld 11:14 AM
"Microsoft Reinvents Wi-Fi for White Spaces: Researchers show that they can make more efficient use of the airwaves than previously thought. But now Congress has to notice." Technology Review 11:13 AM
"Cloud Computing Lifting Hewlett-Packard Stock To $42" Forbes 9:35 AM
"HP, Dell Target Apple's Buyers With Ultrabooks" Bloomberg 8:01 PM
"HP Can Be Saved With Software, Consulting" Seeking Alpha 11:54 AM
"HP unveils new glass encased laptop" Reuters 9:36 PM
"IBM Diving Into Analytics, Stock Worth $187" Forbes 9:40 AM
"IBM's 2012 Is All About Analytics" TheStreet 11:54 AM
"IBM's Green Hat Deal: Software Testing Savings Ahead" InformationWeek 9:55 AM
"Intel Awaits Microsoft's Next Number" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:26 AM
"Intel: Ivy Bridge Graphics 70% Stronger, Chips Will Support NFC and Offer Built-in Security" LAPTOP Magazine 1:04 PM
"Ex-Intel engineer now AMD strategy chief" The Register 1:03 PM
"Could AMD be part of Apple's supply chain?" ZDNet 11:40 AM
"FCC's Genachowski proposes broadband reform" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:33 AM
"SEVENTY-FIVE wirelessly charged devices will demo at CES: If we built it, will they come?" The Register 11:24 AM
"CES 2012: Elegant Gadgets Abound" [Slideshow] InformationWeek 9:55 AM
"CES 2012 Photo Gallery: PCMag is out in full force at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Take a look at the coolest tech, the hottest gadgets, and the best sights on the show floor." PC Magazine 10:47 AM
"Photos: Day One of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show" Techland 11:27 AM
"Some thrills, some spills kick off CES 2012" CNET News 9:52 AM
"CES 2012: New technologies unleashed at show" BBC 10:06 AM
"Why the Technology Industry's Greatest Years Are Still Ahead" Techland 11:26 AM
"World's biggest tech show searching for 'wow'" Reuters 9:54 AM
"Stocks End Higher; Alcoa Rises: Stocks rose Monday as hopes for the coming U.S. earnings season overpowered a batch of unsettling headlines from Europe." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:17 PM
"Stocks: Europe and earnings in focus" CNNMoney 9:20 AM
"Canada stocks pressured by weak data" MarketWatch 11:51 AM
"Asian Stocks Rise, Erasing Losses, as China Monetary Easing Seen" Bloomberg 11:32 AM
"Asia Markets: Shanghai, Hong Kong stocks jump on easing hopes" MarketWatch 9:27 AM
"European Stocks Turn Lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"European Stocks Retreat as Merkel, Sarkozy Meet on Euro Rules" Bloomberg 11:33 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks drop after Franco-German talks/UniCredit leads Italian banks south" MarketWatch 11:47 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:59 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:10 PM
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